℗ 2020 Grappa Musikkforlag
Released February 14, 2020
Duration 1h 00m 55s
Record Label Simax Classics
Catalogue No. PSC1365
Genre Classical (Baroque)
 

Arcadian Affairs – Handel Continuo Cantatas

Christian Kjos, Ditte Marie Bræin, Marianne Beate Kielland

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Nice, che fa? Che pensa? HWV 138  
1.1
Prelude HWV 434
George Frideric Handel; Christian Kjos
1:43
1.2
Nice, che fa? Che pensa? (recitativo)
George Frideric Handel; Christian Kjos; Ditte Marie Bræin
0:57
1.3
Se pensate chi mi moro (aria – adagio)
George Frideric Handel; Christian Kjos; Ditte Marie Bræin
4:28
1.4
Ah! Per maggior mio duolo (recitativo)
George Frideric Handel; Christian Kjos; Ditte Marie Bræin
1:10
1.5
Verrà, sì, verrà chi adoro (aria – allegro, ma non presto)
George Frideric Handel; Christian Kjos; Ditte Marie Bræin
4:39
Chi rapì la pace al core? HWV 90  
1.6
Chi rapì la pace al core? (aria – adagio)
George Frideric Handel; Christian Kjos; Ditte Marie Bræin
3:31
1.7
Figlio d’un fabbro (recitativo)
George Frideric Handel; Christian Kjos; Ditte Marie Bræin
0:28
1.8
Pupilla lucente (aria – andante)
George Frideric Handel; Christian Kjos; Ditte Marie Bræin
3:59
Fra pensieri quel pensiero HWV 115  
1.9
Sonata HWV 580
George Frideric Handel; Christian Kjos
1:59
1.10
Fra pensieri quel pensiero (aria – (...))
George Frideric Handel; Christian Kjos; Marianne Beate Kielland
2:30
1.11
E se fia che volando (recitativo)
George Frideric Handel; Christian Kjos; Marianne Beate Kielland
1:15
1.12
Pronti l’ale dispiegate (aria – allegro)
George Frideric Handel; Christian Kjos; Marianne Beate Kielland
3:22
Lungi dal mio bel nume HWV 127a  
1.13
Prelude HWV 576
George Frideric Handel; Christian Kjos
1:02
1.14
Lungi dal mio bel nume (recitativo)
George Frideric Handel; Christian Kjos; Ditte Marie Bræin
0:55
1.15
Lontano al mio tesoro (aria – andante)
George Frideric Handel; Christian Kjos; Ditte Marie Bræin
5:21
1.16
Senza la vaga Clori (recitativo)
George Frideric Handel; Christian Kjos; Ditte Marie Bræin
0:39
1.17
Son come navicella (aria – allegro)
George Frideric Handel; Christian Kjos; Ditte Marie Bræin
2:28
1.18
Lungi da te, ben mio (recitativo)
George Frideric Handel; Christian Kjos; Ditte Marie Bræin
0:37
1.19
Torna, vieni non tardare (aria – (...))
George Frideric Handel; Christian Kjos; Ditte Marie Bræin
3:27
Lucrezia HWV 145  
1.20
Oh numi eterni! (recitativo)
George Frideric Handel; Christian Kjos; Marianne Beate Kielland
0:56
1.21
Già superbo del mio affanno (aria – adagio)
George Frideric Handel; Christian Kjos; Marianne Beate Kielland
4:51
1.22
Ma voi forse nel cielo (recitativo)
George Frideric Handel; Christian Kjos; Marianne Beate Kielland
0:48
1.23
Il suol che preme (aria – allegro)
George Frideric Handel; Christian Kjos; Marianne Beate Kielland
3:19
1.24
Ah! che ancor nell’abisso (recitativo)
George Frideric Handel; Christian Kjos; Marianne Beate Kielland
0:41
1.25
Questi la disperata anima mia (furioso)
George Frideric Handel; Christian Kjos; Marianne Beate Kielland
0:37
1.26
Alla salma infedel porga la pena (larghetto)
George Frideric Handel; Christian Kjos; Marianne Beate Kielland
2:41
1.27
A voi, padre, consorte (recitativo / NOFZS1965270)
George Frideric Handel; Christian Kjos; Marianne Beate Kielland
0:55
1.28
Già nel seno (arioso)
George Frideric Handel; Christian Kjos; Marianne Beate Kielland
0:36
1.29
Sento ch’il cor si scuote (recitativo)
George Frideric Handel; Christian Kjos; Marianne Beate Kielland
0:26
1.30
Ma se qui non m’edato (furioso)
George Frideric Handel; Christian Kjos; Marianne Beate Kielland
0:35
"The transparency of a fine copy of a late 17th-century Florentine instrument never risks an overload of density and the accompaniments never detract from the singers…[Bræin's] ornamentation is ..." - Gramophone Magazine Handel's years in Italy (ca. 1706-1710) were extremely creative. His chamber cantatas were performed by the most eminent singers and instrumentalists in Rome. Exploring the art of continuo playing in Handel's 'continuo cantatas', harpsichordist Christian Kjos, soprano Ditte Marle braein and mezzo-soprano Marlanne Beate release an album with captivating interpretations. “Continuo playing can be rendered in various degrees of complexity, depending on the skill of the performer. The treatise Grosse General-Baß-Schule (Hamburg, 1731) by Johann Mattheson – Handel’s friend from his Hamburg years – gave me the incentive to research this rarely heard approach and to try it out in Handel’s equally rarely played continuo cantatas where the continuo part is so fundamental to the result.” - Christian Kjos
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Simax Classics Studio Masters
Track title
Peak
(dB FS)
RMS
(dB FS)
LUFS
(integrated)
DR
Album average
Range of values
-2.88
-16.45 to -0.50
-23.73
-35.65 to -18.47
-19.75
-32.50 to -14.30
13
10 to 15
1
Prelude HWV 434
-13.92-34.06-30.911
2
Nice, che fa? Che pensa? (recitativo)
-1.21-22.83-18.712
3
Se pensate chi mi moro (aria – adagio)
-0.58-23.25-19.115
4
Ah! Per maggior mio duolo (recitativo)
-1.51-22.59-18.713
5
Verrà, sì, verrà chi adoro (aria – allegro, ma non presto)
-1.28-22.36-18.613
6
Chi rapì la pace al core? (aria – adagio)
-2.11-23.48-19.114
7
Figlio d’un fabbro (recitativo)
-1.17-22.52-18.411
8
Pupilla lucente (aria – andante)
-1.34-23.49-20.014
9
Sonata HWV 580
-16.45-35.65-32.513
10
Fra pensieri quel pensiero (aria – (...))
-0.78-23.59-20.015
11
E se fia che volando (recitativo)
-1.47-23.85-20.014
12
Pronti l’ale dispiegate (aria – allegro)
-0.50-23.15-19.615
13
Prelude HWV 576
-15.91-33.54-30.112
14
Lungi dal mio bel nume (recitativo)
-0.50-20.04-15.310
15
Lontano al mio tesoro (aria – andante)
-0.50-22.45-18.113
16
Senza la vaga Clori (recitativo)
-2.42-21.94-17.611
17
Son come navicella (aria – allegro)
-1.53-22.18-19.013
18
Lungi da te, ben mio (recitativo)
-1.74-23.03-18.811
19
Torna, vieni non tardare (aria – (...))
-1.14-23.61-19.213
20
Oh numi eterni! (recitativo)
-1.40-21.01-16.913
21
Già superbo del mio affanno (aria – adagio)
-1.40-23.79-18.814
22
Ma voi forse nel cielo (recitativo)
-1.40-22.83-18.914
23
Il suol che preme (aria – allegro)
-1.40-18.47-14.310
24
Ah! che ancor nell’abisso (recitativo)
-1.40-20.78-16.811
25
Questi la disperata anima mia (furioso)
-1.40-20.63-17.112
26
Alla salma infedel porga la pena (larghetto)
-1.40-21.21-16.312
27
A voi, padre, consorte (recitativo / NOFZS1965270)
-3.29-25.23-20.613
28
Già nel seno (arioso)
-4.46-25.13-22.012
29
Sento ch’il cor si scuote (recitativo)
-1.40-23.60-20.312
30
Ma se qui non m’edato (furioso)
-1.40-21.63-16.813

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