Italian cantatas. Duetto XV : Quel fior che all'alba ride, HWV 192 (4:51) ; Cantata : Nell'africane selve, HWV 136a (10:33) ; Duetto XVI : No, di voi non vo' fidarmi, HWV 189 (5:35) ; Cantata : Nella stagion che, di viole e rose, HWV 137 (8:18) ; Duetto X : Tacete, ohimè, tacete, HWV 196 (6:54) ; Trio I : Se tu non lasci amore, HWV 201 (5:09) -- The alchemist, HWV 43 (16:03) -- English songs. I like the am'rous youth that's free, HWV 228, no. 11 (2:06) ; 'Twas when the seas were roaring, HWV 229, no. 19 (3:38) ; Love's but the frailty of the mind, HWV 218 (4:03).
Note
For 2 sopranos, cello and harpsichord (tracks 1 and 4); for bass and cello and harpsichord (tracks 2-3); for soprano, cello and harpsichord (tracks 5-6); for soprano, bass, cello and harpsichord (track 7); for 2 sopranos, bass, cello and harpsichord (track 8); for orchestra (tracks 9-12); for soprano and orchestra (tracks 13-15).
Author
Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759, composer.
Title
Cantatas = Cantates = Kantaten / George Frideric Handel.
Publisher
[London] : Decca, [2014]
Copyright date
℗1982
Type of content
performed music
Type of medium
computer
Type of carrier
online resource
Digital file characteristics
audio file
Performer
Emma Kirkby (tracks 1, 4 and 7-8), Judith Nelson (tracks 1, 4-6 and 8), Patrizia Kwella (tracks 13-15), sopranos ; David Thomas (tracks 2-3 and 7-8), bass ; Susan Shepherd, cello (tracks 1-8) ; Christopher Hogwood, harpsichord (tracks 1-8) or conductor (tracks 9-15) ; Academy of Ancient Music (tracks 9-15).
Event
Tracks 1-8 recorded 1980 July Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London.
Tracks 9-12 recorded 1980 December St. Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London.