‎Blow: Venus & Adonis by Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Overture

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, René Jacobs

2:40

Prologue - Cupid, Chorus "Behold My Arrows and My Bow"

Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Timothy Brown, Robin Blaze, René Jacobs

0:49

Prologue - Shepherds, Shepherdess "Come Shepherds All"

Christopher Josey, María Cristina Kiehr, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, René Jacobs, John Bowen, Jonathan Brown

1:58

Prologue - Cupid "Courtiers There is No Faith in You"

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Robin Blaze, René Jacobs

0:47

Prologue - Chorus, Shepherds, Shepherdess "In These Sweet Groves"

Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Christopher Josey, Timothy Brown, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, René Jacobs, John Bowen, Jonathan Brown, María Cristina Kiehr

2:34

Prologue - Cupid's Entry

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, René Jacobs

1:16

The Act Tune

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, René Jacobs

1:32

Venus "Venus! Adonis!"

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Gerald Finley, René Jacobs, Rosemary Joshua

2:06

Hunter's Music: Venus "Hark, Hark the Rural Music Sounds"

Rosemary Joshua, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, René Jacobs

1:09

Venus "Adonis Will Not Hunt Today"

Gerald Finley, Rosemary Joshua, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, René Jacobs

2:27

Huntsman, Adonis, Chorus "Come, Follow the Noblest Game"

Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Christopher Josey, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Gerald Finley, Timothy Brown, René Jacobs

2:32

Entry: A Dance By a Huntsman

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, René Jacobs

1:01

The Act Tune

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, René Jacobs

2:52

Cupid: Venus "You Place With Such Delightful Care"

Robin Blaze, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Rosemary Joshua, René Jacobs

1:42

Cupid, Little Cupids. The Cupid's Lesson: "The Insolent, the Arrogant"

Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Timothy Brown, Robin Blaze, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, René Jacobs

1:34

Cupid "Choose for the Fomal Fool"

Robin Blaze, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, René Jacobs

1:36

A Dance of Cupids

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, René Jacobs

1:35

Venus "Call the Graces"

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Rosemary Joshua, René Jacobs

0:53

Chorus of the Graces "Mortals Below, Cupids Above"

Jonathan Brown, Robin Blaze, María Cristina Kiehr, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, René Jacobs

1:26

The Graces' Dance

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, René Jacobs

1:17

Gavatt

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, René Jacobs

0:47

Sarabrand for the Graces

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, René Jacobs

1:34

A Ground

René Jacobs, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

1:40

The Act Tune

René Jacobs, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

2:08

Venus, Adonis "Adonis, Uncall'd for Sighs"

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Rosemary Joshua, René Jacobs, Gerald Finley

5:05

Venus "With Solemn Pomp Let Mourning Cupids Bear"

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Rosemary Joshua, René Jacobs

2:26

Chorus "Mourn for Thy Servant"

Timothy Brown, Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, René Jacobs

3:19

John Blow

Composer
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Orchestra
René Jacobs

Conductor
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

Choir
Timothy Brown

Choir Director

Nicholas Parker

Producer
Tim Handley

Engineer
Luca Giordano

Cover Art
Joseph Heintz

Cover Art
Lindsay Kemp

Liner Notes
Francesco Furini

Cover Art
Cornelius Holsteyn

Cover Art
Jan Kalsbeek

Harpsichord Maker
Eric Larrayadieu

Photography
Henk Klopp

Instrument Design

Blow: Venus & Adonis

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John Blow

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

René Jacobs

Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

Timothy Brown

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Blow: Venus & Adonis

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