Composer: Giovanni Battista Cirri, Francesco Geminiani, George Frideric Handel, Johann Adolph Hasse, James Oswald, Nicola Antonio Porpora
Performer: Ophélie Gaillard, Sandrine Piau, Lucile Richardot, Raquel Camarinha
Orchestra: Pulcinella Orchestra
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Aparté
Catalogue: AP274
Release: 2022
Size: 1.61 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Oswald: She’s Sweetest When She’s Naked (Solo Version)
02. Scarlatti, Avison: Concerto Grosso No. 5 in D Minor (After Domenico Scarlatti): I. Largo
03. Geminiani, Arcangelo: Concerto Grosso No. 12 in D Minor, H.143 ‘La Folia’ (After Corelli Violin Sonata, Op. 5 No. 12)
04. Handel: Serse, HWV 40, Act 3: Sinfonia
Porpora: Cello Concerto in G Major, INP 18
05. I. Adagio
06. II. Allegro
07. III. Largo
08. IV. Allegro – Presto
09. Handel: Alcina, HWV 34, Act 3: Credete al mio dolore (Alcina)
10. Handel: Concerto Grosso in B-Flat Major, Op. 3 No. 2, HWV 313: II. Largo in G Minor
11. Hasse: Fuga e Grave in G minor
Cirri: Cello Concerto No. 2 in G Major, Op. 14 No. 2
12. I. Allegro spiritoso
13. II. Largo assai
14. III. Rondo: Allegro
15. Oswald: The Murrays March
16. Oswald: My Nanio
17. Oswald: She’s Sweetest When She’s Naked
18. Geminiani: A Treatise of Good Taste in the Art of Musick: The Night Her Silent Sable Wore
19. Oswald: The Bottom of the Punch Bowl
20. Geminiani: A Treatise of Good Taste in the Art of Musick: Oh Bessy Bell and Mary Gray
21. Handel: Ode for Saint Cecilia’s Day, HWV 76: What Passion Cannot Music Raise and Quell
In the 1730s, many composers tried their luck in London, where many other treasures were in preparation: Geminiani revolutionized instrumental writing with his famous treatise on interpretation and presented an amazing version of La Folia; his pupil Avison orchestrated concertos by Scarlatti, and Porpora ventured away from opera to rediscover the vocality of the cello with one of the most beautiful concertos of that period.
Ophélie Gaillard and Pulcinella treat us to a frenzied and poetic night in London. They meet Vivaldi, Hasse, Scottish composer James Oswald and virtuoso cellist Giovanni Battista Cirri. Guest artists Sandrine Piau and Lucile Richardot take on magnificent vocal pieces by Geminiani and Handel – Faustina Bordoni and Francesca Cuzzoni would have been seriously envious, that’s for sure!