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Handel lovers puzzled by the emergence of a previously unknown Handel opera called Catone will have things clarified upon learning that the work is a pasticcio -- a pastiche or compilation -- rather than an original composition. The libretto by Pietro Metastasio dealt with the last stand of the Roman Republic in Utica (now in Tunisia), a favorite topic of democratic-minded audiences. Handel assembled arias by other composers who had already set the libretto, namely Leonardo Leo, Johann Adolf Hasse, Antonio Vivaldi, Leonardo Vinci, and Haydn's teacher Niccolò Porpora, adding a few transitions, ruthlessly pruning the Italian-language recitative that English audiences couldn't understand, and apparently furnishing a couple of instrumental sections. The results do not make any less sense plotwise than the common run of Baroque operas, and really they offer quite a bit of insight into Handel's world. Historically Catone has been ignored because it was taken to be merely Handel's solution to an overgrown workload, but annotator Angela Romagnoli argues that there was more to it than that: opera in Handel's time was a product not only of composers but of singers, and the music in a work like Catone was expertly fashioned in order to best display the talents of artists like the fabled Italian castrato Senesino as Catone. Here the role is sung by a woman, Sonia Prina, who doesn't have quite the right heft, but in general the performances from Auser Musici under Carlo Ipata are very strong: the music zips along and succeeds dramatically. For average listeners the music in general will show why Haydn and Vivaldi are remembered while Vinci and Leo are forgotten, but there are exceptions: sample Emilia's aria Vaghe labbra voi fingete, by Hasse, for an idea of what's happening here and for a taste of the music many singers of the area turned to when they wanted real vocal fireworks. With Glossa's usual fine sound and graphic design, this is a nice find for Handel buffs.
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Catone, HWV A7, Act I
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Pietro Metastasio, Lyricist - Auser Musici, Ensemble - Carlo Ipata, Conductor
2017 Glossa 2017 Glossa
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Pietro Metastasio, Lyricist - Sonia Prina, Performer - Lucia Cirillo, Performer - Auser Musici, Ensemble - Carlo Ipata, Conductor - Kristina Hammarström, Performer
2017 Glossa 2017 Glossa
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Pietro Metastasio, Lyricist - Sonia Prina, Performer - Auser Musici, Ensemble - Carlo Ipata, Conductor
2017 Glossa 2017 Glossa
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Pietro Metastasio, Lyricist - Lucia Cirillo, Performer - Auser Musici, Ensemble - Carlo Ipata, Conductor - Kristina Hammarström, Performer
2017 Glossa 2017 Glossa
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Pietro Metastasio, Lyricist - Lucia Cirillo, Performer - Auser Musici, Ensemble - Carlo Ipata, Conductor
2017 Glossa 2017 Glossa
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Pietro Metastasio, Lyricist - Auser Musici, Ensemble - Carlo Ipata, Conductor - Kristina Hammarström, Performer
2017 Glossa 2017 Glossa
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Pietro Metastasio, Lyricist - Auser Musici, Ensemble - Carlo Ipata, Conductor - Kristina Hammarström, Performer
2017 Glossa 2017 Glossa
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Roberta Invernizzi, Performer - Pietro Metastasio, Lyricist - Sonia Prina, Performer - Auser Musici, Ensemble - Riccardo Novaro, Performer - Carlo Ipata, Conductor
2017 Glossa 2017 Glossa
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Pietro Metastasio, Lyricist - Sonia Prina, Performer - Auser Musici, Ensemble - Carlo Ipata, Conductor
2017 Glossa 2017 Glossa
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Roberta Invernizzi, Performer - Pietro Metastasio, Lyricist - Auser Musici, Ensemble - Riccardo Novaro, Performer - Carlo Ipata, Conductor
2017 Glossa 2017 Glossa
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Pietro Metastasio, Lyricist - Auser Musici, Ensemble - Riccardo Novaro, Performer - Carlo Ipata, Conductor
2017 Glossa 2017 Glossa
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Roberta Invernizzi, Performer - Pietro Metastasio, Lyricist - Auser Musici, Ensemble - Carlo Ipata, Conductor
2017 Glossa 2017 Glossa
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Roberta Invernizzi, Performer - Pietro Metastasio, Lyricist - Auser Musici, Ensemble - Carlo Ipata, Conductor
2017 Glossa 2017 Glossa
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Pietro Metastasio, Lyricist - Lucia Cirillo, Performer - Auser Musici, Ensemble - Riccardo Novaro, Performer - Carlo Ipata, Conductor
2017 Glossa 2017 Glossa
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Roberta Invernizzi, Performer - Pietro Metastasio, Lyricist - Auser Musici, Ensemble - Carlo Ipata, Conductor
2017 Glossa 2017 Glossa
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Pietro Metastasio, Lyricist - Lucia Cirillo, Performer - Auser Musici, Ensemble - Carlo Ipata, Conductor
2017 Glossa 2017 Glossa
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Pietro Metastasio, Lyricist - Lucia Cirillo, Performer - Auser Musici, Ensemble - Carlo Ipata, Conductor
2017 Glossa 2017 Glossa
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Pietro Metastasio, Lyricist - Sonia Prina, Performer - Auser Musici, Ensemble - Carlo Ipata, Conductor
2017 Glossa 2017 Glossa
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Pietro Metastasio, Lyricist - Sonia Prina, Performer - Auser Musici, Ensemble - Carlo Ipata, Conductor
2017 Glossa 2017 Glossa
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Pietro Metastasio, Lyricist - Lucia Cirillo, Performer - Auser Musici, Ensemble - Carlo Ipata, Conductor - Kristina Hammarström, Performer
2017 Glossa 2017 Glossa
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Pietro Metastasio, Lyricist - Auser Musici, Ensemble - Carlo Ipata, Conductor - Kristina Hammarström, Performer
2017 Glossa 2017 Glossa
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Roberta Invernizzi, Performer - Pietro Metastasio, Lyricist - Lucia Cirillo, Performer - Auser Musici, Ensemble - Riccardo Novaro, Performer - Carlo Ipata, Conductor
2017 Glossa 2017 Glossa
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Pietro Metastasio, Lyricist - Auser Musici, Ensemble - Riccardo Novaro, Performer - Carlo Ipata, Conductor
2017 Glossa 2017 Glossa
DISC 2
Catone, HWV A7, Act II
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Pietro Metastasio, Lyricist - Sonia Prina, Performer - Lucia Cirillo, Performer - Auser Musici, Ensemble - Riccardo Novaro, Performer - Carlo Ipata, Conductor
2017 Glossa 2017 Glossa
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Pietro Metastasio, Lyricist - Auser Musici, Ensemble - Riccardo Novaro, Performer - Carlo Ipata, Conductor
2017 Glossa 2017 Glossa
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Roberta Invernizzi, Performer - Pietro Metastasio, Lyricist - Sonia Prina, Performer - Lucia Cirillo, Performer - Auser Musici, Ensemble - Carlo Ipata, Conductor - Kristina Hammarström, Performer
2017 Glossa 2017 Glossa
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Pietro Metastasio, Lyricist - Sonia Prina, Performer - Auser Musici, Ensemble - Carlo Ipata, Conductor
2017 Glossa 2017 Glossa
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Roberta Invernizzi, Performer - Pietro Metastasio, Lyricist - Lucia Cirillo, Performer - Auser Musici, Ensemble - Carlo Ipata, Conductor - Kristina Hammarström, Performer
2017 Glossa 2017 Glossa
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Roberta Invernizzi, Performer - Pietro Metastasio, Lyricist - Auser Musici, Ensemble - Carlo Ipata, Conductor
2017 Glossa 2017 Glossa
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Pietro Metastasio, Lyricist - Lucia Cirillo, Performer - Auser Musici, Ensemble - Riccardo Novaro, Performer - Carlo Ipata, Conductor
2017 Glossa 2017 Glossa
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Pietro Metastasio, Lyricist - Lucia Cirillo, Performer - Auser Musici, Ensemble - Carlo Ipata, Conductor
2017 Glossa 2017 Glossa
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Pietro Metastasio, Lyricist - Auser Musici, Ensemble - Riccardo Novaro, Performer - Carlo Ipata, Conductor - Kristina Hammarström, Performer
2017 Glossa 2017 Glossa
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Pietro Metastasio, Lyricist - Auser Musici, Ensemble - Carlo Ipata, Conductor - Kristina Hammarström, Performer
2017 Glossa 2017 Glossa
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Pietro Metastasio, Lyricist - Auser Musici, Ensemble - Riccardo Novaro, Performer - Carlo Ipata, Conductor
2017 Glossa 2017 Glossa
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Pietro Metastasio, Lyricist - Auser Musici, Ensemble - Riccardo Novaro, Performer - Carlo Ipata, Conductor
2017 Glossa 2017 Glossa
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Roberta Invernizzi, Performer - Pietro Metastasio, Lyricist - Sonia Prina, Performer - Auser Musici, Ensemble - Riccardo Novaro, Performer - Carlo Ipata, Conductor
2017 Glossa 2017 Glossa
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Roberta Invernizzi, Performer - Pietro Metastasio, Lyricist - Auser Musici, Ensemble - Carlo Ipata, Conductor
2017 Glossa 2017 Glossa
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Pietro Metastasio, Lyricist - Sonia Prina, Performer - Auser Musici, Ensemble - Riccardo Novaro, Performer - Carlo Ipata, Conductor
2017 Glossa 2017 Glossa
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Roberta Invernizzi, Performer - Pietro Metastasio, Lyricist - Auser Musici, Ensemble - Carlo Ipata, Conductor
2017 Glossa 2017 Glossa
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Pietro Metastasio, Lyricist - Sonia Prina, Performer - Lucia Cirillo, Performer - Auser Musici, Ensemble - Carlo Ipata, Conductor - Kristina Hammarström, Performer
2017 Glossa 2017 Glossa
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Pietro Metastasio, Lyricist - Sonia Prina, Performer - Auser Musici, Ensemble - Carlo Ipata, Conductor
2017 Glossa 2017 Glossa
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Pietro Metastasio, Lyricist - Auser Musici, Ensemble - Carlo Ipata, Conductor
2017 Glossa 2017 Glossa
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Roberta Invernizzi, Performer - Pietro Metastasio, Lyricist - Lucia Cirillo, Performer - Auser Musici, Ensemble - Riccardo Novaro, Performer - Carlo Ipata, Conductor
2017 Glossa 2017 Glossa
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Pietro Metastasio, Lyricist - Lucia Cirillo, Performer - Auser Musici, Ensemble - Carlo Ipata, Conductor
2017 Glossa 2017 Glossa
Album review
Handel lovers puzzled by the emergence of a previously unknown Handel opera called Catone will have things clarified upon learning that the work is a pasticcio -- a pastiche or compilation -- rather than an original composition. The libretto by Pietro Metastasio dealt with the last stand of the Roman Republic in Utica (now in Tunisia), a favorite topic of democratic-minded audiences. Handel assembled arias by other composers who had already set the libretto, namely Leonardo Leo, Johann Adolf Hasse, Antonio Vivaldi, Leonardo Vinci, and Haydn's teacher Niccolò Porpora, adding a few transitions, ruthlessly pruning the Italian-language recitative that English audiences couldn't understand, and apparently furnishing a couple of instrumental sections. The results do not make any less sense plotwise than the common run of Baroque operas, and really they offer quite a bit of insight into Handel's world. Historically Catone has been ignored because it was taken to be merely Handel's solution to an overgrown workload, but annotator Angela Romagnoli argues that there was more to it than that: opera in Handel's time was a product not only of composers but of singers, and the music in a work like Catone was expertly fashioned in order to best display the talents of artists like the fabled Italian castrato Senesino as Catone. Here the role is sung by a woman, Sonia Prina, who doesn't have quite the right heft, but in general the performances from Auser Musici under Carlo Ipata are very strong: the music zips along and succeeds dramatically. For average listeners the music in general will show why Haydn and Vivaldi are remembered while Vinci and Leo are forgotten, but there are exceptions: sample Emilia's aria Vaghe labbra voi fingete, by Hasse, for an idea of what's happening here and for a taste of the music many singers of the area turned to when they wanted real vocal fireworks. With Glossa's usual fine sound and graphic design, this is a nice find for Handel buffs.
© TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 44 track(s)
- Total length: 02:05:11
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Roberta Invernizzi
- Composer: Georg Friedrich Händel
- Label: Glossa
- Genre: Classical
2017 Glossa 2017 Glossa
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