Magdalena Kožená, Andrea Marcon, Venice Baroque Orchestra - Ah! mio cor: Handel Arias (2007)
Magdalena Kožená, Andrea Marcon, Venice Baroque Orchestra - Ah! mio cor: Handel Arias (2007)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 325 Mb | Total time: 76:33 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Archiv Produktion | # 477 6547 | Recorded: 2006
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 325 Mb | Total time: 76:33 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Archiv Produktion | # 477 6547 | Recorded: 2006
Before the release of this disc called Ah! Mio cor!, charismatic mezzo soprano Magdalena Kozená had already made her mark as a Handel singer with her recordings of the composer's Italian cantatas and opera Julius Caesar, but this triumphant 2007 collection of arias affirms her mastery of the German-English composer's music. Featuring selections from the composer's operas and oratorios, this disc is more of a smorgasbord than a balanced meal with one highly expressive and supremely virtuosic aria following another and the only cohesion supplied by the performer. Clear, smooth, and warm, Kozená's voice is light in tone but with plenty of power behind it and more than enough control to guide it. In these 11 arias, Kozená channels her voice into interpretations that fairly explode with passion, despair, bliss, and fury. Given alert and dramatic accompaniments by Andrea Marcon and the Venice Baroque Orchestra, Kozená delivers striking Handel performances that will attract her fans as well as interest mezzo fans who have not yet heard her. Archiv's digital sound is crisp and cool, with the focus entirely on the singer.–James Leonard
Performer:
Magdalena Kožená, mezzo-soprano
Venice Baroque Orchestra
Andrea Marcon, conductor
Tracklist:
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
01. Alcina, HWV 34, Atto II - Ah! mio cor! Schernito sei! (Alcina)
02. Hercules, HWV 60, Act III - Where shall I fly? (Dejanira)
03. Agrippina, HWV 6, Act 2 - Pensieri, voi mi tormentate! (Agrippina)
04. Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17, Atto I - Cara speme, questo core tu cominci (Sesto)
05. Joshua, HWV 64 - O Had I Jubal's Lyre (Achsah)
06. Ariodante, HWV 33, Atto II - Scherza infida, in grembo al drudo (Ariodante)
07. Theodora, HWV 68, Part II - O thou bright Sun! … With darkness deep (Theodora)
08. Amadigi di Gaula, Atto II - Desterò dall'empia dite (Melissa)
09. Orlando, HWV 31, Atto II - Ah! stigie larve! … Già latra Cerbero (Orlando)
10. Ariodante, HWV 33, Atto III - Dopo notte, atra e funesta (Ariodante)
11. Rinaldo, HWV 7a, Atto II - Lascia ch'io pianga (Almirena)
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Magdalena Kožená, Andrea Marcon, Venice Baroque Orchestra - Ah! mio cor: Handel Arias (2007)
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