Catherine Bott, Purcell Quartet - Handel: Italian Cantatas & Trio Sonatas (1998)
BAND/ARTIST: Catherine Bott, Purcell Quartet
- Title: Handel: Italian Cantatas & Trio Sonatas
- Year Of Release: 1998
- Label: Chandos
- Genre: Classical
- Quality: flac lossless (tracks) +Booklet
- Total Time: 01:09:47
- Total Size: 339 mb
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Tracklist
01. Trio Sonata in G Major, Op. 5 No. 4, HWV 399: I. Allegro
02. Trio Sonata in G Major, Op. 5 No. 4, HWV 399: II. A tempo ordinario - Allegro non presto
03. Trio Sonata in G Major, Op. 5 No. 4, HWV 399: III. Passacaille
04. Trio Sonata in G Major, Op. 5 No. 4, HWV 399: IV. Gigue. Presto
05. Trio Sonata in G Major, Op. 5 No. 4, HWV 399: V. Menuet. Allegro moderato
06. Tra le fiamme, HWV 170: Aria. Tra le fiamme
07. Tra le fiamme, HWV 170: Recitativo. Dedalo già le fortunate penne - Aria. Pien di nuovo e bel diletto
08. Tra le fiamme, HWV 170: Recitativo. Sì, sì, pur troppo è vero - Aria. Voli per l'aria
09. Tra le fiamme, HWV 170: Recitativo. L'uomo che nacque per salire - Aria. Tra le fiamme
10. Trio Sonata in B-Flat Major, Op. 5 No. 7, HWV 402: I. Larghetto
11. Trio Sonata in B-Flat Major, Op. 5 No. 7, HWV 402: II. Allegro, ma non presto
12. Trio Sonata in B-Flat Major, Op. 5 No. 7, HWV 402: III. Adagio - Allegro
13. Trio Sonata in B-Flat Major, Op. 5 No. 7, HWV 402: IV. Gavotte. Allegro
14. Trio Sonata in B-Flat Major, Op. 5 No. 7, HWV 402: V. Menuet. Andante allegro
15. Notte Placida e Cheta, HWV 142: Recitativo. Notte placida e cheta - Aria. Zeffiretti, deh venite
16. Notte Placida e Cheta, HWV 142: Recitativo. Momento fortunato - Aria. Per un istante
17. Notte Placida e Cheta, HWV 142: Recitativo accompagnato. Ma già sento - Aria. Luci belle
18. Notte Placida e Cheta, HWV 142: Recitativo accompagnato. Oh delizie d'amor - Aria. Che non di da qua
19. Trio Sonata in G Minor, Op. 2 No. 5, HWV 390a: I. Larghetto
20. Trio Sonata in G Minor, Op. 2 No. 5, HWV 390a: II. Allegro
21. Trio Sonata in G Minor, Op. 2 No. 5, HWV 390a: III. Adagio
22. Trio Sonata in G Minor, Op. 2 No. 5, HWV 390a: IV. Allegro
This attractive selection of Handel’s cantatas and trio sonatas makes a satisfying programme of some of Handel’s finest and most attractive music.
The Purcell Quartet is one of the finest baroque quartets today and their many recordings on Chandos have received excellent critical acclaim. They are joined on this album by several distinguished soloists.
Nearly all of Handel’s cantatas were composed during his years in Italy, mainly for concerts at the homes of his various patrons, where (as his first biographer put it) he was ’desired to furnish his quota’ of such pieces. They were popular in Rome, where opera was forbidden at the time. Most are written simply for voice and continuo but there are more than twenty, no doubt intended for larger-scale occasions, that call for additional instruments; both the cantatas recorded here come into that category. Tra le fiamme was composed around the spring of 1708 and, though a typical mixture of recitative and aria, it contains some exceptionally colourful instrumentation and is certainly operatic in style. Notte placida e cheta dates from the same year and is similarly full of imaginative touches, including one aria composed in a fugal style, the voice taking the role in the contrapuntal interplay with the two violins and the continuo group - a magical piece of writing. The trio sonatas here are a rich mixture of slow and fast movements, all of great character and all different, providing the perfect foil to the cantatas.
01. Trio Sonata in G Major, Op. 5 No. 4, HWV 399: I. Allegro
02. Trio Sonata in G Major, Op. 5 No. 4, HWV 399: II. A tempo ordinario - Allegro non presto
03. Trio Sonata in G Major, Op. 5 No. 4, HWV 399: III. Passacaille
04. Trio Sonata in G Major, Op. 5 No. 4, HWV 399: IV. Gigue. Presto
05. Trio Sonata in G Major, Op. 5 No. 4, HWV 399: V. Menuet. Allegro moderato
06. Tra le fiamme, HWV 170: Aria. Tra le fiamme
07. Tra le fiamme, HWV 170: Recitativo. Dedalo già le fortunate penne - Aria. Pien di nuovo e bel diletto
08. Tra le fiamme, HWV 170: Recitativo. Sì, sì, pur troppo è vero - Aria. Voli per l'aria
09. Tra le fiamme, HWV 170: Recitativo. L'uomo che nacque per salire - Aria. Tra le fiamme
10. Trio Sonata in B-Flat Major, Op. 5 No. 7, HWV 402: I. Larghetto
11. Trio Sonata in B-Flat Major, Op. 5 No. 7, HWV 402: II. Allegro, ma non presto
12. Trio Sonata in B-Flat Major, Op. 5 No. 7, HWV 402: III. Adagio - Allegro
13. Trio Sonata in B-Flat Major, Op. 5 No. 7, HWV 402: IV. Gavotte. Allegro
14. Trio Sonata in B-Flat Major, Op. 5 No. 7, HWV 402: V. Menuet. Andante allegro
15. Notte Placida e Cheta, HWV 142: Recitativo. Notte placida e cheta - Aria. Zeffiretti, deh venite
16. Notte Placida e Cheta, HWV 142: Recitativo. Momento fortunato - Aria. Per un istante
17. Notte Placida e Cheta, HWV 142: Recitativo accompagnato. Ma già sento - Aria. Luci belle
18. Notte Placida e Cheta, HWV 142: Recitativo accompagnato. Oh delizie d'amor - Aria. Che non di da qua
19. Trio Sonata in G Minor, Op. 2 No. 5, HWV 390a: I. Larghetto
20. Trio Sonata in G Minor, Op. 2 No. 5, HWV 390a: II. Allegro
21. Trio Sonata in G Minor, Op. 2 No. 5, HWV 390a: III. Adagio
22. Trio Sonata in G Minor, Op. 2 No. 5, HWV 390a: IV. Allegro
This attractive selection of Handel’s cantatas and trio sonatas makes a satisfying programme of some of Handel’s finest and most attractive music.
The Purcell Quartet is one of the finest baroque quartets today and their many recordings on Chandos have received excellent critical acclaim. They are joined on this album by several distinguished soloists.
Nearly all of Handel’s cantatas were composed during his years in Italy, mainly for concerts at the homes of his various patrons, where (as his first biographer put it) he was ’desired to furnish his quota’ of such pieces. They were popular in Rome, where opera was forbidden at the time. Most are written simply for voice and continuo but there are more than twenty, no doubt intended for larger-scale occasions, that call for additional instruments; both the cantatas recorded here come into that category. Tra le fiamme was composed around the spring of 1708 and, though a typical mixture of recitative and aria, it contains some exceptionally colourful instrumentation and is certainly operatic in style. Notte placida e cheta dates from the same year and is similarly full of imaginative touches, including one aria composed in a fugal style, the voice taking the role in the contrapuntal interplay with the two violins and the continuo group - a magical piece of writing. The trio sonatas here are a rich mixture of slow and fast movements, all of great character and all different, providing the perfect foil to the cantatas.
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