Venus & Adonis

Album by John Blow & London Baroque & Charles Medlam

Venus and Adonis is an opera by the English composer John Blow, first performed in 1683. The work combines elements of the courtly masque with solo airs, choruses and instrumental dances over continuo-led accompaniment, and it is an early example of English Baroque opera that helped prefigure later developments in the genre.
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  1. 1.
    Venus and Adonis: Overture
    3:15
  2. 2.
    Venus and Adonis: Prologue. "Behold my arrows" / "Come shepherds all" / "Courtiers there is no faith in you"
    4:03
  3. 3.
    Venus and Adonis: Prologue. "In these sweet groves"
    2:23
  4. 4.
    Venus and Adonis: Prologue. Cupid's Entry
    1:31
  5. 5.
    Venus and Adonis: Act I. Act Tune (Tune for the flutes)
    1:17
  6. 6.
    Venus and Adonis: Act I. "Venus!" / "Hark, hark"
    5:13
  7. 7.
    Venus and Adonis: Act I. "Come follow the noblest game" / "Lachne has fast'ned first"
    2:37
  8. 8.
    Venus and Adonis: Act I. Entry: A Dance by a Huntsman
    1:09
  9. 9.
    Venus and Adonis: Act I. The Act Tune
    1:31
  10. 10.
    Venus and Adonis: Act II. "You place with such delightful care" / "The Insolent"
    5:00
  11. 11.
    Venus and Adonis: Act II. A Dance of Cupids
    1:49
  12. 12.
    Venus and Adonis: Act II. "Call the Graces" / "Mortals below"
    1:54
  13. 13.
    Venus and Adonis: Act II. The Graces' Dance / Gavott / Saraband for the Graces / A Ground
    5:43
  14. 14.
    Venus and Adonis: Act II. Act Tune
    1:44
  15. 15.
    Venus and Adonis: Act III. "Adonis, uncall'd for sighs"
    5:17
  16. 16.
    Venus and Adonis: Act III. "With solemn pomp"
    5:13

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