David Bates, Leo Duarte, Joe Qiu, Thomas Gould, Lucy Crowe, Iestyn Davies, Christine Rice - Handel’s Unsung Heroes (2021)
David Bates, Leo Duarte, Joe Qiu, Thomas Gould, Lucy Crowe, Iestyn Davies, Christine Rice - Handel’s Unsung Heroes (2021)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 382 Mb | Total time: 71:16 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Pentatone | # PTC 5186892 | Recorded: 2020
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 382 Mb | Total time: 71:16 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Pentatone | # PTC 5186892 | Recorded: 2020
After their acclaimed recording of Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice, La Nuova Musica and David Bates expand their PENTATONE discography with 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 masterpieces such as Rinaldo, Giulio Cesare, Agrippina and Ariodante.
La Nuova Musica and its artistic director David Bates are among the most exciting Baroque ensembles of today. Their PENTATONE debut with Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice was both BBC Music Magazine Choice and Gramophone Editor’s Choice in December 2019. Iestyn Davies returns to PENTATONE after having sung the title role in that same release, whereas Lucy Crowe and Christine Rice make their PENTATONE debut.
Performer:
Leo Duarte, oboe (10, 13, 16, 17)
Joe Qiu, bassoon (12, 14, 16)
Thomas Gould, violin (11, 14, 15)
Paul Sharp, trumpet (4)
Roger Montgomery, horn (5)
Joseph Walters, horn (5)
Lucy Crowe, soprano (10, 13, 17)
Christine Rice, mezzo-soprano (5, 12)
Iestyn Davies, countertenor (4, 6, 7, 9, 11, 14, 16)
Alexander Chance, countertenor (6)
La Nuova Musica
David Bates, conductor
Tracklist:
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Teseo (1712)
01. Ouverture
Rinaldo (1711)
02. Marcia
03. Battaglia
04. Or la tromba
Alcina (1736)
05. Sta nell’Ircana pietrosa tana
Giulio Cesare in Egitto (1724)
06. Sinfonia
07. Recitativo: Cieli, e qual delle sfere
08. Sinfonia
09. Recitativo: Giulio, che miri?
10. V’adoro, pupille
11. Se in fiorito ameno prato
Ariodante (1734)
12. Scherza infida
Aci, Galatea e Polifemo (1708)
13. Qui l’augel da pianta in pianta
Rinaldo
14. Venti, turbini
Rodrigo (1707)
15. Passacaille
Amadigi di Gaula (1715)
16. Pena tiranna
Agrippina (1709)
17. Se giunge un dispetto
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David Bates, Leo Duarte, Joe Qiu, Thomas Gould, Lucy Crowe, Iestyn Davies, Christine Rice - Handel’s Unsung Heroes (2021)
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