Composer: Thomas Arne, Vincenzo Ciampi, George Frideric Handel, Philip Hayes, John Christopher Smith
Performer: Ruby Hughes
Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Conductor: Laurence Cummings
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Chandos
Catalogue: CHSA0403
Release: 2018
Size: 1.21 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Handel: Susanna, HWV66
01. Crystal Streams in Murmurs Flowing
Ciampi: L’Adriano
02. O Dio! Mancar mi sento
Ciampi: Il trionfo di Camilla
03. Là per l’ombrosa sponda
Arne: Artaxerxes
04. Artaxerxes: Why Is Death for Ever Late
Smith: Paradise Lost
05. Paradise Lost: Oh! Do Not, Adam, Exercise on Me Thy Hatred
06. Paradise Lost: It Comes! It Comes! It Must Be Death!
Smith: Rebecca
07. But See, the Night with Silent Pace Steals On
08. O Balmy Sleep!
Arne: Alfred
09. Gracious Heav’n, O Hear Me! (Revised Version, 1753)
Handel: Theodora, HWV 68
10. Symphony
11. O Thou Bright Sun!
12. With Darkness Deep as Is My Woe
13. Symphony of Soft Musick
14. But Why Art Thou Disquieted, My Soul?
15. Oh That I on Wings Could Rise
Hayes: Telemachus
16. Soon Arrives Thy Fatal Hour
Handel: The Choice of Hercules
17. There the Brisk Sparkling Nectar Drain
Handel: Jephtha
18. Ye Sacred Priests
19. Farewell, Ye Limpid Springs
Handel: Solomon
20. Will the Sun Forget to Streak
Excelling in Renaissance and baroque repertoire, the young British soprano Ruby Hughes pays tribute to Handel’s last prima donna, the Italian soprano Giulia Frasi. For her debut recording on Chandos she has chosen a selection of celebrated arias composed for Frasi by Handel, in his late oratorios Susanna, Solomon, Theodora, and Jephtha, and other composers of the era, whose works are now much less familiar, offering several modern premieres. Performed on period instruments by the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, conducted by Laurence Cummings, and recorded in surroundsound, this programme is unique of its kind.