Simon Standage, Collegium Musicum 90 - Handel at the Opera (2000)

Posted By: ArlegZ

Date: Oct. 9, 2023

Handel's music is never more winsome than when it's written for special occasions, not least operas. Several of the items in this programme are arias, but they aren't sung. Like today's musicals, though not for calculated commercial reasons, some became what we would now term pops, and Handel reworked them as instrumental pieces, so no liberty has been taken here in presenting them in that form. The charm of this music hasn't escaped the notice of others in recording studios, but it has never been more persuasively captured than it is by Collegium Musicum 90. Other recordings exist of the complete operas and some of the individual instrumental items, but Arminio is represented by only one aria; there's nothing run-of-the-mill about the fugal subject of the Overture, or its treatment, and the Minuet is winsome and light of step. Collegium Musicum 90 fields a team of 32 players but their sound is marvellously light and transparent even when in full flood, and their use of period instruments (or copies thereof) leads also to a natural, revelatory balance. Flawless recording and excellent notes by Standage complete an outstanding issue.
— Gramophone Classical Music Guide

Performer:
Collegium Musicum 90
Simon Standage, conductor

Tracklist:
George Frideric Handel (1689-1759)
Overture, Aria & Entractes from 'Alcina'
01. Overture
02. Musette - Un peu lentement
03. Gavotte
04. Sarabande - Gavotte (reprise)
05. Minuet
06. Aria: 'Verdi prati' - Larghetto
07. Entree des Songes agreables
08. Entree des Songes funestes
09. Entree des Songes agreables effrayes
10. Le Combat des Songes funestes et agreables
Overture and Minuet from 'Arminio'
11. Overture
12. Minuet
13. Aria: 'Ombra mai fu' from 'Serse'
Overture, Minuet & Ghigg from 'Berenice'
14. Overture
15. Andante larghetto [Minuet]
16. Ghigg
17. Aria: 'Lascia ch'io pianga' from 'Rinaldo'
Overture, Minuet & Aria from 'Rodelinda'
18. Overture
19. Minuet
20. Aria: 'Dove sei' - Largo
Overture, Aria & Entractes from 'Ariodante'
21. Overture
22. [Alla breve]
23. Aaria: 'Volate, amori' - Allegro
24. Musette - Lentement
25. Musette - Andante
26. Allegro

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