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For its debut album on Winter & Winter, the five-member ensemble Forma Antiqva, made up of harpsichord and plucked and bowed strings, presents an attractive program of vocal and instrumental music by Handel, the vocal works written early in his career, and the instrumental pieces from his mature period. The five Italian cantatas, as the title of the album suggests, deal with love, either happy or frustrated. They are delightfully lyrical and dramatic works, and the intimacy of the small ensemble makes them even more emotionally urgent and fresh-sounding. Male alto Xavier Sabata has a somewhat white sound, but his voice is full and expressive, and he has the technique to dispatch the music's virtuoso demands with apparent effortlessness. He has an especially velvety legato that makes the most of Handel's warm melismatic melodies, such as the first aria from Nel dolce tempo. Harpsichordist Aarón Zapico, who created the imaginative realizations, also leads the ensemble, which derives an especially rich and colorful sound from the varied instruments employed. The playing matches Sabata's singing in its spontaneity and liveliness. The instrumentalists are capable of producing a conventionally refined sound, but they are also willing and able to dig in and play with a gritty earthiness when appropriate. The cantatas are separated by four instrumental works, Zapico's skillful arrangements of a variety of pieces ranging from the familiar Organ Concerto in B flat major No. 6/4 to a keyboard suite and violin sonata. The sound is clean and clear, but not especially spacious. The diversity of works and the exceptional singing and playing make this a release that should be of strong interest to fans of Handel, and particularly to fans of countertenors.
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George Frideric Handel, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Xavier Sabata, Countertenor - Forma Antiqva, Ensemble, MainArtist - Paolo Rolli, Lyricist
2009 Winter & Winter 2009 Winter & Winter
George Frideric Handel, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Xavier Sabata, Countertenor - Forma Antiqva, Ensemble, MainArtist - Paolo Rolli, Lyricist
2009 Winter & Winter 2009 Winter & Winter
George Frideric Handel, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Xavier Sabata, Countertenor - Forma Antiqva, Ensemble, MainArtist - Paolo Rolli, Lyricist
2009 Winter & Winter 2009 Winter & Winter
George Frideric Handel, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Forma Antiqva, Ensemble, MainArtist
2009 Winter & Winter 2009 Winter & Winter
George Frideric Handel, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Xavier Sabata, Countertenor - Forma Antiqva, Ensemble, MainArtist - Kardinal Ruspoli, Lyricist
2009 Winter & Winter 2009 Winter & Winter
George Frideric Handel, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Xavier Sabata, Countertenor - Forma Antiqva, Ensemble, MainArtist - Kardinal Ruspoli, Lyricist
2009 Winter & Winter 2009 Winter & Winter
George Frideric Handel, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Xavier Sabata, Countertenor - Forma Antiqva, Ensemble, MainArtist - Kardinal Ruspoli, Lyricist
2009 Winter & Winter 2009 Winter & Winter
George Frideric Handel, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Xavier Sabata, Countertenor - Forma Antiqva, Ensemble, MainArtist - Kardinal Ruspoli, Lyricist
2009 Winter & Winter 2009 Winter & Winter
George Frideric Handel, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Xavier Sabata, Countertenor - Forma Antiqva, Ensemble, MainArtist - Kardinal Ruspoli, Lyricist
2009 Winter & Winter 2009 Winter & Winter
George Frideric Handel, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Xavier Sabata, Countertenor - Forma Antiqva, Ensemble, MainArtist - Kardinal Ruspoli, Lyricist
2009 Winter & Winter 2009 Winter & Winter
George Frideric Handel, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Forma Antiqva, Ensemble, MainArtist
2009 Winter & Winter 2009 Winter & Winter
George Frideric Handel, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Forma Antiqva, Ensemble, MainArtist
2009 Winter & Winter 2009 Winter & Winter
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Anonymous, Lyricist - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Xavier Sabata, Countertenor - Forma Antiqva, Ensemble, MainArtist
2009 Winter & Winter 2009 Winter & Winter
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Anonymous, Lyricist - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Xavier Sabata, Countertenor - Forma Antiqva, Ensemble, MainArtist
2009 Winter & Winter 2009 Winter & Winter
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Anonymous, Lyricist - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Xavier Sabata, Countertenor - Forma Antiqva, Ensemble, MainArtist
2009 Winter & Winter 2009 Winter & Winter
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Anonymous, Lyricist - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Xavier Sabata, Countertenor - Forma Antiqva, Ensemble, MainArtist
2009 Winter & Winter 2009 Winter & Winter
George Frideric Handel, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Forma Antiqva, Ensemble, MainArtist
2009 Winter & Winter 2009 Winter & Winter
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Anonymous, Lyricist - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Xavier Sabata, Countertenor - Forma Antiqva, Ensemble, MainArtist
2009 Winter & Winter 2009 Winter & Winter
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Anonymous, Lyricist - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Xavier Sabata, Countertenor - Forma Antiqva, Ensemble, MainArtist
2009 Winter & Winter 2009 Winter & Winter
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Anonymous, Lyricist - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Xavier Sabata, Countertenor - Forma Antiqva, Ensemble, MainArtist
2009 Winter & Winter 2009 Winter & Winter
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Anonymous, Lyricist - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Xavier Sabata, Countertenor - Forma Antiqva, Ensemble, MainArtist
2009 Winter & Winter 2009 Winter & Winter
George Frideric Handel, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Forma Antiqva, Ensemble, MainArtist
2009 Winter & Winter 2009 Winter & Winter
George Frideric Handel, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Forma Antiqva, Ensemble, MainArtist
2009 Winter & Winter 2009 Winter & Winter
George Frideric Handel, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Xavier Sabata, Countertenor - Forma Antiqva, Ensemble, MainArtist - Paolo Rolli, Lyricist
2009 Winter & Winter 2009 Winter & Winter
George Frideric Handel, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Xavier Sabata, Countertenor - Forma Antiqva, Ensemble, MainArtist - Paolo Rolli, Lyricist
2009 Winter & Winter 2009 Winter & Winter
George Frideric Handel, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Xavier Sabata, Countertenor - Forma Antiqva, Ensemble, MainArtist - Paolo Rolli, Lyricist
2009 Winter & Winter 2009 Winter & Winter
Album review
For its debut album on Winter & Winter, the five-member ensemble Forma Antiqva, made up of harpsichord and plucked and bowed strings, presents an attractive program of vocal and instrumental music by Handel, the vocal works written early in his career, and the instrumental pieces from his mature period. The five Italian cantatas, as the title of the album suggests, deal with love, either happy or frustrated. They are delightfully lyrical and dramatic works, and the intimacy of the small ensemble makes them even more emotionally urgent and fresh-sounding. Male alto Xavier Sabata has a somewhat white sound, but his voice is full and expressive, and he has the technique to dispatch the music's virtuoso demands with apparent effortlessness. He has an especially velvety legato that makes the most of Handel's warm melismatic melodies, such as the first aria from Nel dolce tempo. Harpsichordist Aarón Zapico, who created the imaginative realizations, also leads the ensemble, which derives an especially rich and colorful sound from the varied instruments employed. The playing matches Sabata's singing in its spontaneity and liveliness. The instrumentalists are capable of producing a conventionally refined sound, but they are also willing and able to dig in and play with a gritty earthiness when appropriate. The cantatas are separated by four instrumental works, Zapico's skillful arrangements of a variety of pieces ranging from the familiar Organ Concerto in B flat major No. 6/4 to a keyboard suite and violin sonata. The sound is clean and clear, but not especially spacious. The diversity of works and the exceptional singing and playing make this a release that should be of strong interest to fans of Handel, and particularly to fans of countertenors.
© TiVo
Details of original recording : 65:21 - DDD - Enregistré en mai 2009 à Gérone en Espagne - Livret sans notes, textes chantés en italien et traduction anglaise
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 26 track(s)
- Total length: 01:05:32
- Main artists: Forma Antiqva
- Composer: Georg Friedrich Händel
- Label: Winter & Winter
- Area: Allemagne
- Genre: Classical
- Period: Baroque Music
2009 Winter & Winter 2009 Winter & Winter
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