G.F. HANDEL

 

Olinto pastore

 

Italian Cantatas 6

 

Le Cantate Italiane di Handel VI Rome, 1708

Olinto, pastore arcade

(Oh! Come chiare e belle) HWV143,

Duello amoroso (Amarilli vezzosa) HWV82,

Alpestre monte HWV81

 

Roberta Invernizzi,Yetzabel Arias Fernández -sopranos;

Romina Basso – alto

 

La Risonanza / Fabio Bonizzoni - harpsichord & direction

 

Recorded in Saint-Michel en Thiérache, France, June 2008

 

The Accademia degli Arcadi - that thought provoking and ideas-creating literary circle set up by a group of poets, composers, aristocrats and churchmen, which championed a return to classical (and pastoral) ideals and one of whose keenest members was the Marquis Francesco Maria Ruspoli, Handel's patron in Rome - forms the aesthetic background for this sixth and penultimate release in the series of Italian cantatas by the Saxon composer which Fabio Bonizzoni and La Risonanza are making for Glossa.

 

In an engrossing essay written by Carlo Vitali, which benefits from the counsels of Michael Talbot, the reader is introduced to the social and political references contained within the pastoral texts of Olinto, pastore arcade, Duello amoroso and Alpestre monte, the three Handel cantatas which make up this CD. Bonizzoni turns again to three of his regular singers as well as counting upon the services of his exceptional first violinist, the young Swiss Leila Schayegh, an up-and-coming player whose talent is undisputed.

 

Glossa GCD921526