Kevin Mallon, The Aradia Ensemble - George Frideric Handel: Rinaldo (2006)
Kevin Mallon, The Aradia Ensemble - George Frideric Handel: Rinaldo (2006)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 770 Mb | Total time: 78:47+52:15+48:44 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Naxos | # 8.660165-67 | Recorded: 2004
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 770 Mb | Total time: 78:47+52:15+48:44 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Naxos | # 8.660165-67 | Recorded: 2004
This recording has plenty to recommend it, despite the star power of its competition. The Aradia Ensemble–17 string players, 11 wind and brass players and four continuo players–are a lively, more-than-proficient group of period instrumentalists who, under Kevin Mallon, play the heck out of Handel's colorful, ever-changing score, and can be compared with the finest ensembles around. The obbligato oboist, harpsichordist, and sopranino recorder virtuoso (in Almirena's gorgeous first act "bird" aria) are superb. Mallon doesn't go for fierce string attacks, but every bit of his leadership has spring and energy. He and his cast are particularly careful with the recitatives, which are dramatically put forth. The cast is uniformly good. Everyone embellishes the vocal line with skill and ease, and if Armida's ornaments are a bit wild, well, so is the character. Kimberly Barber is fine as Rinaldo. Her voice is well-knit, and there are no weaknesses. Much the same might be said of Laura Whalen's Almirena. Her voice is lovely–pristine but not white–and she sings handsomely. But if you've heard Cecilia Bartoli and Ileana Cotrubas in the role, it is easy to realize how alluring this character should be, and Whalen misses by a bit. I'm nit-picking, but the competition is fearful. The Argante of baritone Sean Watson is exciting and aggressive, and his agility and diction are impeccable. He's in league with the best. Barbara Hannigan's Armida is nicely teeth-gnashing: she sings the heck out of her arias and duets and her recits are delivered with real fire. The others in the cast are more than up to their jobs. In brief, then, this remains third choice, after Jacobs (Harmonia Mundi) and Hogwood (Decca), but the fact that it is half the price of the others makes it a very close third.–Robert Levine
Performer:
Goffredo – Marion Newman
Almirena – Laura Whalen
Rinaldo – Kimberly Barber
Eustazio – Jennifer Enns Modolo
Argante – Sean Watson
Armida – Barbara Hannigan
Mago – Giles Tomkins
Donna – Nicole Bower
Due Sirene – Catherine Affleck, Melinda Delorme
Un araldo – Lenard Whiting
The Aradia Ensemble
Conductor – Kevin Mallon
Tracklist:
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Rinaldo, HWV 7a
CD1:
01. Overture
02. Atto I. Scena 1: Recitative: Delle nostre fatiche - Aria: Sovra balze scoscese e pungenti (Goffredo)
03. Scena 1: Recitative: Signor, gia dal tuo senno (Rinaldo, Goffredo, Almirena)
04. Scena 1: Aria: Combatti da forte (Almirena)
05. Scena 1: Recitative: Questi saggi consigli (Eustazio, Rinaldo) - Aria: Ogn'indugio d'un amante (Rinaldo)
06. Scena 2: Recitative: Signor, che delle stelle (Araldo, Goffredo, Eustazio) - Aria: Sulla ruota di fortuna (Eustazio)
07. Scena 3: Aria: Sibillar gli angui d'Aletto (Argante)
08. Scena 3: Recitative: Goffredo, se t’arrise (Argante, Goffredo) - Aria: No, no, che quest'alma (Goffredo)
09. Scena 4: Recitative: Infra dubbi di Marte - Aria: Vieni o cara, a consolarmi (Argante)
10. Scena 5: Aria: Furie terribili (Armida) - Recitative and Accompagnato: Come a tempo giungesti, cara (Argante, Armida)
11. Scena 5: Aria: Molto voglio, molto spero (Armida)
12. Scena 6: Aria: Augelletti che cantate (Almirena)
13. Scena 6: Recitative: Adorato mio sposo - Duet: Scherzano sul tuo volto (Almirena, Rinaldo)
14. Scena 7: Recitative: Al valor del mio brando (Armida, Almirena, Rinaldo) - Prelude
15. Scena 7: Aria: Cara sposa, amante cara, dove sei (Rinaldo)
16. Scena 8: Recitative: Ch’insolito stupore - Aria: Cor ingrato - Recitative: Io all’ora impugno (Rinaldo, Goffredo, Eustazio)
17. Scena 8: Aria: Col valor, colla virtu (Eustazio)
18. Scena 9: Recitative: Di speranza un bel raggio - Aria: Venti, turbini, prestate le vostre ali a questo pie (Rinaldo)
CD2:
01. Atto II. Scena 1: Aria: Siam prossimi al porto (Eustazio)
02. Scena 2: Recitative: A quel sasso bramato (Rinaldo, Goffredo, Eustazio) - Scena 3: Recitative: Per raccor d'Almirena (Donna)
03. Scena 3: Aria a 2: Il vostro maggio de' bei verdi anni (Sirens)
04. Scena 3: Recitative: Qual incognita forza (Rinaldo, Goffredo, Eustazio, Donna) - Aria: Il Tricerbero umiliato (Rinaldo)
05. Scena 3: Recitative: Signor, strano ardimento! (Eustazio) - Aria: Mio cor, che mi sai dir (Goffredo)
06. Scena 4: Recitative: Armida dispietata! (Almirena, Argante)
07. Scena 4: Aria: Lascia ch’io pianga (Almirena)
08. Scena 4: Recitative: Ah! Sul bel labbro Amore - Aria: Basta che sol tu chieda (Argante)
09. Scena 5: Recitative: Cingetemi d'allori le trionfali chiome - Scena 6: Recitative: Perfida, un cor illustre (Rinaldo, Armida)
10. Scena 6: Duet: Fermati! (Armida, Rinaldo)
11. Scena 7: Recitative: Crudel, tu ch’involasti (Armida - Almirena, Rinaldo) - Aria: Abbrucio, avvampo e fremo (Rinaldo)
12. Scena 8: Accompagnato Recitative: Dunque i lacci d'un volto - Aria: Ah! crudel, il pianto mio (Armida)
13. Scena 9: Recitative: Riprendiam d’Almirena (Armida) - Scena 10: Recitative: Adorata Almirena (Argante, Armida)
14. Scena 10: Aria: Vo’ far guerra, e vincer voglio (Armida)
CD3:
01. Atto III. Scena 1: Recitative: Quivi par che (Eustazio, Goffredo) - Scena 2: Recitative: La causa che vi spinga (Mago, Goffredo, Eustazio)
02. Scena 2: Sinfonia
03. Scena 2: Recitative: Qui vomita Cocito (Goffredo, Eustazio, Mago) - Aria and Recitative: Andante, o forti (Mago)
04. Scena 3: Recitative: Mori svenata - Scena 4: Recitative: Nella guardata (Armida, Almirena, Rinaldo, Goffredo, Eustazio)
05. Scena 4: Aria: Sorge nel petto (Goffredo)
06. Scena 4: Recitative: Al trionfo s'affretti - Aria: E' un incendio fra due venti (Rinaldo)
07. Scena 5: Recitative: Chiuso fra quelle mura (Argante) - Scena 6: Recitative: Per fomentar lo sdegno (Armida, Argante) - March
08. Scena 6: Recitative: In quel bosco di strali - Duet: Al trionfo del nostro furore (Argante, Armida)
09. Scena 7: Recitative: Di quei strani accidenti (Goffredo, Almirena, Rinaldo) - Aria: Bel piacere e godere fido amor (Almirena)
10. Scena 8: Recitative: Signor, l’oste nemica (Eustazio, Goffredo, Rinaldo, Almirena) - Aria: Di Sion nell’alta sede (Eustazio)
11. Scena 9: March
12. Scena 9: Recitative: Se cio t’e in grado, o Prence (Rinaldo, Goffredo) - Aria: Or la tromba in suon festante (Rinaldo)
13. Scena 10: Recitative: Miei fidi, ecco la in campo (Argante) - Scena 11: Recitative: Magnanimi campioni (Goffredo)
14. Scena 11: Battaglia
15. Scena 12: Recitative: Goffredo, ecco il superbo - Scena 13: Recitative: Ecco, german, la cruda (Rinaldo, Argante, Goffredo)
16. Scena 13: Chorus: Vinto e sol della virtu
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Kevin Mallon, The Aradia Ensemble - George Frideric Handel: Rinaldo (2006)
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