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World music CD DVD shop and Classic distribution
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ID: ERP6212 (EAN: 4742229004082) | 1 CD | DDD Ausgefolgt: 2013
- LABEL:
- ESTONIAN RECORD PRODUCTIONS
- Kolektion:
- Baroque
- Subkolektion:
- Voices and Orchestra
- Komponisten:
- HÄNDEL, Georg Friedrich
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Interpreten:
- KEOHANE, Maria (soprano) | MORTENSEN, Lars Ulrik (harpsichord)
- Ensembles:
- European Union Baroque Orchestra
- Dirigenten:
- MORTENSEN, Lars Ulrik
- Andere Infos:
Even though the full title of this album indicates that it contains George Frederick Handel's Water Music, potential purchasers need to know that only the Suite No. 1 in F major from Water Music is included, along with other works. This misleading title should not detract from appreciation of the quality of the music, for the period style performances by the European Union Baroque Orchestra of the Overture to Admeto, the Concerto Grosso in F major, and vocal works that feature soprano Maria Keohane, are certainly attractive and worth having in their own right. Led by harpsichordist Lars Ulrik Mortensen, the small Baroque orchestra plays with clean lines and crisp articulation, and the ensemble's sound is convincingly authentic. Keohane sings with grace and elegant phrasing, and demonstrates a fine sense of embellishment and tonal production in her dramatic interpretations of the solo cantatas Ero e Leandro and Ah! Che troppo ineguali, as well as the aria Tu del Ciel ministro eletto from the oratorio Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno. On the whole, this is a representative sampler of Handel's instrumental and vocal music that is definitely worth hearing, though any listeners who seek the complete Water Music need to look elsewhere. ˜ Blair Sanderson, Rovi
| HÄNDEL, Georg Friedrich (1685-1759) | | | 1. | Overture from Admeto HWV 22. | 4:56 | | | Cantata Ero e Leandro HWV 150. | | | 2. | Recitativo | 0:37 | | | 3. | Aria I. | 6:20 | | | 4. | Recitativo | 0:38 | | | 5. | Aria II. | 5:19 | | | 6. | Recitativo | 0:55 | | | 7. | Aria III. | 6:21 | | | 8. | Recitativo | 1:32 | | | Water Music Suite No 1 in F major, HWV 348. | | | 9. | Ouverture | 3:00 | | | 10. | Adagio e staccato | 2:05 | | | 11. | Allegro | 2:33 | | | 12. | Andante | 2:13 | | | 13. | Allegro | 3:00 | | | 14. | Air | 3:16 | | | 15. | Minuet | 2:10 | | | 16. | Bourre | 1:36 | | | 17. | Hornpipe | 1:12 | | | 18. | Andante | 3:31 | | | Cantata Ah! Che troppo ineguali, HWV 230. | | | 19. | Recitativo | 1:01 | | | 20. | Aria | 8:49 | | | Concerto grosso in F major, Op 6 No 2 HWV 320. | | | 21. | Andante larghetto | 3:34 | | | 22. | Allegro | 2:30 | | | 23. | Largo | 2:41 | | | 24. | Allegro ma non troppo | 2:28 | | | 25. | Aria Tu del Ciel ministro eletto from Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno HWV 46a. | 5:49 | | Dedicated to Eric Bean (1927−2012). Eric Bean was one of the principal sponsors of EUBO (Panasonic Europe). He was a great supporter and true friend of the orchestra, becoming a trustee of EUBO.
“... technically excellent and propelled with exactly the right degree of driving energy by Lars Ulrik Mortensen, a director of great imagination and musicality with a special ability to find details in the music you maybe hadn't registred before, draw them out and thrill you with them.” (Gramophone, 8 / 2013)
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