| Semele, HWV 58 Soli, choeur mixte et accompagnement Soli, chœur mixte et orchestre Barenreiter
Soloists, Mixed choir, Orchestra SKU: BA.BA04025-01 Composed by George Fr...(+)
Soloists, Mixed choir,
Orchestra SKU:
BA.BA04025-01
Composed by George
Frideric Handel. Edited
by
Georg-Friedrich-Händel
-Gesellschaft e. V.
Risinger and Mark. This
edition: Complete
edition. Linen. Complete
edition, Score. HWV 58.
Baerenreiter Verlag
#BA04025-01. Published by
Baerenreiter Verlag
(BA.BA04025-01). ISBN
9790006443222. 33 x 26 cm
inches. Text Language:
English. Handelâ??
s â??Semeleâ?, which
premiered in February
1744, is based on an
adapted version of
William Congreveâ??s
opera libretto titled
â??The Story of
Semeleâ?, originally
published in 1706.
However, neither Handel
nor his librettist
referred to
â??Semeleâ? as an
opera or an oratorio,
which, according to the
understanding at the
time, would have required
a biblical and/or
Christian subject matter.
Contemporary audiences
also disagreed on the
genre. The problematic
classification as an
oratorio has persisted
into the present day,
likely due to the edition
labeled as such by
Chrysander. The â??Halle
Handel Editionâ? (HHA)
distances itself from
this classification and,
considering the available
sources, refrains from
assigning a genre
label.
Congreve
deviates from the
mythological source
multiple times in order
to create tensions among
the characters. The
desired marriage between
Semele and Athamas, whom
she does not love, is an
addition by Congreve to
provoke the envy of her
sister Ino, who desires
Athamas herself.
Therefore, Ino sees her
own advantage in
Semeleâ??s abduction by
Jupiter. While
Jupiterâ??s wife Juno
decides to destroy Semele
out of jealousy for his
relationship with her,
Jupiter brings Ino to his
palace to console Semele.
The vengeful Juno takes
advantage of Inoâ??s
presence and transforms
into her likeness,
persuading Semele to
carry out a plan that
later proves fatal. In
the end, Ino emerges as
the winner, as she is
able to convince their
father, Cadmus, to marry
her to Athamas. The
appearance of Apollo in
the final scene to
announce that Semeleâ??s
immortal son Bacchus was
saved from her ashes
provides little
consolation. However,
this twist allows the
drama to conclude with
exuberant joy and a
magnificent final chorus
after the tragic scenes
in the third act,
culminating in the death
of the
protagonist.
Hande
lâ??s autograph score
shows significant
deviations from and
numerous revisions of the
original version
premiered. All surviving
early versions, the
musical movements deleted
before the premiere, and
the version of the
December 1744, are given
in the appendix to the
HHA.
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| La Resurrezione HWV 47 Soli, choeur mixte et accompagnement Soli, chœur mixte et orchestre Barenreiter
Solo voices, choir, orchestra (2 Soprano Voice Solo, Alto Voice Solo, Tenor Voic...(+)
Solo voices, choir,
orchestra (2 Soprano
Voice Solo, Alto Voice
Solo, Tenor Voice Solo,
Bass Voice Solo, SATB
Choir , Fl, 2 recorder, 2
Ob, bassoon, 2 Trp,
trombone, 4V, Va, Vagb,
Bassi (Vc, double bass,
Erzlaute, Lt-B,
harpisc.)) SKU:
BA.BA04096
Oratorio in two
parts. Composed by
George Frideric Handel.
Edited by Terence Best.
This edition: complete
edition, urtext edition.
Linen. Halle Handel
Edition (HHA) Series I,
Volume 3. Complete
edition, Score. HWV 47.
Duration 1 hour, 50
minutes. Baerenreiter
Verlag #BA04096_00.
Published by Baerenreiter
Verlag (BA.BA04096).
ISBN 9790006550098. 33
x 26 cm inches. Text
Language: Italian.
Preface: Terence Best.
Text: Carlo Sigismondo
Capece. The Italian
oratorio La Resurrezione
(The Resurrection) was
written during
Handel’s time in
Rome. It was performed on
Easter Sunday 1708 with
great splendour and
extravagance by a large
orchestra conducted by
Arcangelo Corelli in the
Palazzo Bonelli, the
Roman palazzo of
Handel’s patron
the Marchese Francesco
Maria Ruspoli. In its
dramatic structure and
characterisation of the
protagonists, the work
displays a striking
affinity with Italian
opera. Lucifer’s
raging sixty fourth notes
call to mind the demon
characters in Venetian
opera and
Maddalena’s arias
are so full of expressive
power and virtuosity that
Handel later incorporated
one of them into his
opera Agrippina. The
unusual musical richness
of this work and the
virtuosic and masterly
shaping of the arias make
it a welcome addition to
any concert programme.
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