Composer: Georg Friedrich Handel
Performer: La Nuova Musica, Iestyn Davies, Christine Rice, Alexander Chance, Lucy Crowe
Conductor: David Bates
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Pentatone
Catalogue: PTC5186892
Release: 2021
Size: 1.33 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Teseo
01. Ouverture
Rinaldo, HWV 7a
02. Marcia
03. Battaglia
04. Or la tromba
Alcina
05. Sta nell’ Ircana pietrosa tana
Giulo Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17 (Excerpts)
06. Act II Sinfonia
07. Cieli, e qual delle sfere
08. Act III Sinfonia
09. Recitativo. Giulio, che miri?
10. V’adoro, pupille
11. Se in fiorito ameno prato
Ariodante
12. Scherza infida
Aci, Galatea e Polifemo
13. Qui l’augel da pianta in pianta
Rinaldo, HWV 7a
14. Venti, turbini
Rodrigo
15. Passacaille
Amidigi di Gaula, HWV 11
16. Pena tiranna
Agrippina
17. Se giunge un dispetto
Instrumentalists put centre stage : after their acclaimed recording of Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice, La Nuova Musica and David Bates propose this project, “Handel’s Unsung Heroes”, in which the instrumentalists of Handel’s operas are put centre stage. Traditionally restricted to an “invisible” existence in the orchestra pit, La Nuova Musica’s obbligato instrumentalists – violinist Thomas Gould, oboist Leo Duarte and bassoonist Joe Qiu – are now in the limelight. They will stand as equal partners alongside a world-class line up of soloists – soprano Lucy Crowe, mezzo-soprano Christine Rice and countertenor Iestyn Davies – showing how Handel wrote music as virtuosic and lyrical for his unsung heroes as for their singing counterparts. The album includes arias from Handel’s masterpieces such as Rinaldo, Giulio Cesare, Agrippina and Ariodante.