Händel, Georg Friedrich
La Bellezza ravveduta nel trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno HWV 46a
Oratorio in two Parts
Rome 1707
- Urtext edition based on the “Halle Handel Edition” (HHA)
- With literal German and English translations
- Comprehensive Foreword (Ger/Eng)
- Idiomatic uncluttered piano reduction
Handel composed his first Italian oratorio “La Bellezza ravveduta nel trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno” 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 aria “Lascia la spina”, in which he uses the music of the sarabande from the opera “Almira”, composed in Hamburg in 1704, and which then achieved immortal fame in “Rinaldo” (1711) as “Lascia ch’io pianga”. / Partitions classique / Vocale - chorale / Choeur et ensemble vocal / BARENREITER

Johann Sebastian Bach Lord my God, my heart and soul were sore distressed
Cantate pour le 3ème dimanche après la Trinité et pour tous les jours BWV 21, 1713
La présente édition permet l'exécution de la cantate dans les différentes formations prévues par Bach. La distribution des parties solistes pour voix aigüe est toujours d'abord celle prévue par Bach à Leipzig, puis entre parenthèses celle de Weimar et Köthner. / Partitions classique / Vocale - chorale / Choeur et ensemble vocal / CARUS