Emma Kirkby, Christopher Hogwood, The Academy of Ancient Music - George Frideric Handel: Italian Cantatas (1985)
Emma Kirkby, Christopher Hogwood, The Academy of Ancient Music - George Frideric Handel: Italian Cantatas (1985)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 273 Mb | Total time: 54:37 | Scans included
Classical | Label: L'oiseau Lyre | # 414 473-2 | Recorded: 1984
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 273 Mb | Total time: 54:37 | Scans included
Classical | Label: L'oiseau Lyre | # 414 473-2 | Recorded: 1984
During the later years of the seventeenth century in Italy the form of the solo cantata with basso continuo became popular. Extra voices with obbligato instruments were often added to the basic formula, but the alternating pattern of recitative and aria remained more or less constant. the majority of Handel's cantatas date from the first decade of the eighteenth century and, more specifically, to his period in Italy between 1706 and 1710. Three of those in the new issue belong to that period whilst the fourth, Mi palpita il cor, suggests Anthony Hicks—in its version for soprano, oboe and continuo—dates from Handel's first years in England. Only recently have two complete copies of Alpestre monte turned up and this performance is, I believe, the first commercially recorded one.
There is a wealth of expressive contrast to be found amongst Handel's chamber cantatas matched by an effective variety instrumentation. The texts which, characteristically, are concerned with the pain induced by fickle lovers, unrequited love and the like, contain numerous figures of speech which lend themselves to musical depiction. Handel seldom disappoints us in the subtlety with which he captures a mood or colours an image and his illustrations are, on occasion, strikingly vivid; one arresting effect occurs in the opening aria of the cantata, Tra le fiamme, where unusual orchestral trills seem to depict the rapidly fluttering wings of moths as they are singed by flame. If I mention that Daedalus and his fatally meddlesome son, Icarus, also feature in the text you will have some idea of the particular analogy applied here. From almost every standpoint this cantata struck me as being perhaps the most diverting of the four; but they are all strong works presented here in lively and stylish performances.
Emma Kirkby is admirably fluent and agile, discovering nuances both of text and music with her accustomed sensibility. Christopher Hogwood draws some fine playing from his orchestra and there are plenty of effective obbligato contributions, too. The music may not always reveal Handel at his most beguiling, perhaps, but arias such as ''Almen dopo il fato mio'' from Alpestre monte and the colourfully orchestrated arias of Tra le fiamme are utterly enchanting in their different ways.–Nicholas Anderson
Performer:
Emma Kirkby, soprano
The Academy of Ancient Music
Christopher Hogwood, conductor
Tracklist:
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Tu fedel? Tu constante?, cantata for soprano, 2 violins & continuo, HWV 171
01. Sonata
02. Tu fedel? tu costante?
03. Cento belle ami, Fileno
04. L'occhio nero vivace di Filli
05. Se Licori, Filli ed io
06. Ma, se non hai piu/se non ti piace amarmi, forzar non t
07. Si, crudel, ti lasciero
Mi palpita il cor, cantata, HWV 132
08. Mi palpita il cor
09. Ho tanti affanni in petto
10. Clori, di te mi lagno
11. S'un di m'adora la mia crudele
Alpestre Monte, cantata, HWV 81
12. Alpestre monte
13. Io son ben ch'il vostro orrore
14. Quindi men vengo a voi
15. Almen dopo il fato mio
Tra le Fiamme (Il consiglio), cantata, HWV 170
16. Tra le fiamme tu scherzi pergioco
17. Dedalo gia le fortunate penne
18. Pien di nuovo e bel diletto
19. Si, si, purtroppo e vero
20. Voli per l'aria chi puo volare
21. L'uomo che nacque per salire al Cielo
22. Tra le fiamme tu scherzi per salire per gioco
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Emma Kirkby, Christopher Hogwood, The Academy of Ancient Music - George Frideric Handel: Italian Cantatas (1985)
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