Handel - Apollo e Dafne
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Label: Linn
Cat No: CKD543
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Release Date: 23rd September 2016
Contents
Works
Air in F major, HWV410Air in F major, HWV411
Apollo e Dafne, HWV122
Il pastor fido (The Faithful Shepherd), HWV8a (1712 version)
Artists
Mhairi Lawson (soprano)Callum Thorpe (bass)
Ensemble Marsyas
Conductor
Peter WhelanWorks
Air in F major, HWV410Air in F major, HWV411
Apollo e Dafne, HWV122
Il pastor fido (The Faithful Shepherd), HWV8a (1712 version)
Artists
Mhairi Lawson (soprano)Callum Thorpe (bass)
Ensemble Marsyas
Conductor
Peter WhelanAbout
Due to the original overture not surviving, Ensemble Marsyas has substituted Handel’s overture to Il pastor fido; its pastoral nature is perfectly juxtaposed with the more dramatic cantata which follows. Il pastor fido was described by 18th-century music historian Charles Burney as ‘one of the most masterly and pleasing of the kind’.
Joining Ensemble Marsyas for Apollo e Dafne are soprano Mhairi Lawson (Paul McCreesh’s Gabrieli Consort) and bass Callum Thorpe (William Christie’s Les Jardins de Voix).
Fans of Ensemble Marsyas’s instrumental performances will also be pleased to see the inclusion of two recital pieces for wind band, which gives the core members a chance to shine. The Edinburgh based chamber group comprises the best of a new generation of musicians specialising in early music across Europe. Ensemble Marsyas has appeared at the Göttingen Handel Festival, the East Neuk and Lammermuir Festivals, the Great Music in Irish Houses Festival and the Zelenka Festival in Prague.
Both Ensemble Marsyas’ previous recordings were named ‘Chamber Choice’ by BBC Music Magazine and received several 5-star reviews.
Peter Whelan is the founder and Artistic Director of Ensemble Marsyas; directing from the harpsichord, this album marks his conducting debut. Equally at home on modern and historical instruments, Peter Whelan has a diverse repertoire spanning over four centuries and is in constant demand as a soloist, chamber musician and director.
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