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Arte dell'Arco, L'|HANDEL, G.F.: Water Music / Music for the Royal Fireworks (L' Arte dell'Arco, Guglielmo) (George Frideric Handel)

HANDEL, G.F.: Water Music / Music for the Royal Fireworks (L' Arte dell'Arco, Guglielmo) (George Frideric Handel)

George Frideric Handel

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Few pieces of music have been recorded more often than the Water Music, but this disc offers a genuinely fresh interpretation. Historical-instrument recordings of Handel (or, as this German release has it, Händel) have mostly been the province of English ensembles, but here the Italian group L'Arte dell'Arco (they're from Padua) under leader/violinist Frederico Guglielmo shows that the innovations applied to Vivaldi and Corelli by young Italian musicians can be just as effective in Handel's case. Many things in the recording are new, and the listener who knows the Water Music and Royal Fireworks Music well may find it quite a shock. It's a worthwhile shake-up to one's concept of the music, though. The ordering of the pieces in the Water Music is not the usual one, according instead with a suggestion by Christopher Hogwood that they should be arranged by key. Tempos are often quite fast, with brisk, clipped articulation (sample the Allegro section in the very first track), and Guglielmo's violin parts feature plenty of ornamentation. The hallmark of the Italian style, which might be described as the honing of each Baroque texture to a fine point, works spectacularly well in Handel's short dances once you get into the mood. The two Country Dances (tracks 20 and 21) are genuinely bumptious and rustic, the various movements involving brasses set the natural instruments of the group off in such a way as to re-create a sense of real surprise. The overall effect for these outdoor works, written for King George I, is to suggest a panorama of scenes, such as George might have witnessed on the boat trip for which the music was commissioned, as the king passed varied scenes on the shore. Sample one of the broader movements, such as "La Paix" in the Music for the Royal Fireworks, to hear exactly what you're getting into here, and proceed forward if you're at all intrigued.
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HANDEL, G.F.: Water Music / Music for the Royal Fireworks (L' Arte dell'Arco, Guglielmo) (George Frideric Handel)

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1
Wassermusik-Suite Nr. 1 F-Dur, HWV 348: I. Overture: Largo - Allegro
Giovanni Guglielmo
00:03:10

Arte dell'Arco, L', Ensemble - Giovanni Guglielmo, Conductor

2008 CPO

2
Wassermusik-Suite Nr. 1 F-Dur, HWV 348: II. Adagio e staccato
Arte dell'Arco, L'
00:01:57

Arte dell'Arco, L', Ensemble - Giovanni Guglielmo, Conductor

2008 CPO

3
Wassermusik-Suite Nr. 1 F-Dur, HWV 348: III. Allegro
Giovanni Guglielmo
00:02:21

Arte dell'Arco, L', Ensemble - Giovanni Guglielmo, Conductor

2008 CPO

4
Wassermusik-Suite Nr. 1 F-Dur, HWV 348: IV. Andante
Arte dell'Arco, L'
00:04:49

Arte dell'Arco, L', Ensemble - Giovanni Guglielmo, Conductor

2008 CPO

5
Wassermusik-Suite Nr. 1 F-Dur, HWV 348: V. —
Giovanni Guglielmo
00:02:55

Arte dell'Arco, L', Ensemble - Giovanni Guglielmo, Conductor

2008 CPO

6
Wassermusik-Suite Nr. 1 F-Dur, HWV 348: VI. Air
Arte dell'Arco, L'
00:02:52

Arte dell'Arco, L', Ensemble - Giovanni Guglielmo, Conductor

2008 CPO

7
Wassermusik-Suite Nr. 1 F-Dur, HWV 348: VII. Minuet
Giovanni Guglielmo
00:02:16

Arte dell'Arco, L', Ensemble - Giovanni Guglielmo, Conductor

2008 CPO

8
Wassermusik-Suite Nr. 1 F-Dur, HWV 348: VIII. —
Giovanni Guglielmo
00:01:43

Arte dell'Arco, L', Ensemble - Giovanni Guglielmo, Conductor

2008 CPO

9
Wassermusik-Suite Nr. 1 F-Dur, HWV 348: IX. Hornpipe
Giovanni Guglielmo
00:02:13

Arte dell'Arco, L', Ensemble - Giovanni Guglielmo, Conductor

2008 CPO

10
Wassermusik-Suite Nr. 1 F-Dur, HWV 348: X. —
Giovanni Guglielmo
00:02:55

Arte dell'Arco, L', Ensemble - Giovanni Guglielmo, Conductor

2008 CPO

11
Water Music Suite No. 2 in D Major, HWV 349: I. Allegro
Arte dell'Arco, L'
00:02:04

Arte dell'Arco, L', Ensemble - Giovanni Guglielmo, Conductor

2008 CPO

12
Water Music Suite No. 2 in D Major, HWV 349: II. Alla Hornpipe
Giovanni Guglielmo
00:03:56

Arte dell'Arco, L', Ensemble - Giovanni Guglielmo, Conductor

2008 CPO

13
Water Music Suite No. 2 in D Major, HWV 349: III. Menuet
Arte dell'Arco, L'
00:02:18

Arte dell'Arco, L', Ensemble - Giovanni Guglielmo, Conductor

2008 CPO

14
Water Music Suite No. 2 in D Major, HWV 349: IV. Rigaudon I
Giovanni Guglielmo
00:01:06

Arte dell'Arco, L', Ensemble - Giovanni Guglielmo, Conductor

2008 CPO

15
Water Music Suite No. 2 in D Major, HWV 349: IV. Rigaudon II
Giovanni Guglielmo
00:01:27

Arte dell'Arco, L', Ensemble - Giovanni Guglielmo, Conductor

2008 CPO

16
Water Music Suite No. 2 in D Major, HWV 349: V. Lentement
Giovanni Guglielmo
00:02:05

Arte dell'Arco, L', Ensemble - Giovanni Guglielmo, Conductor

2008 CPO

17
Water Music: Suite No. 3 in G Major, HWV 350: I. Bouree
Giovanni Guglielmo
00:01:13

Arte dell'Arco, L', Ensemble - Giovanni Guglielmo, Conductor

2008 CPO

18
Water Music: Suite No. 3 in G Major, HWV 350: II. Menuet
Arte dell'Arco, L'
00:01:01

Arte dell'Arco, L', Ensemble - Giovanni Guglielmo, Conductor

2008 CPO

19
Water Music: Suite No. 3 in G Major, HWV 350: III. Menuett
Giovanni Guglielmo
00:02:03

Arte dell'Arco, L', Ensemble - Giovanni Guglielmo, Conductor

2008 CPO

20
Water Music: Suite No. 3 in G Major, HWV 350: IV. Country Dance I
Arte dell'Arco, L'
00:00:29

Arte dell'Arco, L', Ensemble - Giovanni Guglielmo, Conductor

2008 CPO

21
Water Music: Suite No. 3 in G Major, HWV 350: IV. Country Dance II
Giovanni Guglielmo
00:00:47

Arte dell'Arco, L', Ensemble - Giovanni Guglielmo, Conductor

2008 CPO

22
Water Music: Suite No. 3 in G Major, HWV 350: V. Trumpet Minuet
Giovanni Guglielmo
00:03:05

Arte dell'Arco, L', Ensemble - Giovanni Guglielmo, Conductor

2008 CPO

23
Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: I. Ouverture
Giovanni Guglielmo
00:07:08

Arte dell'Arco, L', Ensemble - Giovanni Guglielmo, Conductor

2008 CPO

24
Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: II. Bourree
Giovanni Guglielmo
00:01:32

Arte dell'Arco, L', Ensemble - Giovanni Guglielmo, Conductor

2008 CPO

25
Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: III. La Paix
Arte dell'Arco, L'
00:03:05

Arte dell'Arco, L', Ensemble - Giovanni Guglielmo, Conductor

2008 CPO

26
Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: IV. La Rejouissance
Giovanni Guglielmo
00:01:55

Arte dell'Arco, L', Ensemble - Giovanni Guglielmo, Conductor

2008 CPO

27
Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: V. Menuet I
Arte dell'Arco, L'
00:01:45

Arte dell'Arco, L', Ensemble - Giovanni Guglielmo, Conductor

2008 CPO

28
Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: V. Menuet II
Giovanni Guglielmo
00:01:36

Arte dell'Arco, L', Ensemble - Giovanni Guglielmo, Conductor

2008 CPO

Album review

Few pieces of music have been recorded more often than the Water Music, but this disc offers a genuinely fresh interpretation. Historical-instrument recordings of Handel (or, as this German release has it, Händel) have mostly been the province of English ensembles, but here the Italian group L'Arte dell'Arco (they're from Padua) under leader/violinist Frederico Guglielmo shows that the innovations applied to Vivaldi and Corelli by young Italian musicians can be just as effective in Handel's case. Many things in the recording are new, and the listener who knows the Water Music and Royal Fireworks Music well may find it quite a shock. It's a worthwhile shake-up to one's concept of the music, though. The ordering of the pieces in the Water Music is not the usual one, according instead with a suggestion by Christopher Hogwood that they should be arranged by key. Tempos are often quite fast, with brisk, clipped articulation (sample the Allegro section in the very first track), and Guglielmo's violin parts feature plenty of ornamentation. The hallmark of the Italian style, which might be described as the honing of each Baroque texture to a fine point, works spectacularly well in Handel's short dances once you get into the mood. The two Country Dances (tracks 20 and 21) are genuinely bumptious and rustic, the various movements involving brasses set the natural instruments of the group off in such a way as to re-create a sense of real surprise. The overall effect for these outdoor works, written for King George I, is to suggest a panorama of scenes, such as George might have witnessed on the boat trip for which the music was commissioned, as the king passed varied scenes on the shore. Sample one of the broader movements, such as "La Paix" in the Music for the Royal Fireworks, to hear exactly what you're getting into here, and proceed forward if you're at all intrigued.
© TiVo

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