- Audio CD (Aug 22 1995)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Import
- ASIN: B000000UL5
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We Need More Maurice Greene!
Mar 24 2008
Format:Audio CD
This is a great introductory disk of the music of Maurice Greene, Handel's most highly esteemed native contemporary in 18th century England. Greene was a respected composer who held all the prized musical posts in England as well as a resected teacher to William Boyce, John Travers, John Stanley and John Alcock.
Unlike what is often said his music is not particularly inspired by Handel but has a smoother more Italian sound leaning more towards the cutting edge of rococco and early classical. Still there are at times signs of the rougher sound of English music. This disk offers a good selection of his works. Oddly other than overtures to his odes and keyboard works Greene wrote almost no instrumental music.
The cantata included here for soprano, 3 violins and continuo shows Greene at his best with strong melodic writing and displays his ability to handle larger ensembles. His Lesson in A minor for harpsichord again shows his staying at the cutting edge of where music was headed at the end of the baroque while his many songs show great variety and tunefulness.
A small quibble on this disk is that it always seems like they started the recording small and got bigger rather than hitting the ground running with something upbeat to grab your attention. If I could I'd change the running order on the disk, but again this is a small thing.
But, don't get me wrong. Greene is in the end still a lesser composer than the likes of Handel, but with the early music scene seeming to dust off the music of just about every other obscure composer one can imagine, one hopes that more will take the time to dust off more of the music of Maurice Greene.
Unlike what is often said his music is not particularly inspired by Handel but has a smoother more Italian sound leaning more towards the cutting edge of rococco and early classical. Still there are at times signs of the rougher sound of English music. This disk offers a good selection of his works. Oddly other than overtures to his odes and keyboard works Greene wrote almost no instrumental music.
The cantata included here for soprano, 3 violins and continuo shows Greene at his best with strong melodic writing and displays his ability to handle larger ensembles. His Lesson in A minor for harpsichord again shows his staying at the cutting edge of where music was headed at the end of the baroque while his many songs show great variety and tunefulness.
A small quibble on this disk is that it always seems like they started the recording small and got bigger rather than hitting the ground running with something upbeat to grab your attention. If I could I'd change the running order on the disk, but again this is a small thing.
But, don't get me wrong. Greene is in the end still a lesser composer than the likes of Handel, but with the early music scene seeming to dust off the music of just about every other obscure composer one can imagine, one hopes that more will take the time to dust off more of the music of Maurice Greene.
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