Handel: Il Trionfo del Tempo e della Verita / Martini, Frankfurt Baroque

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December 14, 1999
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      HANDEL
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Joachim C, Nicholas, Junge Kantorei, Martini, Peer, Hariades, Abilgaard
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      December 14, 1999
    • UPC
      636943444023
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8554440-42
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      3
    • GENRE
      Choral - Secular
    Works ⌄

    1. Part l: Sonata dell'Overtura, HWV 46a (Allegro) - Adagio - (Allegro); Sinfonia, HWV 46b - Allegro - Adagio

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

      Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

    2. Part l: Solo al godere aspria il nostro cor (Chorus and Soloists)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Junge Kantorei, Barockorchester Frankfurt

      Performer: Claron McFadden, Elisabeth Scholl, Nicholas Hariades, Peer Abilgaard

      Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

    3. Part l: Recitative: Qual veggo il mio sembiante (Bellezza)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

      Performer: Claron McFadden

      Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

    4. Part l: Aria: Fido specchio, in te vagheggio (Bellezza)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

      Performer: Claron McFadden

      Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

    5. Part l: Recitative: Io che sono il Piacere (Piacere, Bellezza)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

      Performer: Claron McFadden, Elisabeth Scholl

      Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

    6. Part l: Aria: Fosco genio, e nero duolo (Piacere)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

      Performer: Elisabeth Scholl

      Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

    7. Part l: Recitative: Ed io, che 'l Tempo sono (Tempo, Disinganno)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

      Performer: Peer Abilgaard, Nicholas Hariades

      Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

    8. Part l: Aria: Se la bellezza (Disignanno)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

      Performer: Peer Abilgaard

      Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

    9. Part l: Recitative: Dunque si prendan l'armi (Piacere, Bellezza, Tempo, Disinganno)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

      Performer: Claron McFadden, Elisabeth Scholl, Peer Abilgaard, Nicholas Hariades

      Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

    10. Part l: Aria: Una schiera di piaceri (Bellezza)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

      Performer: Claron McFadden

      Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

    11. Part l: Recitative: I Colossi del Sole (Tempo)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

      Performer: Nicholas Hariades

      Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

    12. Part l: Aria: Urne voi, che racchiudete (Tempo)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

      Performer: Nicholas Hariades

      Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

    13. Part l: Son large de dolor (Coro del Tempo)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Junge Kantorei, Barockorchester Frankfurt

      Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

    14. Part l: Recitative: Sono troppo crudi i tuoi consigli (Piacere)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

      Performer: Elisabeth Scholl

      Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

    15. Part l: Duet: Il voler nel fior degli’anni (Bellezza, Piacere)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

      Performer: Claron McFadden, Elisabeth Scholl

      Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

    16. Part l: Recitative: Della vita morale (Disinganno, Bellezza)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

      Performer: Claron McFadden, Peer Abilgaard

      Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

    17. Part l: Aria: Un piensiero nemico di pace (Bellezza)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

      Performer: Claron McFadden

      Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

    18. Part l: Recitative: Folle, tu nieghi ‘l tempo, ed in quest’ora (Disinganno, Piacere, Bellezza)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

      Performer: Claron McFadden, Elisabeth Scholl, Peer Abilgaard

      Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

    19. Part l: Aria: Nasce l’Uomo, ma nasce Bambino (Tempo)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

      Performer: Nicholas Hariades

      Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

    20. Part l: L’Uomo sempre se stesso distrugge (Choro)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Junge Kantorei, Barockorchester Frankfurt

      Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

    21. Interlude: Concerto for Organ, Violin, Cello and Instruments (Andante allegro)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

      Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

    22. Interlude: Viver, nor amar (Bellezza, Piacere, Tempo, Disinganno, Coro)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Junge Kantorei, Barockorchester Frankfurt

      Performer: Claron McFadden, Elisabeth Scholl, Nicholas Hariades

      Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

    23. Interlude: Sinfonia: Allegro

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

      Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

    24. Part ll: Recitative: Questa e la Reggio mia (Piacere)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

      Performer: Elisabeth Scholl

      Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

    25. Part ll: Sonatina for Solo Violin - Allegro - Presto

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Junge Kantorei, Barockorchester Frankfurt

      Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

    26. Part ll: Sonatina for Carillon (Adagio - Andante)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

      Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

    27. Part ll: Recitative: Taci: qual suono ascolto? (Bellezza)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

      Performer: Claron McFadden

      Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

    28. Part ll: Aria: Un leggiadro Giovinetto (Piacere)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

      Performer: Elisabeth Scholl

      Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

    29. Part ll: Recitative: Ha nella destra l’ali (Bellezza)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

      Performer: Claron McFadden

      Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

    30. Part ll: Aria: Venga il Tempo, e con l’ali funeste (Bellezza)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

      Performer: Claron McFadden

      Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

    31. Part ll: O Tempo, padre del dolor (Coro)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Junge Kantorei, Barockorchester Frankfurt

      Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

    32. Part ll: Ritornello (Allegro, ma non troppo)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

      Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

    33. Part ll: Aria: Crede l’uon ch’egli riposi (Disinganno)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

      Performer: Peer Abilgaard

      Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

    34. Part ll: Recitative: Tu credi che sia lunge (Tempo, Bellezza)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

      Performer: Claron McFadden, Nicholas Hariades

      Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

    35. Part ll: Aria: Folle, dunque tu sola presumi (Tempo)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

      Performer: Nicholas Hariades

      Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

    36. Part ll: Recitative: La Reggia del piacer vedesti? (Disinganno, Tempo)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

      Performer: Peer Abilgaard, Nicholas Hariades

      Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

    37. Part ll: Quartetetto: Se non sei più ministro di pene (Bellezza, Piacere, Disinganno, Tempo)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

      Performer: Claron McFadden, Elisabeth Scholl, Peer Abilgaard, Nicholas Hariades

      Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

    38. Part ll: Recitative: Se del falso piacere (Tempo)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

      Performer: Nicholas Hariades

      Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

    39. Part ll: AriaChiudi, chiudi i vaghi rai (Piacere)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

      Performer: Elisabeth Scholl

      Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

    40. Part ll: Recitative: In tre parti divise (Tempo)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

      Performer: Nicholas Hariades

      Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

    41. Part ll: Aria: Io sperai troval nel vero (Bellezza)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

      Performer: Claron McFadden

      Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

    42. Part ll: Recitative: Tu vivi invan dolente (Piacere)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

      Performer: Elisabeth Scholl

      Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

    43. Part ll: Aria: Tu giurasti di mai no lasciarmi (Piacere)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

      Performer: Elisabeth Scholl

      Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

    44. Part ll: Recitative: Sguardo, che infermo ai rai del Sol si volge (Tempo)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

      Performer: Nicholas Hariades

      Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

    45. Part ll: Aria:Io vorrei due cori in Seno (Bellezza)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

      Performer: Claron McFadden

      Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

    46. Part ll: Recitative: Io giurerei, che tu chiudesti il lumi (Disinganno, Bellezza)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

      Performer: Claron McFadden, Peer Abilgaard

      Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

    47. Part ll: Aria: Più non cura (Disinganno)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

      Performer: Peer Abilgaard

      Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

    48. Part ll: Recitative: E un’ ostinato errore (Tempo)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

      Performer: Nicholas Hariades

      Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

    49. Part ll: Aria: E ben folle quel Nocchier (Tempo)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

      Performer: Nicholas Hariades

      Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

    50. Part ll: Recitative: Dicesti il vero, e (benche tardi) intesti (Bellezza)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

      Performer: Claron McFadden

      Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

    51. Part ll: Quartetetto: Voglio Tempo per risolvere (Bellezza, Tempo, Disinganno, Piacere)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

      Performer: Claron McFadden, Elisabeth Scholl, Peer Abilgaard, Nicholas Hariades

      Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

    52. Part ll: Pria che sii converta in Polve (Coro)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Junge Kantorei, Barockorchester Frankfurt

      Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

    53. Part lll: Sinfonia: Andante, Da Capo.

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

      Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

    54. Part lll: Recitative: Presso la Reggia ove ‘l Piacere risiede (Bellezza, Disinganno)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

      Performer: Claron McFadden, Peer Abilgaard

      Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

    55. Part lll: Aria: Lascia la Spina (Piacere)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

      Performer: Elisabeth Scholl

      Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

    56. Part lll: Sarabande - Improvisation for Two Harpsichords (Almira, Hamburg 1704, HWV 1/4)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

      Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

    57. Part lll: Aria - Sarabande (II Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, Rome 1707, HWV 46a/23), (Piacere)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

      Performer: Elisabeth Scholl

      Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

    58. Part lll: Recitative: Con troppo chiare note (Bellezza, Disinganno)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

      Performer: Claron McFadden, Peer Abilgaard

      Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

    59. Part lll: Aria: Voglio cangiar desio (Bellezza)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

      Performer: Claron McFadden

      Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

    60. Part lll: Recitative: Or che tiene la destra (Bellezza, Piacere, Disinganno)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

      Performer: Claron McFadden, Elisabeth Scholl, Peer Abilgaard

      Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

    61. Part lll: Aria: Chi gia fu del giondo Crine (Disinganno)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

      Performer: Peer Abilgaard

      Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

    62. Part lll: Recitative: Ma che beggio? Che miro? (Bellezza)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

      Performer: Claron McFadden

      Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

    63. Part lll: Aria: Ricco pino (Bellezza)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

      Performer: Claron McFadden

      Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

    64. Part lll: Accompanied Recitative: Si, bella penitenza (Bellezza)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

      Performer: Claron McFadden

      Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

    65. Part lll: Aria: Il bel pianto dell’Aurora (Tempo)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

      Performer: Nicholas Hariades

      Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

    66. Part lll: Recitative: Piacer, che meco gia vivesti, il vero (Bellezza)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

      Performer: Claron McFadden

      Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

    67. Part lll: Aria: Come Nembo che fugge col vento (Piacere)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

      Performer: Elisabeth Scholl

      Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

    68. Part lll: Accompanied Recitative: Or se la Verita del Sole Eterno (Bellezza)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

      Performer: Claron McFadden

      Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

    69. Part lll: Aria: Quel del Ciel Ministro Eletto (Bellezza)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

      Performer: Claron McFadden

      Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

    70. Part lll: Organ Concerto, Op. 4, No. 4, HWV 292: Allegro - Adagio

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Barockorchester Frankfurt

      Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini

    71. Part lll: Alleluia (Coro)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Junge Kantorei, Barockorchester Frankfurt

      Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini


This almost unknown, large scale (almost 3 hour) oratorio, The Triumph of Time and Truth, was composed by Handel in Rome in 1707 and revised by him for performances in London’s Covent Garden in 1737 (the version recorded here) and then translated into English, revised again and presented, with new additions, in 1757. The performance recorded here contains, probably, everything Handel composed for this work in its various incarnations, and then some: A brief organ concerto by the composer is added to the second part’s introduction and another pops up before the final chorus; a number from the serenata Acis & Galatea is inserted at one point; and a Saraband for two harpsichords from Handel’s Almira is used as an interlude in Part III. Furthermore, some will recognize the beautiful aria from the original, “Lascia la spina,” which became “Lascia ch’io piango” in Rinaldo, set to another text and very different music.

All that aside, this windy work, in which four characters (here, two sopranos and two male altos) stand for Beauty, Pleasure, Time and Disillusion and duke it out until each characteristic opts to serve a better, higher cause, is definitely worth hearing. It contains the appealing, straighforwardly Baroque (if there is such a thing) style of Handel’s early Italian cantatas, mixed with his later sophisticated choral writing and dramatic recitatives. The singers have plenty to do. Both sopranos–Beauty and Pleasure, who sound uncomfortably alike and therefore cut somewhat into the drama–are excellent, with particular kudos going to Claron McFaddon’s Beauty for her lovely trills (especially in #29, with continuo), and both male altos are agile, involved, and just a bit weak in their lower registers.

The chorus, which is very big and appears to have been recorded from a far greater distance than the soloists, is splendid, as is the orchestra under Joachim Carlos Martini’s leadership. The resonant acoustic makes the soloists sound a bit lonely, but otherwise, no complaints. This remains the only recording of the 1737 omnibus version of the work, and Handel lovers should flock to it.

– ClassicsToday (Robert Levine)