London Circa 1720: Corelli's Legacy
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HANDEL / CORELLI / BABELL / GEMINIANI / SCHICKHARDT
London Circa 1720: Corelli's Legacy
La Rêveuse
[ Harmonia Mundi / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 2 October 2020
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In the early eighteenth century, London become the capital of Italian opera. The 1720s witnessed a feverish demand for music that led many foreign virtuosos to move to the city. Concert-loving Londoners relished the last sonatas in the style of the old master Corelli and the works of the youthful newcomer Handel. On their first recording for harmonia mundi, La Rêveuse invite us to relive this lively scene.
"La Rêveuse bring us a disc of splendid music-making...The theme of the disc makes for a lovely coherence between works... There is enough variety, both timbral and affectual, to keep one in sonic rapture...Yet it is the individual and plentiful moments of beauty that make this album so enthralling" Gramophone Editor's Choice Nov 2020
Tracks:
Babell: Concerto No. II for sixth flute in D Major, Op. 3
Geminiani, F: Sonata No. IV in D Major, Op. 1, H. 4
Arcangelo Corelli, Johann Christian Schickhardt: Sonata No. IV in F Major, Op. 6
Handel: Concerto a quattro in D minor
Schickhardt: Concerto No. 2, Op. 19
Handel: Sonata in G minor HWV364b
Handel: Spera si mio caro bene (from Admeto)
Haym: Thus with Thirst My Souls Expiring (from Pyrrhus and Demetrius)
