A. Bazzini - La Ronde Des Lutins - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Johann Sebastian Bach's Prelude and Fugue in E Minor, BWV 548 peformed by on the organ by the talented Eberhard Kraus.

The light and airy chamber-scaled divertimenti on this recording were composed in London in the early 1720s. They must have been among the first works with which Giovanni Bononcini (1670-1747) sought to make an impression on the discerning audiences and business-minded entrepreneurs who, at the time, were instrumental to a music-rich environment that made the city one of the main centers of European culture. It is perhaps to the detriment of his posthumous reputation that Bononcini became known as Handel's direct rival for the favor of London's musical public the rivalry between the two men was even immortalized in a piece of satirical doggerel which popularized the English expression 'Tweedledum and Tweedledee'. In fact these divertimenti scored a popular success as soon as they were published; so much so that these harpsichord transcriptions were quickly produced - and then republished two decades later, when they appeared as Suites de Pièces pour le Clavecin, placing them in direct competition with the collection of works under the same name by Handel. The divertimenti are three- and four-movement works designed not to place any great strain upon the listener's attention the longest movement here lasts barely three minutes. Even the slow movements are simple arias, originally conceived with a high melody instrument in mind - violin or transverse flute - and conforming to a serene and courtly character. By and large, however, they are filled with lively, dance-like quick movements, cheerful in temperament even when the tonality is minor, as it is in half the divertimenti. This is the debut album on Brilliant Classics for the harpsichordist Giovanni Paganelli. Album Tracks 1. Divertimenti Da Camera 2. Divertimento I in C 3. Divertimento II in a Minor 4. Divertimento III in E minor 5. Divertimento IV in D minor 6. Divertimento V in G 7. Divertiment

Album Tracks 1. Arlecchino Part One, Intro. Scena E Canzonetta Ein Schauspiel Ist's Fur Kinder Nicht, Noch Gotter - Peter Matic/Robert Worle/Rene Pape 2. Arlecchino Part One. Duetto Und Noch Hab Ich Euch Danken - Siegfried Lorenz/Peter Lika 3. Arlecchino Part One. Terzetto Treibt Euch Leichtfertig Auf Offener Strasse Umher - Rene Pape/Siegfried Lorenz/Peter Lika 4. Arlecchino Part Two. Marcia E Scena Den Schlussel Liess Ich Mir Nachfertigen - Peter Matic/Rene Pape 5. Arlecchino Part Three. Scena E Aria Herr Kapitan, Um Vergebung - Marcia Bellamy/Rene Pape 6. Arlecchino Part Three. Arietta Wie Ist Ihr Schlaf, Madame? - Peter Matic/Marcia Bellamy/Katharina Koschny 7. Arlecchino Part Three, Scena E Due. Poi a Tree Mit Dem Schwert, Mit Der Laute - Robert Worle/Marcia Bellamy/Peter Matic 8. Arlecchino Part Four, Scena. QT E Melodramma Est Ist Schon Ganz Finster - Peter Lika/Siegfried Lorenz/Marcia Bellamy/Robert Worle/Peter Matic 9. Arlecchino Part Four. Monologo Wahrlich, Ich Weiss Nicht Mehr Aus Noch Ein! - Rene Pape 10. Arlecchino Part Four. Processione E Danza Finale Verehrliche Versammlung - Peter Matic 11. Rondo Arlecchinesco, Op.46 - Rso Berlin/Gerd Albrecht