Crudel, tiranno Amor, HWV 97Italian cantata for soprano with strings (2 violins and 1 viola) and basso continuoText: -Music: Georg Friedrich HändelComposed: June 1721?First performance: probably 5 July 1721, King's Theatre, Haymarket, London___Video part 1- Aria: Crudel tiranno Amor (Allegro - F major)Video part 2- Recitativo: Ma tu mandi al mio core- Aria: O dolce mia speranza (Larghetto - F minor)Video part 3- Recitativo: Senza te, dolce spene- Aria: O cara spene, del mio diletto (Allegro - E flat major)___In this video:Mária Zádori, sopranoConcerto ArmonicoArtistic directors: Péter Szüts and Miklós SpányiRecorded in January 1992___There is no autograph for this cantata. It appears at the end of the first of the two books of cantatas in Elizabeth Legh's collection of Händel's music. These books are dated 1718 and 1720; however, according to Donald Burrows, they were bound with blank pages at the end, or kept unbound for a few years, or completed with new pages and rebound, and the dates on each volume would only indicate the year in which they were begun.Anthony Hicks thinks that Crudel tiranno Amor was the "new cantata" performed by Margherita Durastanti at her benefit concert on 5 July 1721 at King's Theatre. On 4 December 1722, when she took over Rossane in a revival of the opera Floridante, Händel added to her role the three arias from Crudel tiranno Amor, which tends to prove that she was already familiar with them.Crudel tiranno Amor is probably the last cantata composed by Händel. According to Ellen T. Harris, "it makes a particularly apt ending to Handel's cantata period: on the one hand, it looks back to the significant compositions for Ruspoli in Rome and, on the other, it moves out of the private sphere onto the public stage." And indeed, its three arias are not unworthy of the music composed by Händel for his best operas, which explains why he reused them in the 1722 revival of Floridante.___AriaCrudel tiranno Amor,o rendimi 'l mio ben,o dammi libertà!Del suo fedele ardorquesta mercede al seningrato non si dà.___Translation (by Anthony Hicks, slightly edited):AriaLove, cruel tyrant,give back to me my dear one,or give me back my freedom!This reward of a loyal ardourwill not belongto an ungrateful breast.___Marc D. [ More Detail ]
Dee and her classmates played Vivaldi Violin Quartet during Wisconsin Music Teacher Association's Solo &Ensembles Festival at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee on April, 2008. [ More Detail ]
Brandenburg Concerto No.6 Allegro/ J.S.BachOriginal Title: Concerto 6to à due Viole da Braccio, due Viole da Gamba, Violoncello, Violone e Cembalo.Il Giardino Armonico. [ More Detail ]
Roberto Caberlotto: Concerto Armonico for guitar, accordio and strings (3rd mov't) performed by Fabrizia Dalpiaz (guitar), Roberto Caberlotto (accordion), Chamber Orchestra dissonÆnsemble conducted by Lorenzo Fattambrini [ More Detail ]
Roberto Caberlotto: Concerto Armonico for guitar, accordion and strings (2nd mov't) performed by Fabrizia Dalpiaz (guitar), Roberto Caberlotto (accordion), Chamber Orchestra dissonÆnsemble conducted by Lorenzo Fattambrini [ More Detail ]
Roberto Caberlotto (1973): Concerto Armonico for guitar, accordion and strings. Fabrizia Dalpiaz (guitar) e Roberto Caberlotto (accordion). Chamber Orchestra dissonÆnsemble conducted by Lorenzo Fattambrini [ More Detail ]
University of Wisconsin MilwaukeeWSMA State Music CompetitionLe'Estro Armonico Concerto No.10 - Class ASorry for the shaking, also the camera sometimes went a little sharp, we got a perfect score at the competition with the comment "Great Intonation" so im pretty sure it was the cameraThe judge thought we were great, but all of us agreed we were better in the practice room.No flaming and critique (or however you spell that) is encouragedOrder from left to right:Dee Luo (String Academy of Wisconsin Alum)Dongkyu Yoon (Former String Academy of Wisconsin Alum)Sean Lee (Me, String Academy of Wisconsin Alum)Chantal Tribble [ More Detail ]
ANTONIO VIVALDI (1678-1741)Concerto for cello, bassoon, strings and basso continuo in E minor1. Adagio, allegro, [alternatim]2. Allegro, adagio, allegro, adagio3. AllegroPerformed by Il Giardino ArmonicoFeaturing Cristophe Coin, celloAlberto Guerra, bassoonConducted by Giovanni Antonini*TRIVIA! Did you know that Vivaldi is the first known composer to write a solo concerto for the cello? He is also the most prolific writer of cello concertos (over 30 known works). [ More Detail ]
This is my fourth video in my video seires featuring classical pieces of music that have been overlooked by many, and do not deserve to be forgotten.I know, it has been a very long time since I have posted anything. Mostly it's been due to being very very busy, having a lack of functioning technology and lack of material. Hopefully I can post more regularily now. There's life beyond Vivaldi and CorelliGiuseppe Valentini (1681 - 1753) was an Italian violinist, painter, poet, and composer, though he is known chiefly as a composer of inventive instrumental music. Though during his lifetime overshadowed by the likes of Corelli, Vivaldi, and Locatelli, his contribuition to Italian baroque music is noteworthy, and many of his works were published throughout Europe.This video features three movements from Valentini's eight movement concerto for 4 violins in A minor Op. 7 No. 11 (grave, allegro, grave). What is notable about this piece is the very clear synthesis of two very distinct styles of Italian baroque, that of Corelli and Vivaldi. The allegro movement begins with strong accented chords under a virtuosic semi-quaver violin solo, a feature found regularily in Vivaldi's famous L'estro Armonico concertos. It is also written in the same key as Vivaldi's own concerto for four violins from the L'estro Armonico.The second half of the allegro in the Corellian style with the violins playing descending/ascending chords over a thunderous semi-quaver basso continuo.It is performed by Musica Antiqua Koln and directed by Reinhard Goebel*Oh yeah, this is also a tribute to the famous baroque painter Caravaggio who is one of my favorite painters. [ More Detail ]
Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741).Biography:As one biography describes it:"The fate of the Italian composer's legacy is unique. After the Napoleonic wars, it was thought that a large part of Vivaldi's work had been irrevocably lost. However, in the autumn of 1926, after a detective-like search by researchers, 14 folios of Vivaldi's previously unknown religious and secular works were found in the library of a monastery in Piedmont. Some even and odd-numbered volumes were missing and so, the search continued. Finally, in October 1930, the missing volumes were found to be with the descendants of the Grand Duke Durazzo, who had acquired the property as early as the eighteenth century. To its amazement, the world of music was presented with 300 concerts for various instruments, 18 operas, not counting a number of arias and more than 100 vocal-instrumental pieces. Such an impressive list of newly unearthed opuses warranted a re-evaluation of Vivaldi's creativity."Flute Concerto in D major "Il gardelino" (RV 428):1. Allegro.Il Giardino Armonico.Giovanni Antonini (Flute).Dir. Giovanni Antonini. [ More Detail ]
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750).Harpsichord Concertos:The harpsichord concertos, BWV 1052 - 1065, are concertos for harpsichord, strings and continuo by Johann Sebastian Bach. There are seven concertos for a single harpsichord, (BWV 1052 - 1058), three concertos for 2 harpsichords (BWV 1060 - 1062), two concertos for 3 harpsichords (BWV 1063 - 1064), and one concerto for 4 harpsichords, (BWV 1065). Two other concertos include solo harpsichord parts: the concerto BWV 1044, which has solo parts for harpsichord, violin and flute, and Brandenburg concerto no.5, BWV 1050, with the same scoring.All of Bach's harpsichord concertos (with the exception of the Brandenburg concerto) are thought to be arrangements made from earlier concertos for melodic instruments probably written in Cöthen. In many cases, only the harpsichord version has survived.Concerto for three keyboards in D Minor (BWV 1063):Scholars have yet to settle on the probable scoring and tonality of the concerto on which this was based, though they do think it is, like the others, a transcription. Bach's sons may have been involved in the composition of this work.1. Allegro.Il Giardino Armonico.Katia Labèque (Fortepiano).Marielle Labèque (Fortepiano).Ottavio Dantone (Harpsichord).Dir. Giovanni Antonini. [ More Detail ]
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750).Harpsichord Concertos:The harpsichord concertos, BWV 1052 - 1065, are concertos for harpsichord, strings and continuo by Johann Sebastian Bach. There are seven concertos for a single harpsichord, (BWV 1052 - 1058), three concertos for 2 harpsichords (BWV 1060 - 1062), two concertos for 3 harpsichords (BWV 1063 - 1064), and one concerto for 4 harpsichords, (BWV 1065). Two other concertos include solo harpsichord parts: the concerto BWV 1044, which has solo parts for harpsichord, violin and flute, and Brandenburg concerto no.5, BWV 1050, with the same scoring.All of Bach's harpsichord concertos (with the exception of the Brandenburg concerto) are thought to be arrangements made from earlier concertos for melodic instruments probably written in Cöthen. In many cases, only the harpsichord version has survived.Concerto for three keybords in D Minor (BWV 1063):Scholars have yet to settle on the probable scoring and tonality of the concerto on which this was based, though they do think it is, like the others, a transcription. Bach's sons may have been involved in the composition of this work.1. Alla siciliana.Il Giardino Armonico.Katia Labèque (Fortepiano).Marielle Labèque (Fortepiano).Ottavio Dantone (Harpsichord).Dir. Giovanni Antonini. [ More Detail ]