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The Counterpoints & friends - Italophilia: Discovering the Italian Style in Handel’s London (2024)
The Counterpoints & friends - Italophilia: Discovering the Italian Style in Handel’s London (2024)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 391 Mb | Total time: 71:23 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Challenge Records | # CC720003 | Recorded: 2024
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 391 Mb | Total time: 71:23 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Challenge Records | # CC720003 | Recorded: 2024
This CD by The Counterpoints, entitled Italophilia: Discovering the Italian style in Handel’s London, investigates the Italian musical influences on English baroque music in the seventeenth and eighteenth century. Already in 1683, Henry Purcell (1659-1695) had written in the foreword of his Sonatas of three Parts that he had ‘faithfully endeavour’d a just imitation of the most fam’d Italian Masters’. In later years, the impact of these Italian Masters would only increase, reaching its apogee in the work of George Frideric Handel (1685-1759). This CD contextualizes Handel’s work with composers he influenced and was influenced by, both in England and Italy.
The Counterpoints have released an earlier CD on Challenge: Thomascantors in Dialogue (2022), focused on German composers. On Italophilia, the geographical focus shifts to Italy and England. As a consequent, there is a musical relocation, towards a different kind of expression, more contrast between lively and cantabile movements, and solo and tutti moments. Taking Handel as the key figure for this CD then is very fitting, as he had connections to all three countries. Finally, the vocal music and its narrative elements runs like a thread through the entire program. This reflects Handel’s oeuvre, in which vocal music also has a central place.
Performer:
The Counterpoints & friends:
Kristen Witmer, soprano
Thomas Triesschijn, recorder
Matthea de Muynck, violin
Petr Hamouz, cello
Anne-Linde Visser, cello (continuo Geminiani)
Aljosja Mietus, harpsichord
Giulio Quirici, theorbo & guitar
Tracklist:
Henry Purcell
01. Ground in D minor, Z.D222
02-05. Sonata No.10 in D major
Alessandro Scarlatti
06-10. Augellin, vago e canoro
John Eccles
11. The mad lover - Air V (on a ground)
Nicola Matteis
12-13. Suite for guitar and basso continuo in G major
George Frideric Handel
14-17. Pensieri notturni di Filli
Anonymous
18. Tollets ground
George Frideric Handel
19-22. Trio Sonata in B minor, Op.2 No.1b
Francesco Geminiani
23-26. Sonata in D minor, Op.5 No.2
Antonio Vivaldi
27-29. Concerto da Camera in F major, RV100
Maurice Greene
30. Farfalletta festosetta
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