Light Divine: Baroque music for treble and ensemble

 
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HANDEL / RAMEAU / RITTLER
Light Divine: Baroque music for treble and ensemble
The MIN Ensemble, Aksel Rykkvin (treble), Mark Bennett (trumpet & artistic director)

[ Signum / CD ]

Release Date: Friday 9 March 2018

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The prodigious Norwegian treble Aksel Rykkvin returns to disc on Signum with a new disc of Baroque works, accompanying the MIN Ensemble under trumpeter Mark Bennett and the ensemble director Lazar Miletic. Featuring both instrumental pieces and excerpts from operas and oratorios by Handel, Rameau, Albinoni and Rittler, this disc further documents Aksel's unique talent as a performer and interpreter of Baroque music.

Tracks:

1
Concerto in F, HWV 331 (arr. Mark Bennett)
By George Frideric Handel & Mark Bennett - Min Ensemble, Lazar Miletic & Mark Bennett
4:18

2
Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne, HWV 74: Eternal Source of Light Divine
By George Frideric Handel - Aksel Rykkvin, Mark Bennett & Min Ensemble
3:10

3
Trio Sonata for 2 Violins and Continuo in G, Op. 5, No. 5, HWV 399 : III. Passacaille (arr. Mark Bennett)
By George Frideric Handel & Mark Bennett - Min Ensemble, Lazar Miletic & Mark Bennett
4:54

4
Ode for St. Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: V. "What Passion Cannot Music Raise"
By George Frideric Handel - Aksel Rykkvin, Gunnar Hauge, Min Ensemble & Mark Bennett
8:18

5
Alla caccia (Diane cacciatrice), HWV 79: La Marche - Recitative "Alla caccia, alla caccia" - Aria "Foriera la tromba" (arr. Mark Bennett)
By George Frideric Handel & Mark Bennett - Aksel Rykkvin, Min Ensemble & Mark Bennett
6:25

6
La Statira, T.201: Vien con nuova Orribil guerra
By Tomaso Albinoni - Aksel Rykkvin, Min Ensemble & Mark Bennett
5:33

7
Ciaccona à 7
By Philipp Jakob Rittler - Min Ensemble, Lazar Miletic & Mark Bennett
4:58

8
Hippolyte et Aricie, RCT 43, Act III Scene 1: Ritournelle (arr. Aareskjold & Bennett)
By Jean-Philippe Rameau, Mark Bennett & Stian Aareskjold - Min Ensemble, Lazar Miletic & Mark Bennett
1:50

9
Les Boréades, RCT 31, Act IV Scene 4: Entrée d'Abaris
By Jean-Philippe Rameau - Min Ensemble, Lazar Miletic & Mark Bennett
3:47

10
Castor et Pollux, RCT 32, Act II Scene 2: "Tristes apprêts" (arr. Aareskjold & Bennett)
By Jean-Philippe Rameau, Mark Bennett & Stian Aareskjold - Aksel Rykkvin, Min Ensemble & Mark Bennett
6:20

11
Zorastre, RCT 62, Act IV Scene 5: Ballet figure, Air (arr. Mark Bennett)
By Jean-Philippe Rameau & Mark Bennett - Min Ensemble, Lazar Miletic & Mark Bennett
2:21

12
Platée, RCT 53 Act I, Scene 6: Orage (arr. Aareskjold & Bennett)
By Jean-Philippe Rameau, Mark Bennett & Stian Aareskjold - Min Ensemble, Lazar Miletic & Mark Bennett
2:33

13
Nais, RCT 49, Act II, Scene 6: "Je ne sais quel ennui me presse" (arr. Stian Aareskjold)
By Jean-Philippe Rameau & Stian Aareskjold - Aksel Rykkvin, Min Ensemble & Mark Bennett
3:37

14
Les Indes Galantes, RCT 44, Act IV Scene 6: Chaconne (arr. Mark Bennett)
By Mark Bennett & Jean-Philippe Rameau - Min Ensemble & Mark Bennett