Georg Friedrich Händel - Johann Adolph Hasse - William Boyce - John Stanley - Thomas Gladwin - John Lampe

Handel at Vauxhall, Vol. 2

London Early Opera

Label: Signum Classics
Format: CD
Barcode: 0635212047927

Catalog number: SIGCD 479
Releasedate: 08-09-17

- 2nd in series of Handel at Vauxhall Series, continuing set from London Early Opera. (First in the serie: SIGCD 428)
- 38pp booklet of historical background notes and biographies

London Early Opera continue their programme themed around a typical evening’s entertainment at the 17th & 18th century Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens, with a second collection of works by George Frideric Handel and contemporary composers of the day (John Stanley, Thomas Gladwin, John Lampe and Johann Adolph Hasse). Featuring performances by soloists Claire Bessant, Mary Bevan, Benjamin Bevan, Eleanor Dennis, Charles MacDougale, Nicky Spence and Greg Tassell, the programme evokes the carnival of music and entertainments that amused visitors in these London gardens for nearly 200 years.

The booklet notes feature images and expert commentaries on the Vauxhall Gardens by author David E. Coke and as well as conductor and musicologist Bridget Cunningham.

Spring Gardens (Rural Beauty or Vaux-Hal Garden)

03:21

Concerto No. 4 in A Minor, Op. 6 HWV 322

I. Larghetto affetuoso

02:49

Concerto No. 4 in A Minor, Op. 6 HWV 322

II. Allegro

02:43

Concerto No. 4 in A Minor, Op. 6 HWV 322

III. Largo e piano

02:22

Concerto No. 4 in A Minor, Op. 6 HWV 322