Tom Sol / Nicola Wemyss / Musica Ad Rhenum / Wentz

Händel: Apollo E Dafne/Der Alchimist

Komponist: Händel,G.F.

• Audio CD

Produktbeschreibung

Apollo e Dafne is an early work of Handel's, completed at the latest by 1710 when he was 25 years old in Hanover, whence Handel departed in 1710 after Agrippina had made such an impact in Venice. He thence decamped to London in the autumn of 1710, perhaps as a propagandist for the Hannoverian succession, and may even have had political duties to attend to in secret, while carrying on a spectacularly successful musical charm-offensive in favour of George and Germany. If this is the case, then we could see the dance suite of music from The Alchymist (HWV43) as advanced publicity, carefully planned to prepare Handel's arrival. Whatever: both works here are the works of a youthful and exuberant outpouring of genius. They both were conceived in theatrical Catholic Italy, only to achieve their final form in the Protestant North. In this transformation process they seem to have lost none of their vigour and warmth; and today they charm us still as they must have charmed when new, like a whiff from distant lemon groves through the London fog and the rain. Jed Wentz and his consort Musica ad Rhenum are stalwarts of the extensive catalogue of historically informed recordings on Brilliant Classics. They draw on the rich performance and scholarly tradition of early music in The Netherlands, and their recordings of Bach, Handel, Couperin, Rameau and more have, since the group's foundation in 1992, won critical praise. Other information: - Recorded 2006, a highlight from the extensive discography of Musica ad Rhenum, conducted by Jed Wentz, maintaining their high reputation in the field of historically informed performance practice. - Handel wrote the Cantata as a young man learning the craft in Italy, where he lived for several years. It bears ample evidence of the Italian style: sensuous cantabile melodies, a great dramatic impact and an abundant instrumental brilliance in the ensemble. - Contains notes on the music as well as artist biographies. - Contains a libretto for Apollo e Dafne.

Produktdetails

• Anzahl: 1 Audio CD
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2013
• Hersteller: Edel Music & Entertainment CD / DVD,
• EAN: 5028421946009
• Artikelnr.: 37145288

Autorenporträt

Georg Friedrich Händel studierte zunächst Jura in seiner Geburtstadt Halle. Von 1703-1706 war er Cembalist an der Hamburger Oper und 1709 Hofkapellmeister in Hannover. Ab 1710 lebte Händel als Opernkomponist in London, nach 1728 hat er sich stark dem Oratorium zugewendet.

Trackliste

CD
1	The Alchymist HWV 43 - Incidental music
2	2. Air	00:01:14
3	3. Minuet	00:01:09
4	4. Sarabande	00:04:20
5	5. Bourrée	00:02:14
6	6. Air	00:00:52
7	7. Minuet	00:01:12
8	8. (Air)	00:02:10
9	9. Gigue	00:01:03
10	Apollo e Dafne (La terra è liberata) HWV 122 (Kantate)
11	Arie: Pende il ben dell'universo	00:04:08
12	Rezitativ: Ch'il superbetto Amore	00:00:37
13	Arie: Spezza l'arco e getta l'armi	00:03:06
14	Arie: Felicissima quest'alma	00:05:25
15	Rezitativ: Che voce	00:00:58
16	Arie: Ardi, adori, e preghi in vano	00:03:08
17	Rezitativ: Che crudel	00:00:18
18	Duett: Una guerra ho dentro il seno	00:01:57
19	Razitativ: Placati al fin, o cara	00:00:22
20	Arie: Come rosa in su la spina	00:02:22
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21	Rezitativ: Ah, ch'un Dio non dovrebbe	00:00:22
22	Arie: Come in ciel benigna stella	00:02:45
23	Rezitativ: Odi la mia ragion	00:00:24
24	Duett: Deh, lascia addolcire	00:03:00
25	Rezitativ: Sempre t'adorero	00:00:19
26	Arie-Rezitativ: Mie piante correte	00:03:06
27	Arie: Cra pianta	00:06:04