Handel: Apollo e Dafne & Crudel tiranno Amor

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Handel's Apollo e Dafne is a difficult work to put in context. Completed in Hanover in 1710 but possibly begun in Italy, its purpose isn't clear, while, as secular cantatas go, it's long (40... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Release Date: 1st Aug 1995
Catalogue No: CHAN0583
Label: Chandos
Series: Chaconne
Length: 57 minutes

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Handel: Apollo e Dafne, HVW 122

Work length40:22

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Simon Standage, Collegium Musicum 90, Michael George, Nancy Argenta

I. Recitative. La terra e liberata! (The earth is freed!) (Apollo)

Track length0:44

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II. Aria. Pende il ben dell'universo (The well-being of the universe) (Apollo)

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III. Recitative. Ch'il superbetto Amore (Let proud little Cupid) (Apollo)

Track length0:25

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IV. Aria. Spezza l'arco e getta l'armi (Break your bow and throw away your arrows) (Apollo)

Track length3:10

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V. Aria. Felicissima quest'alma (Most fortunate is this soul) (Dafne)

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VI. Recitative. Che voce! Che belta! (What a voice! What a beauty!) (Apollo, Dafne)

Track length0:47

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VII. Aria. Ardi, adori, e preghi in vano (You desire, adore and beseech in vain) (Dafne)

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VIII. Recitative. Che crudel! (How cruel!) (Apollo, Dafne)

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IX. Duet. Una guerra ho dentro il seno (A war rages in my breast) (Dafne, Apollo)

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X. Recitative. Placati al fin, o cara (Calm yourself, O dear one) (Apollo)

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XI. Aria. Come rosa in su la spina (Like the rose on its stem) (Apollo)

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XII. Recitative. Ah! ch'un Dio non dovrebbe (Ah! A God should love nothing) (Dafne)

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XIII. Aria. Come in ciel benigna stella (As Neptune's star in heaven) (Dafne)

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XIV. Recitative. Odi la mia ragion! (Hear my reason!) (Apollo, Dafne)

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XV. Duet. Deh! lascia addolcire quell'aspro rigor (Pray! Soften your unbending severity) (Apollo, Dafne)

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XVI. Recitativo. Sempre t'adorero! (I shall always adore you!) (Apollo, Dafne)

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XVII. Aria. Mie piante correte (My feet run) (Apollo)

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XVIII:. Aria. Cara pianta, co'miei pianti (Dearest laurel, with my tears) (Apollo)

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Handel: Crudel tiranno Amor, HWV97

Work length17:34

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Simon Standage, Collegium Musicum 90, Nancy Argenta

I. Aria. Crudel tiranno Amor (Cruel tyrannous Love)

Track length4:51

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II. Recitative. Ma tu mandi al moi core (But you send my heart)

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III. Aria. O dolce mia speranza (O my sweet hope)

Track length7:43

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IV. Recitative. Senza te, dolce speme (Without you, sweet hope)

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V. Aria. O cara speme del mio diletto (O dear hope of my delight)

Track length3:53

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Handel's Apollo e Dafne is a difficult work to put in context. Completed in Hanover in 1710 but possibly begun in Italy, its purpose isn't clear, while, as secular cantatas go, it's long (40 minutes) and ambitiously scored for two soloists and an orchestra of strings, oboes, flute, bassoon and continuo. But this isn't just a chunk of operatic experimentation: it sets its own, faster pace than the leisurely unfolding of a full-length Baroque stage-work, yet its simple Ovidian episode, in which Apollo's pursuit of the nymph Dafne results in her transformation into a tree, is drawn with all the subtlety and skill of the instinctive dramatic genius that Handel was.
This recording features the expert Handelian voices of Nancy Argenta and Michael George, and both convey their roles convincingly. Argenta's hard, clear tone seems just the thing for the nymph, who isn't required to be especially alluring but who does have to sound quick to anger and (literally) untouchable; and George strikes the right note as Apollo, bragging loudly at the opening of his superior skill in archery to Cupid before succumbing more gently, and in the end extremely touchingly, to Cupid's arts. The orchestra is bright and efficient, and the pacing of the work seems just right. This is superb Handel then, and, as if that were not enough, there's a bonus in the form of a shorter cantata for soprano and strings, Crudel tiranno amor. It's a beautiful piece indeed, and Argenta performs it perfectly.

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