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Handel - Complete Cantatas Vol.2 | Brilliant Classics 94000

Handel - Complete Cantatas Vol.2

Label: Brilliant Classics

Cat No: 94000

Barcode: 5028421940007

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 14th December 2009

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Contents

Artists

Stefanie True (soprano)
Marco Vitale (harpsichord)
Contrasto Armonico

Conductor

Marco Vitale

Works

Handel, George Frideric

Cantata HWV84 'Aure soavi e liete'
Cantata HWV144 'O lucenti, o sereni occhi'
Cantata HWV170 'Tra le fiamme'
Cantata HWV173, 'Un' alma inamorata'

Artists

Stefanie True (soprano)
Marco Vitale (harpsichord)
Contrasto Armonico

Conductor

Marco Vitale

About

Handel’s cantatas represent an important but, until recently, little-known area of his work. Even now, newly discovered works are found and performed to much excitement in the media and among lovers of Handel’s music. They were written during his time in Rome from 1707/8, and were intended for private use. They range from miniatures consisting of two arias, recitative and a basso continuo, to large scale works with all the drama of his operas, complete with named characters, a plot and large orchestral forces.

This CD contains the remarkable ‘Tra le fiamme’, written for Cardinal Pamphilj, who provided the text. The story concerns a young man who’s heart is playing for amusement and affection ‘in the flames’, but is being deceived by ‘charm and beauty’. He considers the fact that very few people escape the flames of love safely, and without being hurt. The story then turns to the example of Daedalus and his son Icarus, and how man seldom learns from history.

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