L'Apothéose & Lucía Caihuela - Opera Viva (2024) [Official Digital Download 24/48]

Although he cultivated most of the vocal and instrumental genres of his time, Georg Friedrich Händel’s true calling always was the opera. Indeed, most of his professional life was devoted to writing and performing operas. As a youth, he was already a member of the Hamburg opera orchestra, writing some operas in the eclectic style of Reinhard Keiser, blending Italian da Capo arias, German recitatives and French-style dances. In order to keep up with Italian music - which was then a synonym of fashionable music - Händel traveled to Italy in 1706, where he composed numerous chamber cantatas and religious music in Latin. In late 1707 he wrote his first Italian opera, Rodrigo, which premiered in Florence, and at the end of 1709 Agrippina was performed in Venice, showcasing his brilliant assimilation of the Italian style. After this opera’s success, Händel accepted the invitation to travel to London, where the taste for Italian opera was just beginning thanks to some pasticcios and a version of Camilla by Giovanni Bononcini, which was extraordinarily successful.

Tracklist:
01. Händel- Agrippina, HWV 6- Sinfonia
02. Händel- Ariodante, HWV 33- Scherza infida
03. Handel- Rinaldo, HWV 7- Venti, turbini (Instrumental)
04. Händel- Hercules, HWV 60- Cease, ruler of the day, to rise
05. Händel- Imeneo, HWV 41- Overture
06. Händel- Orlando, HWV 31- Ah, Stigie larve!
07. Händel- Rodelinda, HWV 19- Overture
08. Händel- Rodelinda, HWV 19- Menuet
09. Händel- Radamisto, HWV 12- Ombra cara di mia sposa
10. Händel- Amadigi di Gaula, HWV 11- Ah! spietato! (Instrumental)
11. Händel- Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17- Svegliatevi nel core


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