Handel: Apollo e Dafne
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GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Apollo e Dafne
Callum Thorpe (bass), Mhairi Lawson (soprano) / Ensemble Marsyas
[ Linn / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 23 September 2016
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Having established a fine reputation as an instrumental ensemble with critically acclaimed recordings of music by Zelenka and Fasch, this is the first foray into vocal music for Ensemble Marsyas.
Due to the original overture not surviving Ensemble Marsyas has substituted Handel's overture Il pastor fido; its pastoral nature is perfectly juxtaposed with the more dramatic cantata which follows.
Il pastor fido was described by 18th-century music historian Charles Burney as 'one of the most masterly and pleasing of the kind'.
Apollo e Dafne is one of Handel's most ambitious cantatas giving an early indication of what was to be a brilliant operatic career in the next thirty years of his life.
Joining Ensemble Marsyas for Apollo e Dafne are soprano Mhairi Lawson (Paul McCreesh's Gabrieli Consort) and bass Callum Thorpe (William Christie's Les Jardins de Voix).
Fans of Ensemble Marsyas' instrumental performances will also be pleased to see the inclusion of two recital pieces for wind band, which gives the core members a chance to shine.
"it's the instrumental playing that stands out: pert, shapely, spicy, full of drama...Whelan is directing from the harpsichord - and turns out he's pretty good at that, too...And as you'd expect from a conductor who spends his life playing bass lines, proper attention is paid to ensuring a robust bottom end to the ensemble." (The Guardian)
Tracks:
George Frideric Handel
Il pastor fido (Overture), HWV 8a
1. Ouverture
2. Largo
3. Allegro
4. Allegro
5. Largo
6. Allegro
7. Aria in F major, HWV 410
8. Aria in F major, HWV 411
Apollo e Dafne, HWV 122
9. Recitativo: La terra e liberata!
10. Aria: Pende il ben dell'universo
11. Recitativo: Ch'il superbetto Amore
12. Aria: Spezza l'arco e getta l'armi
13. Aria: Felicissima quest'alma
14. Recitativo: Che voce! Che beltà!
15. Aria: Ardi, adori, e preghi in vano
16. Recitativo: Che crudel! Ch'importuno!
17. Duetto: Una guerra ho dentro il seno
18. Recitativo: Placati ai fin, o cara
19. Aria: Come rosa in su la spina
20. Recitativo: Ah, ch'un Dio non dovrebbe
21. Aria: Come in ciel benigna stella
22. Recitativo: Odi la mia ragion! Sorda son io!
23. Duetto: Deh! lascia addolcire quell'aspro rigor
24. Recitativo: Sempre t'adorerò!
25. Aria: Mie piante correte
26. Aria: Cara pianta, co' miei pianti
