REM GENRE Classical REM DATE 2013 REM DISCID 9911A91A REM COMMENT "ExactAudioCopy v1.5" PERFORMER "Xenia Löffler (oboe), Maria Friederike Schöder (soprano in 05, 11, 16, 26), Batzdorfer Hofkapelle" TITLE "My Favourite Instrument – Concertos, Sonatas & Arias with Oboe" REM COMPOSER "George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)" FILE "Handel - My Favourite Instrument - Xenia Löffler, Batzdorfer Hofkapelle.flac" WAVE TRACK 01 AUDIO TITLE "Concerto for Oboe in G minor, HWV 287 - I. Grave" PERFORMER "Xenia Löffler, Batzdorfer Hofkapelle" REM COMPOSER "George Frideric Handel" FLAGS DCP INDEX 01 00:00:00 TRACK 02 AUDIO TITLE "Concerto for Oboe in G minor, HWV 287 - II. Allegro" PERFORMER "Xenia Löffler, Batzdorfer Hofkapelle" REM COMPOSER "George Frideric Handel" FLAGS DCP INDEX 01 02:59:51 TRACK 03 AUDIO TITLE "Concerto for Oboe in G minor, HWV 287 - III. Largo e cantabile" PERFORMER "Xenia Löffler, Batzdorfer Hofkapelle" REM COMPOSER "George Frideric Handel" FLAGS DCP INDEX 01 04:38:60 TRACK 04 AUDIO TITLE "Concerto for oboe in G minor, HWV 287 - IV. Allegro" PERFORMER "Xenia Löffler, Batzdorfer Hofkapelle" REM COMPOSER "George Frideric Handel" FLAGS DCP INDEX 01 07:06:55 TRACK 05 AUDIO TITLE "Almira, HWV 1 - Aria: “Geloso tormento” (Almira, Act I, Scene 6)" PERFORMER "Xenia Löffler, Maria Friederike Schöder, Batzdorfer Hofkapelle" REM COMPOSER "George Frideric Handel" FLAGS DCP INDEX 01 09:03:45 TRACK 06 AUDIO TITLE "Almira Suite, HWV 1 - VIII. Rondeau" PERFORMER "Xenia Löffler, Batzdorfer Hofkapelle" REM COMPOSER "George Frideric Handel" FLAGS DCP INDEX 01 15:44:47 TRACK 07 AUDIO TITLE "Almira Suite, HWV 1 - V. Bouree" PERFORMER "Xenia Löffler, Batzdorfer Hofkapelle" REM COMPOSER "George Frideric Handel" FLAGS DCP INDEX 01 17:06:01 TRACK 08 AUDIO TITLE "Almira Suite, HWV 1 - IV. Sarabande" PERFORMER "Xenia Löffler, Batzdorfer Hofkapelle" REM COMPOSER "George Frideric Handel" FLAGS DCP INDEX 01 17:47:60 TRACK 09 AUDIO TITLE "Almira Suite, HWV 1 - VII. Rigaudon" PERFORMER "Xenia Löffler, Batzdorfer Hofkapelle" REM COMPOSER "George Frideric Handel" FLAGS DCP INDEX 01 20:06:31 TRACK 10 AUDIO TITLE "Almira Suite, HWV 1 - II. Chaconne" PERFORMER "Xenia Löffler, Batzdorfer Hofkapelle" REM COMPOSER "George Frideric Handel" FLAGS DCP INDEX 01 20:59:66 TRACK 11 AUDIO TITLE "Almira, HWV 1 - Aria: “Vedrai, s’a tuo dispetto” (Almira, Act III, Scene 8)" PERFORMER "Xenia Löffler, Maria Friederike Schöder, Batzdorfer Hofkapelle" REM COMPOSER "George Frideric Handel" FLAGS DCP INDEX 01 22:35:17 TRACK 12 AUDIO TITLE "Oboe Sonata in C minor, Op. 1, No. 8, HWV 366 - I. Largo" PERFORMER "Xenia Löffler, Batzdorfer Hofkapelle" REM COMPOSER "George Frideric Handel" FLAGS DCP INDEX 01 27:26:03 TRACK 13 AUDIO TITLE "Oboe Sonata in C minor, Op. 1, No. 8, HWV 366 - II. [Allegro]" PERFORMER "Xenia Löffler, Batzdorfer Hofkapelle" REM COMPOSER "George Frideric Handel" FLAGS DCP INDEX 01 29:33:58 TRACK 14 AUDIO TITLE "Oboe Sonata in C minor, Op. 1, No. 8, HWV 366 - III. Adagio" PERFORMER "Xenia Löffler, Batzdorfer Hofkapelle" REM COMPOSER "George Frideric Handel" FLAGS DCP INDEX 01 31:13:08 TRACK 15 AUDIO TITLE "Oboe Sonata in C minor, Op. 1, No. 8, HWV 366 - IV. [Allegro]" PERFORMER "Xenia Löffler, Batzdorfer Hofkapelle" REM COMPOSER "George Frideric Handel" FLAGS DCP INDEX 01 32:57:27 TRACK 16 AUDIO TITLE "Aci, Galatea e Polifemo, HWV 72 - Aria (Aci): “Qui l’augel da pianta in pianta”" PERFORMER "Xenia Löffler, Maria Friederike Schöder, Batzdorfer Hofkapelle" REM COMPOSER "George Frideric Handel" FLAGS DCP INDEX 01 33:55:28 TRACK 17 AUDIO TITLE "Concerto doppio for Oboe, Bassoon, Strings & B.c., HWV deest - I. Adagio" PERFORMER "Xenia Löffler, Katrin Lazar; Batzdorfer Hofkapelle" REM COMPOSER "George Frideric Handel" FLAGS DCP INDEX 01 40:57:09 TRACK 18 AUDIO TITLE "Concerto doppio for Oboe, Bassoon, Strings & B.c., HWV deest - II. Allegro" PERFORMER "Xenia Löffler, Katrin Lazar; Batzdorfer Hofkapelle" REM COMPOSER "George Frideric Handel" FLAGS DCP INDEX 01 42:35:57 TRACK 19 AUDIO TITLE "Concerto doppio for Oboe, Bassoon, Strings & B.c., HWV deest - III. Affettuoso" PERFORMER "Xenia Löffler, Katrin Lazar; Batzdorfer Hofkapelle" REM COMPOSER "George Frideric Handel" FLAGS DCP INDEX 01 46:35:13 TRACK 20 AUDIO TITLE "Concerto doppio for Oboe, Bassoon, Strings & B.c., HWV deest - IV. Tempo di Menuet" PERFORMER "Xenia Löffler, Katrin Lazar; Batzdorfer Hofkapelle" REM COMPOSER "George Frideric Handel" FLAGS DCP INDEX 01 48:43:32 TRACK 21 AUDIO TITLE "Trio Sonata in B major, Op. 2, No. 3, HWV 388 - I. Andante" PERFORMER "Xenia Löffler, Batzdorfer Hofkapelle" REM COMPOSER "George Frideric Handel" FLAGS DCP INDEX 01 52:44:38 TRACK 22 AUDIO TITLE "Trio Sonata in B major, Op. 2, No. 3, HWV 388 - II. Allegro" PERFORMER "Xenia Löffler, Batzdorfer Hofkapelle" REM COMPOSER "George Frideric Handel" FLAGS DCP INDEX 01 54:56:20 TRACK 23 AUDIO TITLE "Trio Sonata in B major, Op. 2, No. 3, HWV 388 - III. Larghetto" PERFORMER "Xenia Löffler, Batzdorfer Hofkapelle" REM COMPOSER "George Frideric Handel" FLAGS DCP INDEX 01 57:17:25 TRACK 24 AUDIO TITLE "Trio Sonata in B major, Op. 2, No. 3, HWV 388 - IV. Allegro" PERFORMER "Xenia Löffler, Batzdorfer Hofkapelle" REM COMPOSER "George Frideric Handel" FLAGS DCP INDEX 01 60:18:33 TRACK 25 AUDIO TITLE "Teseo, HWV 9 - Overture" PERFORMER "Xenia Löffler, Batzdorfer Hofkapelle" REM COMPOSER "George Frideric Handel" FLAGS DCP INDEX 01 63:23:42 TRACK 26 AUDIO TITLE "Teseo, HWV 9 - Air: “Morirò, ma vendicata” (Medea, Act V, Scene 1)" PERFORMER "Xenia Löffler, Maria Friederike Schöder, Batzdorfer Hofkapelle" REM COMPOSER "George Frideric Handel" FLAGS DCP INDEX 01 70:12:57
Product Description
Product Description 'I wrote like the devil in those days, especially for the hautbois, which was my favourite instrument', Georg Friedrich Handel reminisced on his youthful years. Throughout his life, the oboe was to play an outstanding role for him; for no other instrument did he compose such passionate, dramatic and virtuosic soli. The Batzdorfer Hofkapelle presents here a selection of the most beautiful works of Handel with the oboe beginning with the early Hamburg period and his sojourn in Rome and concluding with his London period. The recording includes excerpts from the operas 'Almira' HWV1 and 'Teseo' HWV9, from the latter the vengeance aria 'Morirò, ma vendicata' with its maniacal coloratura in both the singing voice and the oboe. In the instrumental works recorded here, the spectrum extends from oboe sonatas and trio sonatas to concertos. The oboist Xenia Löffler, member of the Akadenie für Alte Musik, Berlin, is an internationally sought-after soloist. She proves herself on this recording to be a top-notch Handel specialist who knows how to perform both the lyrical and the dramatic moments of this music with elegance and verve. The vocal parts in the arias with oboe are sung by the young coloratura soprano Marie Friederike Schöder, a shooting star in the baroque scene, whose voice convinces listeners with its extraordinary fluency and lightness in the stratosphere. Review Performance: ***** Recording: **** 'Loffler is fluent and expressive both in her capacity as a soloist and in her sympathetic partnership with Schoder … Stylish support from the Batzdorfer Hofkapelle sets the seal on a rewarding issue.' --Nicholas Anderson BBC Music Magazine, May 2015
