Rossana Bertini, Claudio Cavina, La Venexiana - George Frideric Handel: Duetti Italiani (2002)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 392 Mb | Total time: 66:46 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Cantus Records | # C 9620 | Recorded: 1997
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 392 Mb | Total time: 66:46 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Cantus Records | # C 9620 | Recorded: 1997
Composed in three different moments (in Italy, Hanover and London), these delicious duets contain a lot of music that Handel later reused in great works like The Messiah, The Passion of Brockers, Solomon, Jubilate de Chandos, Alcina, Aquatic Music, Esther, Belshazzar , Judas Macabeo, Deborah or the Jubilate of Utrecht, to name a few. Technically very difficult, these jewels contain movements of great beauty and passages of enormous virtuosity that demonstrate not only the brilliance of Handel's vocal writing, but its insurmountable melodic sense and musical imagery. Rossana Bertini and Claudio Cavina, founders of Concerto Italiano, demonstrate the reason why they are considered among the most important specialists in baroque singing.