Rinaldo Alessandrini, Concerto Italiano - George Frideric Handel: Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno (2007)
Rinaldo Alessandrini, Concerto Italiano - George Frideric Handel: Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno (2007)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 661 Mb | Total time: 133:03 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Naïve | # OP 30440 | Recorded: 2001
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 661 Mb | Total time: 133:03 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Naïve | # OP 30440 | Recorded: 2001
Handel’s Italian oratorio seems to offer a great deal of fascination to continental-based ensembles presumably because the Italian texts make the works easier to perform well with non-Anglophone singers. But there are significant differences, between this work and the later oratorios. The later works use choruses and have quite strong narrative and moral elements. The English Oratorios were written for mainly English-trained singers whose style was expressive rather than virtuoso; in them the older Handel aimed for a new style.
But Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno is young man’s music, full of dazzling bravura elements and designed to be sung by some of the chief virtuosi of the day. Handel’s Italian cantatas and oratorios have a commonality with his early Italian operas. In fact Handel mined his cantatas and Italian oratorios when writing his first operas in London.
So we should expect bravura performances and virtuoso feats when listening to the music as well as da capo sections suitably ornamented.
As regards plot, well there isn’t any; at least not when compared to the English dramatic oratorios. The allegorical text was written by Cardinal Pamphili and it is more of a debate than an actual dramatic event. Beauty has sworn to be faithful to Pleasure but after much debate she is turned away from Pleasure by Time and Disillusionment - strictly non-Illusion, hence the role is usually referred to as Truth. Cardinal Pamphili had a good ear for melody and rhythm in his written Italian, but his plot is exceedingly thin and very repetitious.
Luckily Handel clothed this in brilliant music. This was his first Italian oratorio and you would think it must have pleased both his Roman patrons and their audiences. But we know little about the work’s first performance and it seems to have made little or no impression in the surviving record. Having mined the work for the operas Agrippina and Rinaldo Handel then let the piece sleep until 1737 when it was performed in London in a lengthened version, with chorus, called Il Trionfo del Tempo e della Verita. Then finally, in 1757, the blind composer aided by John Christopher Smith re-worked the piece with a new English libretto by Thomas Morrell to become The Triumph of Truth and Time, the very last Handelian oratorio.
The work requires virtuosity from all those concerned; not just the singers but the instrumentalists as well. It opens with a dazzling concerto grosso-type overture and from then on, the instrumentalists are required to contribute solos to many of the arias.
One of the most notable episodes is the Sonata following the recitative Quest e la Reggia mia. Here Handel includes a solo for organ which effectively transforms the piece into an organ concerto. This also enables us to get a glimpse of Handel’s astounding technique at the keyboard, with which he pleased and amazed his patrons.
Rinaldo Alessandrini and his group attack the work with virtuosity, gusto and energy. Alessandrini’s speeds are remarkably brisk. He manages to get through the piece in 133 minutes: faster than Mark Minkowski at 139 and Emmanuelle Haim at 146. But his players and singers cope admirably and for most of the time you feel caught up in the excitement. The work seems neither hurried nor rushed. Only occasionally did I wish that Alessandrini could profitably have lingered over some details.
The two soprano soloists, Deborah York as Beauty and Gemma Bertagnolli as Pleasure have nicely differentiated voices. York is all hard brilliance, bright tone and good articulation. Bertagnolli, whilst as technically accomplished as York, has a softer, darker warmer sound as Pleasure. So that the vocal casting seems to work well with the type of characters portrayed. Sara Mingardo has a lovely dark-toned voice as Truth. Nicholas Sears as Time is attractive and stylish but perhaps not quite comfortable with some of Alessandrini’s tempi.–Robert Hugill
Performer:
Deborah York, soprano
Gemma Bertagnolli, soprano
Sara Mingardo, contralto
Nicholas Sears, tenor
Concerto Italiano
Rinaldo Alessandrini, conductor
Tracklist:
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, HWV 46a
CD1:
01. Parte I. Sonata: Allegro - Adagio - Allegro
02. Aria delle Bellezza: Fido specchio…
03. Recitativo
04. Aria del Piacere: Fosco genio, e nero duolo mai non vien per esser solo…
05. Recitativo
06. Aria del Disinganno: Se la bellezza perde vaghezza…
07. Recitativo
08. Aria del Tempo: Una schiaera di piaceri…
09. Recitativo
10. Aria del Tempo: Urne voi, che racchiudete tante belle…
11. Recitativo
12. Duetto Bellezza e Piacere: Il voler nel fior degl'anni…
13. Recitativo
14. Aria delle Bellezza: Un pensiero nemico di pace…
15. Recitativo
16. Aria del Tempo: Nasce l'uomo, ma nasce bambino…
17. Aria del Disinganno: L'uomo sempra se stesso distrugge…
18. Recitativo
19. Sonata
20. Aria del Piacere: Un leggiadro giovinetto…
21. Recitativo
22. Aria delle Bellezza: Venga il Tempo…
23. Aria del Disinganno: Crede l'uom ch'egli riposi…
24. Recitativo
25. Aria del Tempo: Folle, dunque tu sola presumi…
26. Recitativo
27. Quartetto: Se non sei più ministro di pene…
CD2:
01. Parte II. Recitativo
02. Aria del Piacere: Chiudi, chiudi i vaghi rai…
03. Recitativo
04. Aria della Bellezza: Io sperai trovar nel vero…
05. Recitativo
06. Aria del Piacere: Tu giurasti di mai non lasciarmi…
07. Recitativo
08. Aria della Bellezza: Io vorrei due cori in seno…
09. Recitativo
10. Aria del Disinganno: Più non cura valle oscura…
11. Recitativo
12. Aria del Tempo: E ben folle quel nocchier
13. Recitativo
14. Quartetto: Voglio Tempo per risolvere…
15. Recitativo
16. Aria del Piacere: Lascia la spina…
17. Recitativo
18. Aria della Bellezza: Voglio cangiar desio…
19. Recitativo
20. Aria del Disinganno: Chi già fu del biondo crine…
21. Recitativo
22. Aria della Bellezza: Ricco pino nel cammino…
23. Recitativo accompagnato
24. Duetto Tempo e Disinganno: Il bel pianto dell'aurora che s'indora…
25. Recitativo
26. Aria del Piacere: Come nembo che fugge col vento…
27. Recitativo accompagnato
28. Aria della Bellezza: Tu del Ciel ministro eletto…
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