℗ 2016 Ramee
| Released | September 30, 2016 |
| Duration | 1h 24m 40s |
| Record Label | Ramee |
| Catalogue No. | RAM1502 |
| Genre | Classical (Opera) |
Johann Christoph Pepusch: Venus and Adonis
Ciara Hendrick, Philippa Hyde, Richard Edgar-Wilson, The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen, Robert Rawson
Available in 44.1 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC audio formats
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Venus and Adonis
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1.1
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Overture
Johann Christoph Pepusch; The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen; Robert Rawson |
4:37 | |||
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1.2
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Recitative: Hail! bright Aurora! (Adonis)
Johann Christoph Pepusch; Philippa Hyde; The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen; Robert Rawson |
0:54 | |||
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1.3
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Aria: How pleasant is ranging the Fields (Adonis)
Johann Christoph Pepusch; Philippa Hyde; The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen; Robert Rawson |
3:15 | |||
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1.4
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Recitative: But soft! What Nymph is this? (Adonis)
Johann Christoph Pepusch; Philippa Hyde; The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen; Robert Rawson |
0:14 | |||
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1.5
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Aria: Ah! sweet Adonis, form'd for joy! (Venus)
Johann Christoph Pepusch; Ciara Hendrick; The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen; Robert Rawson |
3:53 | |||
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1.6
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Recitative: O! bounteous Goddess! (Adonis)
Johann Christoph Pepusch; Philippa Hyde; The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen; Robert Rawson |
0:15 | |||
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1.7
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Aria: With her alone I'll live and die (Adonis)
Johann Christoph Pepusch; Philippa Hyde; The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen; Robert Rawson |
3:08 | |||
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1.8
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Recitative: Your Leave, bright Goddess (Adonis, Venus)
Johann Christoph Pepusch; Philippa Hyde; Ciara Hendrick; The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen; Robert Rawson |
0:20 | |||
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1.9
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Aria: Swain, thy foolish sports give over (Venus)
Johann Christoph Pepusch; Ciara Hendrick; The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen; Robert Rawson |
2:01 | |||
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1.10
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Recitative: In vain of Love you praise the Joy (Adonis, Venus)
Johann Christoph Pepusch; Philippa Hyde; Ciara Hendrick; The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen; Robert Rawson |
0:49 | |||
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1.11
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Aria: Cease your vain teazing (Adonis)
Johann Christoph Pepusch; Philippa Hyde; The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen; Robert Rawson |
2:47 | |||
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1.12
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Accompagnato: Ah! Venus lost! (Venus)
Johann Christoph Pepusch; Ciara Hendrick; The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen; Robert Rawson |
0:31 | |||
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1.13
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Aria: Cupid! Cupid! bend thy Bow (Venus)
Johann Christoph Pepusch; Ciara Hendrick; The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen; Robert Rawson |
2:57 | |||
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1.14
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Recitative: Alas! alas! it will not be! (Venus)
Johann Christoph Pepusch; Ciara Hendrick; The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen; Robert Rawson |
0:25 | |||
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1.15
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Recitative: Hark! how the cheerful Horn (Adonis, Venus)
Johann Christoph Pepusch; Philippa Hyde; Ciara Hendrick; The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen; Robert Rawson |
0:40 | |||
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1.16
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Aria: How silly's the heart of a woman (Adonis)
Johann Christoph Pepusch; Philippa Hyde; The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen; Robert Rawson |
2:35 | |||
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1.17
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Recitative: Such scorn and Insult can I bear? (Venus)
Johann Christoph Pepusch; Ciara Hendrick; The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen; Robert Rawson |
0:41 | |||
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1.18
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Aria: Farewel, Venus! Welcome pleasures! (Adonis, Venus)
Johann Christoph Pepusch; Philippa Hyde; Ciara Hendrick; The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen; Robert Rawson |
4:17 | |||
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1.19
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Prelude
Johann Christoph Pepusch; The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen; Robert Rawson |
1:25 | |||
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1.20
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Recitative: From war's Alarms (Mars)
Johann Christoph Pepusch; Richard Edgar-Wilson; The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen; Robert Rawson |
0:25 | |||
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1.21
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Aria: Beauty now alone shall move him (Mars)
Johann Christoph Pepusch; Richard Edgar-Wilson; The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen; Robert Rawson |
4:02 | |||
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1.22
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Recitative: Down to these Woods descending (Mars, Adonis)
Johann Christoph Pepusch; Philippa Hyde; Richard Edgar-Wilson; The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen; Robert Rawson |
1:27 | |||
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1.23
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Aria: Gentle Slumbers (Adonis)
Johann Christoph Pepusch; Philippa Hyde; The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen; Robert Rawson |
4:33 | |||
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1.24
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Recitative: This way the jolly Huntsmens Hollow (Venus)
Johann Christoph Pepusch; Ciara Hendrick; The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen; Robert Rawson |
1:14 | |||
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1.25
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Aria: Chirping Warblers (Venus)
Johann Christoph Pepusch; Ciara Hendrick; The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen; Robert Rawson |
4:27 | |||
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1.26
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Recitative: But soft! he moves (Venus, Adonis)
Johann Christoph Pepusch; Philippa Hyde; Ciara Hendrick; The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen; Robert Rawson |
2:15 | |||
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1.27
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Aria: What Heart could now refuse thee (Venus)
Johann Christoph Pepusch; Ciara Hendrick; The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen; Robert Rawson |
5:25 | |||
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1.28
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Recitative: Ah! ruin'd! lost! (Venus, Adonis)
Johann Christoph Pepusch; Philippa Hyde; Ciara Hendrick; The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen; Robert Rawson |
0:26 | |||
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1.29
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Aria: Thus the Brave from War returning (Mars)
Johann Christoph Pepusch; Richard Edgar-Wilson; The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen; Robert Rawson |
1:57 | |||
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1.30
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Recitative: Ah! cruel Mars! (Venus, Mars, Adonis)
Johann Christoph Pepusch; Philippa Hyde; Ciara Hendrick; Richard Edgar-Wilson; The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen; Robert Rawson |
3:22 | |||
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1.31
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Aria: On love what greater Curse can fall (Adonis)
Johann Christoph Pepusch; Philippa Hyde; The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen; Robert Rawson |
2:58 | |||
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1.32
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Chorus of huntsman, Recitative: Hark! Hark! Adonis, hark away! (Venus, Mars, Adonis)
Johann Christoph Pepusch; Philippa Hyde; Ciara Hendrick; Richard Edgar-Wilson; David Wilcock; Ian Thompson; Chris Price; Jon Williams; Tassilo Erhardt; David Wright; The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen; Robert Rawson |
1:47 | |||
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1.33
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Accompagnato: O fading joy! (Mars)
Johann Christoph Pepusch; Richard Edgar-Wilson; The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen; Robert Rawson |
0:49 | |||
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1.34
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Recitative: O! Mars, unkind! (Venus, Mars)
Johann Christoph Pepusch; Ciara Hendrick; Richard Edgar-Wilson; The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen; Robert Rawson |
0:38 | |||
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1.35
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Aria: O! believe me! (Venus, Mars)
Johann Christoph Pepusch; Ciara Hendrick; Richard Edgar-Wilson; The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen; Robert Rawson |
4:02 | |||
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1.36
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Recitative: He's gone! (Venus, Adonis)
Johann Christoph Pepusch; Philippa Hyde; Ciara Hendrick; The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen; Robert Rawson |
1:05 | |||
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1.37
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Aria: O! welcome! welcome! gentle Death! (Adonis)
Johann Christoph Pepusch; Philippa Hyde; The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen; Robert Rawson |
2:41 | |||
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1.38
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Recitative, accompagnato: He's gone – the flitting Soul is fled! (Venus)
Johann Christoph Pepusch; Ciara Hendrick; The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen; Robert Rawson |
1:43 | |||
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1.39
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Aria: Let every tender Passion (Venus)
Johann Christoph Pepusch; Ciara Hendrick; The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen; Robert Rawson |
1:55 | |||
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1.40
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No more let mortal Heart (Chorus)
Johann Christoph Pepusch; Philippa Hyde; Ciara Hendrick; Richard Edgar-Wilson; David Wilcock; Ian Thompson; Chris Price; Jon Williams; Tassilo Erhardt; David Wright; The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen; Robert Rawson |
1:45 | |||
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Digital Booklet
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"We are used to good CD recordings but this one seems to have it even more right than usual. Congratulations to technical guru Frédéric Briant for his efforts in producing a spacious and detailed sound in which the voices seem to be just out there in front of the listener ... great notes, great packaging: a winner!"
- MusicWeb International
Johann Christoph Pepusch’s English-language masque Venus and Adonis, inspired by the operas by Giovanni Battista Bononcini and Alessandro Scarlatti, bristles with Italian virtuosity and dynamism. Unlike most English-language dramatic music of the time, Venus and Adonis makes ample use of dramatic recitative. A clear model for Handel’s later Acis and Galatea, this world premiere recording of Pepusch’s wonderful masque reestablishes the work as a milestone in the history of English opera.
44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Ramee Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -2.51 -6.98 to 0.00 | -21.94 -25.27 to -17.25 | -18.61 -22.10 to -13.70 | 12 8 to 15 | |
| 1 | Overture | -2.69 | -21.53 | -18.4 | 12 |
| 2 | Recitative: Hail! bright Aurora! (Adonis) | -6.23 | -23.52 | -20.4 | 11 |
| 3 | Aria: How pleasant is ranging the Fields (Adonis) | -0.98 | -19.70 | -16.6 | 12 |
| 4 | Recitative: But soft! What Nymph is this? (Adonis) | -5.98 | -25.05 | -21.3 | 8 |
| 5 | Aria: Ah! sweet Adonis, form'd for joy! (Venus) | -2.05 | -22.19 | -18.7 | 13 |
| 6 | Recitative: O! bounteous Goddess! (Adonis) | -6.98 | -24.18 | -20.8 | 11 |
| 7 | Aria: With her alone I'll live and die (Adonis) | -0.27 | -18.52 | -15.5 | 12 |
| 8 | Recitative: Your Leave, bright Goddess (Adonis, Venus) | -5.41 | -23.42 | -20.4 | 10 |
| 9 | Aria: Swain, thy foolish sports give over (Venus) | -1.26 | -22.74 | -19.2 | 15 |
| 10 | Recitative: In vain of Love you praise the Joy (Adonis, Venus) | -0.37 | -22.40 | -19.2 | 13 |
| 11 | Aria: Cease your vain teazing (Adonis) | -1.89 | -19.49 | -16.3 | 11 |
| 12 | Accompagnato: Ah! Venus lost! (Venus) | -1.13 | -22.05 | -18.8 | 12 |
| 13 | Aria: Cupid! Cupid! bend thy Bow (Venus) | 0.00 | -19.76 | -16.4 | 14 |
| 14 | Recitative: Alas! alas! it will not be! (Venus) | -3.53 | -20.37 | -16.8 | 8 |
| 15 | Recitative: Hark! how the cheerful Horn (Adonis, Venus) | -2.23 | -21.96 | -18.6 | 13 |
| 16 | Aria: How silly's the heart of a woman (Adonis) | -3.79 | -22.24 | -19.0 | 12 |
| 17 | Recitative: Such scorn and Insult can I bear? (Venus) | -4.77 | -25.12 | -21.6 | 13 |
| 18 | Aria: Farewel, Venus! Welcome pleasures! (Adonis, Venus) | 0.00 | -21.01 | -17.5 | 13 |
| 19 | Prelude | -1.26 | -18.30 | -14.9 | 11 |
| 20 | Recitative: From war's Alarms (Mars) | -6.57 | -24.66 | -21.5 | 11 |
| 21 | Aria: Beauty now alone shall move him (Mars) | -0.77 | -21.53 | -18.4 | 14 |
| 22 | Recitative: Down to these Woods descending (Mars, Adonis) | -4.84 | -24.88 | -21.7 | 12 |
| 23 | Aria: Gentle Slumbers (Adonis) | -2.59 | -19.82 | -16.5 | 10 |
| 24 | Recitative: This way the jolly Huntsmens Hollow (Venus) | -4.15 | -24.71 | -21.0 | 13 |
| 25 | Aria: Chirping Warblers (Venus) | -6.20 | -22.95 | -19.5 | 11 |
| 26 | Recitative: But soft! he moves (Venus, Adonis) | -1.00 | -23.09 | -19.1 | 13 |
| 27 | Aria: What Heart could now refuse thee (Venus) | -1.88 | -25.27 | -21.5 | 12 |
| 28 | Recitative: Ah! ruin'd! lost! (Venus, Adonis) | -6.59 | -25.04 | -22.1 | 12 |
| 29 | Aria: Thus the Brave from War returning (Mars) | -1.47 | -20.03 | -17.0 | 12 |
| 30 | Recitative: Ah! cruel Mars! (Venus, Mars, Adonis) | -2.28 | -25.23 | -22.0 | 15 |
| 31 | Aria: On love what greater Curse can fall (Adonis) | -0.67 | -18.88 | -15.7 | 12 |
| 32 | Chorus of huntsman, Recitative: Hark! Hark! Adonis, hark away! (Venus, Mars, Adonis) | -0.61 | -20.56 | -17.2 | 13 |
| 33 | Accompagnato: O fading joy! (Mars) | -3.15 | -23.45 | -20.5 | 10 |
| 34 | Recitative: O! Mars, unkind! (Venus, Mars) | -1.66 | -22.59 | -19.5 | 12 |
| 35 | Aria: O! believe me! (Venus, Mars) | 0.00 | -19.85 | -16.5 | 12 |
| 36 | Recitative: He's gone! (Venus, Adonis) | -1.20 | -21.84 | -17.9 | 13 |
| 37 | Aria: O! welcome! welcome! gentle Death! (Adonis) | -3.35 | -21.39 | -18.4 | 11 |
| 38 | Recitative, accompagnato: He's gone – the flitting Soul is fled! (Venus) | -0.54 | -21.21 | -17.7 | 13 |
| 39 | Aria: Let every tender Passion (Venus) | 0.00 | -19.91 | -16.6 | 14 |
| 40 | No more let mortal Heart (Chorus) | -0.19 | -17.25 | -13.7 | 11 |