Who could have imagined that London would become the capital of Italian opera in the early eighteenth century? The 1720s witnessed a feverish demand for music that led many foreign virtuosos to move to the city. Concert-loving Londoners relished the last sonatas in the style of the old master Corelli, the first recorder and flute concertos, and the works of the youthful newcomer Handel . . . Let us admire this lively scene with the musicians of La Rêveuse, in their first recording for harmonia mundi!
WILLIAM BABELL Concerto II Op. 3 for sixth flute D major / Ré majeur (London, 1730, John Walsh) · I. Adagio - Allegro (2'11) · II. Adagio (3'02) · III. Allegro (3'13) FRANCESCO GEMINIANI Sonata IV op. 1, H. 4 D major / Ré majeur (London, 1716 / London 1718, Richard Meares / London, 1719, John Walsh / Amsterdam, 1719, Jeanne Roger) Adagio · I. Adagio (1'47) · II. Allegro (2'30) · III.Grave (1'07) · IV.Allegro (1'41) ARCANGELO CORELLI [1653-1713] Sonata IV op. 6after / d'après lesConcerti grossi nos. 1 & 2 op. 6 F major / Fa majeur (Amsterdam, 1719, Jeanne Roger / Londres, 1720, John Walsh) · I.Largo - Allegro - Adagio - Allegro - Adagio - Allegro - Adagio (2'28) · II.Allegro (1'52) · III.Grave - Andante Largo (2'05) · IV.Allegro (2'11) GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL [1685-1759] Concerto a quattro D minor / Ré mineur (c. 1715, Collection Graf von Schönborn - Wisentheid / Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt - Mus. ms 1042/45) · I.Adagio (2'13) · II.Allegro (1'41) · III.Largo (1'36) · IV.Allegro (2'03) JOHANN CHRISTIAN SCHICKHARDT Concerto II op. 19 for 2 recorders, 2 traversos [orig. 4 recorders] and basso continuo Transp. to A minor / La mineur (Amsterdam, nd, 1712-15 Etienne Roger & Michel Charles Le Cene) · I.Allegro (2'13) · II.Adagio (4'02) · III.Vivace (1'39) · IV.Allegro (1'59) GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL [1685-1759] Sonata per la viola da gamba HWV 364b G minor / Sol mineur (Londres c. 1730, John Walsh. Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, Mu. MS 261) · I.Andante larghetto (2'04) · II.Allegro (1'58) · III.Adagio (0'47) · IV.Allegro (2'19) · Spera si mio caro bene Aria in B minor, arr. from Admeto HWV 22, opera, 1727 (Handel's Select aires or Sonatas [.], collected from all the late Operas. Londres, nd, 1738 ou 1743, John Walsh) (7'15) NICOLA FRANCESCO HAYM · Nicola Francesco Haym (1678-1729) arr. Pietro Chaboud (fl.1707-25) Thus with thirst my souls expiring Aria in A minor, adaptation for the London stage from Il Pirro e Demetrioby Alessandro Scarlatti (Aires & Symphonys, Londres, c. 1710, John Walsh) (5'00)
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