Coprario Funeral Teares
Music for royal occasions by a member of the court of Charles I
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Composer or Director: John Coprario
Genre:
Vocal
Label: Zig-Zag Territoires
Magazine Review Date: 13/2009
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 0
Mastering:
Stereo
Catalogue Number: ZZT090302

Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Funeral Teares |
John Coprario, Composer
(Les) Jardins de Courtoisie Ensemble Céladon John Coprario, Composer |
Songs of Mourning |
John Coprario, Composer
(Les) Jardins de Courtoisie Ensemble Céladon John Coprario, Composer |
(The) Masque of Squires |
John Coprario, Composer
(Les) Jardins de Courtoisie Ensemble Céladon John Coprario, Composer |
Fantasies pour Viole |
John Coprario, Composer
(Les) Jardins de Courtoisie Ensemble Céladon John Coprario, Composer |
Author: Lindsay Kemp
They are combined here with Coprario’s other memorial set, Funeral Teares of 1606, composed on the death of another public figure, Charles Blount, Earl of Devonshire, and whose words (possibly by Coprario himself) include “In darknesse let me dwell”, later raised to greater heights by Dowland. To cheer things up there is also a short sequence of dances and songs from The Masque of Squires, got up for the happier occasion of the marriage of Lady Elizabeth.
The combined voices, viols, lute and harp of two French ensembles perform these songs with loving care, using darkly covered “old” English pronunciation and paying attention to the music’s declamatory side. But if there is a natural fragility to the singing which adds something to the music’s effect, there are times too when it would have to be described more frankly as technically shaky.
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