Utwory na płycie:

• Sonata Op.4 nr. 5 - Preludio
• Sonata Op.4 nr. 5 - Allemanda
• Sonata Op.4 nr. 5 - Corrente
• Sonata Op.4 nr. 5 - Gavotta
• Spande ancor a mio dispetto
• Spande ancor a mio dispetto - O! che da fiere pene
• Spande ancor a mio dispetto - Da balza in balza
• Dalla guerra amorosa
• Dalla guerra amorosa - Non v'alletti un occhio nero
• Dalla guerra amorosa - Fuggite, si fuggite
• Dalla guerra amorosa - La bellezza e' come un fiore
• Dalla guerra amorosa - Fuggite, si fuggite, a chi servo d'amor
• Sonata op. 4 nr. 3 - Preludio
• Sonata op. 4 nr. 3 - Corrente
• Sonata op. 4 nr. 3 - Sarabanda
• Sonata op. 4 nr. 3 - Tempo di Gavotta
• Nell'Africane selve
• Nell'Africane selve - Langue trema
• Nell'Africane selve - Nice la', fra confine
• Nell'Africane selve - Chiedo amore, altro non bramo
• Cuopre tal volta il cielo
• Cuopre tal volta il cielo - Tuona, balena
• Cuopre tal volta il cielo - Cosi fiera procella
• Cuopre tal volta il cielo - Per pieta' de'miei martiri

Corelli:
Sonata Op. 4 nr. 5:
Preludio
Sonata Op. 4 nr. 5:
Allemanda
Sonata Op. 4 nr. 5:
Corrente
Sonata Op. 4 nr. 5:
Gavotta
Sonata Op. 4 nr. 3 - Preludio
Sonata Op. 4 nr. 3 - Corrente
Sonata Op. 4 nr. 3 - Sarabanda
Sonata Op. 4 nr. 3 - Tempo di Gavotta
Spande ancor a mio dispetto - aria
Spande ancor a mio dispetto - O! che da fiere pene
Spande ancor a mio dispetto - Da balza in balza

Handel:
Dalla guerra amorosa
Dalla guerra amorosa - Non v'alletti un occhio nero
Dalla guerra amorosa - Fuggite, si fuggite
Dalla guerra amorosa - La bellezza e com'un fiore
Dalla guerra amorosa - Fuggite, si fuggite, a chi servo d'amor
Nell'Africane selve
Nell'Africane selve - Langue trema
Nell'Africane selve - Nice la, fra confine
Nell'Africane selve - Chiedo amore, altro non bramo
Cuopre tal volta il cielo
Cuopre tal volta il cielo - Tuona, balena
Cuopre tal volta il cielo - Cosi fiera procella
Cuopre tal volta il cielo - Per pieta de'miei martiri

Georg Friedrich Handel pisał kantaty przede wszystkim podczas pobytu we Włoszech w latach 1706-1710. Tam też poznał Arcangela Corellego, Domenica Scarlattiego i jego ojca Alessandra. Dwie sonaty Corellego znalazły się na płycie. Kantaty Handla to ważny repertuar i do tej pory zaniedbywany. Dlatego warto śledzić poczynania Marco Vitale z zespołem, którzy realizują projekt nagrania wszystkich kantat kompozytora. Niektóre z nich do tej pory nie doczekały się rejestracji. Czasem proste - tylko z continuo, a czasem rozbudowane, kierowane do uprzywilejowanej publiczności - włoskich arystokratów świeckich i kościelnych. Ważne też, aby ukazywać je w kontekście szerszym - stąd pomysł urozmaicania utworami, które wywodzą się z tego samego kręgu. Handel mniej znany. Interesujące i inspirujące.

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Handel’s cantatas represent an important musical repertoire that until recently has been little known. Consisting of about 100 separate works, most were written over a period of a few years for private performance in Italy.

They range from musical miniatures containing only two arias connected by recitative and accompanied by continuo (a bass line typically realized by cello and harpsichord) to larger works with named characters, a dramatic story, and rich instrumental forces. Telling more often than not about the pangs of love, these are intimate works, with texts frequently written by (and sometimes about) members of the privileged audience for which they were composed. A number of Handel’s cantatas have texts by one of his important Italian patrons, Cardinal Benedetto Pamphilj.

The project of Marco Vitale to record all of Handel’s cantatas is thrilling. The continuo cantatas have never been recorded in full and many have never been recorded at all. Thus, this project will bring to life largely unknown music by one of the world’s greatest composers. Further, performance all the cantatas will place the larger, instrumental works in the musical context of their creation.

This project is the continuation of the ‘Handel Complete Cantatas’ series appeared recently on the market with four volumes issued. This is the second volume presented by the ayros recording label, as continuation of the series . This CD features the bass-baritone Mitchell Sandler, who worked in other CD productions of Contrasto Armonico (Aci, Galatea e Polifeo & La Resurrezione). The CDs contains also two trio-sonatas by Arcangelo Corelli.