MOZART'S [K.566] ACIS UND GALATHEA [AKT II] REORCHESTR. OF HÄNDEL'S, HWV 49 [TREVOR PINNOCK]

Описание: HÄNDEL, G.F., "ACIS & GALATEA", Secular Oratorio (HWV 49), Two Acts; Concerti Grossi: Larghetto of Op. 6, Nr. 6 and Largo, Op. 6, Nr.7
Reorchestrated By MOZART, Wolfgang Amadeus, K.566, 1788
Text (German) translated to the original (?) by Gottfried van Swieten
Performed in (approximately) November 1788 in Jahn's Hall.
(in deutscher Sprache / sung in German)

"ACIS & GALATEA" (Secular Oratorio; Masque; Pastoral or Serenata, in different editions), composed for the Duke of Chandos by HÄNDEL (1685-1759), was first privately performed at the Duke's Palace either in 1720 or 1721. Performed at the Canons about 1720 (English play), was revised in 1732 for performance at King's Theatre, Haymarket, and again in 1733 for the Oxford Act (mostly sung in Italian).
In 1788, MOZART'S (1756-1791) friend and patron, Baron Gottfried Freiherr van Swieten (1733-1803), commissioned the Composer to update in the mature Classical Style Handel's charming Lyric Theatrical entertainment. Van Swieten translated the original English libretto into German. Mozart clearly took great pains in modernizing the 1718 "Acis & Galatea" reorchestrating and conducting the Oratorio from the keyboard with musicians from the Gesellschaft der Associierten, was performed in (approximately) November, 1788 in Jahn's Hall, Vienna.
Handel's Music ends up sounding incredibly Mozartian, as if the two styles, baroque and classical, fit hand-in-glove.

Performers:
Barbara Bonney, soprano (Galathea)
Jamie MacDougall, tenor (Acis)
Markus Schafer, tenor (Damon)
John Tomlinson, bass-baritone (Polyphem)
The English Concert & Choir
Direction: Trevor Pinnock
(on period instruments)

ACIS & GALATEA, HWV 49
Arrangement Mozart as ACIS UND GALATHEA, K 566, (1788)

AKT II
00:02, I.CHOR
Coro: Arme Hirten!

04:47, II. POLYPHEM (John Tomlinson)
Rec.: Ich ras, ich schmelz, ich brenne!
Aria: Du röter als die Kirsche

09:28, III. POLYPHEM UND GALATHEA (Barbara Bonney, John Tomlinson)
Rec.: Schönste, was eilst du von hinnen
Aria: Fleh nicht mehr zur stolzen Schönheit!

16:03, IV. DEMON (Markus Schaefer)
Aria: Strebst du nach der zarten Schönen

21:16, V. ACIS (Jamie MacDougall)
Rec.: Das Ungeheu'r weckt meine Wut
Aria: Die Liebe ruft

26:52, VI. DEMON (Markus Schaefer)
Aria: Bedenk doch, o Schäfer

33:16, VII. ACIS, GALATHEA UND POLYPHEM (Barbara Bonney, Jamie MacDougall, John Tomlinson)
Rec.: Lass, lass ab, Geliebtester
Terzetto: Eh' lässt den Berg die Herde

35:54, VIII. ACIS, GALATHEA UND CHOR (Jamie MacDougall, Barbara Bonney, Choir)
Rec.: Hilf, Galathea! - Coro: Trau'rt, all ihr Musen!
Solo e Coro: So ist mein Acis denn dahin / Lass, Galathea, lass den Schmerz!

46:58, IX. GALATHEA (Barbara Bonney)
Rec.: Wohlan! So nütz ich meine Göttermacht
Aria: Herz, du Sitz verliebten Grams

51:37, X. CHOR
Coro: Galathea, klag nicht mehr

MOZART, Wolfgang Amadeus [*27 January 1756; †5 December 1791]
HÄNDEL, Georg Friedrich (Halle, *23 February 1685; † London, 14 April 1759)
GOTTFRIED F. VAN SWIETEN (*29. Oktober 1733 in Leiden; † 29. März 1803 in Wien)

HÄNDEL'S, First Version, Cannons, 1718 Masque, One-Act (HWV 49a)
: https://    • HÄNDEL (1718) 'Acis & Galatea', HWV 49a, O...  

WIKIPEDIA:
HÄNDEL'S, ACIS & GALATEA:
https:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acis_and_Galatea_(Handel)



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