Unlimited Streaming
Listen to this album in high quality now on our apps
Start my trial period and start listening to this albumEnjoy this album on Qobuz apps with your subscription
SubscribeEnjoy this album on Qobuz apps with your subscription
Digital Download
Purchase and download this album in a wide variety of formats depending on your needs.
Vauxhall Gardens was a "pleasure garden," a kind of private park where entertainment of various kinds might be presented indoors and outdoors. Part of it still exists today. Handel and others wrote music for the venue, only to see it disparaged by Samuel Johnson; partly for this reason, the selections on this album qualify as genuinely neglected Handel. They are light, but not unsophisticated. Contained on this release is music that roughly reconstructs part of an evening's music at Vauxhall. One of the park's pavilions contained a small organ, and the Organ Concerto in B flat major, Op. 4, No. 2, HWV 290, receives a delightful small-scale performance here from organist Daniel Moult and players from the London Early Opera orchestra under Bridget Cunningham, the creative force behind this album. The outdoor pieces would have included little strophic songs and pastoral scenes by Handel and others; these are small gems that have hardly been touched by performers. Sample the rather comically overwrought The Melancholy Nymph, HWV 228, No. 19 (track 12), or the comic pastoral Colin and Phoebe by Thomas Arne, one of a pair of Handel contemporaries included. The sound disappoints; the church acoustic makes no differentiation among the types of music heard here and isn't really right for any of them. But this release is essential for anyone interested in understanding Handel's musical world, and it holds a good deal of charm for any listener.
© TiVo
You are currently listening to samples.
Listen to over 100 million songs with an unlimited streaming plan.
Listen to this playlist and more than 100 million songs with our unlimited streaming plans.
From $10.83/month
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49 (Georg Friedrich Händel)
George Frideric Handel, Composer - London Early Opera, Ensemble, MainArtist - Bridget Cunningham, Conductor
(C) 2016 Signum Records (P) 2016 Signum Records
Organ Improvisation in the style of John Worgan and Handel (Daniel Moult)
Daniel Moult, Composer, MainArtist - London Early Opera, Ensemble - Bridget Cunningham, Conductor
(C) 2016 Signum Records (P) 2016 Signum Records
Organ Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 4 HWV 290 (Georg Friedrich Händel)
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Daniel Moult, MainArtist - London Early Opera, Ensemble - Bridget Cunningham, Conductor
(C) 2016 Signum Records (P) 2016 Signum Records
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Daniel Moult, MainArtist - London Early Opera, Ensemble - Bridget Cunningham, Conductor
(C) 2016 Signum Records (P) 2016 Signum Records
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Daniel Moult, MainArtist - London Early Opera, Ensemble - Bridget Cunningham, Conductor
(C) 2016 Signum Records (P) 2016 Signum Records
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Daniel Moult, MainArtist - London Early Opera, Ensemble - Bridget Cunningham, Conductor
(C) 2016 Signum Records (P) 2016 Signum Records
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49 (Georg Friedrich Händel)
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Kirsty Hopkins, MainArtist - London Early Opera, Ensemble - Bridget Cunningham, Conductor
(C) 2016 Signum Records (P) 2016 Signum Records
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Kirsty Hopkins, MainArtist - London Early Opera, Ensemble - Bridget Cunningham, Conductor
(C) 2016 Signum Records (P) 2016 Signum Records
Colin and Phoebe (Thomas Arne)
Thomas Arne, Composer - Greg Tassell, MainArtist - Benjamin Bevan, MainArtist - London Early Opera, Ensemble - Bridget Cunningham, Conductor - Eleanor Dennis, MainArtist
(C) 2016 Signum Records (P) 2016 Signum Records
Saul, HWV 53 (Georg Friedrich Händel)
George Frideric Handel, Composer - London Early Opera, Ensemble, MainArtist - Bridget Cunningham, Conductor
(C) 2016 Signum Records (P) 2016 Signum Records
The Advice (Georg Friedrich Händel)
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Sophie Bevan, MainArtist - London Early Opera, Ensemble - Bridget Cunningham, Conductor
(C) 2016 Signum Records (P) 2016 Signum Records
The Melancholy Nymph, HWV 228 (Georg Friedrich Händel)
George Frideric Handel, Composer - London Early Opera, Ensemble - Bridget Cunningham, Conductor - Charles MacDougall, MainArtist
(C) 2016 Signum Records (P) 2016 Signum Records
Concerto for Strings and Basso Continuo No. 1 in A Major (John Hebden)
London Early Opera, Ensemble, MainArtist - Bridget Cunningham, Conductor - John Hebden, Composer
(C) 2016 Signum Records (P) 2016 Signum Records
London Early Opera, Ensemble, MainArtist - Bridget Cunningham, Conductor - John Hebden, Composer
(C) 2016 Signum Records (P) 2016 Signum Records
London Early Opera, Ensemble, MainArtist - Bridget Cunningham, Conductor - John Hebden, Composer
(C) 2016 Signum Records (P) 2016 Signum Records
London Early Opera, Ensemble, MainArtist - Bridget Cunningham, Conductor - John Hebden, Composer
(C) 2016 Signum Records (P) 2016 Signum Records
L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55 (Georg Friedrich Händel)
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Greg Tassell, MainArtist - London Early Opera, Ensemble - Bridget Cunningham, Conductor - Eleanor Dennis, MainArtist
(C) 2016 Signum Records (P) 2016 Signum Records
Album review
Vauxhall Gardens was a "pleasure garden," a kind of private park where entertainment of various kinds might be presented indoors and outdoors. Part of it still exists today. Handel and others wrote music for the venue, only to see it disparaged by Samuel Johnson; partly for this reason, the selections on this album qualify as genuinely neglected Handel. They are light, but not unsophisticated. Contained on this release is music that roughly reconstructs part of an evening's music at Vauxhall. One of the park's pavilions contained a small organ, and the Organ Concerto in B flat major, Op. 4, No. 2, HWV 290, receives a delightful small-scale performance here from organist Daniel Moult and players from the London Early Opera orchestra under Bridget Cunningham, the creative force behind this album. The outdoor pieces would have included little strophic songs and pastoral scenes by Handel and others; these are small gems that have hardly been touched by performers. Sample the rather comically overwrought The Melancholy Nymph, HWV 228, No. 19 (track 12), or the comic pastoral Colin and Phoebe by Thomas Arne, one of a pair of Handel contemporaries included. The sound disappoints; the church acoustic makes no differentiation among the types of music heard here and isn't really right for any of them. But this release is essential for anyone interested in understanding Handel's musical world, and it holds a good deal of charm for any listener.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 17 track(s)
- Total length: 00:48:09
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: London Early Opera Bridget Cunningham
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Signum Records
- Genre: Classical
(C) 2016 Signum Records (P) 2016 Signum Records
Improve album information
Why buy on Qobuz?
-
Stream or download your music
Buy an album or an individual track. Or listen to our entire catalog with our high-quality unlimited streaming subscriptions.
-
Zero DRM
The downloaded files belong to you, without any usage limit. You can download them as many times as you like.
-
Choose the format best suited for you
Download your purchases in a wide variety of formats (FLAC, ALAC, WAV, AIFF...) depending on your needs.
-
Listen to your purchases on our apps
Download the Qobuz apps for smartphones, tablets, and computers, and listen to your purchases wherever you go.