Handel: Water Music Hwv 348-350, Music For The Royal Fireworks Hwv 351 / Guglielmo, L'arte Dell'arco

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Label
CPO
Release Date
July 29, 2008
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      HANDEL, G.F
    • PERFORMER
      Federico Guglielmo, L'Arte Dell'Arco
    Product Details ⌄
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Overture: Largo - Allegro

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: L'Arte dell'Arco

      Conductor: Giovanni Guglielmo

    2. II. Adagio e staccato

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: L'Arte dell'Arco

      Conductor: Giovanni Guglielmo

    3. III. Allegro

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: L'Arte dell'Arco

      Conductor: Giovanni Guglielmo

    4. IV. Andante

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: L'Arte dell'Arco

      Conductor: Giovanni Guglielmo

    5. V. —

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: L'Arte dell'Arco

      Conductor: Giovanni Guglielmo

    6. VI. Air

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: L'Arte dell'Arco

      Conductor: Giovanni Guglielmo

    7. VII. Minuet

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: L'Arte dell'Arco

      Conductor: Giovanni Guglielmo

    8. VIII. —

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: L'Arte dell'Arco

      Conductor: Giovanni Guglielmo

    9. IX. Hornpipe

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: L'Arte dell'Arco

      Conductor: Giovanni Guglielmo

    10. X. —

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: L'Arte dell'Arco

      Conductor: Giovanni Guglielmo

    11. I. Allegro

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: L'Arte dell'Arco

      Conductor: Giovanni Guglielmo

    12. II. Alla Hornpipe

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: L'Arte dell'Arco

      Conductor: Giovanni Guglielmo

    13. III. Menuet

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: L'Arte dell'Arco

      Conductor: Giovanni Guglielmo

    14. IV. Rigaudon I

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: L'Arte dell'Arco

      Conductor: Giovanni Guglielmo

    15. IV. Rigaudon II

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: L'Arte dell'Arco

      Conductor: Giovanni Guglielmo

    16. V. Lentement

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: L'Arte dell'Arco

      Conductor: Giovanni Guglielmo

    17. I. Bouree

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: L'Arte dell'Arco

      Conductor: Giovanni Guglielmo

    18. II. Menuet

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: L'Arte dell'Arco

      Conductor: Giovanni Guglielmo

    19. III. Menuett

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: L'Arte dell'Arco

      Conductor: Giovanni Guglielmo

    20. IV. Country Dance I

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: L'Arte dell'Arco

      Conductor: Giovanni Guglielmo

    21. IV. Country Dance II

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: L'Arte dell'Arco

      Conductor: Giovanni Guglielmo

    22. V. Trumpet Minuet

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: L'Arte dell'Arco

      Conductor: Giovanni Guglielmo

    23. I. Ouverture

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: L'Arte dell'Arco

      Conductor: Giovanni Guglielmo

    24. II. Bourree

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: L'Arte dell'Arco

      Conductor: Giovanni Guglielmo

    25. III. La Paix

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: L'Arte dell'Arco

      Conductor: Giovanni Guglielmo

    26. IV. La Rejouissance

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: L'Arte dell'Arco

      Conductor: Giovanni Guglielmo

    27. V. Menuet I

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: L'Arte dell'Arco

      Conductor: Giovanni Guglielmo

    28. V. Menuet II

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: L'Arte dell'Arco

      Conductor: Giovanni Guglielmo


This is a hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both regular and Super Audio CD players.

These are exceptionally well-played renditions of works that have had perhaps more attention--in almost every shape, size, and instrumental configuration imaginable--than any other 18th-century orchestral music. Crisp, clean, snappy articulation, rich-toned horns, bright trumpets, mellifluous strings and winds, and ideal, unhurried tempos and well-balanced ensemble sound makes for a very satisfying hour-plus concert.

The period-instrument Italian orchestra (unusual to hear in this music!) is very ably led by Federico Guglielmo, who chose to follow recommendations recently asserted by Christopher Hogwood particularly regarding performing order of the 22 individual pieces that make up the suites in D, G, and F. This means that instead of the traditional divisions into suites, we hear one compilation of all the movements, beginning with the F major (which is ordered exactly the way it is in my old Eulenburg pocket score from 1973) and continuing with a mixture of the G major and D major movements. Unless you've got a particular movement sequence firmly stuck in your consciousness and you can't jar it loose, L'Arte dell'Arco's program order won't bother you at all. What may bother you, however, is an annoying clicking/clacking noise that in a couple of places disrupts the otherwise demonstration-quality sound (most notable on tracks 7 and 8).

Nevertheless, the highlights are many, including some very lovely ornamentation by the solo flute in the G major Menuet, exciting brass playing throughout, and a Fireworks Overture that's as rousing and artfully executed as you'll ever hear. This is a release that manages to make a memorable impression in a very crowded field--a significant achievement, and an imposing calling-card for this fine orchestra.

--David Vernier, ClassicsToday.com