Description
The second volume of Septura’s brass chamber music series takes us back to the 17th Century and the music of Baroque opera: four contrasting works, one each by Rameau, Blow, Purcell and Handel. The astounding variety of the originals – in content, colour and character – demands especially inventive arrangements, and by incorporating the stylistic elements of ‘period performance’, the pieces are vividly brought to life. The exhilarating result is a stunningly virtuosic set of new Baroque works for brass.
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683–1764)
Suite from Dardanus (arr. Simon Cox)
John Blow (1649–1708)
Venus and Adonis: A Mournful Masque (arr. Matthew Knight)
Henry Purcell (1659–1695)
The Curious Impertinent (arr. Simon Cox)
George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)
Suite from Rinaldo (arr. Simon Cox)
