OBOE, STRINGS & CLAVIORGANUM
Encounters in Rome

KTC 1787 . 1CD . 8711801017877 . 05/02/2023 . Etcetera Records

Encounters in Rome

OBOE, STRINGS & CLAVIORGANUM

Composer(s):
  • Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)
  • Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713)
  • Santiago de Murcia (1682-1740)

Around the turn of the year 1706-7, at the age of 21, Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759) arrived in Rome. According to the memoires of Händel written by John Mainwaring (1760) “The fame of his musical achievements at Florence and at Venice had reached that metropolis long before him”. At that time in Rome, Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713) was a musical star: by then in his fifties, he was already long established as the most important violinist and composer of instrumental music of the city, working for the most illustrious patrons such as Pietro Ottoboni, Benedetto Pamphili and Francesco Maria Ruspoli. As Händel soon worked for the same patrons, the two must often have shared the stage during Händel’s time in Rome in 1707 and 1708, certainly for the premieres of Händel oratorio’s Il trionfo del Tempo and La Resurrezione. At those occasions Corelli was concertmaster and Händel led from the harpsichord. During a rehearsal for the premiere of La Resurrezione, there was reportedly a dispute between Corelli and Händel regarding the performance of the French overture, a movement Corelli could not appreciate. Händel then played the ‘problematic passage’ himself, to which Corelli replied: ‘But, beloved Saxon, that music is in the French style, of which I understand nothing’, whereupon Händel composed an Italian overture. Apart from this clash, there is no other friction known between the two brilliant musicians. Händel and was clearly influenced by Corelli’s style, for example in his trio sonatas provided Corelli magnificent solo parts in which he could shine. The (musical) encounters of these two masters are the inspiration for this programme.

Musica Gloria is a young and vibrant early music ensemble, directed by Beniamino Paganini and Nele Vertommen. The ensemble aims to move listeners with affectionate, lively, colourful and historically informed performances on (copies of) historical instruments. The ensemble does not shy away from performing both well-known masterpieces and unjustly unknown compositions. Musica Gloria has performed for leading organisations including AMUZ, BOZAR, Concertgebouw Brugge, Klara, MAfestival, Musica Antica, and Mubafa. Before this cd, they released already ‘Fasch’s Oboe’ and ‘The Bachs and The Flute’.
Beniamino Paganini (b. 1994) is a passionate traverso player, harpsichordist and ensemble leader. He obtained master degrees for traverso, harpsichord and ‘Maestro al Cembalo’, as well as a bachelor’s degree in musicology, all awarded with great distinction.
Nele Vertommen (b.1999) was already fascinated by early music at the age of five. She obtained her master’s degree in baroque oboe in the class of Marcel Ponseele with highest honours, for which she was awarded a prize by the artistic foundation “Horlait-Dapsens”.

Musica Gloria
Beniamino Paganini claviorganum & direction
Nele Vertommen oboe & direction
Elise Dupont violin *when first violin Daria Spiridonova violin *when first violin
Lena Rademann viola
Evan Buttar cello
Giulio Quirici theorbo & guitar


Eline Van Garsse organ bass in no. 9
Markus Harder-Völkmann nightingale register in no. 29

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Track listing

Oboe concerto in G minor, HWV 287
1 Grave 02:13
artists: 'Musica Gloria ' 'Nele Vertommen' 'Beniamino Paganini'
composers: 'Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)'
2 Allegro 01:50
artists: 'Musica Gloria ' 'Nele Vertommen' 'Beniamino Paganini'
composers: 'Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)'
3 Sarabande: Largo 02:10
artists: 'Musica Gloria ' 'Nele Vertommen' 'Beniamino Paganini'
composers: 'Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)'
4 Allegro 01:54
artists: 'Musica Gloria ' 'Nele Vertommen' 'Beniamino Paganini'
composers: 'Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)'
Trio sonata in F minor, op. 3 no. 9
5 Grave 01:49
artists: 'Musica Gloria ' 'Nele Vertommen' 'Beniamino Paganini'
composers: 'Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713)'
6 Vivace 00:56
artists: 'Musica Gloria ' 'Nele Vertommen' 'Beniamino Paganini'
composers: 'Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713)'
7 Largo 02:01
artists: 'Musica Gloria ' 'Nele Vertommen' 'Beniamino Paganini'
composers: 'Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713)'
8 Allegro 01:49
artists: 'Musica Gloria ' 'Nele Vertommen' 'Beniamino Paganini'
composers: 'Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713)'
Harpsichord suite in D minor, HWV 428
9 Prelude 01:17
artists: 'Musica Gloria ' 'Nele Vertommen' 'Beniamino Paganini'
composers: 'Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)'
10 Allegro 02:46
artists: 'Musica Gloria ' 'Nele Vertommen' 'Beniamino Paganini'
composers: 'Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)'
11 Allemande 04:11
artists: 'Musica Gloria ' 'Nele Vertommen' 'Beniamino Paganini'
composers: 'Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)'
12 Courante 01:37
artists: 'Musica Gloria ' 'Nele Vertommen' 'Beniamino Paganini'
composers: 'Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)'
Folias Italianas, Saldivar Codex n4
13 Despacio (excerpt) 01:02
artists: 'Musica Gloria ' 'Nele Vertommen' 'Beniamino Paganini'
composers: 'Santiago de Murcia (1682-1740)'
La Follia, op. 5 no. 12
14 La Follia 12:04
artists: 'Musica Gloria ' 'Nele Vertommen' 'Beniamino Paganini'
composers: 'Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713)'
Sonata con Aboé et violini in C major, WoO 4
15 Adagio 00:48
artists: 'Musica Gloria ' 'Nele Vertommen' 'Beniamino Paganini'
composers: 'Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713)'
16 Allegro 01:24
artists: 'Musica Gloria ' 'Nele Vertommen' 'Beniamino Paganini'
composers: 'Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713)'
17 Grave 01:41
artists: 'Musica Gloria ' 'Nele Vertommen' 'Beniamino Paganini'
composers: 'Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713)'
18 Spirituoso et Adagio 00:42
artists: 'Musica Gloria ' 'Nele Vertommen' 'Beniamino Paganini'
composers: 'Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713)'
19 Allegro 01:04
artists: 'Musica Gloria ' 'Nele Vertommen' 'Beniamino Paganini'
composers: 'Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713)'
Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, HWV 46a
20 Adagio from Sonata del Overtura 01:42
artists: 'Musica Gloria ' 'Nele Vertommen' 'Beniamino Paganini'
composers: 'Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)'
Harpsichord suite in D minor, HWV 428
21 Air & Doubles 08:48
artists: 'Musica Gloria ' 'Nele Vertommen' 'Beniamino Paganini'
composers: 'Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)'
Trio sonata in G minor, HWV 390
22 Adagio 01:58
artists: 'Musica Gloria ' 'Nele Vertommen' 'Beniamino Paganini'
composers: 'Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)'
23 Allegro 03:25
artists: 'Musica Gloria ' 'Nele Vertommen' 'Beniamino Paganini'
composers: 'Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)'
Trio sonata in D minor, op. 1 no. 11
24 Grave 01:32
artists: 'Musica Gloria ' 'Nele Vertommen' 'Beniamino Paganini'
composers: 'Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713)'
25 Allegro 01:11
artists: 'Musica Gloria ' 'Nele Vertommen' 'Beniamino Paganini'
composers: 'Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713)'
26 Adagio 01:51
artists: 'Musica Gloria ' 'Nele Vertommen' 'Beniamino Paganini'
composers: 'Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713)'
27 Allegro 01:13
artists: 'Musica Gloria ' 'Nele Vertommen' 'Beniamino Paganini'
composers: 'Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713)'
Organ concerto “The Cuckoo and the Nightingale” in F major, HWV 295
28 Larghetto 02:02
artists: 'Musica Gloria ' 'Nele Vertommen' 'Beniamino Paganini'
composers: 'Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)'
29 Allegro & Organo ad libitum 04:01
artists: 'Musica Gloria ' 'Nele Vertommen' 'Beniamino Paganini'
composers: 'Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)'
30 Larghetto 03:01
artists: 'Musica Gloria ' 'Nele Vertommen' 'Beniamino Paganini'
composers: 'Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)'
31 Allegro 03:16
artists: 'Musica Gloria ' 'Nele Vertommen' 'Beniamino Paganini'
composers: 'Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)'