Purcell. King Arthur. Fairest Isle

Henry Purcell - King Arthur
Act IV:
Fairest Isle
Ana Maria Labin, soprano
Choeur et Orchestre du Concert Spirituel
Conductor - Herve Niquet
2009

[@AnjaHuebel1]

Very nice rendition and extremely funny at the same time.

[@martintubieresdecayless4092]

Absolutely love this production.

[@mikekeyes6102]

Fabulous, beautiful, brilliant performance! Congratulatios to all, especially the wonderful soprano.

[@AlineMayne1]

Nice!

[@cillaboschker2983]

Great!

[@welshpete12]

Beautifully done !

[@lperry101]

Fairest isle, all isles excelling, Seat of pleasure and of love Venus here will choose her dwelling, And forsake her Cyprian grove. Cupid from his fav'rite nation Care and envy will remove; Jealousy, that poisons passion, And despair, that dies for love. Gentle murmurs, sweet complaining, Sighs that blow the fire of love Soft repulses, kind disdaining, Shall be all the pains you prove. Ev'ry swain shall pay his duty, Grateful ev'ry nymph shall prove; And as these excel in beauty, Those shall be renown'd for love.

[@kevinoconnell8040]

tempo a little fast, but great tone and English diction from a French language singer

[@econecoff1725]

Just set the KZbin playback speed at 75%

[@peteacher52]

What's the hurry?

[@1401JSC]

Pronunciation !

[@theoldruminator]

Is this some sort of woke joke? Debassing the beauty of this music and text with a sad attempt at debauchery is just one more step down the new woke move to destroy the best of western civilization. And with all that, the Soprano is harsh and too strong. Well, maybe I'm being a bit too hard on her. But this song is best suited to a sweet, soft, lilting voice.

[@francoislebedel4428]

Très peu pour moi.

[@francoislebedel4428]

Affreux.