William Hayes: Six Cantatas; Orpheus and Euridice. The SCB Hayes Players, Antony Rooley (2CD)

WILLIAM HAYES (1708-1777)

CD I Six Cantatas (1748)

Cantata I: A winter scene at Ross in Herefordshire
for tenor, violoncello obbligato and basso continuo (Paul Bentley, tenor)
1 Aria: At Ross how alter’d is the scene
2 Recitative: But oh, when age, life’s winter comes
3 Aria. Vivace ma non presto: Virtue, the charmer sweet replies

Cantata II: Why, Lysidas, shou’d Man be vain
for soprano, 2 violins and basso continuo (Mirjam Berli, soprano)
4 Recitative: Why, Lysidas, shou’d Man be vain
5 Aria. Allegro moderato: Can splendid robes or beds of down
6 Recitative: Go search the tombs where monarchs rest
7 Aria. Andante: So glides the meteor

Cantata III: While I listen to thy voice, Chloris
for tenor, ‘Violoncello e Cembalo / Cembalo e Contra Basso’ (David Munderloh, tenor)
8 Aria: While I listen to thy voice, Chloris
9 Recitative: Peace, Chloris, peace
10 Aria. Larghetto: For all we know

Cantata IV: Chloe’s dream
for soprano, 2 violins and basso continuo (Evelyn Tubb, soprano)
11 Recitative: Love into Chloe’s chamber came
12 Aria. Amoroso: And now Amyntor young and gay
13 Recitative: The transport o’er
14 Aria. Allegro: But waking is it thus

Cantata V: To Venus a rant
for tenor and basso continuo (David Munderloh, tenor)
15 Recitative: O goddess most rever’d above
16 Aria. Allegro assai: Give me numbers strong and sweet
17 Recitative: Trophies to chastity
18 Aria. Andante: Tell not me the joys that wait

Cantata VI: An ode to Echo
for soprano, traverso, 2 violins, viola, violoncello obbligato, double bass and basso continuo
(Evelyn Tubb, soprano)
19 Aria. Larghetto: Daughter sweet of voice and air
20 Recitative: Listen Nymph divine and learn
21 Aria. Allegro assai: See each eye, each ravish’d ear
22 Recitative: Echo should they fail to move
23 Aria. Vivace: Learn her ease and elegance

CD II Orpheus & Euridice (1735)

An ode: When the fair consort in th’Elysian choir
for soprano, alto, tenor, choir, 2 oboes, 2 violins, viola, violoncello, bassoon, cembalo obbligato and basso continuo (Ulrike Hofbauer, soprano | Daniel Cabena, alto | Paul Bentley, tenor)
1 Overture
2 Aria (instr.). Tempo di minuetto
3 Recitative (alto): When the fair consort in th’Elysian choir
4 Aria (alto): Come, come my charmer
5 Recitative (tenor): The poet ceas’d
6 Aria (soprano): Thy vain pursuit fond youth
7 Duet (soprano, alto): With streaming eyes
8 Chorus: With streaming eyes

Evelyn Tubb, soprano
Mirjam Berli, soprano
Ulrike Hofbauer, soprano
Daniel Cabena, alto
David Munderloh, tenor
Paul Bentley, tenor

The SCB Hayes Players
Anthony Rooley, director