‎Blow: Venus & Adonis by René Jacobs

Overture

René Jacobs, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

2:40

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

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

0:49

Prologue - Shepherds, Shepherdess "Come Shepherds All"

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

1:58

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

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

0:47

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

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

2:34

Prologue - Cupid's Entry

René Jacobs, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

1:16

The Act Tune

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, René Jacobs

1:32

Venus "Venus! Adonis!"

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

2:06

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

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

1:09

Venus "Adonis Will Not Hunt Today"

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

2:27

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

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

1:42

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

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

1:34

Cupid "Choose for the Fomal Fool"

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

1:36

A Dance of Cupids

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, René Jacobs

1:35

Venus "Call the Graces"

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

0:53

Chorus of the Graces "Mortals Below, Cupids Above"

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

1:26

The Graces' Dance

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, René Jacobs

1:17

Gavatt

René Jacobs, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

0:47

Sarabrand for the Graces

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, René Jacobs

1:34

A Ground

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, René Jacobs

1:40

The Act Tune

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, René Jacobs

2:08

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

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

5:05

Venus "With Solemn Pomp Let Mourning Cupids Bear"

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

2:26

Chorus "Mourn for Thy Servant"

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

3:19

John Blow

Composer
René Jacobs

Conductor
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Orchestra
Robin Blaze

Countertenor
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

Choir

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

René Jacobs

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Robin Blaze

Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

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Blow: Venus & Adonis

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