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~ William Boyce (Composer), Roy Goodman (Conductor), Parley of Instruments Choir (Artist), Parley of Instruments (Orchestra), Bronwen Mills (Performer), et al.
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  • Performer: Bronwen Mills, Howard Crook
  • Orchestra: Parley of Instruments
  • Conductor: Roy Goodman
  • Composer: William Boyce
  • Audio CD (31 Dec 1993)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Hyperion
  • ASIN: B000002ZMP
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 289,567 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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1. A Seranata: Part 1: Ouverture (Largo - Allegro - Larghetto)
2. A Seranata: Part 1: Chorus - Behold, Jerusalem, behold thy king
3. A Seranata: Part 1: Recitative - From the mountains, lo! he comes (She)
4. A Seranata: Part 1: Air - Tell me, lovely shepherd (She)
5. A Seranata: Part 1: Air - Fairest of the virgin throng (He)
6. A Seranata: Part 1: Recitative - As the rich apple, on whose boughs (She)
7. A Seranata: Part 1: Air - Beneath his ample shade I lay (She)
8. A Seranata: Part 1: Recitative - Who quits the lily's fleecy white (He)
9. A Seranata: Part 1: Air - Balmy sweetness, ever flowing (He)
10. A Seranata: Part 1: Recitative - Let not my prince his slave despise; Air - Ah Simple Me! My own, more dear (She)
11. A Seranata: Part 1: Air - Fair and comely is my love (He)
12. A Seranata: Part 1: Recitative - Forbear, O charming swain, forbear! (She)
13. A Seranata: Part 1: Air - Fill with cooling juice the bowl! (She)
14. A Seranata: Part 2: Sinfonia
15. A Seranata: Part 2: Recitative - The cheerful spring begins today; Air - Arise, my fair, and come away (He and She)
16. A Seranata: Part 2: Duet - Together let us range the fields (He and She)
17. A Seranata: Part 2: Recitative - How lovely art thou to the sight (He)
18. A Seranata: Part 2: Air - Let me love, thy bole ascending (He)
19. A Seranata: Part 2: Recitative - O, that a sister's specious name (She)
20. A Seranata: Part 2: Air - Soft, I adjure you, by the fawns (She)
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  1. Solomon
    Composed by William Boyce
    Performed by Parley of Instruments Choir, Parley of Instruments
    with Bronwen Mills, Howard Crook
    Conducted by Roy Goodman

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4.0 out of 5 stars an unkown masterpiece, 10 Dec 2006
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The conductor of this disc describes it as "the composer's masterpiece." As I do not know all of Boyce's ouevre I have no way of judging if he is right, but Solomon certainly is a masterpiece. The text derives from the Song of Solomon, but librettist and composer place it frimly in the then-new tradition of the English Pastorale. There is even a suggestion of the four seasons passing siting the work firmly somewhere between Handel's Acis and Galatea and Haydn's The Seasons.
But that gives no idea of the charm of the music. Boyce always has a gift for melody, but here, drawing on an inspiration that often recalls Purcell, he outdoes himself. The climax of the score is an exquisite painting of summer with baroque bassoon accompanied by shimmering strings.
The performance ought to mmerit 5 stars, chorus and orchestra are excellent and the conductor's love of the music is obvious. The only slight reservation that I have is the quality of the soloists and in particular the soprano whose voice is alas not the last word in lusciousness. But the reservation is slight and does not spoil one's enjoyment of a redsicovered masterpiece
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