Composer: George Frideric Handel
Performer: Lucy Crowe, Iestyn Davies, Joshua Ellicott, Brandon Cedel, Jess Dandy, Tim Mead, The English Concert
Conductor: Harry Bicket
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Linn
Catalogue: CKD658
Release: 2021
Size: 3.87 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Rodelinda, regina de’ Longobardi, HWV 19
CD 01
01. I. Ouverture
02. II. Menuet
03. Act 1 Scene 1: Aria. Ho perduto il caro sposo (Rodelinda)
04. Act 1 Scene 1: Recitative. Regina! (Grimoaldo, Rodelinda)
05. Act 1 Scene 1: Aria. L’empio rigor del fato (Rodelinda)
06. Act 1 Scenes 2 & 3: Recitative. Duca, vedesti mai (Grimoaldo, Garibaldo, Eduige)
07. Act 1 Scene 3: Aria. Io già t’amai (Grimoaldo)
08. Act 1 Scene 4: Recitative. E tu dici d’amarmi? (Eduige, Garibaldo)
09. Act 1 Scene 4: Aria. Lo farò (Eduige)
10. Act 1 Scene 5: Recitative. Eduige, t’inganni (Garibaldo)
11. Act 1 Scene 5: Aria. Di Cupido impiego i vanni (Garibaldo)
12. Act 1 Scene 6: Sinfonia & Accompagnato. Pompe vane di morte (Bertarido)
13. Act 1 Scene 6: Aria. Dove sei, amato bene? (Bertarido)
14. Act 1 Scene 6: Recitative. Ma giunge Unulfo (Bertarido, Unulfo)
15. Act 1 Scene 7: Aria & Recitative. Ombre, piante, urne funeste (Rodelinda, Bertarido, Unulfo)
16. Act 1 Scene 8: Recitative. Baci inutili e vani (Garibaldo, Bertarido, Unulfo, Rodelinda)
17. Act 1 Scene 8: Aria. Morrai, sì (Rodelinda)
18. Act 1 Scene 9: Recitative. E ben, duca, poss’io (Grimoaldo, Garibaldo)
19. Act 1 Scene 9: Aria. Se per te giungo a godere (Grimoaldo)
20. Act 1 Scene 10: Recitative. Unulfo, oh Dio! (Bertarido, Unulfo)
21. Act 1 Scene 10: Aria. Sono i colpi della sorte (Unulfo)
22. Act 1 Scene 11: Recitative. Sì, l’infida consorte (Bertarido)
23. Act 1 Scene 11: Aria. Confusa si miri (Bertarido)
CD 02
01. Act 2 Scenes 1 & 2: Recitative. Già perdesti, o signora (Garibaldo, Eduige, Rodelinda)
02. Act 2 Scene 2: Aria. De’ miei scherni (Eduige)
03. Act 2 Scene 3: Recitative. Rodelinda, è pur ver …? (Grimoaldo, Rodelinda, Unulfo, Garibaldo)
04. Act 2 Scene 3: Aria. Spietati, io vi giurai (Rodelinda)
05. Act 2 Scene 4: Recitative. Unulfo, Garibaldo, in questo seno (Grimoaldo, Unulfo, Garibaldo)
06. Act 2 Scene 4: Aria. Prigioniera ho l’alma in pena (Grimoaldo)
07. Act 2 Scene 4: Recitative. Massime così indegne (Unulfo, Garibaldo)
08. Act 2 Scene 4: Aria. Tirannia gli diede il regno (Garibaldo)
09. Act 2 Scene 4: Recitative. Sì, sì, fellon (Unulfo)
10. Act 2 Scene 4: Aria. Fra tempeste funeste (Unulfo)
11. Act 2 Scene 5: Aria & Recitative. Con rauco mormorio (Bertarido, Eduige)
12. Act 2 Scene 5: Recitative. Ah no, che non m’inganna (Eduige, Bertarido, Unulfo)
13. Act 2 Scene 5: Aria. Scacciata dal suo nido (Bertarido)
14. Act 2 Scene 6: Recitative. Vive il mio sposo? (Rodelinda, Unulfo)
15. Act 2 Scene 6: Aria. Ritorna, o caro (Rodelinda)
16. Act 2 Scene 7: Recitative. Ah, sì! Ecco lo sposo (Rodelinda, Bertarido, Grimoaldo)
17. Act 2 Scene 7: Aria. Tuo drudo è mio rivale (Grimoaldo)
18. Act 2 Scene 7: Recitative. Non ti bastò, consorte (Rodelinda, Bertarido)
19. Act 2 Scene 7: Duet. Io t’abbraccio, e più che morte (Rodelinda, Bertarido)
CD 03
01. Act 3 Scene 1: Recitative. Del german nel periglio (Eduige, Unulfo)
02. Act 3 Scene 1: Aria. Un zeffiro spirò (Unulfo)
03. Act 3 Scene 1: Recitative. Con opra giusta (Eduige)
04. Act 3 Scene 1: Aria. Quanto più fiera (Eduige)
05. Act 3 Scene 2: Recitative. O falso è Bertarido (Garibaldo, Grimoaldo
06. Act 3 Scene 2: Aria. Tra sospetti (Grimoaldo)
07. Act 3 Scene 3: Aria, Accompagnato & Recitative. Chi di voi fu più infedele (Bertarido, Unulfo)
08. Act 3 Scene 4: Recitative. Non temere (Eduige, Rodelinda)
09. Act 3 Scene 4: Aria. Se ’l mio duol non è sì forte (Rodelinda)
10. Act 3 Scene 5: Recitative. Amico, ah!, che a me duole (Bertarido, Unulfo)
11. Act 3 Scene 5: Aria. Se fiera belva ha cinto (Bertarido)
12. Act 3 Scene 6: Accompagnato. Fatto inferno è il mio petto (Grimoaldo)
13. Act 3 Scene 6: Aria. Pastorello d’un povero armento (Grimoaldo)
14. Act 3 Scenes 7 & 8: Recitative. Che miro? (Garibaldo, Grimoaldo, Bertarido, Rodelinda)
15. Act 3 Scene 8: Aria. Vivi, tiranno (Bertarido)
16. Act 3 Scene 8 & Final Scene: Recitative. Dunque sei Bertarido? (Grimoaldo, Rodelinda, Unulfo, Eduige, Bertarido)
17. Act 3 Final Scene: Aria. Mio caro, caro bene (Rodelinda)
18. Act 3 Final Scene: Recitative. Sposa, figlio (Bertarido)
19. Act 3 Final Scene: Duet & Chorus. D’ogni crudel martir (Rodelinda, Bertarido, Coro)
Handel’s 1725 hit opera Rodelinda was written for the greatest voices of its day and is performed here by some of today’s finest, as The English Concert and artistic director Harry Bicket’s acclaimed concert cycle of Handel operas appears for the first time on Linn. Lucy Crowe and Iestyn Davies are the devoted partners Rodelinda and Bertarido, heading a cast packed with exactly the sort of vocal star-power Handel would have expected, including Joshua Ellicott, Tim Mead, Brandon Cedel and Jess Dandy. Both Davies and Crowe have won acclaim for their performances in these roles: BBC Music Magazine wrote, ‘Iestyn Davies stole the show with aria after aria of heavenly purity and ardour’, whilst BachTrack commented, ‘Lucy Crowe gave a brilliant performance … Her singing, firmly centred, agile and sparking with temperament, was a triumph.’ The English Concert’s reputation for combining urgency, passion and fire with precision, delicacy and beauty will ensure their forthcoming series of Handel operas will become an essential part of Linn’s catalogue. The English Concert will be recording Handel’s Tamerlano in 2021.