Eva Zaïcik, Le Consort - Royal Handel (2020)
Eva Zaïcik, Le Consort - Royal Handel (2020)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 306 Mb | Total time: 64:59 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Alpha | # ALPHA 662 | Recorded: 2020
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 306 Mb | Total time: 64:59 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Alpha | # ALPHA 662 | Recorded: 2020
The Royal Handel of the title of this Alpha release does not refer to music for the king specifically but to the Royal Academy of Music. Founded in 1719, this opera organization gave Handel his first major post in Britain when he was appointed the music director. He traveled back to Italy, returning to London with the singers and instrumentalists who would bring his music to life over the next two decades. He had rivals whom he eclipsed, Giovanni Bononcini and Attilio Ariosti, and they are represented on the program; it's striking how Handelian their music sounds in this context, even if the Handel arias have greater breadth. Handel wrote detailed and brilliant instrumental parts, brightly rendered here by the historical-instrument group Le Consort. The arias, more so than in the few other recordings made of this repertory, are both obscure and worth getting to know, but the real high point is the voice of mezzo-soprano Eva Zaïcik. It has a metallic sheen that is highly malleable according to what she is singing, blooming into warmth for "Ah! Tu non sai" from Ottone, re di Germania, HWV 15, and turning muscular and agile for the big display pieces. It's a voice with many shades, from a singer with dramatic sense, and it's one of many pleasures on an unusually strong Handel release.–James Manheim
Performer:
Eva Zaïcik, mezzo-soprano
Le Consort
Track List:
George Frederick Handel (1685-1759)
01. Flavio, Re de' Longobardi, HWV 16: Rompo i lacci, e frango i dardi (Guido)
Attilio Ariosti (1666-1729)
02. Caio Marzio Coriolano: Sagri numi (Vetturia)
George Frederick Handel
03. Admeto, Re di Tessaglia, HWV 22: Gelosia, spietata aletto (Alceste)
04. Siroe, Re di Persia, HWV 24: Son stanco (Siroe)
05. Siroe, Re di Persia, HWV 24: Deggio morire, o stelle (Siroe)
06. Tolomeo, Re d'Egitto, HWV 25: Inumano fratel (Tolomeo)
07. Tolomeo, Re d'Egitto, HWV 25: Stille amare (Tolomeo)
08. Floridante, HWV 14: Ma priva vedrò le stelle (Elmira)
09. Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17: L'aure che spira (Sesto)
10. Ottone, Re di Germanie, HWV 15: Ah! Tu non sai (Matilda)
Attilio Ariosti
11. Caio Marzio Coriolano: E' pur il gran piacer (Vetturia)
Giovanni Bononcini (1670-1747)
12. Crispo: Strazio, scempio, furia e morte (Amulio)
George Frederick Handel
13. Radamisto, HWV 12: Ombra cara (Radamisto)
14. Riccardo Primo, Re d'Inghilterra, HWV 23: Agitato da fiere tempeste (Riccardo)
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Eva Zaïcik, Le Consort - Royal Handel (2020)
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