J. C Clark | Overland Park, KS United States | 02/15/2002
(3 out of 5 stars)
"Pucell, over 300 years after his dreadfully premature death, remains among the great composers of his, or any, era. Taking the lamest words and setting them to the most glorious music was apparently all he did, as odes, madrigals, and songs full of the silliest lyrics abound. Yet his music is exquisite. Come Ye Sons of Art was on a sadly never-been-reissued LP by David Munrow, and ranks as one of my absolute favorite recordings. This sounds much like it, but you can hear why a great conductor is great, and why Andrew Parrott is not. Serviceable until I get my LP onto CD, and then never to be listened to again. The funeral music is well played, but too little too late."