'It is difficult to pick out a particular highlight, there are so many of them' (Classic CD)
'Existe-il vraiment d'autres chanteuses aussi inventives dans l'ornementation, aussi discrètes dans le bon goût, aussi sensibles à la ligne de chant? Le Brandenburg Consort de Roy Goodman officie dans l'allégressece récital au pinacle des disques consacrés à l'opéra haendelien' (Le Monde de la Musique, France)
'A splendidly enjoyable disc. Kirkby is in top-notch form' (Hi Fi News)
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Overture Movement 2: Allegro
[2'00]
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Act 1, Interlude: March
[1'11]
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The greater part of Handel's working life as a composer was devoted to writing and performing operas. In many ways this was the genre to which he owed his international renown: performances during his period of study in Venice won him an audience far greater than could be expected in London. Italian opera reached England around 1710, and the staging of Rinaldo in 1711 confirmed Italian as the language of the future for such ventures. This exciting recording from Emma Kirkby presents nine arias, from nine of the most enduring of Handel's Italian operas, alongside four overtures. |
Other recommended albums
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An Englishman Abroad
CDA66435
Archive Service Only
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Handel: 20 Sonatas Op 1
CDA66921/3
3CDs Archive Service Only
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O tuneful voice
CDA66497
Archive Service Only
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Other albums in this series
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Handel: The Rival Queens
CDA66950
Archive Service; also available on CDS44271/3
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Handel: Opera Arias
CDS44271/3
3CDs Boxed set (at a special price)
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Handel: Opera Arias and Overtures, Vol. 2
CDA67128
Archive Service; also available on CDS44271/3
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