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Canaletto (1697-1768) Music of His Time More than fifteen hundred years ago the ancestors of the Venetians calculated that the only way to avoid marauding...

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Canaletto

(1697-1768)

Music of His Time

More than fifteen hundred years ago the ancestors of the Venetians calculated that the only way to avoid marauding newcomers from the east was to abandon the mainland entirely and surround themselves with water. So they settled on a small patch of mud, which in due course they turned into one of the great miracles of the world. In the heyday of the Most Serene Republic of Venice, as she liked to call herself, her traders were the richest, the canniest, the most enterprising in the eastern Mediterranean. Their empire came not from military prowess (though they were never afraid to fight) but through deals, concessions and percentages, all underpinned by a banking system of rock-like solidity.

Given all the money coming in, what were the Venetians to do with it? The answer was simple: glorify the republic. While the rest of Europe consumed its energies with local squabbles and dynastic feuding, Venice rose slowly from its marshes to become the most beautiful city in the world. Most of it the Venetians built themselves; some prize items came from looting, such as the four great bronze horses that used to stand above the doorway of St Mark's. These were shipped back from Constantinople in 1204, with other priceless treasures, after the Fourth Crusade had veered wildly from its original objective and turned into a demolition job on the Byzantine Empire. (The original horses, now safely stowed inside the basilica, have been replaced by copies.) But all of that was a long time ago. With the discovery of sea routes to the east round Africa, Venice had become an irrelevance in trading terms. In the age of Bach and Handel, rather than supplying the rest of Europe with goods, her function was to entertain it. The city became an irresistible lure for rich travellers wanting new and exotic experiences. Like any successful prostitute, Venice was ready to be all things to all men - a work of art to the connoisseur, a stage set for trysting lovers, a sensuous paradise for the aficionado of pleasure. Romantic intrigue was at its height in winter, at Carnival time, 'in which masks, banquets, festive assemblies, plays, and musical dramas are conjoined, so that entire nights are consumed in an ecstasy of delicious entertainments,' as one visitor wrote in 1681.

Music was everywhere. Charles Burney, in 1770, was astonished at what he heard going on around him:

If two of the common people walk together arm in arm, they are always singing, and seem to converse in song; if there is company on the water, in a gondola, it is the same; a mere melody, unaccompanied with a second part, is not to be heard in this city.

Disc 1

Concerto Grosso in F major, Op. 6, No. 2

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Performed by: Capella Istropolitana
Composed by: Arcangelo Corelli
Conducted by: Jaroslav Krecek

I. Vivace - Allegro - Adagio - Vivace - Allegro - Largo andante - 4:00
II. Allegro - 1:44
III. Grave - Andante largo - - 1:53
IV. Allegro - 2:08

Oboe Concerto in B flat major, Op. 9, No. 2: II. Adagio

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Performed by: London Virtuosi
Composed by: Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni
Conducted by: John Georgiadis
Anthony Camden, oboe

Oboe Concerto in B flat major, Op. 9, No. 2: II. Adagio - 5:22

La Stravaganza: Violin Concerto in B flat major, Op. 4, No. 1

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Performed by: City of London Sinfonia
Composed by: Antonio Vivaldi
Conducted by: Nicholas Kraemer
Andrew Watkinson, violin

I. Allegro - 3:12
II. Largo - 2:43
III. Allegro - 2:21

Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne, HWV 74: Eternal Source of Light Divine

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Performed by: London Baroque
Composed by: George Frideric Handel
Conducted by: Charles Medlam
Niklas Eklund, trumpet
Susanne Ryden, soprano

Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne, HWV 74: Eternal Source of Light Divine - 3:29

Tito Manlio, RV 778: Combatta un gentil cor

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Composed by: Antonio Vivaldi
Conducted by: Edward H. Tarr
Niklas Eklund, trumpet
Maria Keohane, soprano

Tito Manlio, RV 778: Combatta un gentil cor - 4:35

Rinaldo, HWV 7a: Lasci ch'io pianga

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Performed by: London Baroque
Composed by: George Frideric Handel
Conducted by: Charles Medlam
Susanne Ryden, soprano

Lascia ch�io pianga - 3:37

Overture (Suite) No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (extracts)

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Performed by: Cologne Chamber Orchestra
Composed by: Johann Sebastian Bach
Conducted by: Helmut Muller-Bruhl

I. Ouverture - 6:17
V. Gigue - 2:49

Oboe Concerto in D minor: II. Adagio

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Performed by: Cologne Chamber Orchestra
Composed by: Alessandro Marcello
Conducted by: Helmut Muller-Bruhl
Christian Hommel, oboe

Oboe Concerto in D minor: II. Adagio - 4:10

Concerto in G major for oboe and bassoon, RV 545

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Performed by: City of London Sinfonia
Composed by: Antonio Vivaldi
Conducted by: Nicholas Kraemer
Christopher Hooker, oboe
Joanna Graham, bassoon

I. Andante molto - 3:22
II. Largo - 2:44
III. Allegro molto - 3:11

Oboe Concerto in B flat major, Wq. 164, H. 466: III. Allegro moderato

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Performed by: Ferenc Erkel Chamber Orchestra
Composed by: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Jozsef Kiss, oboe

Oboe Concerto in B flat major, Wq. 164, H. 466: III. Allegro moderato - 5:47

Alceste, Act I, Scene 5: Recit.: Ove son che ascoltai? / Aria: Ombre, larve, compagne di morte

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Performed by: Drottningholm Court Theatre Orchestra
Composed by: Christoph Willibald Gluck
Conducted by: Arnold Ostman
Teresa Ringholz, soprano

Act I, Scene 5: Recitative: Ove son che ascoltai? (Alceste) - 2:46
Act I, Scene 5: Aria: Ombre, larve, compagne di morte (Alceste) - 3:45

Mitridate, re di Ponto, K. 87: Overture

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Performed by: Capella Istropolitana
Composed by: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Conducted by: Barry Wordsworth

Allegro - 2:15
Andante grazioso - 1:57
Presto - 1:24

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Composer(s):
Albinoni, Tomaso Giovanni; Bach, Johann Sebastian; Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel; Corelli, Arcangelo; Gluck, Christoph Willibald; Handel, George Frideric; Marcello, Alessandro; Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus; Vivaldi, Antonio

Conductor(s):
Georgiadis, John; Kraemer, Nicholas; Krecek, Jaroslav; Medlam, Charles; Muller-Bruhl, Helmut; Ostman, Arnold; Tarr, Edward H.; Wordsworth, Barry

Orchestra(s):
Capella Istropolitana; City of London Sinfonia; Cologne Chamber Orchestra; Drottningholm Court Theatre Orchestra; Ferenc Erkel Chamber Orchestra; London Baroque; London Virtuosi

Artist(s):
Camden, Anthony; Eklund, Niklas; Graham, Joanna; Hommel, Christian; Hooker, Christopher; Keohane, Maria; Kiss, Jozsef; Ringholz, Teresa; Ryden, Susanne; Watkinson, Andrew

Label: Naxos Educational
UPC: 636943817728
Item Number: 8558177
Release Date: Sep 20, 2005

Art & Music: Canaletto - Music of His Time

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