Handel: The Triumph of Time and Truth

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Both Bevans sing with lustrous tone, natural agility and exquisite decorations, Lyon and William Berger (Time) with taut elegance and Tim Mead (Counsel) with immaculate poise. Though Neville-Towle's... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 30th Jun 2014
Catalogue No: DCD34135
Label: Delphian
Length: 2 hours 34 minutes

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Handel: The Triumph of Time and Truth

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Sophie Bevan (soprano), Ed Lyon (tenor), William Berger (bass), Tim Mead (countertenor), Mary Bevan (soprano)
Ludus Baroque Chamber Orchestra, Ludus Baroque Chorus
Richard Neville-Towle

Overture

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Act I: Time is supreme (Chorus)

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Act I: Recitative: How happy could I linger here (Beauty)

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Act I: Air: Faithful mirror (Beauty)

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Act I: Recitative: Fear not! I, Pleasure, swear (Pleasure, Beauty)

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Act I: Air: Pensive sorrow (Pleasure)

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Act I: Air: Sorrow darkens ev'ry feature (Beauty)

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Act I: Air: Come, come! Live with Pleasure (Chorus)

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Act I: Recitative: Turn, look on me! Behold old Time (Time, Counsel)

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Act I: Air: The beauty smiling (Counsel)

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Act I: Recitative: Our pow'rs we all will try (Pleasure, Beauty, Time, Counsel)

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Act I: Air: Ever-flowing tides of pleasure (Beauty)

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Act I: Recitative: The hand of Time pulls down (Time)

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Act I: Air: Loathsome urns (Time)

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Act I: Strengthen us, O Time (Chorus)

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Act I: Recitative: Too rigid the reproof you give (Deceit)

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Act I: Air: Happy Beauty (Deceit)

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Act I: Air: Happy, if still they reign in pleasure (Deceit, Chorus)

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Act I: Recitative: Youth is not rich in Time (Counsel, Time, Pleasure)

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Act I: Air: Like the shadow, life ever is flying (Time, Chorus)

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Act II: Pleasure submits to pain (Chorus)

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Act II: Recitative: Here Pleasure keeps splendid court (Pleasure, Beauty)

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Act II: Oh, how great the glory ( Chorus)

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Act II: Air: Dyrads, sylvans, with fair Flora (Pleasure, Chorus)

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Act II: Air: No more complaining (Deceit)

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Act II: Air: Pleasure's gentle Zephys playing (Deceit)

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Act II: Air: Come, O Time (Beauty)

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Act II: Air: Mortals think that Time is sleeping (Counsel)

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Act II: Recitative: You hoped to call in vain (Time)

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Act II: Air: False destructive ways of Pleasure (Time)

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Act II: Recitative: Too long deluded you have been ( Counsel, Time)

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Act II: Air: Lovely Beauty, close those eyes (Pleasure)

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Act II: Recitative: Seek not to know (Deceit)

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Act II: Air: Melancholy is a folly (Deceit)

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Act II: Recitative: What is the present hour? (Time, Beauty)

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Act II: Air: Fain would I, two hearts enjoying (Beauty)

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Act II: Recitative: Vain the delights of age or youth (Counsel)

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Act II: Air: On the valleys (Counsel)

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Act II: Recitative: Not venial error this (Time, Beauty, Counsel)

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Act II: Ere to dust is changed thy beauty (Chorus)

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Act III: Sinfonia

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Act III: Recitative: Once more I thee address (Deceit)

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Act III: Air: Charming Beauty (Deceit)

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Act III: Recitative: Tempt me no more (Beauty)

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Act III: Air: Sharp thorns despising (Deceit)

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Act III: Recitative: Regard her not (Counsel, Beauty)

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Act III: Pleasure! My former ways resigning (Beauty)

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Act III: Comfort them, O Lord (Chorus)

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Act III: Recitative: Since the immortal mirror I possess (Beauty, Pleasure, Counsel)

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Act III: Air: Thus to earth, thou false, delusive, flatt'ring mirror (Counsel)

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Act III: Recitative: O mighty Truth! (Beauty)

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Act III: Air: From the heart that feels my warning (Time)

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Act III: Recitative: Pleasure, too long associates we have been (Beauty, Pleasure)

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Act III: Air: Like clouds, stormy winds them impelling (Pleasure)

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Act III: Recitative: She's gone; and Truth, descending (Beauty)

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Act III: Air: Guardian Angels (Beauty)

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Act III: Halllelujah (Chorus)

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In their third disc for Delphian, Ludus Baroque and five stellar soloists bring to life Handel’s rarely heard final oratorio, a remarkable Protestant re-casting of a work written 50 years earlier to a text by the young composer’s Roman patron Cardinal Pamphili. Compelled by Time and Truth to accept the divine order of change and decay, Beauty ultimately gives way – as with the aging composer himself – to an assertion of redemption by good works, reflected in the incorporation of choruses Handel had written for the Foundling Hospital.

The resulting work, neglected by centuries of scholarship on account of its hybrid origins, here proves an extraordinary feast of riches, and the ideal vehicle for Richard Neville-Towle’s carefully assembled cast of exceptional soloists, vigorous, intelligent chorus and an orchestra made up from some of the UK’s leading period instrumentalists. Formed in 1998 under the direction of Richard Neville-Towle, this ‘crack group of British early musickers’ (The New York Times) prides itself on the exuberance and energy of its performances, specialising in great works of the early music repertoire. With sisters Mary and Sophie Bevan (the latter having just been shortlisted for an RPS award) jousting with one another in the roles of Deceit and Beauty, these discs make for revelatory listening.

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September 2014

Both Bevans sing with lustrous tone, natural agility and exquisite decorations, Lyon and William Berger (Time) with taut elegance and Tim Mead (Counsel) with immaculate poise. Though Neville-Towle's tempos sometimes waver, this is a performance of great warmth.

August 2014

The small orchestra playing is stylish and characterful...Excellent, spirited singing from both choir and soloists throughout – Ludus Baroque's most valuable Handel recording so far confirms that this unclassifiable, peculiar work is well worth revisiting.

September 2014

Keep an eye on this Ludus/Delphian partnership.

13th October 2014

Ludus Baroque under Richard Neville-Towle gives a fine account of the Overture … The singers taking the solo parts are excellent and the balance superb...There is so much first class music to be heard in this rarely-performed oratorio.

26th June 2014

finely shaped, unflamboyant conducting from Neville-Towle, gracious playing and some very fine singing. Sophie Bevan plays Beauty in what is arguably her finest recording to date. Her sister Mary as Deceit sounds at once seductive and cunning, while Ed Lyon is all elegant bravado and swagger as Pleasure.

17th June 2014

the music of The Triumph of Time and Truth, Handel’s last oratorio before he died in 1759, is of such strength, freshness and radiance – notably so in this buoyant, scrupulously characterised performance by the early-music group Ludus Baroque and a glorious line-up of soloists.

16th August 2014

Graceful singing from a fine British cast — Sophie Bevan outstanding...— reveal a work of profound beauty.

Classical Music

A delight from start to finish. Instrumental contributions are crisp and stylish, the young cast are excellent (especially scene-stealers Mary and Sophie Bevan), and the production comes across with energy and panache.

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