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Praise of the beauty of nature and eternal life are the subjects of the sacred poems by B. H. Brockes which George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) set to music in his Nine German Arias. In these nine pieces for soprano and a small group of instruments, to be chosen at will, Handel drew in many places on music from his own operas, with the voice part in the German arias adapted to be less virtuosic and more deeply expressive. The Three German Arias, recorded for the first time on this CD, by Johann Mattheson (1681- 1764), which were formerly attributed to Handel, are a real discovery for the repertoire. The soprano Monika Mauch is accompanied in her beautiful interpretation of the arias by the specialist ensemble L’arpa festante.
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| CARUS - CARUS 83.426 |
| Georg Friedrich Haendel; Johann Mattheson |
| Nine German Arias; Three German Arias |
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Performers |
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Monika Mauch, soprano
L’arpa festante
Rien Voskulien, conductor |
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George Frideric Handel (1685-1759):
Nine German Arias (“Neun deutsche Arien”) HWV 202-210
Johann Mattheson (1681-1764):
Three German Arias ("Drei deutsche Arien")*
*world premiere recording
1 CD - DDD - 57'56'' |
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