London circa 1740 - Handel's musicians - La Rêveuse

London circa 1740 - Handel's musicians - La Rêveuse

HMM 902613 (harmonia mundi, CD)

FIRST RELEASE (18 August 2023)

Playing time: 68'57"
Tracks: 23
Booklet pages: 24
℗ 2023 harmonia mundi musique sas
© 2023 harmonia mundi musique sas
Main country of recording: France
Country of manufacture: Netherlands
Reviewer: Gerald Fenech
Review of London circa 1740 - Handel's musicians - La Rêveuse published on 7 September 2023

La Rêveuse - Florence Bolton and Benjamin Perrot

Charles Weideman (c1705-1782):

Concerto VI Op 2 for German Flute (traverso) in E minor
1 Adagio e grazioso
2 Allegro assai
3 Amoroso

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759):

Trio sonata V Op 2, HWV 390 in G minor
4 Larghetto
5 Allegro
6 Adagio
7 Allegro

Giuseppe Sammartini (1695-1750):

Concerto a piu Istromenti per la Fluta, GSM 1711 in F major
8 Allegro
9 [Siciliano]
10 Allegro assai

Pietro Castrucci (1679-1752):

Sonata for viola da gamba in G minor
11 Affectuoso
12 Allegro
13 Giga

James Oswald (1710-1759):

The Caledonian Pocket Companion - Twelve books published in London between c1745 and c1765
14 Hugar Mu Fean
15 Sleepy Maggy

A Sonata of Scots Tunes in D major
16 O Mother what shall I do (Largo)
17 Ettrick Banks (Adagio)
18 She rose and let me in (Andante)
19 Cromlit's Lilt (Largo)
20 Polwart on the Green (Andante)

The Caledonian Pocket Companion - 12 books published in London between c1745 and c1765
21 The Cameronian’s Rant
22 Up in the Morning Early

George Frideric Handel:

23 Hornpipe Compos'd for the Concert at Vauxhall, HWV 356

For this new instalment of their series devoted to British music of the eighteenth century, the musicians of La Rêveuse take us to London in the 1740s. The leading Italian and German virtuosos that Handel invited to play in his orchestra brought a powerful wind of change to English musical life, while the Scot James Oswald achieved the tour de force of making the music of his country fashionable in the drawing rooms of London.

Recorded in October 2021 at the Église protestante allemande, Paris, France.