"You will probably never see or hear a better countertenor," the Herald Sun described the young David Hansen. Based in Oslo he travels the world, performing in many of the biggest opera and concert scenes in Berlin, Vienna, Moscow, ZÃ¼rich, Brussels, Amsterdam, Boston and more - with such conductors as Nicolaus Harnocourt, Marc Minkowski, Andrea Marcon, Alessandro de Marchi, Simon Rattle, RenÃ© Jacobs and Rinaldo Alessandrini. He only lived to be 36, but his vast catalogue includes 860 titles, among them many songs and arias. Henry Purcell's songs are concerned with love in that very baroque way: desire and passion, pleasure and pain, loneliness and bliss all walk hand-in-hand in this music. Traditional dance-songs with refrains that really makes your dance foot move, as well as simple beautiful hymns, country dances and noble minuets, airs and jigs. Oslo Circles is a new baroque ensemble based in Oslo, with leading musicians on the Scandinavian and international music scene. Baroque violinist Astrid Kirschner gathers musicians in circles of different sizes, musicians you know from such ensembles as Concerto Copenhagen, B'Rock, Academia Montis Regalis, Barokkanerne, Barokksolistene, Akademie fÃ¼r Alte Musik Berlin and many more. 2017 saw their international debut at Froville Festival in France, and since then they have played at Baroque & Beyond, Spazio & Musica, Wunderkammer and was awarded 'best musical interpretation' in Varazdin Baroque Evenings 2019.

Tracklist:

Abdelazer, Z, 570: Rondeau
Abdelazer, Z, 570: Air
Abdelazer, Z, 570: Minuet
Abdelazer, Z, 570: Hornpipe
Abdelazer, Z, 570: Jig
Oedipus, King Of Thebes, Z 583/2: Music For A While
The Fairy Queen, Z 629: One Charming Night
The Fairy Queen, Z 629: Dance For The Fairies
The Fairy Queen, Z 629: Hornpipe
The Fairy Queen, Z 629: Rondeau
The Fairy Queen, Z 629: Jigg
The Fairy Queen, Z 629: Song Tune
The Fairy Queen, Z 629: Chaconne: Dance Of The Chinese Man And Woman
King Arthur, Or The British Worthy, Z 628: What Power Are Thou?
Pausanias, The Betrayer Of His Country, Z 585/1: Sweeter Than Roses
Come, Ye Sons Of Art, Away (Birthday Ode For Queen Mary), Z 323/5: Strike The Viol
If Music Be The Food Of Love, Z 379
Timon Of Athens, Z 632: Love In Their Little Veins Inspires
Timon Of Athens, Z 632: Come All, Come All To Me
The Indian Queen, Z 630: Aire I & II
The Indian Queen, Z 630: Hornpipe I & II
Dido And Aeneas, Z 626: When I Am Laid In Earth
King Arthur, Or The British Worthy, Z 628: Chaconne
King Arthur, Or The British Worthy, Z 628: Fairest Isle

UPC: 7033662013678
Label: Simax Classics
Release Date: 8.7.20
Format: CD

Oslo Circles - One Charming Night (CD)