PEPUSCH

Venus and Adonis

Ciara Hendrick, Philippa Hyde,

Richard Edgar-wilson; The Harmonious Society of Tickle-fiddle Gentlemen/ Robert Rawson

Ramée RAM 1502 85:03 mins

The Harmonious Society of Ticklefiddle Gentleman continues its exploration of music by Johann Christoph Pepusch with this, the first recording of his 1715 opera Venus and Adonis. It’s a gem. Director Robert Rawson, whose detailed scholarship informs the