Matthew Halls, The King’s Consort - George Frideric Handel: Parnasso in Festa (2008)
Matthew Halls, The King’s Consort - George Frideric Handel: Parnasso in Festa (2008)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 660 Mb | Total time: 131:51 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Hyperion | # CDA67701/2 | Recorded: 2008
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 660 Mb | Total time: 131:51 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Hyperion | # CDA67701/2 | Recorded: 2008
Hyperion’s Record of the Month sees the long overdue return to the studio of The King’s Consort, under the baton of the group’s newly appointed Artistic Director Matthew Halls. Here the ensemble presents the premiere recording of Handel’s Parnasso in Festa: a unique example in Handel’s enormous creative career of a fully-fledged celebratory serenata (or Festa teatrale). This form was rare in England but had developed in parallel with opera in Italy, where it was popular for commemorating special occasions of international significance. Parnasso in Festa was written for Princess Anne’s marriage to Prince William of Orange.
In Handel’s serenata three of the Muses, their leader Apollo, his son Orpheus, and Mars (god of War) gather at the feast celebrating the nuptials of Peleus and Thetis. The mythological musicians Apollo and Orfeo must have been particularly appealing for Handel here. Unlike many composers, he never composed an opera about Orpheus and Euridice. His only depiction of the mythical musician in his entire output forms the core of the serenata’s middle part. For a composer who later excelled at representing the musical ikons Timotheus and St Cecilia, and who was described by contemporaries as ‘the Orpheus of our age’, the depiction of Orfeo is fascinating. Created two years before Alexander’s Feast, and five years before A Song for St Cecilia’s Day, the emotional centre of Parnasso in Festa is devoted to a study of the power of music.
This magnificent masterpiece has long been starved of wide attention. It is presented here in a dazzling performance by an exceptional group of musicians, and graced by a stellar line-up of soloists led by Carolyn Sampson.
Performer:
Apollo - Diana Moore
Clio - Carolyn Sampson
Orfeo - Lucy Crowe
Calliope - Rebecca Outram
Clori - Ruth Clegg
Euterpe - Diana Moore
Marte - Peter Harvey
The King’s Consort
Conductor - Matthew Halls
Tracklist:
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Parnasso in Festa, HWV 73
CD1:
01. Part I. No 01. Overture: Un poco allegro – Più allegro – Allegro
02. No 02. Aria: Verginelle (Clio)
03. No 03. Coro: Corriamo pronte ad ubbidir
04. No 04. Recitative: Germane, figlio amato (Apollo/Clio/Calliope)
05. No 05. Solo e Coro: Deh! cantate un bell'amor (Apollo)
06. No 06. Recitative: Ma prima che s'avanzi (Apollo)
07. No 07. Aria: Spira al sen' celeste ardore (Orfeo)
08. No 08. Aria: Gran Tonante, Giove immenso (Apollo)
09. No 09. Coro: Già vien da lui il nostro ben
10. No 10. Recitative: Spettacolo gradito (Clio)
11. No 11. Aria: Con un vezzo lusinghiero (Clio)
12. No 12. Recitative: Rimembranza gradita (Apollo)
13. No 13. Duetto: Sin le grazie nel bel volto (Apollo/Clio)
14. No 14. Recitative: Ma di sì belle fiamme (Clio)
15. No 15. Aria: Quanto breve è il godimento (Clio)
16. No 16. Recitative: Vada in oblio memoria sì funesta (Apollo)
17. No 17. Coro: Cantiam a Bacco in sì lieto dì
18. No 18. Aria: Del nume Lieo (Marte)
19. No 19. Aria: Sciolga dunque al balla al canto (Apollo)
20. No 20. Coro e Soli: S'accenda pur di festa il cor (Clio/Calliope/Apollo)
21. No 21. Coro: Replicati al ballo al canto
22. Part II. No 01. Soli e Coro: Nel petto sento un certo ardor (Calliope/Euterpe/Clori/Clio)
23. No 02. Recitative: Qual tetra nube, Orfeo (Apollo)
24. No 03. Aria: Torni pure un' bel splendore (Apollo)
25. No 04. Recitative: Ogn'un mi siegua, e godi (Clio)
26. No 05. Aria: Nel spiegar sua voce al canto (Clio)
CD2:
01. No 06. Recitative: E non s'udiran mai (Clori)
02. No 07. Coro: O quanto bella gloria
03. No 08. Aria: Tra sentier di amene selve (Clori)
04. No 09. Coro: O quanto bella gloria
05. No 10. Recitative: Che mai facesti Orfeo? (Calliope)
06. No 11. Aria: Già le furie vedo ancor' (Calliope)
07. No 12. Accompagnato: Dopo d'aver perduto il caro bene (Orfeo)
08. No 13. Aria: Ho perso il caro ben' (Orfeo)
09. No 14. Coro: S'unisce al tuo martir
10. No 15. Recitative: Figlio, diletto Orfeo (Apollo)
11. No 16. Duetto: Cangia in gioia il tuo dolor (Apollo/Clio)
12. No 17. Recitative: Di Nettuno seguaci (Apollo)
13. No 18. Coro: Coralli e perle vogliamo offrir
14. Part III. No 01: Sinfonia
15. No 02. Recitative: Io che degli avi eccelsi (Marte)
16. No 03. Coro e Solo: Si parli ancor di trionfar (Marte)
17. No 04. Recitative: O stirpe gloriosa (Orfeo)
18. No 05. Aria: Da sorgente rilucente (Orfeo)
19. No 06. Recitative: Dall'opre illustri dei genitor (Calliope)
20. No 07. Aria: Sempre aspira eccelso core (Calliope)
21. No 08. Recitative: Delle dotte germane (Apollo)
22. No 09. Aria: Non tardate Fauni ancora (Apollo)
23. No 10. Coro: Accorriam senza dimora
24. No 11. Recitative: Sia degli eccelsi sposi (Clio)
25. No 12. Aria: Circondin lor' vite (Clio)
26. No 13. Recitative: Con un' spirito divoto (Euterpe)
27. No 14. Aria: Han' mente eroica (Euterpe)
28. No 15. Recitative: Di virtù, di valor, pietà, e clemenza (Apollo)
29. No 16. Solo e Coro: Lunga serie d'alti eroi (Apollo)
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Matthew Halls, The King’s Consort - George Frideric Handel: Parnasso in Festa (2008)
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