Beauteous Softness Interview with Tim Mead
Countertenor Tim Mead presents Beauteous Softness, a programme containing restrained yet profoundly moving songs by seventeenthcentury English composers such as Purcell, Blow, Humfrey and Webb, in collaboration with La Nuova Musica and David Bates. The album also showcases the rich musical context that provided the foundation from which Purcell rose to prominence. Tim Mead is one of todays most indemand countertenors, and returns to Pentatone after having starred in a complete recording of Handels Messiah (2020). La Nuova Musica and its artistic director David Bates are among the most exciting Baroque ensembles of today. Their Pentatone debut with Glucks Orfeo ed Euridice was both BBC Music Magazines Choice and Gramophone Editors Choice in December 2019, while Handels Unsung Heroes (2021) was BBC Music Magazine Recording of the Month and selected among the Best Classical Music Albums of 2022 by Gramophone. The full album is available from 24th Marc
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