Composer: George Frideric Handel
Performer: Andrea Lauren Brown, Dominik Wörner, Cantus Firmus Consort
Conductor: Andreas Reize
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: CPO
Catalogue: 7772282
Release: 2011
Size: 322 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Concerto grosso in B-Flat Major, Op. 3 No. 2, HWV 313
01. I. Vivace
02. II. Largo
03. III. Allegro
04. IV. Menuet
05. V. Gavotte
Apollo e Dafne, HWV 122
Part I
06. Recitative: La terra e liberata! (The earth is freed!) (Apollo)
07. Aria: Pende il ben dell’universo (The well-being of the universe) (Apollo)
08. Recitative: Ch’il superbetto Amore (Let proud little Cupid) (Apollo)
09. Aria: Spezza l’arco e getta l’armi (Break your bow and throw away your arrows) (Apollo)
10. Aria: Felicissima quest’alma (Most fortunate is this soul) (Dafne)
11. Recitative: Che voce! Che belta! (What a voice! What a beauty!) (Apollo, Dafne)
12. Aria: Ardi, adori, e preghi in vano (You desire, adore and beseech in vain) (Dafne)
13. Recitative: Che crudel! (How cruel!) (Apollo, Dafne)
14. Duet: Una guerra ho dentro il seno (A war rages in my breast) (Dafne, Apollo)
15. Overture in B-Flat Major, HWV 336
Suite in B-Flat Major, HWV 352
16. I. Coro
17. II. Bourree
18. III. Allemande
19. IV. Rigaudon
Suite in G Major, HWV 353
20. I. Allemande I
21. II. Bourree
22. III. Menuet
23. IV. Allemande II
Suite in B-Flat Major, HWV 354
24. I. Menuet
25. II. Sarabande
Apollo e Dafne, HWV 122
Part II
26. Recitative: Placati al fin, o cara (Calm yourself, O dear one) (Apollo)
27. Aria: Come rosa in su la spina (Like the rose on its stem) (Apollo)
28. Recitative: Ah! ch’un Dio non dovrebbe (Ah! A God should love nothing) (Dafne)
29. Apollo e Dafne, HWV 122: Part II; Aria: Come in ciel benigna stella (As Neptune’s star in heaven) (Dafne)
30. Recitative: Odi la mia ragion! (Hear my reason!) (Apollo, Dafne)
31. Duet: Deh! lascia addolcire quell’aspro rigor (Pray! Soften your unbending severity) (Apollo, Dafne)
32. Recitative: Sempre t’adorero! (I shall always adore you!) (Apollo, Dafne)
33. Aria: Mie piante correte (My feet run) (Apollo)
34. Recitative: Che vidi? Che mirai? (What’s this I behold?) (Apollo)
35. Ritornell (after HWV 404)
36. Aria: Cara pianta, co’miei pianti (Dearest laurel, with my tears) (Apollo)
Il Pastor Fido, HWV 8b
37. Chaconne
The cantus firmus consort under the experienced leadership of Andreas Reize present Handel’s Apollo e Dafne together with four other compositions by Handel, including two suites from the lost opera Die verwandelte Daphne and a chaconne from the ballet Terpsichore.