Baroque in Hanover - Court Music

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Date CD: 2009 | Ars-Produktion | 66:20

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During the 17th and 18th Century, the city of Hanover played an important role in the musical life of Germany. Music was performed at the Lutheran Church as well as at the Duke's court. Soon after its establishment in 1636, the court played host to many of the Era's most prominent musicians.

Even before Handel, many aspiring composers were attracted to the Hanover court. Between 1639 and 1641, Henrich Schütz stayed at Hanover. During the reign of the highly educated John Frederick, Duke of Brunswick – Calenberg from 1655 until 1679, a number of musicians were brought in from Italy and France. At the same time the court orchestra was significantly expanded. The long stay of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz, the great mathematician and philosopher at Hanover provides further evidence of the extraordinary intellectual life at the court.

A sonata by Georg Philipp Telemann (1681 – 1767) completes this survey of northern german Baroque music. Telemann was one of the most prolific and most popular composers of his time; his stylistic inventions were often ground – braking. Altohough Telemann never held any position at the court in Hanover, he is known to have visited it regularly. The creative atmosphere at the court and Steffanis achievements in particular are said to have spurred Telemann's own creativity.

tracklist:

Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 – 1759)

1 Duetto IX „Conservate, raddopiate” HWV 185 (for soprano, alto and b.c.)

2-5 Cantata „Solitudini care, amata libertà” HWV 163 (for soprano and b.c.)

Charles Babell (ca. 1636 – 1716)

6-10 „8me Suite en c-moll” (for harpsichord solo)

Agostino Steffani (1654 – 1728)

11 Duetto „Vuol il Ciel ch’io sia legato” (for soprano, alto and b.c.)

Nicolaus Adam Strungk (1640 – 1716)

12-13 Songs from „Leucoleons Galamelite” (for alto and b.c.)

14 „Capriccio della Chiave A” (for organ solo)

15-16 Songs from „Leucoleons Galamelite” (for alto and b.c.)

15 Er widerräth der Rhodinis das Closter-Leben

16 Nacht-Lied

Agostino Steffani (1654 – 1728)

17 Duetto „O care catene ch’il piede stringete” (for soprano, alto and b.c.)

Georg Philip Telemann (1681 – 1767)

18-22 Sonata e-moll (for viola da gamba and b.c.)

Antonio Sartorio (1630 – 1680)

23 Cantata „E' tiranna la speranza” (for soprano and b.c.)

Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 – 1759)

24-26 Duetto X „Tanti strali al sen mi scocchi” HWV 187 (for soprano, alto and b.c.)

Alla Polacca

Iwona Lesśniowska-Lubowicz – soprano

Paulina Kilarska – harpsichord, organ

Stanisław Gojny – theorbo, baroque guitar

guests:

Franz Vitzthum – countertenor

Petr Wagner – viola da gamba