Angelika Kirchschlager, Laurence Cummings, Kammerochester Basel - George Frideric Handel: Arias (2006)

Posted By: ArlegZ
Date: Oct. 20, 2023

Angelika Kirchschlager, Laurence Cummings, Kammerochester Basel - George Frideric Handel: Arias (2006)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 346 Mb | Total time: 67:33 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Sony Classical | # 82876889522 | Recorded: 2006

One of the satisfying approaches to programming Handel arias is to get under the skin of a few chosen characters or singers. All the arias here were composed for the mezzo-soprano Durastanti or the castrato Carestini. Two less familiar arias from Ariodante put the popular 'Scherza infida' and 'Dopo notte' into a finer sort of context than usual for such programmes.
Kirchschlager's singing is ardent and intelligent, but it is a pity that she did not wait to record Ariodante's arias until after she has sung the role on stage: 'Scherza infida' is perhaps too feminine and lovely here, without the brooding streak of bitter reproach. Considering Kirchschlager's success in Glyndebourne's Giulio Cesare, it is inevitable that she gives dynamic renditions of Sesto's best three arias. The fullest source of delight here is Laurence Cummings's marvellous direction of the excellent period-instrument incarnation of the Basle CO; zesty in extrovert music and deeply eloquent in slow music. If nothing else, this is worth having for the tremendous performances of five arias from Arianna in Creta: Tauride's 'Qual leon' (featuring two horns) is one of Handel's finest baddie arias. Here, at long last, it gets the sort of recording it deserves.
— Gramophone Classical Music Guide

Performer:
Angelika Kirchschlager, mezzo-soprano
Kammerochester Basel
Laurence Cummings, conductor

Tracklist:
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Ariodante
01. Qui d'amor
02. T'amerò dunque … Con l'ali
03. Scherza infida
04. Dopo notte
Giulio Cesare
05. Svegliatevi nel core
06. Cara speme
07. L'Angue offeso
Arianna in Creta
08. Sdegnata sei
09. Oh Patria! … Sol ristoro
10. Salda quercia
11. Qual Leon
12. Ove son … Qui ti sfido


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