Emma Kirkby, London Baroque - George Frideric Handel: Neun Deutsche Arien; Gloria (2009)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 347 Mb | Total time: 69:47 | Scans included
Classical | Label: BIS | # BIS-CD-1615 | Recorded: 2006
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 347 Mb | Total time: 69:47 | Scans included
Classical | Label: BIS | # BIS-CD-1615 | Recorded: 2006
Among Handel's vocal works - from the early, operatic solo cantatas to the full-blown operas and the oratorios of his London years - the Nine German Arias hold a special place. Possibly composed around the time that the composer made a final journey to Germany to take leave of his ailing mother, they were Handel's last settings of texts in his native language. It seems likely that these circumstances contributed to the intimate character of these highly personal works, in combination with the texts themselves. Barthold Heinrich Brockes' poems point ahead towards the Enlightenment, establishing as their setting a harmonically organised world, in which benevolent Nature is the prime example of God's bounty. Emma Kirkby has chosen to combine these arias with the much earlier Gloria, discovered in 2001 and given its première recording - by Emma Kirkby herself - in the same year. As a result of the smaller forces (two violins, cello and chamber organ) employed on this re-recording of the exuberant work, the performance has a more intimate atmosphere, giving an interesting perspective on a piece which although written 300 years ago, is still a new addition to the repertoire. Emma Kirkby and London Baroque share a musical relationship of long standing, and appear together on two previous Handel recordings on BIS. The recent 'Handel in Italy', a programme of early, secular solo cantatas, was highly praised by the reviewers, for instance in the German magazine Fono Forum: 'Emma Kirkby presents these pieces with a deep insight into human thought and feeling. her interaction with London Baroque is an impressive demonstration of how a common musical understanding has matured and strengthened throughout a collaboration of many years.' An earlier disc of 'Sacred Cantatas' also received a number of distinctions, including a 'BBC Music Choice' in BBC Music Magazine, whose reviewer had 'seldom been as moved by a recording, both music and performance.'
Performer:
Emma Kirkby, soprano
London Baroque:
Ingrid Seifert, violin
Richard Gwilt, violin
Charles Medlam, cello
Terence Charlston, harpsichord & organ
Tracklist:
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Neun Deutsche Arien, HWV 202-10
01. Künft'ger Zeiten eitler Kummer, HWV 202 (Larghetto)
02. Das zitternde Glänzen, HWV 203 (Allegro)
03. Süsser Blumen Ambraflocken, HWV 204 (Andante)
04. Süsse Stille, sanfte Quelle, HWV 205 (Larghetto)
05. Singe, Seele, Gott zum Preise, HWV 206 (Allegro)
06. Meine Seele hört im Sehen, HWV 207 (Andante)
07. Die ihr aus dunkeln Grüften, HWV 208 (Larghetto)
08. In den angenehmen Büschen, HWV 209 (A Tempo giusto)
09. Flammende Rose, Zierde der Erden, HWV 210 (Andante)
Trio Sonata in F major, HWV 392
10. I. [without tempo marking]
11. II. Allegro
12. III. Adagio
13. IV. Allegro
Gloria
14. Gloria in excelsis Deo
15. Et in terra pax
16. Laudamus te
17. Domine Deus
18. Qui tollis
19. Quoniam tu solus sanctus
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