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Composers: Georg Friedrich Händel, Charles Babell, Agostino Steffani, Nicolaus Adam Strungk, Georg Philip Telemann, Antonio Sartorio Interpreters: Iwona Leśniowska-Lubowicz, Franz Vitzthum, Paulina Kilarska, Petr Wagner, Stanisław Gojny Reviews |
Recording: 13. 17.12.2009 Quality: DSD Total time: 66:43 Label: Ars Produktion Published: 01.09.2010 Price incl. shipping: 20€ Mail order:
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During the 17th and 18th Century, the city of Hanover played an important role in the musical life of Germany. Music was performed at the Lutheran Church as well as at the Duke's court. Soon after its establishment in 1636, the court played host to many of the Era's most prominent musicians. Even before Handel, many aspiring composers were attracted to the Hanover court. Between 1639 and 1641, Henrich Schütz stayed at Hanover. During the reign of the highly educated John Frederick, Duke of Brunswick Calenberg from 1655 until 1679, a number of musicians were brought in from Italy and France. At the same time the court orchestra was significantly expanded. The long stay of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz, the great mathematician and philosopher at Hanover provides further evidence of the extraordinary intellectual life at the court. A sonata by Georg Philipp Telemann (1681 1767) completes this survey of northern german Baroque music. Telemann was one of the most prolific and most popular composers of his time; his stylistic inventions were often ground braking. Altohough Telemann never held any position at the court in Hanover, he is known to have visited it regularly. The creative atmosphere at the court and Steffanis achievements in particular are said to have spurred Telemann's own creativity. |
Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 1759) | |
1 | Duetto IX „Conservate, raddopiate” HWV 185 (for soprano, alto and b.c.) |
2-5 | Cantata „Solitudini care, amata libertà” HWV 163 (for soprano and b.c.) |
2 | Recitativo |
3 | Aria |
4 | Recitativo |
5 | Aria |
Charles Babell (ca. 1636 1716) | |
6-10 | „8me Suite en c-moll” (for harpsichord solo) |
6 | Allemande |
7 | Courante |
8 | Sarabande |
9 | Maniere de Sarabande |
10 | Gigue |
Agostino Steffani (1654 1728) | |
11 | Duetto „Vuol il Ciel ch’io sia legato” (for soprano, alto and b.c.) |
Nicolaus Adam Strungk (1640 1716) | |
12-13 | Songs from „Leucoleons Galamelite” (for alto and b.c.) |
12 | Er scheuet sich nicht das Kammermägdgen Myrtalen zu lieben |
13 | Das Bildnis seiner Verstorbenen kompt Ihm im Traum wieder vor (Faximile from the library of the University in Frankfurt am Mein) |
14 | „Capriccio della Chiave A” (for organ solo) |
15-16 | Songs from „Leucoleons Galamelite” (for alto and b.c.) |
15 | Er widerräth der Rhodinis das Closter-Leben |
16 | Nacht-Lied |
Agostino Steffani (1654 1728) | |
17 | Duetto „O care catene ch’il piede stringete” (for soprano, alto and b.c.) |
Georg Philip Telemann (1681 1767) | |
18-22 | Sonata e-moll (for viola da gamba and b.c.) |
18 | Cantabile |
19 | Allegro |
20 | Recitativo |
21 | Arioso |
22 | Vivace |
Antonio Sartorio (1630 1680) | |
23 | Cantata „E tiranna la speranza” (for soprano and b.c.) (Faximile from the library of the Kassel University) |
Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 1759) | |
24-26 | Duetto X „Tanti strali al sen mi scocchi” HWV 187 (for soprano, alto and b.c.) |
24 | Tanti strali al sen mi scocchi |
25 | Ma se l'alma sempre geme |
26 | Dunque annoda pur, ben mio |
Sponsored by the Stiftung für deutsch-polnische Zusammenarbeit foundation and The Adam Mickiewicz Institute. | ||
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