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Handel / Colombo / Fantazyas- Italian Cantatas

SKU: 5028421964782
¥98.00
the album cover for Handel / Colombo / Fantazyas - Italian Cantatas
the album cover for Handel / Colombo / Fantazyas - Italian Cantatas

In 1706, 21-year-old Handel arrived in Italy as a prodigious celebrity, already having caught the eye and won the patronage of the Medici family in Florence. Further honors and rewards were heaped on him when he moved to Rome the following year and came under the sponsorship of the most cultured and influential of the city's noble families. It was for them that he wrote a string of secular cantatas, on time-honored and popular themes of arcadian and amorous bliss. These Roman cantatas have received more attention from scholars and performers in recent years, but the four presented here are still relatively unfamiliar, beginning with the brief, hunting-themed Diana cacciatrice HWV79. This cantata's striking feature is an aria with echo soprano and trumpet solo, while Alpestre monte is an anguished tale of betrayal and suicide, including a pair of ravishing arias (again for soprano). Faithfulness is once more the vexed question posed by the album's best-known cantata, Tu fedel? Tu costante? The searing purity of Carlotta Colombo's soprano makes her a worthy successor to distinguished early-music specialists who have taken on the work, including Emma Kirkby. Conceived on a grander scale, Olinto pastore arcade alle glorie del Tebro is scored for three solo singers, to present an allegorical discussion between the shepherd Olinto, the river Tiber and the embodiment of Glory, concerning how the humble shepherd (a veiled allusion to Handel's patron at the time) will restore Rome to her ancient greatness. The singer and conductor Roberto Balconi founded Fantazyas in 2000 as a flexible ensemble of instruments and voices specialising in Italian music of the 17th and 18th centuries. They have toured across Europe and Japan, and here they make their debut on Brilliant Classics.

Tracklist:

  1. * Alla Caccia, "Diana Cacciatrice", HWV 79
  2. La Marche
  3. Recitative: Alla Caccia, Alla Caccia
  4. Aria: Foriera la Tromba
  5. Coro: Alla Caccia
  6. Arietta: Di Questa Selva Fra Dubbie Vie
  7. Coro: Alla Caccia
  8. * Alpestre Monte, HWV 81
  9. Accompagnato: Alpestre Monte
  10. Aria: Io So Ben
  11. Recitativo: Quindi Men Vengo a Voi
  12. Aria: Almen Dopo Il Fato Mio
  13. * Tu Fedel? Tu Costante?, HWV 171
  14. Sonata
  15. Recitative: Tu Fedel? Tu Costante?
  16. Aria: Cento Belle Ami Fileno
  17. Recitative: L'occhio Nero Vivace
  18. Aria: Se Licori, Fili Ed Io
  19. Recitative: Ma, Se Non Hai Più
  20. Aria: Se Non Ti Piace Amarmi
  21. Recitative: Ma Il Tuo Genio Incostante
  22. Aria: Si Crudel, Ti Lasciero
  23. * O Come Chiare E Belle, HWV 143
  24. Sonata: Allegro
  25. Aria: Oh! Come Chiare E Belle
  26. Recitativo: Ma Quel Che Più D'ogn'altro
  27. Aria: Chi Mi Chiama?
  28. Recitativo: Dell'arcadi Foreste
  29. Aria: Più Non Spero
  30. Recitativo: Per Te Non Più Rubella
  31. Aria: Caro Tebro
  32. Recitativo: Si, la Gloria Son Io
  33. Aria: Tornami a Vagheggiar
  34. Recitativo: Tebro, Tu Non Rispondi?
  35. Aria: Al Suon Che Destano
  36. Recitativo: Di Stupor, Di Diletto
  37. Aria: Io Torno a Sperare
  38. Recitativo: Di Si Giuste Speranze
  39. Aria: Astro Clemente
  40. Recitativo: Tebro, Ti Dissi Il Vero
  41. Aria: Alle Voci Del Bronzo Guerriero
  42. Viva, Viva!
Format: New CD/Classical

Handel / Colombo / Fantazyas- Italian Cantatas

SKU: 5028421964782
¥98.00

Release Date: 06.24.2022

 
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In 1706, 21-year-old Handel arrived in Italy as a prodigious celebrity, already having caught the eye and won the patronage of the Medici family in Florence. Further honors and rewards were heaped on him when he moved to Rome the following year and came under the sponsorship of the most cultured and influential of the city's noble families. It was for them that he wrote a string of secular cantatas, on time-honored and popular themes of arcadian and amorous bliss. These Roman cantatas have received more attention from scholars and performers in recent years, but the four presented here are still relatively unfamiliar, beginning with the brief, hunting-themed Diana cacciatrice HWV79. This cantata's striking feature is an aria with echo soprano and trumpet solo, while Alpestre monte is an anguished tale of betrayal and suicide, including a pair of ravishing arias (again for soprano). Faithfulness is once more the vexed question posed by the album's best-known cantata, Tu fedel? Tu costante? The searing purity of Carlotta Colombo's soprano makes her a worthy successor to distinguished early-music specialists who have taken on the work, including Emma Kirkby. Conceived on a grander scale, Olinto pastore arcade alle glorie del Tebro is scored for three solo singers, to present an allegorical discussion between the shepherd Olinto, the river Tiber and the embodiment of Glory, concerning how the humble shepherd (a veiled allusion to Handel's patron at the time) will restore Rome to her ancient greatness. The singer and conductor Roberto Balconi founded Fantazyas in 2000 as a flexible ensemble of instruments and voices specialising in Italian music of the 17th and 18th centuries. They have toured across Europe and Japan, and here they make their debut on Brilliant Classics.

Tracklist:

  1. * Alla Caccia, "Diana Cacciatrice", HWV 79
  2. La Marche
  3. Recitative: Alla Caccia, Alla Caccia
  4. Aria: Foriera la Tromba
  5. Coro: Alla Caccia
  6. Arietta: Di Questa Selva Fra Dubbie Vie
  7. Coro: Alla Caccia
  8. * Alpestre Monte, HWV 81
  9. Accompagnato: Alpestre Monte
  10. Aria: Io So Ben
  11. Recitativo: Quindi Men Vengo a Voi
  12. Aria: Almen Dopo Il Fato Mio
  13. * Tu Fedel? Tu Costante?, HWV 171
  14. Sonata
  15. Recitative: Tu Fedel? Tu Costante?
  16. Aria: Cento Belle Ami Fileno
  17. Recitative: L'occhio Nero Vivace
  18. Aria: Se Licori, Fili Ed Io
  19. Recitative: Ma, Se Non Hai Più
  20. Aria: Se Non Ti Piace Amarmi
  21. Recitative: Ma Il Tuo Genio Incostante
  22. Aria: Si Crudel, Ti Lasciero
  23. * O Come Chiare E Belle, HWV 143
  24. Sonata: Allegro
  25. Aria: Oh! Come Chiare E Belle
  26. Recitativo: Ma Quel Che Più D'ogn'altro
  27. Aria: Chi Mi Chiama?
  28. Recitativo: Dell'arcadi Foreste
  29. Aria: Più Non Spero
  30. Recitativo: Per Te Non Più Rubella
  31. Aria: Caro Tebro
  32. Recitativo: Si, la Gloria Son Io
  33. Aria: Tornami a Vagheggiar
  34. Recitativo: Tebro, Tu Non Rispondi?
  35. Aria: Al Suon Che Destano
  36. Recitativo: Di Stupor, Di Diletto
  37. Aria: Io Torno a Sperare
  38. Recitativo: Di Si Giuste Speranze
  39. Aria: Astro Clemente
  40. Recitativo: Tebro, Ti Dissi Il Vero
  41. Aria: Alle Voci Del Bronzo Guerriero
  42. Viva, Viva!