Apollo e Dafne: Cantata For Soprano, Bass, flute, Oboe, Bassoon, Strings, And Basso Continuo: Overture
Apollo e Dafne: Cantata For Soprano, Bass, flute, Oboe, Bassoon, Strings, And Basso Continuo: Recitative 'La terra e liberata - Aria 'Pende il ben'
Apollo e Dafne: Cantata For Soprano, Bass, flute, Oboe, Bassoon, Strings, And Basso Continuo: Recitative 'Ch'il superbetto Amore' - Aria 'Spezza l'arco'
Apollo e Dafne: Cantata For Soprano, Bass, flute, Oboe, Bassoon, Strings, And Basso Continuo: Aria 'Felicissima quest'alma'
Apollo e Dafne: Cantata For Soprano, Bass, flute, Oboe, Bassoon, Strings, And Basso Continuo: Recitative 'Che voce! Che belta!'
Apollo e Dafne: Cantata For Soprano, Bass, flute, Oboe, Bassoon, Strings, And Basso Continuo: Aria 'Ardi,adori'
Apollo e Dafne: Cantata For Soprano, Bass, flute, Oboe, Bassoon, Strings, And Basso Continuo: Recitative 'Che crudel!' - Duo 'Una guerra ho dentro il seno'
Apollo e Dafne: Cantata For Soprano, Bass, flute, Oboe, Bassoon, Strings, And Basso Continuo: Recitative 'Placati al fin, o cara' - Aria Come rosa in so la spina'
Apollo e Dafne: Cantata For Soprano, Bass, flute, Oboe, Bassoon, Strings, And Basso Continuo: Recitaitve 'Ah! ch'un Dio' - Aria 'Come in ciel benigna stella'
Apollo e Dafne: Cantata For Soprano, Bass, flute, Oboe, Bassoon, Strings, And Basso Continuo: Recitative 'Odi la mia ragion' - Duo Deh! lascia addolcire'
Apollo e Dafne: Cantata For Soprano, Bass, flute, Oboe, Bassoon, Strings, And Basso Continuo: Recitative 'Sempre t'adorero!' - Aria 'Mie piante correte'
Apollo e Dafne: Cantata For Soprano, Bass, flute, Oboe, Bassoon, Strings, And Basso Continuo: Aria 'Cara pianta, co'miei pianti'
Concerto For Oboe In G Minor: Grave
Concerto For Oboe In G Minor: Allegro
Concerto For Oboe In G Minor: Largo
Concerto For Oboe In G Minor: Allegro
Apollo and Dafne tells the story of the nymph that gets turned into a laurel tree as a means of expiating her grief over the death of her lover. Strauss set the story as one of his late operas, and here you get the same de... more »al in a third of the time. Nicholas McGegan's direction of this charming cantata keeps the story hopping along, the two protagonists sing well, and the music is delightful. --David Hurwitz« less
Apollo and Dafne tells the story of the nymph that gets turned into a laurel tree as a means of expiating her grief over the death of her lover. Strauss set the story as one of his late operas, and here you get the same deal in a third of the time. Nicholas McGegan's direction of this charming cantata keeps the story hopping along, the two protagonists sing well, and the music is delightful. --David Hurwitz
CD Reviews
Italian cantata
05/11/2000
(4 out of 5 stars)
"Whichever of the three competing versions of Apollo e Dafne you choose you can be assured of great music. This is one of Handel's early works but doesn't show it. The McGegan version benefits from the ever popular Kirkby-Thomas pairing, but the Standage version has tighter orchestral support. The Harnoncourt version on Teldec comes in a poor third, with Teldec not even bothering to include a libretto."