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Handel - Rinaldo / Bartoli, Daniels, AAM, Hogwood
Music CD CoverComposer: George Frideric Handel Conductor: Christopher Hogwood Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music Performer: Cecilia Bartoli Performer: David Daniels Performer: Bernarda Fink Performer: Luba Orgonasova Performer: Gerald Finley Performer: Bejun Mehta Performer: Mark Padmore Edition: Music CD Format: Box set CD Release Date: 2000-10-10 Music Label: Decca Soundtracks: Music CD 1- Rinaldo: Ouverture - The Academy Of Ancient Music
- Rinaldo: Act 1 - Scene 1: Delle nostre fatiche siam prossimi alla meta (Goffredo) - Bernarda Fink (Goffredo)
- Rinaldo: Act 1 - Scene 1: Sovra blaze scoscese e pungenti (Goffredo) - Bernarda Fink (Goffredo)
- Rinaldo: Act 1 - Scene 1: Signor, gia dal tuo senno (Goffredo) - Bernarda Fink (Goffredo)
- Rinaldo: Act 1 - Scene 1: Combatti da forte - The Academy Of Ancient Music
- Rinaldo: Act 1 - Scene 1: Questi saggi consigli accogli net tuo sen (Eustazio) - Daniel Taylor (Eustazio)
- Rinaldo: Act 1 - Scene 1: Ogn'indugio d'un amante e una pena - The Academy Of Ancient Music
- Rinaldo: Act 1 - Scene 2: Signor, che delle stelle emuli i pregi (Goffredo, Eustazio) - Daniel Taylor (Eustazio)
- Rinaldo: Act 1 - Scene 2: Sulla ruota di fortuna va girando la speranza (Eustazio) - Daniel Taylor (Eustazio)
- Rinaldo: Act 1 - Scene 3: Sibillar gli angui d' Aletto (Argante) - Gerald Finley (Argante)
- Rinaldo: Act 1 - Scene 3: Goffredo; se t'arrise sin qui fortuna (Argante, Goffredo) - Bernarda Fink (Goffredo)
- Rinaldo: Act 1 - Scene 3: No, no, che quest'alma scontenti non da (Goffredo) - Bernarda Fink (Goffredo)
- Rinaldo: Act 1 - Scene 4: Infra dubbi di Marte resta sospeso il cuore (Argante) - Gerald Finley (Argante)
- Rinaldo: Act 1 - Scene 4: Vieni, o cara, a consolarmi (Argante) - Gerald Finley (Argante)
- Rinaldo: Act 1 - Scene 5: Furie terribili - The Academy Of Ancient Music
- Rinaldo: Act 1 - Scene 5: Come a tempo giungesti, cara (Argante, Armida) - Gerald Finley (Argante)
- Rinaldo: Act 1 - Scene 5: Molto voglio, molto spero (Armida) - Luba Organasova (Armida)
- Rinaldo: Act 1 - Scene 6: Augelletti che cantate - The Academy Of Ancient Music
- Rinaldo: Act 1 - Scene 6: Adorato mio sposo, vieni a bear quest'alma - The Academy Of Ancient Music
- Rinaldo: Act 1 - Scene 6: Scherzano sul tuo volto le grazie vezzosette - The Academy Of Ancient Music
- Rinaldo: Act 1 - Scene 7: Al valor del mio brando cedi la nobil preda (Armida) - Luba Organasova (Armida)
- Rinaldo: Act 1 - Scene 7: Prelude - The Academy Of Ancient Music
- Rinaldo: Act 1 - Scene 7: Cara sposa, amante cara, dove sei? - The Academy Of Ancient Music
- Rinaldo: Act 1 - Scene 8: Ch'insolito stupore lega gli sensi tuoi (Goffredo, Eustazio) - Daniel Taylor (Eustazio)
- Rinaldo: Act 1 - Scene 8: Cor ingrato, ti rammembri, e non scoppii di dolor? - The Academy Of Ancient Music
- Rinaldo: Act 1 - Scene 8: lo all'ora impugno il brando (Goffredo, Eustazio) - Daniel Taylor (Eustazio)
- Rinaldo: Act 1 - Scene 8: Col valor, colla virtu or si vada a trionfar (Eustazio) - Daniel Taylor (Eustazio)
- Rinaldo: Act 1 - Scene 9: Di speranza un bel raggio ritorni - Christopher Hogwood
- Rinaldo: Act 1 - Scene 9: Venti, turbini, prestate le vostre ali a questo pie - The Academy Of Ancient Music
Music CD 2- Rinaldo: Act 2 - Scene 1: Siam prossimi al porto (Eustazio) - Daniel Taylor (Eustazio)
- Rinaldo: Act 2 - Scene 2: A quei sasso bramato (Goffredo, Eustazio) - Daniel Taylor (Eustazio)
- Rinaldo: Act 2 - Scene 3: Per raccor d'Almirena i piu doici respiri - The Academy Of Ancient Music
- Rinaldo: Act 2 - Scene 3: Il vostro maggio de' bei verdi anni - The Academy Of Ancient Music
- Rinaldo: Act 2 - Scene 3: Qual incognita forza mi spinge (Goffredo, Eustazio) - Daniel Taylor (Eustazio)
- Rinaldo: Act 2 - Scene 3: Il Tricerbero umilato - The Academy Of Ancient Music
- Rinaldo: Act 2 - Scene 3: Signor, strano ardimento! (Eustazio) - Daniel Taylor (Eustazio)
- Rinaldo: Act 2 - Scene 3: Scorta rea di cieco amore (Eustazio) - Daniel Taylor (Eustazio)
- Rinaldo: Act 2 - Scene 3: Cio fu indegna vittoria del barbaro Acheronte (Goffredo) - Bernarda Fink (Goffredo)
- Rinaldo: Act 2 - Scene 3: Mio cor, che mi sai dir? (Goffredo) - Bernarda Fink (Goffredo)
- Rinaldo: Act 2 - Scene 4: Armida dispietata! (Argante) - Gerald Finley (Argante)
- Rinaldo: Act 2 - Scene 4: Lascia ch'io pianga mia cruda sorte - The Academy Of Ancient Music
- Rinaldo: Act 2 - Scene 4: Ah! sul bel labbro Amore di possente magia formo le note (Argante) - Gerald Finley (Argante)
- Rinaldo: Act 2 - Scene 4: Basta che sol tu chieda (Argante) - Gerald Finley (Argante)
- Rinaldo: Act 2 - Scene 5: Cingetemi d'allori le trionfali chiome (Armida) - Luba Organasova (Armida)
- Rinaldo: Act 2 - Scene 6: Perfida, un cor illustre ha ben forza bastante (Armida) - Luba Organasova (Armida)
- Rinaldo: Act 2 - Scene 6: Fermati - No, crudel (Armida) - Gerald Finley (Argante)
- Rinaldo: Act 2 - Scene 7: Crudel, tu ch'involasti al mio core la calma (Armida) - Luba Organasova (Armida)
- Rinaldo: Act 2 - Scene 7: Abbruccio, avvampo e fremo - The Academy Of Ancient Music
- Rinaldo: Act 2 - Scene 8: Dunque i lacci d'un volto (Armida) - Luba Organasova (Armida)
- Rinaldo: Act 2 - Scene 8: Ah! crudel, il pianto mio, deh! ti mova (Armida) - Luba Organasova (Armida)
- Rinaldo: Act 2 - Scene 9: Riprendiam d'Almirena il mentito sembiante (Armida) - Luba Organasova (Armida)
- Rinaldo: Act 2 - Scene 10: Adorata Almirena, ogni breve dimora (Argante, Armida) - Gerald Finley (Argante)
- Rinaldo: Act 2 - Scene 10: Vo' far guerra, e vincer voglio (Armida) - Luba Organasova (Armida)
Music CD 3- Rinaldo: Act 3 - Scene 1: Quivi par che rubelle la terra s'alzi (Eustazio, Goffredo) - Daniel Taylor (Eustazio)
- Rinaldo: Act 3 - Scene 2: La causa che vi spinge in si remota parte (Goffredo, Eustazio) - Daniel Taylor (Eustazio)
- Rinaldo: Act 3 - Scene 2: Sinfonia - The Academy Of Ancient Music
- Rinaldo: Act 3 - Scene 2: Qui vomita Cocito tutta sua nera peste (Goffredo, Eustazio) - Daniel Taylor (Eustazio)
- Rinaldo: Act 3 - Scene 2: Andate, o forti, fra stragi e morti - The Academy Of Ancient Music
- Rinaldo: Act 3 - Scene 3: Mori svenata - O Numi! (Armida) - Luba Organasova (Armida)
- Rinaldo: Act 3 - Scene 4: Nella guardata soglia come osaste portar sicuro il piede? (Armida, Goffredo, Eustazio) - Daniel Taylor (Eustazio)
- Rinaldo: Act 3 - Scene 4: Sorge nel petto certo diletto (Goffredo) - Bernarda Fink (Goffredo)
- Rinaldo: Act 3 - Scene 4: Al trionfo s'affretti senza ritardo il corso! - The Academy Of Ancient Music
- Rinaldo: Act 3 - Scene 4: E' Un incendio fra due venti - The Academy Of Ancient Music
- Rinaldo: Act 3 - Scene 5: Chiuso fra quelle mura langue il comun valore (Argante) - Gerald Finley (Argante)
- Rinaldo: Act 3 - Scene 6: Per formentar lo sdegno a fronte d'un sleal anco mi trovo? (Armida, Argante) - Gerald Finley (Argante)
- Rinaldo: Act 3 - Scene 6: March - The Academy Of Ancient Music
- Rinaldo: Act 3 - Scene 6: In quel bosco di strali (Argante, Armida) - Gerald Finley (Argante)
- Rinaldo: Act 3 - Scene 6: Al trionfo del nostro furore or corriamo (Argante, Armida) - Gerald Finley (Argante)
- Rinaldo: Act 3 - Scene 7: Di quei strani accidenti se la serie ripiglio (Argante, Armida) - Gerald Finley (Argante)
- Rinaldo: Act 3 - Scene 7: Bel piacere e godere fido amor - The Academy Of Ancient Music
- Rinaldo: Act 3 - Scene 8: Signor, l'oste nemica con barbari ululati s'avvicina (Eustavio, Goffredo) - Daniel Taylor (Eustazio)
- Rinaldo: Act 3 - Scene 8: Di Sion nell'alta sede (Eustazio) - Daniel Taylor (Eustazio)
- Rinaldo: Act 3 - Scene 9: March - The Academy Of Ancient Music
- Rinaldo: Act 3 - Scene 9: Se cio t' e in gardo, o Prence (Goffredo) - Bernarda Fink (Goffredo)
- Rinaldo: Act 3 - Scene 9: Or la tromba in suon festante mi richiama a trionfar - The Academy Of Ancient Music
- Rinaldo: Act 3 - Scene 10: Miei fidi, ecco la in campo colmo di mille furti (Argante) - Gerald Finley (Argante)
- Rinaldo: Act 3 - Scene 11: Magnanimi campioni, ecco l'ultimo giorno delle vostre fatiche (Goffredo) - Bernarda Fink (Goffredo)
- Rinaldo: Act 3 - Scene 11: Solo dal brando, dal senno solo della vittoria (Goffredo) - Bernarda Fink (Goffredo)
- Rinaldo: Act 3 - Scene 11: Battaglia - The Academy Of Ancient Music
- Rinaldo: Act 3 - Scene 12: Gofferdo, ecco il superbo in lacci avolto (Argante, Goffredo) - Bernarda Fink (Goffredo)
- Rinaldo: Act 3 - Scene 13: Ecco, german, la cruda (Eustazio, Argante, Armida, Goffredo) - Daniel Taylor (Eustazio)
- Rinaldo: Act 3 - Scene 13: Vinto e sol dalla virtu degli affetti il rio livor (Armida, Eustazio, Argante, Goffredo) - Daniel Taylor (Eustazio)
Free Music Notes for Handel - Rinaldo / Bartoli, Daniels, AAM, HogwoodFree Music Review: a voice teacher and early music fan Hit: 5 StarsHIGHLY DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE OF 'RINALDO' ON THIS DISC.
Of George Frederick Handel of England, born Georg Friedrich Handel of Germany, an English critic wrote,"He did bestride our musical world like a Colossus." He was 18 when his Father died, thus allowing him to drop the Law mandated by his father, and turn to music which was his first love. After serving several apprenticeships in various places, including the Hamburg Opera, he went to Italy (1706), and for three years he absorbed Italian music, which powerfully influenced his own writing. It is not known for certain what prompted him to make London his home, but nevertheless, in 1720 he went there, and for 10 years contributed musically to England. And so the international German who wrote like an Italian became a naturalized Englishman in 1726, though he never lost his German accent.
The first opera Handel produced for London, and the first Italian opera specifically composed for London stage- was 'Rinaldo',which opened at the Queen's (later King's) Theatre in the Haymarket on Feb.24,1711. Giocomo Rossi wrote the libretto for 'Rinaldo' loosely based on episodes from Torquato's epic poem 'Gerusalemme liberta', a fantastically elaborated account of the First Crusade(1096-99) in which Tasso describes how Christian forces led by Godfrey of Bouillon captured the city of Jerusalem from Muslim rule. Handel partially ensured the success of the music by drawing much of it from the best works he had written earlier in Italy. There is , however, plenty of freshly composed music in the score as well. Handel, taking advantage of the many skilled instrumentalists available in London, used a wide variety of them to create a wonderful range of orchestral color.
The emotional depth which this music brings to the characters is no less striking, and is especially apparent in the role of Armida (Luba Orgonasova) first of a line of Handelian sorceresses, whose propensity for evil is conquered by true love. Rinaldo's (David Daniels) own aria of lament in Act 1,'Cara Sposa', is even more intense, and who can sing this better than Daniels?This particular role suits him so well; not only does he sound good, he also projects the characterization of a true mercenary. Almarena's(Cecelia Bartoli) charm comes strongly to the fore in her birdsong aria 'Augelleti' and in 'Bel Piacere' which she sings at breakneck tempo; magnificently, of course! The aria (also sung by Almarena)'Lascia ch'io pianga' is a wonderful example of Handel's ability to convey a sense of despair with the simplest of means.
In addition to the singers mentioned above, there are several others of equal ability:Bernarda Fink as Goffredo-Daniel Taylor as Eustazio and Gerald Finley as Argante. If that line-up doesn't convince you to hear this recording, nothing well!
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