034571169507

Handel: The Rival Queens - Opera Arias And Duets

Roy Goodman: The Brandenburg Consort

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Cat No: CDA66950

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Release Date:  01 September 1997

Label:  Hyperion Records Ltd

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  034571169507

Genres:  Classical  Baroque  

  • Description

    Seventeenth-century London was gripped by a passion for Italian opera. Two soprano divas held centre stage—Francesca Cuzzoni and Faustina Bordoni, represented here by Catherine Bott and Emma Kirkby respectively—and both quickly won a fiercely partisan following among audiences. The Royal Academy of Music cynically exploited this rivalry by repeatedly engaging the two to sing roles which would bring them into conflict, in 'stage' and 'real life' personas. (The unfortunate result of this scheme, which could almost be said to have worked 'too well', was that over-enthusiastic audiences rioted, the Academy fell into disrepute and debt, and closed in 1728.)
    In these operas we find Alessandro being fought over by his two wives; Admeto with a dead wife returned to disturb his courting of an old flame; Riccardo (Richard I of England) being harrassed by the daughter of the tyrant who has kidnapped his fiancée; Siroe attempting to court his father's enemy's daughter while being pursued by Laodice whom his father loves; Tolomeo looking for his wife who is being pursued by the King of Cyprus whose sister is after Tolomeo â€¦
    Hell hath no fury …
    All of the music on this album is also available as part of the specially priced box set Handel: Opera Arias: ‘Kirkby’s talent for matching brilliant coloratura with dramatic urgency remains unparalleled â€¦ a compelling interpretation of rarely heard masterpieces’ (International Record Review).

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Handel Opera Arias And Duets: Overture
      • 2. Handel Opera Arias And Duets: Sinfonia (Act 1)
      • 3. Handel Opera Arias And Duets: Recit Duet Che vidi? Che mira!
      • 4. Handel Opera Arias And Duets: Aria Lisaura No. piu sofrir non voglio
      • 5. Handel Opera Arias And Duets: Aria Duet Placa l'alma
      • 6. Handel Opera Arias And Duets: Recit Rossane Solitudine amate
      • 7. Handel Opera Arias And Duets: Aria Aure
      • 8. fonti
      • 9. Handel Opera Arias And Duets: Recit Lisaura Pur troppo veggio
      • 10. Handel Opera Arias And Duets: Aria Che tirannia d'amor!
      • 11. Handel Opera Arias And Duets: Recit Rossane Svanisci oh reo timore
      • 12. Handel Opera Arias And Duets: Aria Dica il falso
      • 13. Handel Opera Arias And Duets: Recit Duet II ritratto d'Ameto
      • 14. Handel Opera Arias And Duets: Aria ANTIGONA La sorte mia vacilla
      • 15. Handel Opera Arias And Duets: Aria ALCESTE Quest'e dunque la fede
      • 16. Handel Opera Arias And Duets: Aria Vedro fra poco
      • 17. Handel Opera Arias And Duets: Ricit CONSTANZA Morte vieni
      • 18. Handel Opera Arias And Duets: Recit DUET A me nel mio rossore
      • 19. Handel Opera Arias And Duets: Aria PULCHERIA Quando non vede
      • 20. Handel Opera Arias And Duets: Recit DUET A costei
      • 21. che diro?
      • 22. Handel Opera Arias And Duets: Aria LAODICE L'aura non sempre
      • 23. Handel Opera Arias And Duets: Recit EMIRA Si diversi sembiante
      • 24. Handel Opera Arias And Duets: Aria Non vi piacque
      • 25. ingiustidei
      • . Handel Opera Arias And Duets: Recit SELEUCE E dove