Clori, Tirsi e Fileno : Katschner / Lautten Compagney, Leblanc, Waschinski, Cordier

Georg Friedrich Handel:
Clori, Tirsi e Fileno, Cantata a tre con Stromenti HWV 96

Suzie LeBlanc, soprano
Jorg Waschinski, soprano
David Cordier, alto
Lautten Compagney
Wolfgang Katschner, conductor

Recording: 18-31/01/1997
SACD Hybrid
CD STEREO/ SACD STEREO/ SACD SURROUND

Inspired by his stay in Rome in 1707, the young George Friedrich Handel wrote his
cantata Clori, Tirsi e Fileno for two sopranos, alto and instruments (HWV 96). The
literature is about shepherdess Clori, who is in love with the herdsmen Tirsi and Fileno
? a classic love triangle. The cantata (a kind of miniature opera with dramatic ending)
depicts the shepherd / herdsherdsman idyll as a kind of arcadian utopia and as such
forms a sharp contrast to the constraints and limitations of the baroque period.
This recording was made by the Lautten Compagney in 1997 and is an example of
the outstanding quality of the ensemble’s playing - the ensemble was formed in 1984
and presents the fascinating variety and vitality of early music as a sensuous listening
experience. ( NCA )