Purcell - Strike the viol - Andreas Scholl, Accademia Bizantina

Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
Strike the viol
Come, ye sons of art, away, Z323 no.5
(Birthday Ode for Queen Mary, 1694)

Strike the viol, touch the lute;
wake the harp, inspire the flute:
sing your patroness's praise,
in cheerful and harmonious lays.
(Nahum Tate)

Andreas Scholl, countertenor

Accademia Bizantina
Stefano Montanari, direction

Marco Scorticati, Gregorio Carraro, recorders
Stafano Montanari, Paolo Zinzani, Jun Okada, Gianfranco Ricci, violins I
Stefano Rossi, Laura Mirri, Ulrike Fischer, Ana Liz Ojeda, violins II
Diego Mecca, Alice Bisanti, violas
Alberto Rasi, viola da gamba
Marco Frezzato, Paolo Ballanti, cellos
Nicola Dal Maso, Giovanni Valgimigli, violoni
Alberto Guerra, bassoon
Rosario Conte, lute
Marta Graziolino, harp
Markus Märkl, harpsichord

Recorded in Bagnacavallo (Ravenna, Italy), Chiesa di San Girolamo, 18 July 2010

You can get this track by purchasing the O SOLITUDE album (Decca) by Andreas Scholl and Accademia Bizantina.
The album has been nominated at the 54th Annual Grammy Awards 2011 (Best Classical Vocal Solo).

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Picture: Lanfranco Scorticati (1911-1999), Arlecchino, 1934.
http://www.scorticatipittore.it

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