Handel, Georg Friedrich (1685-1759)
Many of these aria can be heard on YouTube, as listed below -
see also Listen on YouTube link .
(NB The named aria may not be the first on the track.)
Scores of almost all these Handel works can be downloaded from:
http://www.grunin.com/Handel/index.htm
A detailed account of Handel’s instrumentation was presented in six parts by Ebenezer Prout with the titles “Handel’s Orchestration” in “The Musical Times and Singing Class Circular “
Part 1, pp 12-13 Jan 1, 1884
Part 2, pp 69-70, Feb 1,1884
Part 3, pp 138-141, Mar 1, 1884
Part 4, pp 193-196, April 1, 1884
Part 5, pp 256-260, May 1, 1884
Part 6, pp 326-329, June 1, 1884.
* Indicates that bassoon is not indicated specifically in the listings below.
Messiah Aria “If God be for us”
Soprano, solo bassoon, strings.
Johann Adam Hiller altered this aria in 1786, before the
Mozart revision, by adding bassoon as obbligato instrument.
See Hiller for details and on-line score and solo bassoon part.
Almira HWV 1
*“Ach wiltu die Herzen” tenor, continuo, CD1, track 6.
“Chi piu mi piace il voglio” soprano, oboe, continuo, CD 1, track 9.
YouTube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJz4ltKZLAw
“Wer um Geld und hoheit willen” bass, continuo, CD 1, track 20.
“Am Hofe zu heissen galant” tenor, continuo, CD 1, track 21.
*“Ich will euch verdammen” tenor, continuo, CD 1, track 22.
*“Nein, amor nein” tenor, continuo, CD1, track 24.
*“Ich will gar von nichtes wissen” soprano, tenor, continuo, CD1, track 25.
*“Lass ein sanftes Händedrüken” tenor, oboe, bassoon, continuo CD 2, track 5.
*“Alter scad’t der Thorheit nicht” tenor, continuo, CD 2, track 6
*“Svenerò chi fa guerra a questo cor” tenor, bassoon, continuo, CD 2, track 16
*“Ob dein Mund” tenor, 2 oboes, bassoon, strings, continuo, CD 2, track 17.
CD CPO 999 275-2, Lawrence-King, tracks as above. (Marilyn Boenau, bassoon)
Rodrigo HWV 5
*Recit Act 1, scene 9, “Sommei dei”, soprano, continuo
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePw6WaM3VdI
*Aria Act 2, scene 7, “La ti sfido”, tenor, continuo.
Kalmus edition pp 34-35, 64-65.
CD Curtis, Virgin Classics, 7243 5 45897 2 0
CD 1, track 22, CD 2, track 7.
Il trionfo del tempo e del disinganno HWV 46
*Aria part 2, # 4 “lo sperai trovar nel vero”
Soprano, oboe, bassoon, strings
Reprint from German Handel Society 1865 pp 58-59.
CD Concerto Italiano, Naive OP 31440, CD 2, track 4.
Brockes Passion HWV 48
#47 “Was Wunder, dass der Sonnen Pracht”
Soprano, two bassoons, two violins, continuo.
Bärenreiter, BA 4021 pp136-139.
CD McGegan Hungaroton HCD 12734-36 CD 3, track 14.
http://www.classicsonline.com/catalogue/product.aspx?pid=257268
Rinaldo HWV 7 A/B #17 “Venti, venti, turbini”
(1711 version in G, 1731 version in F)
Alto, obbl violin, obbl bassoon, oboes, strings, continuo
Score (pp 46-50)
http://imslp.org/wiki/Rinaldo,_HWV_7a_%28Handel,_George_Frideric%29
YouTube: (+0.40 min)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVDG_SqS2zc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wsce2rfNf60&feature=related
#26 Almirena “Ah! crudel”,
Soprano, solo oboe, solo bassoon, strings, continuo
See link above for score: (pp 72-75)
YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljqbsowDMSQ&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeQphXGHeaQ&feature=related
Bärenreiter 4059 pp 77-84, 121-124
CD Jacobs, Freiburg, Harmonia Mundi HMC 9011796.98 CD 2, tracks 5, 22.
CD Kohler Capriccio C10547, track 10
http://www.classicsonline.com/catalogue/product.aspx?pid=683468
Amadigi HWV 11 #19, Dardano “Pena tiranna io sento sento al core”
Alto, oboe, bassoon, strings, continuo.
See also Reinhard Keiser for another earlier version of the same aria
Bärenreiter, BA 4031 pp 103-108.
CD Banzo, Naive 2008 CD 2, track 8.
YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SBvfNWEld4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FOZzZKzMx0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrehTeS1xV4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvhBrNpBwzU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSxJwRTFcOY
Ariodante HWV 33 “Scherza infida”,
Soprano, bassoon, strings
Chrysander, 1881, Kalmus New York pp 70-73.
CD NY City Opera MI Classics 01612 67080-2 track 2.
CD Bayerische Staatsoper track 22
YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7XvxQqKSmM&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=et4KrfT1Xiw&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5h33HLxevV4&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FngWzmxK0z8&feature=related
La terra è liberata (Apollo e Dafne) Cantata HWV122
Aria #1 “Pende il ben dell’ universo”;
YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRrJGGZxGd0
Aria #2 “Spezza l’arco e getta”;
YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lAaFMTma_I
Aria #9 “Mie piante correte” (with solo violin, similar to Rinaldo aria, Venti turbini);
YouTube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3lbYEQW_jQ
Aria #10 “Cara pianta co’miei pianti”.
YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfAZ4Nt807k
All four arias are for bass, oboes, bassoon, strings, continuo
Kantaten mit Instrumenten vol II, ed. Hans Joachim Marx
Bärenreiter, BA 4055. pp 129-134, 135-140, 166-172, 167-176.
CD Standage, Chandos, CHAN0583 tracks 2, 4,17, 18.
http://www.classicsonline.com/catalogue/product.aspx?pid=257774#
Tamerlano HWV 18
Aria #10 “Dal crudel che m’ha tradita”
Soprano, bassoon, violin unis, viola, continuo.
G major 47 bars, DC, pp 52-7; same aria, Bb major, 45 bars, DS, pp 210-3.
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAIVrTuWJrs
Arietta #23 “No, no, il tuo sdegno mi placò”
Tenor, bassoon, violin unis, viola, continuo. pp 121-3
Aria, Anhang #16 “Se ad un costante core tu non dai pace”
Soprano, bassoon, violin unis, continuo pp 238-40.
Bärenreiter BA 4052
CD Pinnock, CD 1, track 19, CD 2 track 17.
Rodelinda HWV 19
Recit e aria #20. “Con rauco mormorio piangono al pianto mio”
Soprano, bassoon, strings, continuo
Bärenreiter 4064 pp 106-9,
CD DGG B000449202 Curtis, Complesso barocco
http://www.hbdirect.com/album_detail.php?pid=591591
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gpEZpUoWrM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnbFNk2RgmA&feature=related
Julius Caesar HWV 17
Aria "Se pietà di me non senti"
Soprano, 2 bassoons, strings, continuo
Score: http://imslp.org/wiki/Giulio_Cesare_in_Egitto,_HWV_17_%28Handel,_George_Frideric%29
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4vB6DaJfQw&feature=related
Teseo HWV 9
Aria, Act 3, scene 2 Aria, “Vieni, torna, idolo mio”
Soprano, 2 bassoons, strings, continuo.
Kalmus 1292 pp 56-8.
CD Minkowski Erato 2292.45806.2 CD 2, track 1.
YouTube (+ 0.35 min):http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urXpG_0I9x8
Esther HWV 50a
Air #14 “O beauteous Queen, unclose those eyes”,
Tenor, bassoon 1&2, violin 1&2, continuo
Bärenreiter BA 4047 pp 70-5.
CD Christophers COR 16019 CD 2, track 8.
http://www.classicsonline.com/catalogue/product.aspx?pid=5951
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVsqiKCmF4Y
Saul HWV 53
Air #49 “Sin not, O king” tenor, 2 bassoons, strings, continuo
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iO7doaSm_tg
Air #50 “As great Jehovah lives” bass, bassoon, strings, continuo
Air #51 “From cities stormed” tenor, 2 bassoons, strings, continuo
Hallische Händelausgabe Band 13, BA 4020. pp 164-171.
CD Jacobs RIAS Harmonia mundi HMC 901877.78 CD 2, track 2.
CD Martini, Frankfurt Naxos 8.554361-63 CD 2, Tracks 12,13,14.
http://www.classicsonline.com/catalogue/product.aspx?pid=3501#
Theodora HWV 68
Duet “To thee, thou glorious son of worth”
Two sopranos, fagotto, strings
Bärenreiter 4085, pp159-165
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkcR5wm697g&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7msL0C6GtE&feature=related
L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato HWV 55
Duet #48 “As steals the morn upon the night”
Soprano, tenor, solo oboe, solo bassoon, strings, continuo
Bärenreiter, BA 4023 pp 168-178.
CD Naxos 8.557057-58 Frankfurt CD2, #48, track 25.
http://www.classicsonline.com/catalogue/product.aspx?pid=4335#
YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPtM3GeVKr4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2q3mLhEI93A&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6bY48AWqww
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFQhNFAtU9E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuIlfNu29hM&feature=related
Alexander’s Feast HWV 75
Aria Largo “Behold a ghastly band”
(Middle section of the aria "Revenge, revenge")
Bass, 3 bassoons, 2 violas, continuo
Bärenreiter BA 4001 pp 101-105.
CD Bosch, Aachen, Coviello COV 30715, CD 2, track 3.
http://www.classicsonline.com/catalogue/product.aspx?pid=789971
YouTube: (+ 1.55 min)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-N_kiDGPoKc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfse6UyE-rw&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGRupDjLNus&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuITSMREDpk&feature=related
Te Deum A major HWV 282
Aria “When thou tookest upon thee to deliver man”
Alto, traverso, bassoon, strings, continuo
Chorus and soli “We believe that thou shalt come”
SAATB, oboe, bassoon, strings, continuo
Aria “Vouchsafe, vouchsafe O Lord”
Alto, oboe, bassoon, strings, continuo
Kalmus edition 1341, pp 122-5, 125-31, 132-4.
CD Alsfelder, Helbich, Naxos 8.554753 tracks 18-20.
http://www.classicsonline.com/catalogue/product.aspx?pid=3754
Hercules HWV 60
“Alcides’ name in latest story” “Mein Name wird in allen Zeiten”
Bass, 2 oboes, bassoon, strings, continuo
CD Leipzig Radio Berlin Classics 0091132BC, CD 2, track 18.
CD Frankfurt Naxos 8.557960-62, CD 2 track 19
http://www.classicsonline.com/catalogue/product.aspx?pid=549850