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The cantus firmus consort under the experienced leadership of Andreas Reize present Handel’s Apollo e Dafne together with four other compositions by Handel, including two suites from the lost opera Die verwandelte Daphne and a chaconne from the ballet Terpsichore.
George Frideric Handel: Concerto Grosso in B flat major, Op. 3, No. 2, HWV 313
I. Vivace
II. Largo
III. Allegro
IV. Menuet
V. Gavotte
George Frideric Handel: Apollo e Dafne, HWV 122
Part I: Recitative: La terra e liberata! (The earth is freed!) (Apollo)
Part I: Aria: Pende il ben dell'universo (The well-being of the universe) (Apollo)
Pat I: Recitative: Ch'il superbetto Amore (Let proud little Cupid) (Apollo)
Part I: Aria: Spezza l'arco e getta l'armi (Break your bow and throw away your arrows) (Apollo)
Part I: Aria: Felicissima quest'alma (Most fortunate is this soul) (Dafne)
Part I: Recitative: Che voce! Che belta! (What a voice! What a beauty!) (Apollo, Dafne)
Part I: Aria: Ardi, adori, e preghi in vano (You desire, adore and beseech in vain) (Dafne)
Part I: Recitative: Che crudel! (How cruel!) (Apollo, Dafne)
Part I: Duet: Una guerra ho dentro il seno (A war rages in my breast) (Dafne, Apollo)
George Frideric Handel: Overture in B flat major, HWV 336
Overture in B flat major, HWV 336
George Frideric Handel: Suite in B flat major, HWV 352
I. Coro
II. Bourree
III. Allemande
IV. Rigaudon
George Frideric Handel: Suite in G major, HWV 353
I. Allemande I
II. Bourree
III. Menuet
IV. Allemande II
George Frideric Handel: Suite in B flat major, HWV 354
I. Menuet
II. Sarabande
Apollo e Dafne, HWV 122
Part II: Recitative: Placati al fin, o cara (Calm yourself, O dear one) (Apollo)
Part II: Aria: Come rosa in su la spina (Like the rose on its stem) (Apollo)
Part II: Recitative: Ah! ch'un Dio non dovrebbe (Ah! A God should love nothing) (Dafne)
Part II; Aria: Come in ciel benigna stella (As Neptune's star in heaven) (Dafne)
Part II: Recitative: Odi la mia ragion! (Hear my reason!) (Apollo, Dafne)
Part II: Duet: Deh! lascia addolcire quell'aspro rigor (Pray! Soften your unbending severity) (Apollo, Dafne)
Part II: Recitative: Sempre t'adorero! (I shall always adore you!) (Apollo, Dafne)
Part II: Aria: Mie piante correte (My feet run) (Apollo)
Part II: Recitative: Che vidi? Che mirai? (What's this I behold?) (Apollo)
Part II: Ritornell (after HWV 404)
Part II: Aria: Cara pianta, co'miei pianti (Dearest laurel, with my tears) (Apollo)
George Frideric Handel: Il Pastor Fido, HWV 8b
Il Pastor Fido, HWV 8b: Chaconne
January 2012
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“Neatly cut with suites from a lost 'Dafne' opera and tailed by a cheerful chaconne, Handel's cantata is given lively context in a tautly-directed recording.”
January 2012
“They both make the most of Handel's utterly delightful and sometimes poignant music. I think neither could be fairly said to have an exceptionally beautiful voice, but they both sing with great skill and dramatic insight...on the whole this recording is very recommendable, not least for the delightful orchestral rarities.”
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