Composer: George Frideric Handel
Performer: London Early Opera, Fleur Barron, Anna Gorbachyova-Ogilvie, Helen Charlston, Miriam Allan, Jess Dandy, Morgan Pearse, Hannah Poulsom
Conductor: Bridget Cunningham
Number of Discs: 2
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Signum
Catalogue: SIGCD713
Release: 2022
Size: 2.6 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
CD 01
Sinfonia Concerto No. 2 in D Major, Op. 4
01. Allegro assai – Allegretto – Allegro assai
Caio Fabbricio, HWV A9
02. Act I: “Popolo tarentino, qual’è cotesta”
03. Act I: “In così lieto giorno” (after Johann Adolf Hasse)
04. Act I: “Quanto profondo il lusso, e quanto salde”
05. Act I: “Fissa ne’ sguardi miei” (after Johann Adolf Hasse)
06. Act I: “Figlia, Volusio”
07. Act I: “Il trono, il regno” (after Johann Adolf Hasse)
08. Act I: “Tutte ella dunque … Vezzi, lusinghe e sguardi” (after Johann Adolf Hasse)
09. Act I: “Io vivo ancora, o Dèi Quirini, e vivo”
10. Act I: “Per amor se il cor sospira” (after Leonardo Vinci)
11. Act I: “Vien’ Pirro, e seco il padre”
12. Act I: “Quando verrà quel giorno” (after Antonio Pollarolo)
13. Act I: “Pirro amante di Sestia!”
14. Act I: “Caro sposo, amato oggetto” (after Johann Adolf Hasse)
15. Act II: “Io Bircenna, io di Glaucia”
16. Act II: “Amore a lei giurasti” (after Johann Adolf Hasse)
17. Act II: “Inopportuno incontro! … Non ha più pace l’amor geloso” (after Johann Adolf Hasse)
18. Act II: “Numidico lione, ircana tigre … Giovani cori amanti” (after Johann Adolf Hasse)
19. Act II: “Caro Volusio, o tu dei voti miei”
CD 02
01. Act II: “Al legato roman Turio”
02. Act II: “Tanto, Volusio, temi l’aspetto mio?”
03. Act II: “Troppo fiere, disdegnose” (after Francesco Corselli)
04. Act II: “Che Volusio sia estinto”
05. Act II: “Al foco del mio amore” (after Tomaso Albinoni)
06. Act II: “Se in vani contrasti anco indugiate”
07. Act II: “Non mi chiamar crudele ” (after Johann Adolf Hasse)
08. Act II: “Torna la speme in seno … Nocchier che teme assorto” (after Johann Adolf Hasse)
09. Act III: “Quanto ti deggio!”
10. Act III: “È grande e bella quella mercede” (after Giuseppe Sellito)
11. Act III: “Principessa, nel tuo giusto dolor veggo il mio torto”
12. Act III: “Volgi a me gl’affetti tuoi” (after Johann Adolf Hasse)
13. Act III: “Sestia manca a la fede”
14. Act III: “Quella è mia figlia e’l mio” (after Johann Adolf Hasse)
15. Act III: “Poiché lunge è’l mio bene, nulla si tema”
16. Act III: “Vedrai morir costante” (after Johann Adolf Hasse)
17. Act III: “Giovane incauto”
18. Act III: “Volusio avverti che il giudice di Pirro in me ti ascolta”
19. Act III: “Lo sposo va a morte” (after Johann Adolf Hasse)
20. Act III: “Qualche a l’amor, qualche fiacchezza al sesso … Varcherò le flebil onde” (after Johann Adolf Hasse)
21. Act III: “Nel da me condannato Volusio”
22. Act III: “Teco morir vo’ anch’io”
23. Act III: “Vorrei da lacci sciogliere” (after Leonardo Leo)
24. Act III: “Con la Pace, le Grazie e il Piacere” (after Francesco Ciampi)
The conductor and harpsichordist, Bridget Cunningham brings back to life Handel’s pasticcio opera, Caio Fabbricio first performed in London in 1733 and based on an earlier opera by Johann Adolf Hasse (1732).
Caio Fabbricio is London Early Opera’s eighth album in the prestigious Handel Series with Signum Records and is a pasticcio opera, a brilliant and well-considered collection of some of the finest 18th-century Neapolitan arias by different composers, including Leonardo Vinci and Leonardo Leo, selected and arranged by Handel who composed his own dramatic recitatives.
London Early Opera (LEO) is a vibrant, baroque group of instrumentalists, singers, music teachers, researchers, historians and musicologists on a voyage of rediscovery making glorious baroque music and opera relevant today.
As Artistic Director of London Early Opera, Bridget Cunningham is a leading exponent of baroque music and continues to create these outstanding recordings with Signum Records exploring Handel’s colourful life, influences and experiences which inspired his magnificent musical legacy.