London Handel Players - Handel at Home (2006)

Posted By: ArlegZ
Date: Aug. 14, 2020

London Handel Players - Handel at Home (2006)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 343 Mb | Total time: 69:25 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Somm ‎| SOMM 055 | Recorded: 2005

Handel wrote very little for the flute. Indeed, when he wrote the indication ‘flauto’ in his scores he meant recorder. His use of ‘traversa’ is limited to a few sonatas and an occasional movement in operas and oratorios. However, the flute was a popular instrument among amateur musicians in Handel’s London. The publisher John Walsh capitalised on this when printing arrangements of arias and overtures that could be played by either flute or violin, with continuo accompaniment. The London Handel Players take inspiration from Walsh’s editions, with flautist Rachel Brown restoring violin parts to some favourite pieces from Alcina, Solomon and Semele. ‘Beneath the vine’ (Solomon), ‘Verdi prati’ (Alcina), and ‘O sleep, why dost thou leave me?’ (Semele) receive particularly beautiful, sensitive interpretations.
The London Handel Players often capture the elusive dramatic and orchestral context of the arias in these chamber arrangements. The captivating heart of the disc is Brown’s intimately whispered ‘Un momento di contento’ (Alcina) accompanied only by Laurence Cummings’s lyrical harpsichord-playing. Brown also performs a recently rediscovered version of the Oboe Concerto in G minor that ascribes the solo part to either oboe or flute.
The six musicians featured on this disc are all principal players of the London Handel Orchestra. Their consummate musicianship is consistently delightful: sparkling violin-playing (often with two players in perfect unison) and superb continuo contributions are just as impressive as Brown’s poetic solos.
–David Vickers

Performer:
London Handel Players:
Rachel Brown, flute
Adrian Butterfield, Oliver Webber, violins
Peter Collyer, viola
Katherine Sharman, cello
Laurence Cummings, harpsichord

Track List:
Flute Concerto, HWV 287
01. I. Grave
02. II. Allegro
03. III. Sarabande: Largo
04. IV. Allegro
Alcina, HWV 34
05. Overture
06. Act II: Verdi Prati
07. Musette
08. Act III: Un momento di contento
09. Act I: Tornami a vagheggiar
Solomon, HWV 67
10. Part I: Overture (arr. J. Walsh for harpsichord)
11. Part I: What tho’ I trace
12. Part II: Beneath the vine
13. Part III: Will the sun forget to streak
Semele, HWV 58
14. Act III: Myself I shall adore
15. Act II: O sleep, why dost thou leave me?
16. Gavotte
17. Act III: No, no, I’ll take no less


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