The Taste of This Nation Spiritato, Ciara Hendrick & Kinga Ujszászi

• William Corbett (1680 - 1748): Le bizarrie universali, Op. 8, Concerto No. 1 "Al' Inglese":
• 1 Corbett: Le bizarrie universali, Op. 8, Concerto No. 1 "Al' Inglese": I. Allegro 03:24
• 2 Corbett: Le bizarrie universali, Op. 8, Concerto No. 1 "Al' Inglese": II. Aria cantabile 02:57
• 3 Corbett: Le bizarrie universali, Op. 8, Concerto No. 1 "Al' Inglese": III. Presto - Allegro assai 02:09
• Johann Christoph Pepusch (1667 - 1752): Kindly Fate at Length Release Me:
• 4 Pepusch: Kindly Fate at Length Release Me: No. 1, Kindly Fate at Length Release Me 05:30
• 5 Pepusch: Kindly Fate at Length Release Me: No. 2, Thus to His Lyre the Drooping Swain 00:42
• 6 Pepusch: Kindly Fate at Length Release Me: No. 3, Rouse, Rouse, Rouse 05:12
• Obadiah Shuttleworth (1700 - 1734): Concerto Grosso No. 1 in D Major (After Corelli's Op. 5 No. 1):
• 7 Shuttleworth: Concerto Grosso No. 1 in D Major (After Corelli's Op. 5 No. 1): Ia. Grave 00:37
• 8 Shuttleworth: Concerto Grosso No. 1 in D Major (After Corelli's Op. 5 No. 1): Ib. Adagio 00:49
• 9 Shuttleworth: Concerto Grosso No. 1 in D Major (After Corelli's Op. 5 No. 1): Ic. Allegro 00:12
• 10 Shuttleworth: Concerto Grosso No. 1 in D Major (After Corelli's Op. 5 No. 1): Id. Adagio 01:16
• 11 Shuttleworth: Concerto Grosso No. 1 in D Major (After Corelli's Op. 5 No. 1): II. Allegro 02:18
• 12 Shuttleworth: Concerto Grosso No. 1 in D Major (After Corelli's Op. 5 No. 1): III. Allegro 01:05
• 13 Shuttleworth: Concerto Grosso No. 1 in D Major (After Corelli's Op. 5 No. 1): IV. Adagio 02:21
• 14 Shuttleworth: Concerto Grosso No. 1 in D Major (After Corelli's Op. 5 No. 1): V. Allegro 01:36
• Johann Christoph Pepusch: The Spring:
• 15 Pepusch: The Spring: No. 1, Fragrant Flora 03:43
• 16 Pepusch: The Spring: No. 2, Thus on a Fruitful Hill 00:52
• 17 Pepusch: The Spring: No. 3, Love and Pleasures Gaily Flowing 02:39
• Obadiah Shuttleworth: Concerto Grosso No. 11 in E Major (After Corelli's Op. 5 No. 11):
• 18 Shuttleworth: Concerto Grosso No. 11 in E Major (After Corelli's Op. 5 No. 11): I. Adagio 01:35
• 19 Shuttleworth: Concerto Grosso No. 11 in E Major (After Corelli's Op. 5 No. 11): II. Allegro 02:24
• 20 Shuttleworth: Concerto Grosso No. 11 in E Major (After Corelli's Op. 5 No. 11): III. Adagio 00:37
• 21 Shuttleworth: Concerto Grosso No. 11 in E Major (After Corelli's Op. 5 No. 11): IV. Vivace 01:48
• 22 Shuttleworth: Concerto Grosso No. 11 in E Major (After Corelli's Op. 5 No. 11): V. Allegro 00:40
• Johann Christoph Pepusch: Chloe:
• 23 Pepusch: Chloe: No. 1, Airy Cloe Proud and Young 00:35
• 24 Pepusch: Chloe: No. 2, Leave Me 01:55
• 25 Pepusch: Chloe: No. 3, Fir'd by This Disdain 00:43
• 26 Pepusch: Chloe: No. 4, This I've Done to Prove Thee 03:49
• William Corbett: Sonata in C Major for Trumpet & Oboe, Op. 1 No. 12:
• 27 Corbett: Sonata in C Major for Trumpet & Oboe, Op. 1 No. 12: I. Adagio 02:59
• 28 Corbett: Sonata in C Major for Trumpet & Oboe, Op. 1 No. 12: II. Largo 01:47
• 29 Corbett: Sonata in C Major for Trumpet & Oboe, Op. 1 No. 12: III. Vivace 00:46
• 30 Corbett: Sonata in C Major for Trumpet & Oboe, Op. 1 No. 12: IV. Allegro 01:12
• Johann Christoph Pepusch: While Pale Britannia Pensive Sate:
• 31 Pepusch: While Pale Britannia Pensive Sate: No. 1, While Pale Britannia Pensive Sate 00:46
• 32 Pepusch: While Pale Britannia Pensive Sate: No. 2, How Long, Unhappy Isle 02:30
• 33 Pepusch: While Pale Britannia Pensive Sate: No. 3, She Sigh'd and Would Have Farther Said 00:51
• 34 Pepusch: While Pale Britannia Pensive Sate: No. 4, No More Britannia, Sigh No More 04:14
• William Corbett: Le bizarrie universali, Op. 8, Concerto No. 2 "Alla Bolognese":
• 35 Corbett: Le bizarrie universali, Op. 8, Concerto No. 2 "Alla Bolognese": I. Allegro 02:38
• 36 Corbett: Le bizarrie universali, Op. 8, Concerto No. 2 "Alla Bolognese": II. Largo andante 02:22
• 37 Corbett: Le bizarrie universali, Op. 8, Concerto No. 2 "Alla Bolognese": III. Allegro 02:35
• Total Runtime 01:14:08

Info for The Taste of This Nation

Period ensemble Spiritato’s Delphian debut transports us back to a decisive juncture in the history of English music. The Taste of this Nation is a picture of the rapid arrival and astonishing success of Italian styles, genres and indeed musicians in London in the early 1700s, showing that a vibrant, cosmopolitan scene had arisen in the capital even before the arrival of Handel on British shores in 1710.

One of the prime instigators of the Italianate tendency was in fact an immigrant from Prussia. Johann Christoph Pepusch composed for the Italian soprano Margarita de L’Epine (also based in London) what can be regarded as the first English cantatas in the Italian style. Spiritato are joined by mezzo Ciara Hendrick, on dazzling vocal form in four of these works, while the vigour and precision of the ensemble’s playing – led by violinist Kinga Ujszászi – comes to the fore in instrumental works by two native Englishmen which again evidence Italian connections. Obadiah Shuttleworth’s concerti grossi are inventive reimaginings of violin sonatas by Corelli, and William Corbett’s infectious Bizarrie Universali show how a composer who had spent extensive time on the Continent could trade on his Italian connections to win favour with audiences in his native land.

Ciara Hendrick, mezzo-soprano
Spiritato
Kinga Ujszászi, direction

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