Utwory na płycie:

• Notte Placida E Cheta HWV 142 - 1 - Notte placida e cheta
• Notte Placida E Cheta HWV 142 - 2 - Zaffiretti, deh venite
• Notte Placida E Cheta HWV 142 - 3 - Momento fortunanto
• Notte Placida E Cheta HWV 142 - 4 - Per un instante
• Notte Placida E Cheta HWV 142 - 5 - Ma gia sento che spande
• Notte Placida E Cheta HWV 142 - 6 - Luci belle, vaghe stelle
• Notte Placida E Cheta HWV 142 - 7 - Oh delizie d'Amor
• Notte Placida E Cheta HWV 142 - 8 - Che non si da wua giu
• Qualor L'egre Pupille HWV 152 - 1 - Qualor l'egre pupille
• Qualor L'egre Pupille HWV 152 - 2 - E'il pensier nella mia mente
• Qualor L'egre Pupille HWV 152 - 3 - Lungi del caro oggetto
• Qualor L'egre Pupille HWV 152 - 4 - S'altri gode pensando al suo bene
• Qualor L'egre Pupille HWV 152 - 5 - Chi chiama amor tiranno
• Ne'toui Lumi, O Bella Clori HWV 133 - 1 - Ne'toui lumi, o bella Clori
• Ne'toui Lumi, O Bella Clori HWV 133 - 2 - Credi che quanto dolci
• Ne'toui Lumi, O Bella Clori HWV 133 - 3 - Superbetti occhi amorosi
• Ne'toui Lumi, O Bella Clori HWV 133 - 4 - Sul pallido mio volto
• Ne'toui Lumi, O Bella Clori HWV 133 - 5 - La mia piaga, se v'appaga
• Dietro L'orme Fugaci HWV 105 - 1 - Dietro l'orme fugaci
• Dietro L'orme Fugaci HWV 105 - 2 - Ah! crudele
• Dietro L'orme Fugaci HWV 105 - 3 - Per te mi struggo, infido
• Dietro L'orme Fugaci HWV 105 - 4 - O voi, dell'incostante
• Dietro L'orme Fugaci HWV 105 - 5 - Venti, fermate, si
• Dietro L'orme Fugaci HWV 105 - 6 - Ma che parlo, che dico?
• Dietro L'orme Fugaci HWV 105 - 7 - In tanti affanni miei

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.