Christian Curnyn, Early Opera Company - George Frideric Handel: Alceste (2012)
Christian Curnyn, Early Opera Company - George Frideric Handel: Alceste (2012)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 307 Mb | Total time: 63:16 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Chandos | # CHAN 0788 | Recorded: 2011
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 307 Mb | Total time: 63:16 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Chandos | # CHAN 0788 | Recorded: 2011
Handel wrote incidental music for only one play, Tobias Smollett's Alceste, and it was never produced, so the composer, characteristically, recycled most of its major numbers. In this recording, Christian Curnyn and the Early Opera Company deliver a distinguished account of the rarely performed or recorded complete score. Written in 1750, late in Handel's career, it is clearly the work of the composer at the height of his powers, and many of its numbers deserve broader exposure. The soprano aria "Gentle Morpheus" is easily among the loveliest the composer ever wrote, and Lucy Crowe sings it with ravishing sensuality. Crowe's luminous singing in her three arias is one of the highlights of the album. Tenor Benjamin Hulett, whose part is given the bulk of the solos, performs with agility and lightness. Baritone Andrew Foster-Williams seems less than fully at ease with the coloratura of his single aria. The orchestral playing is crisply precise and exceptionally nimble, and the chorus sings with clarity and high spirits.— Stephen Eddins
Performer:
Lucy Crowe, soprano
Benjamin Hulett, tenor
Andrew Foster-Williams, bass-baritone
Early Opera Company
Conductor - Christian Curnyn
Tracklist:
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Alceste, HWV 45
01. 1 Ouverture. [ ] - Allegro - A tempo ordinario
02. 2 Grand Entrée
03. 3 Accompagnato (Tenor). 'Ye happy people'
04. 4 Soli and Chorus. 'Triumph, Hymen, in the pair'. Andante allegro
05. 5 Solo (Soprano) and Chorus. 'Still caressing, and caress'd'. Allegro
06. 6 Air (Tenor). 'Ye swift minutes as ye fly'. Allegro
07. 7 Chorus. 'O bless, ye pow'rs above'.
08. 8 Air (Soprano). 'Gentle Morpheus, son of light'. Largo e mezzo piano - 'That when bright Aurora's beams'. Andante - Largo - Air
09. Sinfonia from Admeto, re di Tessaglia, HWV 22
10. 9 Air (bass). 'Ye fleeting shades, I come'. Andante
11. 10 Chorus. 'Thrice happy who in life excel'. Larghetto
12. 11 Air (Tenor). 'Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove'. Allegro, ma non troppo
13. Passacaille from Radamisto, HWV 12a
14. Si replica il Coro precedente 'Thrice happy'
15. 12 Air (Soprano). 'Come, Fancy, empress of the brain'. Allegro, ma non troppo - Adagio
16. 13 Symphony and Accompagnato (Tenor). 'He comes, he rises from below'
17. 14 Chorus. 'All hail, thou mighty son of Jove!' Allegro
18. 15 Symphony. Larghetto
19. 16 Recitative (Tenor). 'From high Olympus' top, the seat of God'
20. 17 Air (Tenor). 'Tune your harps, all ye Nine'. Larghetto
Segue il Ballo
21. 18 Ballo Primo. Un peu lentement
22. 19 L'Ultimo Ballo
Entra il Coro ultimo
23. 20 Chorus. 'Triumph, thou son of Jove'
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Christian Curnyn, Early Opera Company - George Frideric Handel: Alceste (2012)
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