Opera Arias and Overtures Vol 1
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HANDEL
Opera Arias and Overtures Vol 1
Emma Kirkby (soprano) / The Brandenburg Consort / Roy Goodman
[ Hyperion / CD ]
Release Date: Monday 1 January 2001
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'It is difficult to pick out a particular highlight, there are so many of them' (Classic CD)
'Existe-il vraiment d'autres chanteuses aussi inventives dans l'ornementation, aussi discrètes dans le bon goût, aussi sensibles à la ligne de chant? Le Brandenburg Consort de Roy Goodman officie dans l'allégressece récital au pinacle des disques consacrés à l'opéra haendelien' (Le Monde de la Musique, France)
'A splendidly enjoyable disc. Kirkby is in top-notch form' (Hi Fi News)
The greater part of Handel's working life as a composer was devoted to writing and performing operas. In many ways this was the genre to which he owed his international renown: performances during his period of study in Venice won him an audience far greater than could be expected in London. Italian opera reached England around 1710, and the staging of Rinaldo in 1711 confirmed Italian as the language of the future for such ventures.
This exciting recording from Emma Kirkby presents nine arias, from nine of the most enduring of Handel's Italian operas, alongside four overtures.
Tracks:
Second Overture to Almira in G minor [4'26]
Vedrai s'a tuo dispetto (Almira Act III) [4'39]
Perché viva il caro sposo (Rodrigo, Act III) [6'06]
Vo' far guerra (Rinaldo, Act II) [5'11]
Overture to Silla
Largo - Allegro [4'38]
Andante [2'02]
Ah! spietato (Amadigi di Gaula, Act I) [6'05]
Desterò dall' empia Dite (Amadigi di Gaula, Act II) [5'30]
V' adoro, pupille (Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act II) [5'21]
Overture to Tamerlano
[Largo] - Allegro [2'50]
Adagio - Menuet [1'47]
Cor di padre (Tamerlano, Act III) [8'24]
Ombre, piante (Rodelinda, Act I) [5'39]
Overture to Scipione
[Largo] - Allegro [3'52]
Allegro [2'00]
March (Scipione, Act I) [1'11]
Scoglio d' immota fronte (Scipione, Act II) [5'06]
