CHAN 0719 Back & Front.qxd 12/9/06 3:46 pm Page 1 CHAN 0719(3) CHANDOS early music CHAN 0719 BOOK.qxd 12/9/06 3:47 pm Page 2 George Frideric Handel (1685–1759) Partenope, HWV 27 (1730) An opera in three acts Based on a libretto by Silvio Stampiglia Edited by Clifford Bartlett Rudolf Hoffmann/LebrechtRudolf & Music Arts Library Photo Partenope, Queen of Partenope, now Naples.......................Rosemary Joshua soprano Emilio, Prince of Cuma.....................................................................Kurt Streit tenor Armindo, Prince of Rhodes ..........................................Stephen Wallace counter-tenor Ormonte, Captain of Partenope’s Guards .........Andrew Foster-Williams bass-baritone Rosmira, Princess of Cyprus................................................Hilary Summers contralto Arsace, Prince of Corinth..............................................Lawrence Zazzo counter-tenor Early Opera Company Christian Curnyn George Frideric Handel 3 CHAN 0719 BOOK.qxd 12/9/06 3:47 pm Page 2 George Frideric Handel (1685–1759) Partenope, HWV 27 (1730) An opera in three acts Based on a libretto by Silvio Stampiglia Edited by Clifford Bartlett Rudolf Hoffmann/LebrechtRudolf & Music Arts Library Photo Partenope, Queen of Partenope, now Naples.......................Rosemary Joshua soprano Emilio, Prince of Cuma.....................................................................Kurt Streit tenor Armindo, Prince of Rhodes ..........................................Stephen Wallace counter-tenor Ormonte, Captain of Partenope’s Guards .........Andrew Foster-Williams bass-baritone Rosmira, Princess of Cyprus................................................Hilary Summers contralto Arsace, Prince of Corinth..............................................Lawrence Zazzo counter-tenor Early Opera Company Christian Curnyn George Frideric Handel 3 CHAN 0719 BOOK.qxd 12/9/06 3:47 pm Page 4 Early Opera Company violin I Catherine Martin (leader) theorbo Richard Sweeney (continuo) Farrell Drew Iona Davies David Irving flute Brinley Yare Rebecca Rule Katy Bircher violin II Oliver Webber oboe Katharina Spreckelsen Emilia Benjamin Hannah McGlaughlin Hannah Tibbel Madeleine Easton bassoon Zoe Shevlin viola Katherine Mcgillivray horn Anneke Scott Emma Alter Gavin Edwards cello Joseph Crouch (continuo) trumpet David Hendry Richard Campbell harpsichord Christian Curnyn (continuo) double-bass Peter McCarthy The string players of the Early Opera Company employ historically accurate equal tension stringing, with the majority (violins and double-bass) using no metal wound strings. The trumpet is played without the use of tuning holes, so the natural harmonic scale is left untempered apart from any adjustments that the player is able to make by means of the embouchure. Double-manual Flemish harpsichord by Mackinnon and Waltzman, after Culmar Ruckers, provided and tuned by Clare Hammett Pitch: A = 415 Hz Christian Curnyn 4 CHAN 0719 BOOK.qxd 12/9/06 3:47 pm Page 4 Early Opera Company violin I Catherine Martin (leader) theorbo Richard Sweeney (continuo) Farrell Drew Iona Davies David Irving flute Brinley Yare Rebecca Rule Katy Bircher violin II Oliver Webber oboe Katharina Spreckelsen Emilia Benjamin Hannah McGlaughlin Hannah Tibbel Madeleine Easton bassoon Zoe Shevlin viola Katherine Mcgillivray horn Anneke Scott Emma Alter Gavin Edwards cello Joseph Crouch (continuo) trumpet David Hendry Richard Campbell harpsichord Christian Curnyn (continuo) double-bass Peter McCarthy The string players of the Early Opera Company employ historically accurate equal tension stringing, with the majority (violins and double-bass) using no metal wound strings. The trumpet is played without the use of tuning holes, so the natural harmonic scale is left untempered apart from any adjustments that the player is able to make by means of the embouchure. Double-manual Flemish harpsichord by Mackinnon and Waltzman, after Culmar Ruckers, provided and tuned by Clare Hammett Pitch: A = 415 Hz Christian Curnyn 4 CHAN 0719 BOOK.qxd 12/9/06 3:47 pm Page 6 COMPACT DISC ONE Time Page Time Page 1 Ouverture 6:32 70 10 ‘Armindo ardisci e prova’ 0:15 76 Armindo Act I 11 No. 5. ‘Voglio dire al mio tesoro’ 4:50 76 Scene I Armindo 2 ‘Tu dell’ eccelse Mura’ 0:41 70 Partenope Scene V 3 No. 1. ‘Viva viva Partenope viva’ – 12 ‘Ah! ch’ un volto fatal mi dà gran pena!’ 2:02 76 Chorus Arsace, Rosmira ‘Miei Fidi arride il Cielo’ 1:19 70 13 No. 6. ‘Un altra volta ancor’ 2:48 79 Partenope Rosmira 14 ‘Rosmira, oh! Dio! Rosmira’ 0:18 79 Scene II Arsace 4 ‘Arsace’ 1:22 71 15 No. 7. ‘Sento Amor con novi Dardi’ 5:39 79 Armindo, Arsace, Partenope, Rosmira Arsace Scene III Scene VI 5 ‘Regina, in folte Schiere’ 0:41 72 16 ‘Stan pronti i miei Guerrieri a stringer l’ armi?’ 0:32 80 Ormonte, Arsace, Armindo, Partenope, Rosmira Partenope, Ormonte 6 No. 2. ‘L’ Amor ed il Destin’ 3:04 73 17 No. 8. ‘T’ appresta forse amore’ 4:09 80 Partenope Ormonte 7 No. 3. ‘O Eurimene hà l’ idea di Rosmira’ 2:31 74 Arsace Scene VII 18 ‘Signora’ 1:23 80 Scene IV Armindo, Partenope 8 ‘Cavalier, se gli Dei’ 1:19 74 Rosmira, Armindo Scene VIII 9 No. 4. ‘Se non ti sai spiegar’ 4:02 76 19 ‘E di che reo son Io?’ – Rosmira Arsace, Partenope 6 7 CHAN 0719 BOOK.qxd 12/9/06 3:47 pm Page 6 COMPACT DISC ONE Time Page Time Page 1 Ouverture 6:32 70 10 ‘Armindo ardisci e prova’ 0:15 76 Armindo Act I 11 No. 5. ‘Voglio dire al mio tesoro’ 4:50 76 Scene I Armindo 2 ‘Tu dell’ eccelse Mura’ 0:41 70 Partenope Scene V 3 No. 1. ‘Viva viva Partenope viva’ – 12 ‘Ah! ch’ un volto fatal mi dà gran pena!’ 2:02 76 Chorus Arsace, Rosmira ‘Miei Fidi arride il Cielo’ 1:19 70 13 No. 6. ‘Un altra volta ancor’ 2:48 79 Partenope Rosmira 14 ‘Rosmira, oh! Dio! Rosmira’ 0:18 79 Scene II Arsace 4 ‘Arsace’ 1:22 71 15 No. 7. ‘Sento Amor con novi Dardi’ 5:39 79 Armindo, Arsace, Partenope, Rosmira Arsace Scene III Scene VI 5 ‘Regina, in folte Schiere’ 0:41 72 16 ‘Stan pronti i miei Guerrieri a stringer l’ armi?’ 0:32 80 Ormonte, Arsace, Armindo, Partenope, Rosmira Partenope, Ormonte 6 No. 2. ‘L’ Amor ed il Destin’ 3:04 73 17 No. 8. ‘T’ appresta forse amore’ 4:09 80 Partenope Ormonte 7 No. 3. ‘O Eurimene hà l’ idea di Rosmira’ 2:31 74 Arsace Scene VII 18 ‘Signora’ 1:23 80 Scene IV Armindo, Partenope 8 ‘Cavalier, se gli Dei’ 1:19 74 Rosmira, Armindo Scene VIII 9 No. 4. ‘Se non ti sai spiegar’ 4:02 76 19 ‘E di che reo son Io?’ – Rosmira Arsace, Partenope 6 7 CHAN 0719 BOOK.qxd 12/9/06 3:47 pm Page 8 Time Page Time Page No. 9. ‘Per te moro’ – Scene XII Arsace, Partenope 28 ‘Lascia deh! lascia, o Prence’ 0:43 91 ‘Taci, basta’ 0:49 82 Arsace, Rosmira, Armindo Arsace, Partenope 29 No. 14. ‘È figlio il mio timore’ 3:23 92 Arsace Scene IX 20 ‘E se giunge Eurimene?’ 2:17 83 Scene XIII Partenope, Arsace, Rosmira 30 ‘Prence, di te mi lagno’ 0:40 93 21 No. 10. ‘Sei mia gioja, sei mio bene’ 3:29 85 Armindo, Rosmira Partenope 31 No. 15. ‘Io seguo sol fiero’ 5:09 93 22 ‘I novelli amor tuoi’ 0:28 86 Rosmira Rosmira, Arsace TT 77:57 23 No. 11. ‘Dimmi pietoso Ciel’ 4:23 86 Arsace COMPACT DISC TWO Act II Scene X Scene I 24 ‘Ecco Emilio’ 2:05 87 1 No. 16. [Sinfonia] 0:43 94 Ormonte, Emilio, Partenope, Armindo, Rosmira, Arsace 2 ‘Forti mie Schiere, alla vicina Impresa’ 0:24 94 25 No. 12. ‘Anch’ Io pugnar saprò’ 3:33 89 Emilio Emilio 3 No. 17. Marche 1:00 94 4 ‘Ma le nemiche Squadre’ 0:26 95 Scene XI Emilio, Partenope 26 ‘Arsace, tu sarai’ 1:07 90 5 No. 18. ‘Con valorosa mano’ 1:06 95 Partenope, Armindo, Rosmira, Arsace, Ormonte Emilio, Partenope, All 27 No. 13. ‘Io ti levo l’ Impero dell’ Armi’ 6:20 91 6 ‘Soccorso’ 0:18 95 Partenope Partenope, Armindo 8 9 CHAN 0719 BOOK.qxd 12/9/06 3:47 pm Page 8 Time Page Time Page No. 9. ‘Per te moro’ – Scene XII Arsace, Partenope 28 ‘Lascia deh! lascia, o Prence’ 0:43 91 ‘Taci, basta’ 0:49 82 Arsace, Rosmira, Armindo Arsace, Partenope 29 No. 14. ‘È figlio il mio timore’ 3:23 92 Arsace Scene IX 20 ‘E se giunge Eurimene?’ 2:17 83 Scene XIII Partenope, Arsace, Rosmira 30 ‘Prence, di te mi lagno’ 0:40 93 21 No. 10. ‘Sei mia gioja, sei mio bene’ 3:29 85 Armindo, Rosmira Partenope 31 No. 15. ‘Io seguo sol fiero’ 5:09 93 22 ‘I novelli amor tuoi’ 0:28 86 Rosmira Rosmira, Arsace TT 77:57 23 No. 11. ‘Dimmi pietoso Ciel’ 4:23 86 Arsace COMPACT DISC TWO Act II Scene X Scene I 24 ‘Ecco Emilio’ 2:05 87 1 No. 16. [Sinfonia] 0:43 94 Ormonte, Emilio, Partenope, Armindo, Rosmira, Arsace 2 ‘Forti mie Schiere, alla vicina Impresa’ 0:24 94 25 No. 12. ‘Anch’ Io pugnar saprò’ 3:33 89 Emilio Emilio 3 No. 17. Marche 1:00 94 4 ‘Ma le nemiche Squadre’ 0:26 95 Scene XI Emilio, Partenope 26 ‘Arsace, tu sarai’ 1:07 90 5 No. 18. ‘Con valorosa mano’ 1:06 95 Partenope, Armindo, Rosmira, Arsace, Ormonte Emilio, Partenope, All 27 No. 13. ‘Io ti levo l’ Impero dell’ Armi’ 6:20 91 6 ‘Soccorso’ 0:18 95 Partenope Partenope, Armindo 8 9 CHAN 0719 BOOK.qxd 12/9/06 3:47 pm Page 10 Time Page Time Page 7 No. 19. Sinfonia 0:43 96 18 No. 26. ‘Furie son dell’ Alma mia’ 3:54 107 8 ‘Renditi, o pure estinto’ 1:14 96 Rosmira Emilio, Arsace, Rosmira, Partenope, Ormonte 9 No. 20. ‘Vi circondi la Gloria d’ Allori’ 1:38 98 Scene VI Partenope, Arsace, Armindo, Rosmira, Ormonte 19 ‘A prò di chi t’ offese’ 1:15 107 Partenope, Arsace Scene II 20 No.