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George Frideric Handel, Apollo e Dafne (dramatic cantata), Dafne Suites; Concerto grosso

Margariti & Borchev & Handel Festival Orchestra & Bernhard Forck

George Frideric Handel, Apollo e Dafne (dramatic cantata), Dafne Suites; Concerto grosso

Format: CD
Label: CAvi
UPC: 4260085532001
Catnr: AVI 8553200
Release date: 11 December 2009
1 CD
 
Label
CAvi
UPC
4260085532001
Catalogue number
AVI 8553200
Release date
11 December 2009
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Georg Friedrich Händel

Georg Frideric Handel was a composer from the Baroque period. Handel wrote primarily music-dramatic works: 42 operas, 29 oratorios, more than 120 cantatas, trios and duets, which comes to a total amount of almost 2000 arias! Furthermore, he composed English, Italian and Latin sacred music, serenades and odes. Among his instrumental music are several organ concertos, concerti grossi, overtures, oboe sonatas and violinsonates, along with many solo works for harpsichord and organ.  Together with Johann Sebastian Bach, who was born in the same year (1685), Handel is viewed as one of the greatest composers of his time. He was extremely prolific and wrote in total more than 610 works, many of which are still performed today.  Compared to his contemporaries Bach, Telemann...
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Georg Frideric Handel was a composer from the Baroque period. Handel wrote primarily music-dramatic works: 42 operas, 29 oratorios, more than 120 cantatas, trios and duets, which comes to a total amount of almost 2000 arias! Furthermore, he composed English, Italian and Latin sacred music, serenades and odes. Among his instrumental music are several organ concertos, concerti grossi, overtures, oboe sonatas and violinsonates, along with many solo works for harpsichord and organ.

Together with Johann Sebastian Bach, who was born in the same year (1685), Handel is viewed as one of the greatest composers of his time. He was extremely prolific and wrote in total more than 610 works, many of which are still performed today.

Compared to his contemporaries Bach, Telemann and Scarlatti, Handel was by far the most cosmopolitan. When Handel was a child, his father, who was a surgeon at the court of Saxe-Weissenfels, imagined a juridical career for him. But his musical talents did not go unnoticed at the court, which forced the father to let him study music. In Hamburg, Handel befriended Mattheson. Together they visited Buxtehude, the greatest organ player of his time, in 1703 (two years before Bach did). At that time, Handel was already an excellent musician, but it wasn't until his stay in Italy - the land of opera - that his talents and skills truly started to flourish. Back in Germany, he received a position at the court of Hannover, where the noblemen had a connection to the British throne. Thanks to these connections, Handel decided to move to London, after which a puzzling history of intrigues and political games started. For example, it is unclear what the exact political message of his famous Water Music is, which was composed for a boat ride on the river Thames by King George. Initially, Handel focused on Italian opera during his stay in London, but from the 1730s onwards he started composing English spoken oratorios, with the celebrated Messiah at its peak.


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01.
Suite in B Major, HWV 352 (from Daphne transformed HWV 4): Coro
01:13
02.
Suite in B Major, HWV 352 (from Daphne transformed HWV 4): Allemande
00:51
03.
Suite in B Major, HWV 352 (from Daphne transformed HWV 4): Rigaudon
00:47
04.
Suite in B Major, HWV 352 (from Daphne transformed HWV 4): Bourrée
00:44
05.
Apollo e Dafne, HWV 122 (Dramatic Cantata): La terra è libertata - Recitative
00:49
06.
Apollo e Dafne, HWV 122 (Dramatic Cantata): Pende il ben dell'universo - Aria (Apollo)
03:33
07.
Apollo e Dafne, HWV 122 (Dramatic Cantata): Ch'il superbetto amore - Recitative (Apollo)
00:34
08.
Apollo e Dafne, HWV 122 (Dramatic Cantata): Spezza l'arco - Aria (Apollo)
02:49
09.
Suite in G Major, HWV 353 (from Daphne transformed, HWV 4): Allemande I
00:45
10.
Suite in G Major, HWV 353 (from Daphne transformed, HWV 4): Bourrée
00:48
11.
Suite in G Major, HWV 353 (from Daphne transformed, HWV 4): Menuet
01:14
12.
Suite in G Major, HWV 353 (from Daphne transformed, HWV 4): Allemande II
01:00
13.
Apollo e Dafne, HWV 122 (Dramatic Cantata): Felicissima quest'alma - Aria (Dafne)
06:31
14.
Apollo e Dafne, HWV 122 (Dramatic Cantata): Che voce! - Recitative (Dafne, Apollo)
00:58
15.
Apollo e Dafne, HWV 122 (Dramatic Cantata): Ardfi, adori e preghi invano - Aria (Dafne)
03:07
16.
Apollo e Dafne, HWV 122 (Dramatic Cantata): Che crudel! - Recitative (Dafne, Apollo)
00:15
17.
Apollo e Dafne, HWV 122 (Dramatic Cantata): Una guerra ho dentro il seno - Duet (Dafne, Apollo)
02:03
18.
Apollo e Dafne, HWV 122 (Dramatic Cantata): Placati al fin - Recitative (Apollo)
00:23
19.
Apollo e Dafne, HWV 122 (Dramatic Cantata): Come rosa in su la spina - Aria (Apollo)
02:18
20.
Apollo e Dafne, HWV 122 (Dramatic Cantata): Ah, ch'un Dio - Recitative (Dafne)
00:25
21.
Apollo e Dafne, HWV 122 (Dramatic Cantata): Come in Ciel benigna stella - Aria (Dafne)
03:28
22.
Apollo e Dafne, HWV 122 (Dramatic Cantata): Odi la mia ragion - Recitative (Dafne, Apollo)
00:25
23.
Apollo e Dafne, HWV 122 (Dramatic Cantata): Deh, lascia addolcire - Duett (Dafne, Apollo)
02:47
24.
Apollo e Dafne, HWV 122 (Dramatic Cantata): Sempre t'adorerò - Recitativ (Dafne, Apollo)
00:22
25.
Apollo e Dafne, HWV 122 (Dramatic Cantata): Mie piante correte - Aria and Recitativ (Apollo)
03:12
26.
Apollo e Dafne, HWV 122 (Dramatic Cantata): Cara pianta - Aria (Apollo)
05:31
27.
Concerto grosso in A Minor, HWV 322, Op. 6, No. 4: I. Affetuoso
03:05
28.
Concerto grosso in A Minor, HWV 322, Op. 6, No. 4: II. Allegro
02:53
29.
Concerto grosso in A Minor, HWV 322, Op. 6, No. 4: III. Largo
02:16
30.
Concerto grosso in A Minor, HWV 322, Op. 6, No. 4: IV. Allegro
02:39
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