Label: Signum Classics
Format: CD
Barcode: 0635212042823
Catalog number: SIGCD 428
Releasedate: 10-06-16
Format: CD
Barcode: 0635212042823
Releasedate: 10-06-16
- London Early Opera follow up their debut release (Handel in Italy, Vol. 1) with a treasure trove of music by George Frideric Handel (as well as his contemporaries Thomas Arne and John Hebden) centered on the Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens
- these high quality performances and recordings with many hours of detailed research all require ongoing funding
- these high quality performances and recordings with many hours of detailed research all require ongoing funding
This second album by London Early Opera contains a treasure trove of pieces by Handel, Thomas Arne, and John Hebden. All compositions on this album center around the Vauxhall Gardens- a now-forgotten entertainment of the era. The London Early Opera is conducted by Bridget Cunningham, and this recording features organist Daniel Moult.
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1Acis and Galatea, HWV 49Sinfonia03:36
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2Organ Improvisation in the style of John Worgan and Handel00:59
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3Organ Concerto Op. 4 No. 2 in B flat Major, HWV 290I. Sinfonia: A tempo ordinario e staccato00:49
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4Organ Concerto Op. 4 No. 2 in B flat Major, HWV 290II. Allegro04:56
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5Organ Concerto Op. 4 No. 2 in B flat Major, HWV 290III. Adagio e staccato00:48
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6Organ Concerto Op. 4 No. 2 in B flat Major, HWV 290IV. Allegro ma non presto03:07
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7Acis and Galatea, HWV 49Ye verdant plains and woody mountains00:42
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8Acis and Galatea, HWV 49Hush, ye pretty warbling choir!05:43
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9Colin and PhoebeA Pastoral03:34
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10Saul, HWV 53Dead March03:06
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11The Advice02:10
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12The Melancholy Nymph, HWV 228 No. 1903:35
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13Concerto for Strings and Basso Continuo No 1 in A MajorI. Adagio01:59
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14Concerto for Strings and Basso Continuo No 1 in A MajorII. Fuga01:55
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15Concerto for Strings and Basso Continuo No 1 in A MajorIII. Largo01:33
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16Concerto for Strings and Basso Continuo No 1 in A MajorIV. Allegro03:33
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17L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55As steals the morn upon the night06:12