Title: Taste of This Nation Artist: Corbett / Hendrick / Spiritato Label: Delphian Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 801918342363 Genre: Classical Release Date: 2021-02-12 Number of Discs: 1
Period ensemble Spiritato's Delphian debut transports us back to a decisive juncture in the history of English music. The Taste of this Nation is a picture of the rapid arrival and astonishing success of Italian styles, genres and indeed musicians in London in the early 1700s, showing that a vibrant, cosmopolitan scene had arisen in the capital even before the arrival of Handel on British shores in 1710. One of the prime instigators of the Italianate tendency was in fact an immigrant from Prussia. Johann Christoph Pepusch composed for the Italian soprano Margarita de L'Epine (also based in London) what can be regarded as the first English cantatas in the Italian style. Spiritato are joined by mezzo Ciara Hendrick, on dazzling vocal form in four of these works, while the vigor and precision of the ensemble's playing - led by violinist Kinga Ujszaszi - comes to the fore in instrumental works by two native Englishmen which again evidence Italian connections. Obadiah Shuttleworth's concerti grossi are inventive reimaginings of violin sonatas by Corelli, and William Corbett's infectious Bizarrie Universali show how a composer who had spent extensive time on the Continent could trade on his Italian connections to win favor with audiences in his native land.
Tracks: 1.1 Bizarrie Universali~Al' Inglese. Allegro 1.2 Bizarrie Universali~Al' Inglese. Aria cantabile 1.3 Bizarrie Universali~Al' Inglese. Presto - Allegro assai 1.4 Kindly fate at length release me~Affetuoso: Kindly fate at length release me 1.5 Kindly fate at length release me~Recitative: Thus to his Lyre the drooping Swain 1.6 Kindly fate at length release me~Allegro: Rouse, rouse, rouse 1.7 Concerto Grosso No. I~Grave 1.8 Concerto Grosso No. I~Adagio 1.9 Concerto Grosso No. I~Allegro 1.10 Concerto Grosso No. I~Adagio 1.11 Concerto Grosso No. I~Allegro 1.12 Concerto Grosso No. I~Allegro 1.13 Concerto Grosso No. I~Adagio 1.14 Concerto Grosso No. I~Allegro 1.15 Spring~Largo: Fragrant Flora 1.16 Spring~Recitative: Thus on a fruitful Hill 1.17 Spring~Aria: Love and Pleasures gaily flowing 1.18 Concerto Grosso No. XI~Adagio 1.19 Concerto Grosso No. XI~Allegro 1.20 Concerto Grosso No. XI~Adagio 1.21 Concerto Grosso No. XI~Vivace 1.22 Concerto Grosso No. XI~Allegro 1.23 Chloe~Recitative: Airy Cloe proud and young 1.24 Chloe~Aria (Vivace): Leave me 1.25 Chloe~Recitative: Amintor, fir'd by this Disdain 1.26 Chloe~Allegro: Shepherd this I've done to prove thee 1.27 Sonata for trumpet and oboe, Op. 1 No. 12~Adagio 1.28 Sonata for trumpet and oboe, Op. 1 No. 12~Largo 1.29 Sonata for trumpet and oboe, Op. 1 No. 12~Vivace (Pastorale) 1.30 Sonata for trumpet and oboe, Op. 1 No. 12~Allegro 1.31 While pale Britannia pensive sate~Recitative: While Pale Britannia Pensive Sate 1.32 While pale Britannia pensive sate~Largo: How long, unhappy Isle 1.33 While pale Britannia pensive sate~Recitative: She sigh'd and would have farther said 1.34 While pale Britannia pensive sate~Allegro: No more Britannia, sigh no more 1.35 Bizarrie Universali~Alla Bolognese. Allegro 1.36 Bizarrie Universali~Alla Bolognese. Largo andante 1.37 Bizarrie Universali~Alla Bolognese. Allegro
