Handel -Tolomeo / Hallenberg, Gauvin, Bonitatibus, Basso, Spagnoli, Il Complesso Barocco, Curtis

Handel -Tolomeo / Hallenberg, Gauvin, Bonitatibus, Basso, Spagnoli, Il Complesso Barocco, Curtis

Handel -Tolomeo / Hallenberg, Gauvin, Bonitatibus, Basso, Spagnoli, Il Complesso Barocco, Curtis
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Composer: George Frideric Handel
Conductor: Alan Curtis
Orchestra: Il Complesso Barocco
Performer: Ann Hallenberg
Performer: Karina Gauvin
Performer: Anna Bonitatibus
Performer: Romina Basso
Performer: Piertro Spagnoli
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2008-03-11
Music Label: Archiv Produktion
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Ouverture
  2. Acc.: Orgoglioso elemento
  3. Rec.: Numi, piet?!
  4. Aria: Cielo ingiusto
  5. Rec.: Ahi! Elisa infelice
  6. Aria: Non lo dir? col labbro
  7. Rec.: Veggio che m'ama il prence
  8. Aria: Quell'onda che si frange
  9. Rec.: Quest'? pur Cipro
  10. Aria: Mi volgo ad ogni fronda
  11. Rec.: O cari agli occhi miei
  12. Aria: Se talor miri un fior
  13. Rec.: Conosco ben
  14. Arioso: Tiranni miei pensieri
  15. Rec.: E dove, e dove mai
  16. Aria: Fonti amiche
  17. Rec.: Ma! quel pastor--Delia ad un pastor
  18. Aria: Respira almen un poco
  19. Rec.: V'? ancor qualche martire
  20. Aria: Torna sol per un momento
Music CD 2
  1. Arioso: Voi dolci aurette
  2. Rec.: Dov'? chi la mia morte richiede--Osmin, Osmino, e come
  3. Aria: Quanto ? felice
  4. Rec.: S'io potessi sperare
  5. Aria: Aure, portate
  6. Rec.: Delia, attendi un momento
  7. Aria: Se un solo ? quel core
  8. Rec.: Disprezzato e schernito--Signora, la mia sorte
  9. Aria: Il mio core
  10. Rec.: Affetto, che ragione
  11. Aria: Pur sento, oh Dio
  12. Aria a due, Rec. & Arioso: Dite, che fa
  13. Rec.: Io ti cerco per tutto--Delia, per queste s? remote selve
  14. Aria: Piangi pur
  15. Rec.: Seleuce!...Tolomeo!
  16. Duetto: Se il cor ti perde
Music CD 3
  1. Acc.: Madre, pagasti alfine
  2. Rec.: Signor, se non t'? noto
  3. Aria: Se l'interno pur vedono
  4. Rec.: Se non erra il pensiero
  5. Aria: Sar? giusto
  6. Rec.: Elisa, che ricerchi
  7. Aria: Voglio amore
  8. Rec.: Eccolo appunto--Bella, gi? men severe
  9. Aria: Senza il suo bene
  10. Rec.: Al fin che si risolve
  11. Aria: Ti pentirai, crudel
  12. Rec.: Ol?! che pi? si tarda
  13. Aria: Son qual rocca
  14. Rec.: In questa pi? remota parte
  15. Aria: Torni omai la pace
  16. Rec.: Ch? pi? si tarda
  17. Acc.: Inumano fratel
  18. Aria: Stille amare
  19. Rec.: Eccoti, o Prence
  20. Duetto: Tutta contenta
  21. Rec.: Lascia, o fratel
  22. Coro: Applauda ognuno

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Handel -Tolomeo / Hallenberg, Gauvin, Bonitatibus, Basso, Spagnoli, Il Complesso Barocco, Curtis Poster

Following highly acclaimed, award-winning recordings of Handel's Rodelinda and Floridante and Vivaldi's Motezuma, Alan Curtis and his Il Complesso Barocco bring another neglected Baroque jewel to life. Alan Curtis, the pioneer of Baroque opera revivals and three-time winner of the German Record Critics Prize, works his magic on Handel's Tolomeo. Written in 1728, Tolomeo is a gripping story of revenge, lust, lost love and eventual reconciliation. It was the final opera created by Handel for the Royal Academy of Music in London, where it was premiered with a sensational cast led by one of the most famous singers of the day, the castrato Senesino. In this recording, Curtis and Il Complesso Barocco are joined by some of today's leading Handel singers headed by Ann Hallenberg as Tolomeo and also featuring Karina Gauvin, Anna Bonitatibus, Romina Basso and Pietro Spagnoli.
Tolomeo is another rarely performed Handel opera that proves precisely what a great dramatist he was. Despite some plot confusions - characters are disguised throughout - there are scenes of startling melodrama: when Tolomeo is forced to commit suicide or betray his wife, Seleuce, our emotions are torn in one direction; only later does it become clear that the poison he's taken was swapped for a sleeping potion by Elisa, the sister of King Araspe (Tolomeo's enemy), who is in love with Tolomeo (though she does not know his true identity). Seleuce is as pure and lovely as the woodsy, shipwrecked setting, and her music is pastoral and lyrical - one aria has her backed by intertwining recorders. Alan Curtis leads the period instrument band Il Complesso Barocco in a performance that brings out all the passion in this tale of lust, love and grief, with Anne Hallenberg fearless in the title role (it was written for the famous castrato, Senesino) and Karina Gauvin simply ravishing as Seleuce. Pietro Spagnoli, as the tyrant Araspe uses his dark voice in a nice, bullying fashion and Anna Bonitatibus' Elisa is wonderfully wild and strong. This is a knockout performance of an opera that should be better known. -- Robert Levine

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