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Handel - Nine German Arias, Gloria | Naxos 8572587

Handel - Nine German Arias, Gloria

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Label: Naxos

Cat No: 8572587

Barcode: 0747313258772

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 31st October 2011

Contents

Artists

Dorothea Craxton (soprano)
Fredrik From
Hanna Ydmark
Kjeld Lybecker Steffensen
Lars Baunkilde
Leif Meyer

Works

Handel, George Frideric

Deutsche Arien (9) (9 German Arias), HWV202-210
Gloria in Excelsis Deo

Artists

Dorothea Craxton (soprano)
Fredrik From
Hanna Ydmark
Kjeld Lybecker Steffensen
Lars Baunkilde
Leif Meyer

About

Handel seldom set texts in his native language, but for the Nine German Arias he took poems by Barthold Heinrich Brockes, called Earthly Pleasure in God, setting them for soprano, violin and basso continuo. The texts inspired Handel to write music of great intensity and melodic beauty, qualities augmented by an almost operatic sense of declamation.

The Gloria dates from Handel’s stay in Italy and, since its rediscovery in 2001, it has become a major addition to his Latin Church music.

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