Soloists, Orchestra (2Sg-S-solo,Sg-A-solo,Sg- T-solo,Orch) SKU: BA.BA10721-90...(+)
Soloists, Orchestra
(2Sg-S-solo,Sg-A-solo,Sg-
T-solo,Orch)
SKU:
BA.BA10721-90
Oratorio in two
Parts. Composed by
George Frideric Handel.
Edited by Michael
Pacholke. Arranged by
Christopher Sokolowski.
This edition: urtext
edition. Paperback.
Barenreiter Urtext. Rome
1707. Vocal Score. HWV
46A. Baerenreiter Verlag
#BA10721_90. Published by
Baerenreiter Verlag
(BA.BA10721-90).
ISBN
9790006568680. 27 x 19 cm
inches. Text Language:
Italian. Preface: Annette
Landgraf. Text: Pamphili,
Benedetto.
Handel
composed his first
Italian oratorioLa
Bellezza ravveduta nel
trionfo del Tempo e del
DisingannoHWV 46a in
1707. It is based on an
allegorical moral
libretto written by
Cardinal Benedetto
Pamphili who also
commissioned this
work.
Disinganno
(Illumination) and Tempo
(Time) try to get the
young, beautiful and
frivolous Bellezza
(Beauty) to recognise the
true values of life and
to act accordingly. The
audience accompanies
Bellezza in her spiritual
development, in which she
increasingly distances
herself from Piacere
(Pleasure) and listens
more and more to Tempo
and
Disinganno.
The
oratorio contains some of
the most beautiful music
Handel ever composed.
This includes the
enchanting ariaLascia la
spina, in which he uses
the music of the
sarabande from the
operaAlmira, composed in
Hamburg in 1704, and
which then achieved
immortal fame
inRinaldo(1711) asLascia
ch'io pianga.