Handel: Apollo e Dafne - Harp Concerto In B-flat - Concerto Grosso In B-flat / Various Artists

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Label
Cameo Classics
Release Date
October 2, 2020
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC
    • PERFORMER
      Various
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 02, 2020
    • UPC
      5020926912725
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      CC9127
    • LABEL
      Cameo Classics
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Andante allegro

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Boyd Neel Orchestra

      Performer: Osian Ellis

      Conductor: Thurston Dart

    2. II. Larghetto

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Boyd Neel Orchestra

      Performer: Osian Ellis

      Conductor: Thurston Dart

    3. III. Allegro moderato

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Boyd Neel Orchestra

      Performer: Osian Ellis

      Conductor: Thurston Dart

    4. Recitative: La terra è liberata! - Aria: Pende il ben dell'universo (Apollo)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Geraint Jones Orchestra

      Performer: Thomas Hemsley

      Conductor: Geraint Jones

    5. Recitative: Ch'il superbetto Amore - Aria: Spezza l'arco e getta l'armi (Apollo)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Geraint Jones Orchestra

      Performer: Thomas Hemsley

      Conductor: Geraint Jones

    6. Aria: Felicissima quest'alma (Dafne)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Geraint Jones Orchestra

      Performer: Arda Mandikian

      Conductor: Geraint Jones

    7. Recitative: Che voce! che beltà! - Aria: Ardi, adori, e preghi in vano - Recitative: Che crudel! (Apollo, Dafne)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Geraint Jones Orchestra

      Performer: Thomas Hemsley, Arda Mandikian

      Conductor: Geraint Jones

    8. Recitative: Placati al fin, o cara - Come rosa in su la spina (Apollo)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Geraint Jones Orchestra

      Performer: Thomas Hemsley

      Conductor: Geraint Jones

    9. Recitative: Ah! ch'un Dio non dovrebbe - Aria: Come in ciel benigna stella (Dafne)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Geraint Jones Orchestra

      Performer: Arda Mandikian

      Conductor: Geraint Jones

    10. Recitative: Odi la mia ragion! - Duet: Deh! lascia addolcire quell'aspro rigor (Apollo, Dafne)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Geraint Jones Orchestra

      Performer: Thomas Hemsley, Arda Mandikian

      Conductor: Geraint Jones

    11. Recitative: Sempre t'adorerò! - Aria: Mie piante correte (Apollo, Dafne)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Geraint Jones Orchestra

      Performer: Thomas Hemsley, Arda Mandikian

      Conductor: Geraint Jones

    12. Recitative: Dafne, dove sei tu? - Aria: Cara pianta, co'miei pianti (Apollo)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Geraint Jones Orchestra

      Performer: Thomas Hemsley

      Conductor: Geraint Jones

    13. I. Allegro

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Boyd Neel Orchestra

      Performer: Thurston Dart

      Conductor: Thurston Dart

    14. II. Largo

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Boyd Neel Orchestra

      Performer: Thurston Dart

      Conductor: Thurston Dart

    15. III. Allegro

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Boyd Neel Orchestra

      Performer: Thurston Dart

      Conductor: Thurston Dart

    16. Sosarme, re di Media, HWV 30, Act II: Recitative: Mio sposo, ahi qual orror… In mille dolci modi al sen ti stringero

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: St. Cecilia Orchestra

      Performer: Alfred Deller, Margaret Ritchie, Thurston Dart

      Conductor: Anthony Lewis


Beyond its musical riches, this medley of 1950s BBC radio broadcasts (from the Richard Itter Collection) opens a portal on England’s post-war Handelian revival. It is no accident that all these performances involve Thurston Dart, as harpsichordist, conductor or musicologist. His energy inspired a generation of musicians to explore neglected works by Handel and a host of other baroque composers, in a lithe chamber style more appropriate to their work than the heavyweight, orchestral grandeur favoured by previous generations. The efforts of Dart and other performers featured here paved the way for those more radical, ‘historically informed’ performance practices, which swept all before them in later decades.