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Flora Purim

This is essential listening for any blues fan

Chamber Music 2

Cage/ Reich/ Varese/ Pintscher - New York

Charpentier/ Nocte Temporis/ Vox Luminis - Orphee Aux Enfers Fulfilled By FYE Flora PurimThe Orpheus myth was as important for the birth of opera in France as it had been in Italy. In 1684, Charpentier composed a work for three voices, Orphe descendant aux Enfers. With this piece, remarkable for it's style and concision, he showed how well he had assimilated Carissimi's art. It is a dramatic scene, similar to the 'sacred histories' of the Roman master. The text, by an unknown author, narrates Orpheus' quest for his beloved in the

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