Alma Oppressa: Vivaldi & Handel Arias
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ANTONIO VIVALDI / GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Alma Oppressa: Vivaldi & Handel Arias
Julie Boulianne (mezzo-soprano) / Clavecin en Concert, Luc Beauséjour
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Release Date: Friday 1 September 2017
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The characters brought to life in the Baroque-era operas of great composers such as Handel and Vivaldi - protagonists whose passions, loves, misfortunes, hopes, and longings unfold before us on stage - are, in reality, musical depictions of the myriad journeys experienced by the human soul.
The magnificent mezzo-soprano Julie Boulianne gives to the chosen arias all their grandeur, their grace and their beauty and the quality of the ensemble Clavecin en concert's playing is once again irreproachable. Gorgeous!
"Boulianne navigates the stormy seas with terrific bravura and agility. Her androgynous voice - voluptuous in its upper reaches, reedy as a countertenor in its lower register - is perfect for a breeches role like Sesto in Giulio Cesare and, of course, for the various arias here written for castratos...Ensemble playing is slick, and the recording...is luscious and detailed." Five Stars BBC Music Opera Choice August 2017
Tracks:
Handel:
Qui d'amor nel suo linguaggio (from Ariodante)
Cara speme (from Giulio Cesare)
Lotario, HWV 26: Gavotte
Salda quercia (from Arianna)
Se potessero i sospir' miei (from Imeneo)
Lascia ch'io pianga (from Rinaldo)
Con l'ali di costanza (from Ariodante)
Vivaldi:
Alma oppressa (from La Fida Ninfa)
Sovente il sole (from Andromeda liberata)
Armida al campo d'Egitto RV699: Overture
Dite, oimè! Ditelo, al fine (from La Fida Ninfa)
