Eccles - Judgment of Paris, Three Mad Songs
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Label: Chandos - Chaconne
Cat No: CHAN0759
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Opera
Release Date: 30th March 2009
Contents
Artists
Roderick Williams (baritone)Benjamin Hulett (tenor)
Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano)
Claire Booth (soprano)
Lucy Crowe (soprano)
Early Opera Company
Conductor
Christian CurnynWorks
The Judgment of ParisThree Mad Songs
Artists
Roderick Williams (baritone)Benjamin Hulett (tenor)
Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano)
Claire Booth (soprano)
Lucy Crowe (soprano)
Early Opera Company
Conductor
Christian CurnynAbout
One of the earliest all-sung English operas, this one-act opera by John Eccles was composed in 1700 for a competition advertised in the London Gazette. Created by the ‘Persons of Quality’, a group of noblemen headed by Lord Halifax, the purpose of the competition was an ambitious and worthy one, namely the development of all-sung opera in English.
The text came from William Congreve, widely accepted as one of England’s leading playwrights. Four composers took up the challenge and to the surprise of many, Eccles, the pre-competition favourite, did not win, being beaten by John Weldon. However, of all the settings, Eccles’ best captures the atmosphere of the London stage of the time, and as a composer he has since come to be recognised as one of Purcell’s most gifted London contemporaries.
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