Handel: Italian Cantatas

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Release Date: 12th Nov 2012
Catalogue No: 94426
Label: Brilliant Classics
Length: 69 minutes

Handel: Mira Lilla gentile

Work length15:18

$6.00

$7.80

Valentina Varriale, Monika Toth

Recitative. Mira Lilla gentile (Version for voice and violin)

Track length1:08

$1.00

$1.30

Aria. Non dar più pena o cara (Version for voice and violin)

Track length6:23

$1.00

$1.30

Recitative. Ferma deh ferma o bella (Version for voice and violin)

Track length0:40

$1.00

$1.30

Aria. Consolati mio core (Version for voice and violin)

Track length2:34

$1.00

$1.30

Recitative. Sogno o son desto (Version for voice and violin)

Track length0:48

$1.00

$1.30

Aria. Benche infida tu mi fuggi (Version for voice and violin)

Track length3:45

$1.00

$1.30

anon.: La caduta di Icaro

Work length18:14

$8.00

$10.40

Valentina Varriale, Monika Toth

Sinfonia (Attrib. G.F. Handel)

Track length1:38

$1.00

$1.30

Aria. Tra le fiamme tu scherzi per gioco (Attrib. G.F. Handel)

Track length3:02

$1.00

$1.30

Recitative. Dedalo gia le fortunate penne (Attrib. G.F. Handel)

Track length0:54

$1.00

$1.30

Aria. Pien di nuovo e bel diletto (Attrib. G.F. Handel)

Track length4:03

$1.00

$1.30

Recitative. Si si, purtroppo e vero (Attrib. G.F. Handel)

Track length0:14

$1.00

$1.30

Aria. Impenni l’ali chi puo volare (Attrib. G.F. Handel)

Track length4:53

$1.00

$1.30

Recitative. L'uomo che nacque per salire al Cielo (Attrib. G.F. Handel)

Track length0:21

$1.00

$1.30

Aria. Tra le fiamme tu scherzi per gioco (reprise) [Attrib. G.F. Handel]

Track length3:09

$1.00

$1.30

Handel: Mira Lilla gentile

Work length15:10

$7.00

$9.10

Valentina Varriale, Renato Criscuolo

Recitative. Mira Lilla gentile (Version for voice and cello)

Track length0:50

$1.00

$1.30

Aria. Non dar più pena o cara (Version for voice and cello)

Track length8:11

$2.00

$2.60

Recitative. Ferma deh ferma o bella (Version for voice and cello)

Track length0:38

$1.00

$1.30

Aria. Consolati mio core (Version for voice and cello)

Track length2:33

$1.00

$1.30

Recitative. Sogno o son desto (Version for voice and cello)

Track length0:37

$1.00

$1.30

Aria. Benche infida tu mi fuggi (Version for voice and cello)

Track length2:21

$1.00

$1.30

Handel: Tra le fiamme, HWV170

Work length20:20

$7.00

$9.10

Valentina Varriale
Mvsica Perdvta

Aria. Tra le fiamme tu scherzi per gioco

Track length5:20

$1.00

$1.30

Recitative. Dedalo gia le fortunate penne

Track length1:00

$1.00

$1.30

Aria. Pien di nuovo e bel diletto

Track length5:00

$1.00

$1.30

Recitative. Si, si, pur troppo e vero

Track length0:16

$1.00

$1.30

Aria. Voli per l'aria puo volare

Track length2:57

$1.00

$1.30

Recitative. L'uomo che nacque per salire al Cielo

Track length0:22

$1.00

$1.30

Aria. Tra le fiamme tu scherzi per gioco (reprise)

Track length5:25

$1.00

$1.30

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The World Premiere of Handel’s Cantata “Mira Lilla gentile”.

This new recording offers two grand scale Cantatas, each in two different versions. The first version presents the solo voice in dialogue with violin, whereas the second version replaces the violin with the more sonorous and melancholy sounds of the cello.

Soprano Valentina Varriale is an upcoming star in the Early Music scene, she sings in opera productions of Jordi Savall and Ottavio Dantone, and has recently performed in the Festivals of Salzburg, Edinburgh and Dresden.

The instrumentalists play original instruments.

New recording, including liner notes on each work.

One of the greatest composers of the Baroque era, George Frideric Handel was born in Germany but spent most of his career living in London. He was something of a celebrity in his day - a status he enjoyed thanks to his prolific cultivation of opera.

Also ranking among Handel’s large vocal output are his cantatas, works that form the focus of this release. The disc brings together two different versions of Handel’s two lesser known cantatas, and includes the first ever recording of the two versions of Mira Lilla gentile. Largely neglected until now, these latter works tell the story of a young man’s unrequited love for Lilla, and while the earlier version contains a soprano solo alternating with a violin, the later version sees this instrument replaced by a cello.

The second pair of cantatas comprises the anonymous La caduta di Icaro and Handel’s Tra le fiamme HWV170, both of which use the same libretto by Cardinal Benedetto Pamphili. Here the CD switches from heartbreak to counsel against pride; with the text declaiming the legend of Icarus and Daedalus, Tra le fiamme is particularly striking for its rich assortment of instruments.

Soprano Valentina Varriale has been praised for her ‘highly focused tone’ (International Record Review, April 2011). Having studied at the Conservatorio di Musica San Pietro a Majella in Naples, she has since performed a variety of roles with numerous opera companies and has appeared as Zeza in a filmed version of Leonardo Leo’s L’Alidoro. In her first recording for Brilliant classics, she is joined by members of Musica Perduta.

Handel: Italian Cantatas

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