Lucy Crowe, Mary Bevan, Bridget Cunningham, London Early Opera - Handel's Queens: Cuzzoni & Faustina (2019)

Posted By: ArlegZ

Date: 28 Aug 2020 17:00:05

Handels Queens features some of the most exquisite pieces of music written by G.F. Handel and his contemporaries for the two finest singers of the eighteenth century, Faustina Bordoni and Francesca Cuzzoni. Often wrongfully framed as rivals, these dazzling new recordings with Mary Bevan and Lucy Crowe reveal the distinctive yet versatile talent of the Italian vocalists. Led by London Early Opera Director, Bridget Cunningham, Handels Queens serves an example of the groups dedication to imaginative programming and outstanding period performance, placing them at the forefront of baroque research.

Performer:
Lucy Crowe, soprano (Francesca Cuzzoni)
Mary Bevan, soprano (Faustina Bordoni)
London Early Opera
Bridget Cunningham, musical director

Track List:
CD1:
Carlo Pollarolo (1653-1723)
01. Sinfonia, from Ariodante (1718)
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
02. Da tempeste il legno infranto, from Giulio Cesare HWV 17
Johann Adilph Hasse (1699-1783)
03. Se fosse il mio diletto, from Dalisa
George Frideric Handel
04. Recit: È tale Otton? and Aria: Falsa immagine, from Ottone HWV 15
Nicola Porpora (1686-1768)
05. Son prigioniera d’amore, from Poro
Giuseppe Maria Orlandini (1676-1760)
06. Stelle, tiranne stelle, from Nerone
George Frideric Handel
07. Solitudini amate, from Alessandro HWV 21
Carlo Pollarolo
08. Serba le belle lagrime, from Ariodante (1718)
George Frideric Handel
09. Recit: Elisa che ricerchi and Aria: Voglio amore, from Tolomeo HWV 25
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
10. Fra catene ognor penando, from Scanderbeg RV 732
11. Nelle mie selve natìe, from Scanderbeg RV 732
George Frideric Handel
12. Placa l’alma, duet from Alessandro HWV 21
CD2:
George Frideric Handel
01. Scoglio d’immota fronte, from Scipione HWV 20
Pietro Torri (1650-1737)
02. Recit: La sua disperazione and Aria: Se a ammollire il crudo amante, from Amadis di Grecia
George Frideric Handel
03. Gelosia, spietata Aletto, from Admeto HWV 22
Leonardo Leo (1694-1744)
04. Quel nome se ascolto, from Il Ciro Riconosciuto (1739 Carnivale version)
George Frideric Handel
05. Il volo così fido al dolce, from Riccardo Primo HWV 23
06. Alla sua gabbia d’oro, from Alessandro HWV 21
Giovanni Bononcini (1670-1747)
07. Sento che già il pensier, from Astianatte
08. Deh! lascia ocore, from Astianatte
09. Menuet, from Astianatte
10. Ascolta o figlio, from Astianatte
Leonardo Vinci (1690-1730) arr. Handel
11. Dea triforme, astro fecondo, rom L'Elpidia
Johann Adolph Hasse
12. Mi credi spietata?, from Artaserse
Attilio Ariosti (1666-1729)
13. Rendi al Padre in me la figlia, from Caio Marzio Coriolano
Maurice Greene (1696-1755)
14. La Liberta, Cantata (Aria di camera)

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