George Frideric Handel - Parnasso in Festa HWV 73 (2008)

Disc: 1
1. Part One Overture
2. Aria Clio Verginete
3. Chorus Corriamo pronti ad ubbidir
4. Recit Apollo & Co Germane, figlio amato
5. Aria & Chorus Apollo Deh! Cantata un bell'amor
6. Recit Apollo Ma prima che s'avanzi
7. Aria Orfeo Spira al sen'
8. Aria Apollo Gran Tonante
9. Chorus Già vien da lui                play
10. Recit Clio Spettacolo gradito
11. Aria Clio Con un vezzo lusinghiero   play
12. Recit Apollo Rimembranza gradita
13. Duet Apollo, Clio Sin le grazie
14. Recit Clio Ma di sì belle fiamme
15. Aria Clio Quanto breve
16. Recit Apollo Vada in oblio
17. Chorus Cantiam a Bacco
18. Aria Marte Del nume
19. Aria Apollo Sciolga dunque
20. Chorus & Solos S'accenda pur
21. Chorus Replicati al ballo
22. Part Two Solos & Chorus Nel Petto
23. Recit Apollo Qual tetra nube
24. Aria Apollo Torni pure
25. Recit Clio Ogn un mi siegua
26. Aria Clio Nel spiegar

Disc: 2
1. Recit Clori E non s'udiran mai
2. Chorus O quanto bella gloria
3. Aria Clori Tra sentier
4. Chorus O quanto bella gloria           play
5. Recit Calliope Che mai facesti
6. Aria Calliope Già le furie
7. Accomp recit Orfeo Dopo d'aver perduto
8. Aria Orfeo Ho perso il caro ben'
9. Chorus S'unisce al tuo martir          play
10. Recit Apollo Figlio, diletto Orfeo
11. Duet Apollo, Clio Cangia in gioia
12. Recit Apollo Di Nettuno seguaci
13. Chorus Coralli e perle
14. Part Three Sinfonia
15. Recit Marte Io che degli avi eccelsi
16. Chorus & Solo Marte Si parli ancor
17. Recit Orfeo O stirpe
18. Aria Orfeo Da sorgente
19. Recit Calliope Dall'opre
20. Aria Calliope Sempre aspira
21. Recit Apollo Delle dotte germane
22. Aria Apollo Non tardate
23. Chorus Accorriam senza dimora
24. Recit Clio Sia degli eccelsi sposi
25. Aria Clio Circondin lor' vite
26. Recit Euterpe Con un spirito
27. Aria Euterpe Han' mente eroica
28. Recit Apollo Di virtù
29. Aria & Chorus Apollo Lunga serie

Apollo - Diana Moore
Clio - Carolyn Sampson
Orfeo - Lucy Crowe
Calliope - Rebecca Outram
Clori - Ruth Clegg
Euterpe - Diana Moore
Marte - Peter Harvey

The King's Consort
Choir of the King's Consort
Matthew Halls, 2008

Hyperion's Record of the Month sees the long overdue return to the studio of The King's Consort, under the baton of the group's newly appointed Artistic Director Matthew Halls. Here the ensemble presents the premiere recording of Handel's Parnasso in Festa: a unique example in Handel's enormous creative career of a fully-fledged celebratory serenata (or Festa teatrale). This form was rare in England but had developed in parallel with opera in Italy, where it was popular for commemorating special occasions of international significance, such as royal weddings. Parnasso in Festa was written for Princess Anne's marriage to Prince William of Orange. In Handel's serenata three of the Muses, their leader Apollo, his son Orpheus, and Mars (god of War) gather at the feast celebrating the nuptials of Peleus and Thetis.

The mythological musicians Apollo and Orfeo must have been particularly appealing for Handel here. Unlike many composers, he never composed an opera about the legend of Orpheus and Euridice. His only depiction of the mythical musician in his entire output forms the core of the serenata's middle part. For a composer who later excelled at representing the musical legends Timotheus and St Cecilia, and who was described by contemporaries as 'the Orpheus of our age', the depiction of Orfeo is notably fascinating. Created two years before Alexander's Feast, and five years before A Song for St Cecilia's Day, the emotional centre of Parnasso in Festa is devoted to a study of the power of music. This magnificent masterpiece has been starved of the wider attention that can only come from frequent performances and disseminated recordings. It is presented here in a dazzling performance by an exceptional group of musicians, and graced by a stellar line-up of soloists led by Carolyn Sampson.

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