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Handel: Flavio, Re Di Longobardi / Curnyn, Early Opera Company
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Details
- Composer
- HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC
- Artist
- Early Opera Company, Curnyn, Mead, Joshus, Davies, Pokupic, Summers, Walker, Foster-Williams
- Format
- CD
- Label
- Chandos
- Released
- Oct 26, 2010
- Catalog #
- CHAN 0773(2)
- UPC
- 095115077320
About
In a really committed performance like this Flavio stands out as one of Handel’s best operas.
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HANDEL Flavio • Christian Curnyn, cond; Tim Mead ( Flavio ); Rosemary Joshua ( Emilia ); Renata Pokupi? ( Vitige ); Hilary Summers ( Teodata ); Iestyn Davies ( Guido ); Thomas Walker ( Ugone ); Andrew Foster-Williams ( Lotario ); Early Opera Company (period instruments) • CHACONNE 0773 (2 CDs: 146:23 Text and Translation)
Flavio , Handel’s fifth opera for the Royal Academy of Music, had its premiere in 1723. It was only moderately successful, achieving eight performances. One possible reason for this lack of success is the nature of the score itself. The music is written in a lighter vein than the heroic operas Handel had heretofore written for the Royal Academy of Music. Its style harkens back to his Venetian opera Agrippina . The music itself is of high quality, and the opera certainly does not deserve the neglect it has been subjected to over the centuries. Handel revived it only once, in 1732, for four performances, after which it remained unheard until 1967. This is only its second recording.
Christian Curnyn leads a very good performance that does full justice to this neglected work. He paces the work well and is respectful of Handel’s score. Although he occasionally tends to overuse the theorbo, substituting it for harpsichord at times, he is less guilty of this failing that René Jacobs in the competing recording. Da capo ornaments are generally tasteful and idiomatic. The orchestra plays with precision. Handel does not give the orchestra much of a chance to shine; most numbers are accompanied only by strings and continuo, with occasional use of flute or oboe.
The cast is also very good. Rosemary Joshua sings with accuracy and beautiful tone; she is dramatically involved in the role, as are the other members of the cast. Joshua’s performance is preferable to that of Lena Lootens on the Jacobs recording; although Lootens sings reasonably well, her voice has a hollow, white tone to it. Hilary Summers has a rather dark sound for a mezzo-soprano. She is quite good in her role, but she would have made an even better candidate for either of the two castrato roles; her tone is more masculine than either of the two countertenors on this recording. I prefer the more feminine sound of Bernarda Fink on the Jacobs recording. Honors are evenly divided between the Vitige of Renata Pokupi? here and Christina Högman for Jacobs.
Of the two countertenors, Iestyn Davies, singing Guido, the role written for the star castrato Senesino, is excellent, with an evenly produced voice of great suppleness. I prefer him to Jacobs’ Derek Lee Ragin, whose voice is not as well controlled or as attractive an instrument. In the secondary castrato role of Flavio, Tim Mead and Jeffrey Gall offer performances of equal value. The lesser roles for tenor and bass are capably handled by Thomas Walker and Andrew Foster-Williams.
David Johnson reviewed the René Jacobs recording in Fanfare 14:1. He found it to be a “splendid realization of this little-known Handel opera” but thought the work itself uneven. As usual, Jacobs fiddles with the score. At scene changes, he inserts a few bars of harpsichord improvisation or even orchestral sinfonia (but where the music comes from I’m not sure). His misuse of the lute is far more glaring than anything Curnyn does. But, like Curnyn, Jacobs’s da capo ornaments are mostly tasteful and idiomatic.
For any first-time purchaser of Flavio , I have no hesitation in recommending Curnyn as a first choice. Those who already own Jacobs’ recording need not rush to replace it. Both recordings give a very good account of an unjustly neglected work.
FANFARE: Ron Salemi
Flavio was one of the operas Handel wrote for the Royal Academy of Music’s company at the King’s Theatre on the Haymarket. It has a character all of its own, very different from that of “Giulio Cesare” which followed it in 1724. Although the plot similarly concerns power and sex, these subjects are treated in a wholly different manner. Some commentators have seen it as almost a comedy. Certainly there are moments that might bring a smile to the face of the audience. These include two successive revenge arias for outraged fathers at the start of the second Act. Also one of the main plot devices relates to who is to have the difficult job of Governor of Britain. There is little else that might be seen as comic to anyone other than many modern opera producers.
The plot is too complex to be set out in full, but in essence it concerns the rivalry of two elderly counsellors to the King of Lombardy. It is set in a legendary time when Lombardy ruled Britain. Their children and other courtiers are linked in various ways and the plot is set in motion by the King’s roving eye. The libretto was adapted by Nicola Haym from one by the Venetian Matteo Noris from 1682. Having heard and greatly enjoyed this recording I very much regret not having seen the version recently toured by English Touring Opera as part of their Handel opera series.
Nonetheless although it does not appear to derive from stage performances, the most distinctive aspect of this recording is its strongly theatrical feel. The recitatives in particular are paced and sung with real dramatic flair, and although my limited Italian meant that I needed to follow the text in the booklet there was at all times a feeling of real dramatic interaction. This is no mere concert performance and I felt as though I was watching a live event. Whilst always staying within the appropriate limits of period style (no verismo shouting here) all of the cast project a distinct set of characters with real feelings. The dramatic context is also projected in the arias - the only ensembles are duets at the start and end and a final chorus for all the surviving characters. All of the roles are well taken and it would be invidious to mention them individually, although the three female singers are particularly good, especially Renata Pokupi? as a courtier in love with the woman with whom the King has himself fallen in love. All of the singers reserve decorations for the da capos, leaving the first time round as the composer wrote them. This is much to be preferred to the alternatives of either omitting decorations altogether, which is dull, or decorating both times, in which case the listener is never able to distinguish which is by the composer and which by the singer. The decorations are well considered and for the most part the singers manage to avoid making them sound too obviously rehearsed. The orchestra, on period instruments, play with great panache under Christian Curnyn without indulging in the sort of exaggeration which some recent recordings of Handel operas seem to find necessary. The recording is clear if somewhat unatmospheric.
In the end it is the work itself that most impressed me. I had not heard it before, but I was wholly transfixed by it. Perhaps its relative brevity, and that of many of the arias, attracted me, together with a more interesting plot than most (albeit equally complex). Each of the three Acts has a distinct character, starting with a relatively light First Act, with many arias in triple time, but ending in a Third Act where the characters’ real feelings and difficulties are apparent. The very beautiful and affecting final aria for Guido is in the unusual key of B flat minor. There are composers who seem to gravitate towards remote keys when particularly touched by a situation - Sullivan is a prime example, but I had never thought of Handel in that way - I will look out for it in future. In a really committed performance like this Flavio stands out as one of Handel’s best operas. It should be in the collection of anyone who wants to experience the full range of his operatic creations. Collectors of recordings of his operas will obviously want this set, but it would be an ideal introduction to the riches of these works for anyone previously unconvinced of their merits.
-- John Sheppard, MusicWeb International
HANDEL Flavio • Christian Curnyn, cond; Tim Mead ( Flavio ); Rosemary Joshua ( Emilia ); Renata Pokupi? ( Vitige ); Hilary Summers ( Teodata ); Iestyn Davies ( Guido ); Thomas Walker ( Ugone ); Andrew Foster-Williams ( Lotario ); Early Opera Company (period instruments) • CHACONNE 0773 (2 CDs: 146:23 Text and Translation)
Flavio , Handel’s fifth opera for the Royal Academy of Music, had its premiere in 1723. It was only moderately successful, achieving eight performances. One possible reason for this lack of success is the nature of the score itself. The music is written in a lighter vein than the heroic operas Handel had heretofore written for the Royal Academy of Music. Its style harkens back to his Venetian opera Agrippina . The music itself is of high quality, and the opera certainly does not deserve the neglect it has been subjected to over the centuries. Handel revived it only once, in 1732, for four performances, after which it remained unheard until 1967. This is only its second recording.
Christian Curnyn leads a very good performance that does full justice to this neglected work. He paces the work well and is respectful of Handel’s score. Although he occasionally tends to overuse the theorbo, substituting it for harpsichord at times, he is less guilty of this failing that René Jacobs in the competing recording. Da capo ornaments are generally tasteful and idiomatic. The orchestra plays with precision. Handel does not give the orchestra much of a chance to shine; most numbers are accompanied only by strings and continuo, with occasional use of flute or oboe.
The cast is also very good. Rosemary Joshua sings with accuracy and beautiful tone; she is dramatically involved in the role, as are the other members of the cast. Joshua’s performance is preferable to that of Lena Lootens on the Jacobs recording; although Lootens sings reasonably well, her voice has a hollow, white tone to it. Hilary Summers has a rather dark sound for a mezzo-soprano. She is quite good in her role, but she would have made an even better candidate for either of the two castrato roles; her tone is more masculine than either of the two countertenors on this recording. I prefer the more feminine sound of Bernarda Fink on the Jacobs recording. Honors are evenly divided between the Vitige of Renata Pokupi? here and Christina Högman for Jacobs.
Of the two countertenors, Iestyn Davies, singing Guido, the role written for the star castrato Senesino, is excellent, with an evenly produced voice of great suppleness. I prefer him to Jacobs’ Derek Lee Ragin, whose voice is not as well controlled or as attractive an instrument. In the secondary castrato role of Flavio, Tim Mead and Jeffrey Gall offer performances of equal value. The lesser roles for tenor and bass are capably handled by Thomas Walker and Andrew Foster-Williams.
David Johnson reviewed the René Jacobs recording in Fanfare 14:1. He found it to be a “splendid realization of this little-known Handel opera” but thought the work itself uneven. As usual, Jacobs fiddles with the score. At scene changes, he inserts a few bars of harpsichord improvisation or even orchestral sinfonia (but where the music comes from I’m not sure). His misuse of the lute is far more glaring than anything Curnyn does. But, like Curnyn, Jacobs’s da capo ornaments are mostly tasteful and idiomatic.
For any first-time purchaser of Flavio , I have no hesitation in recommending Curnyn as a first choice. Those who already own Jacobs’ recording need not rush to replace it. Both recordings give a very good account of an unjustly neglected work.
FANFARE: Ron Salemi
Flavio was one of the operas Handel wrote for the Royal Academy of Music’s company at the King’s Theatre on the Haymarket. It has a character all of its own, very different from that of “Giulio Cesare” which followed it in 1724. Although the plot similarly concerns power and sex, these subjects are treated in a wholly different manner. Some commentators have seen it as almost a comedy. Certainly there are moments that might bring a smile to the face of the audience. These include two successive revenge arias for outraged fathers at the start of the second Act. Also one of the main plot devices relates to who is to have the difficult job of Governor of Britain. There is little else that might be seen as comic to anyone other than many modern opera producers.
The plot is too complex to be set out in full, but in essence it concerns the rivalry of two elderly counsellors to the King of Lombardy. It is set in a legendary time when Lombardy ruled Britain. Their children and other courtiers are linked in various ways and the plot is set in motion by the King’s roving eye. The libretto was adapted by Nicola Haym from one by the Venetian Matteo Noris from 1682. Having heard and greatly enjoyed this recording I very much regret not having seen the version recently toured by English Touring Opera as part of their Handel opera series.
Nonetheless although it does not appear to derive from stage performances, the most distinctive aspect of this recording is its strongly theatrical feel. The recitatives in particular are paced and sung with real dramatic flair, and although my limited Italian meant that I needed to follow the text in the booklet there was at all times a feeling of real dramatic interaction. This is no mere concert performance and I felt as though I was watching a live event. Whilst always staying within the appropriate limits of period style (no verismo shouting here) all of the cast project a distinct set of characters with real feelings. The dramatic context is also projected in the arias - the only ensembles are duets at the start and end and a final chorus for all the surviving characters. All of the roles are well taken and it would be invidious to mention them individually, although the three female singers are particularly good, especially Renata Pokupi? as a courtier in love with the woman with whom the King has himself fallen in love. All of the singers reserve decorations for the da capos, leaving the first time round as the composer wrote them. This is much to be preferred to the alternatives of either omitting decorations altogether, which is dull, or decorating both times, in which case the listener is never able to distinguish which is by the composer and which by the singer. The decorations are well considered and for the most part the singers manage to avoid making them sound too obviously rehearsed. The orchestra, on period instruments, play with great panache under Christian Curnyn without indulging in the sort of exaggeration which some recent recordings of Handel operas seem to find necessary. The recording is clear if somewhat unatmospheric.
In the end it is the work itself that most impressed me. I had not heard it before, but I was wholly transfixed by it. Perhaps its relative brevity, and that of many of the arias, attracted me, together with a more interesting plot than most (albeit equally complex). Each of the three Acts has a distinct character, starting with a relatively light First Act, with many arias in triple time, but ending in a Third Act where the characters’ real feelings and difficulties are apparent. The very beautiful and affecting final aria for Guido is in the unusual key of B flat minor. There are composers who seem to gravitate towards remote keys when particularly touched by a situation - Sullivan is a prime example, but I had never thought of Handel in that way - I will look out for it in future. In a really committed performance like this Flavio stands out as one of Handel’s best operas. It should be in the collection of anyone who wants to experience the full range of his operatic creations. Collectors of recordings of his operas will obviously want this set, but it would be an ideal introduction to the riches of these works for anyone previously unconvinced of their merits.
-- John Sheppard, MusicWeb International
Tracklist 51 tracks
- Disc 1
-
1 Overture 04:22
- Track
- 1
- Title
- Overture
- Duration
- 04:22
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Ensemble
- Early Opera Company Orchestra
- Conductor
- Christian Curnyn
-
2 Act I Scene 1: Fra i ciechi orror' notturni (Vitige, Teodata) 00:42
- Track
- 2
- Title
- Act I Scene 1: Fra i ciechi orror' notturni (Vitige, Teodata)
- Duration
- 00:42
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Performer
- Renata Pokupić, Hilary Summers
- Ensemble
- Early Opera Company Orchestra
- Conductor
- Christian Curnyn
-
3 Act I Scene 1: Ricordati mio ben (Teodata, Vitige) 04:29
- Track
- 3
- Title
- Act I Scene 1: Ricordati mio ben (Teodata, Vitige)
- Duration
- 04:29
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Performer
- Hilary Summers, Renata Pokupić
- Ensemble
- Early Opera Company Orchestra
- Conductor
- Christian Curnyn
-
4 Act I Scene 2: Sinfonia 00:21
- Track
- 4
- Title
- Act I Scene 2: Sinfonia
- Duration
- 00:21
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Ensemble
- Early Opera Company Orchestra
- Conductor
- Christian Curnyn
-
5 Act I Scene 2: Lotario, al sacro nodo (Ugone, Lotario, Guido, Teodata) 01:46
- Track
- 5
- Title
- Act I Scene 2: Lotario, al sacro nodo (Ugone, Lotario, Guido, Teodata)
- Duration
- 01:46
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Performer
- Thomas Walker, Andrew Foster-Williams, Iestyn Davies, Hilary Summers
- Ensemble
- Early Opera Company Orchestra
- Conductor
- Christian Curnyn
-
6 Act I Scene 3: Con l'alma reverente (Emilia, Guido, Ugone, Lotario, Teodata) - Quanto dolci, quanto care (Emilia) 03:48
- Track
- 6
- Title
- Act I Scene 3: Con l'alma reverente (Emilia, Guido, Ugone, Lotario, Teodata) - Quanto dolci, quanto care (Emilia)
- Duration
- 03:48
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Performer
- Rosemary Joshua, Iestyn Davies, Thomas Walker, Andrew Foster-Williams, Hilary Summers
- Ensemble
- Early Opera Company Orchestra
- Conductor
- Christian Curnyn
-
7 Act I Scene 4: Son pur felice al fine (Guido) 00:25
- Track
- 7
- Title
- Act I Scene 4: Son pur felice al fine (Guido)
- Duration
- 00:25
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Performer
- Iestyn Davies
- Ensemble
- Early Opera Company Orchestra
- Conductor
- Christian Curnyn
-
8 Act I Scene 4: Bel contento gia gode quest'alma (Guido) 05:27
- Track
- 8
- Title
- Act I Scene 4: Bel contento gia gode quest'alma (Guido)
- Duration
- 05:27
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Performer
- Iestyn Davies
- Ensemble
- Early Opera Company Orchestra
- Conductor
- Christian Curnyn
-
9 Act I Scene 5: O dell'Italo soglio, eccelso nume (Ugone, Flavio, Teodata) 01:35
- Track
- 9
- Title
- Act I Scene 5: O dell'Italo soglio, eccelso nume (Ugone, Flavio, Teodata)
- Duration
- 01:35
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Performer
- Thomas Walker, Tim Mead, Hilary Summers
- Ensemble
- Early Opera Company Orchestra
- Conductor
- Christian Curnyn
-
10 Act I Scene 5: Benche povera donzella (Teodata) 05:19
- Track
- 10
- Title
- Act I Scene 5: Benche povera donzella (Teodata)
- Duration
- 05:19
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Performer
- Hilary Summers
- Ensemble
- Early Opera Company Orchestra
- Conductor
- Christian Curnyn
-
11 Act I Scene 6: Della mia prole Emilia (Lotario, Flavio, Vitige) 02:13
- Track
- 11
- Title
- Act I Scene 6: Della mia prole Emilia (Lotario, Flavio, Vitige)
- Duration
- 02:13
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Performer
- Andrew Foster-Williams, Tim Mead, Renata Pokupić
- Ensemble
- Early Opera Company Orchestra
- Conductor
- Christian Curnyn
-
12 Act I Scene 7: Di qual sovrano e riverito impero (Ugone, Flavio, Lotario) - Se a te vissi fedele (Lotario) 03:03
- Track
- 12
- Title
- Act I Scene 7: Di qual sovrano e riverito impero (Ugone, Flavio, Lotario) - Se a te vissi fedele (Lotario)
- Duration
- 03:03
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Performer
- Thomas Walker, Tim Mead, Andrew Foster-Williams
- Ensemble
- Early Opera Company Orchestra
- Conductor
- Christian Curnyn
-
13 Act I Scene 8: Vitige! (Flavio, Vitige) 00:45
- Track
- 13
- Title
- Act I Scene 8: Vitige! (Flavio, Vitige)
- Duration
- 00:45
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Performer
- Tim Mead, Renata Pokupić
- Ensemble
- Early Opera Company Orchestra
- Conductor
- Christian Curnyn
-
14 Act I Scene 8: Di quel bel che m'innamora (Flavio) 02:49
- Track
- 14
- Title
- Act I Scene 8: Di quel bel che m'innamora (Flavio)
- Duration
- 02:49
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Performer
- Tim Mead
- Ensemble
- Early Opera Company Orchestra
- Conductor
- Christian Curnyn
-
15 Act I Scene 9: Io vo temendo, O Dio (Vitige) 00:15
- Track
- 15
- Title
- Act I Scene 9: Io vo temendo, O Dio (Vitige)
- Duration
- 00:15
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Performer
- Renata Pokupić
- Ensemble
- Early Opera Company Orchestra
- Conductor
- Christian Curnyn
-
16 Act I Scene 9: Che bel contento (Vitige) 02:53
- Track
- 16
- Title
- Act I Scene 9: Che bel contento (Vitige)
- Duration
- 02:53
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Performer
- Renata Pokupić
- Ensemble
- Early Opera Company Orchestra
- Conductor
- Christian Curnyn
-
17 Act I Scene 10: Ah! Guido, Guido! (Ugone, Guido) 02:03
- Track
- 17
- Title
- Act I Scene 10: Ah! Guido, Guido! (Ugone, Guido)
- Duration
- 02:03
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Performer
- Thomas Walker, Iestyn Davies
- Ensemble
- Early Opera Company Orchestra
- Conductor
- Christian Curnyn
-
18 Act I Scene 11: Amor, Emilia, onore (Guido) - L'armellin vita non cura (Guido) 05:06
- Track
- 18
- Title
- Act I Scene 11: Amor, Emilia, onore (Guido) - L'armellin vita non cura (Guido)
- Duration
- 05:06
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Performer
- Iestyn Davies
- Ensemble
- Early Opera Company Orchestra
- Conductor
- Christian Curnyn
-
19 Act I Scene 12: Guido? Consorte? (Emilia, Guido) 02:12
- Track
- 19
- Title
- Act I Scene 12: Guido? Consorte? (Emilia, Guido)
- Duration
- 02:12
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Performer
- Rosemary Joshua, Iestyn Davies
- Ensemble
- Early Opera Company Orchestra
- Conductor
- Christian Curnyn
-
20 Act I Scene 13: Chi mai l'intende, Oh Dio! (Emilia) - Amante stravagante (Emilia) 03:47
- Track
- 20
- Title
- Act I Scene 13: Chi mai l'intende, Oh Dio! (Emilia) - Amante stravagante (Emilia)
- Duration
- 03:47
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Performer
- Rosemary Joshua
- Ensemble
- Early Opera Company Orchestra
- Conductor
- Christian Curnyn
-
21 Act II Scene 1: Al tuo cenno reale ubbidiente (Teodata, Flavio) - Scene 2: Dove, dove mi celo? (Ugone, Flavio, Teodata) 02:36
- Track
- 21
- Title
- Act II Scene 1: Al tuo cenno reale ubbidiente (Teodata, Flavio) - Scene 2: Dove, dove mi celo? (Ugone, Flavio, Teodata)
- Duration
- 02:36
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Performer
- Hilary Summers, Tim Mead, Thomas Walker
- Ensemble
- Early Opera Company Orchestra
- Conductor
- Christian Curnyn
-
22 Act II Scene 3: Ah! Teodata, Teodata! (Ugone, Teodata) - Fato tiranno e crudo (Ugone) 02:56
- Track
- 22
- Title
- Act II Scene 3: Ah! Teodata, Teodata! (Ugone, Teodata) - Fato tiranno e crudo (Ugone)
- Duration
- 02:56
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Performer
- Thomas Walker, Hilary Summers
- Ensemble
- Early Opera Company Orchestra
- Conductor
- Christian Curnyn
-
23 Act II Scene 4: Dunque per le mie nozze (Emilia, Lotario) 00:30
- Track
- 23
- Title
- Act II Scene 4: Dunque per le mie nozze (Emilia, Lotario)
- Duration
- 00:30
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Performer
- Rosemary Joshua, Andrew Foster-Williams
- Ensemble
- Early Opera Company Orchestra
- Conductor
- Christian Curnyn
-
24 Act II Scene 4: S'egli ti chiede affetto (Lotario) 03:28
- Track
- 24
- Title
- Act II Scene 4: S'egli ti chiede affetto (Lotario)
- Duration
- 03:28
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Performer
- Andrew Foster-Williams
- Ensemble
- Early Opera Company Orchestra
- Conductor
- Christian Curnyn
-
25 Act II Scene 5: Che mai chiedete, o stelle (Emilia, Guido) 01:29
- Track
- 25
- Title
- Act II Scene 5: Che mai chiedete, o stelle (Emilia, Guido)
- Duration
- 01:29
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Performer
- Rosemary Joshua, Iestyn Davies
- Ensemble
- Early Opera Company Orchestra
- Conductor
- Christian Curnyn
-
26 Act II Scene 5: Parto, si; ma non so poi (Emilia) 07:01
- Track
- 26
- Title
- Act II Scene 5: Parto, si; ma non so poi (Emilia)
- Duration
- 07:01
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Performer
- Rosemary Joshua
- Ensemble
- Early Opera Company Orchestra
- Conductor
- Christian Curnyn
-
27 Act II Scene 6: Privarmi ancora (Guido) 00:23
- Track
- 27
- Title
- Act II Scene 6: Privarmi ancora (Guido)
- Duration
- 00:23
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Performer
- Iestyn Davies
- Ensemble
- Early Opera Company Orchestra
- Conductor
- Christian Curnyn
-
28 Act II Scene 6: Rompo i lacci, e frango i dardi (Guido) 05:00
- Track
- 28
- Title
- Act II Scene 6: Rompo i lacci, e frango i dardi (Guido)
- Duration
- 05:00
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Performer
- Iestyn Davies
- Ensemble
- Early Opera Company Orchestra
- Conductor
- Christian Curnyn
- Disc 2
-
1 Act II Scene 7: Di Teodata assai men vago splende (Flavio, Vitige) 00:55
- Track
- 1
- Title
- Act II Scene 7: Di Teodata assai men vago splende (Flavio, Vitige)
- Duration
- 00:55
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Performer
- Tim Mead, Renata Pokupić
- Ensemble
- Early Opera Company Orchestra
- Conductor
- Christian Curnyn
-
2 Act II Scene 7: Chi puo mirare (Flavio) 03:46
- Track
- 2
- Title
- Act II Scene 7: Chi puo mirare (Flavio)
- Duration
- 03:46
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Performer
- Tim Mead
- Ensemble
- Early Opera Company Orchestra
- Conductor
- Christian Curnyn
-
3 Act II Scene 8: Teodata! (Vitige, Teodata) 01:04
- Track
- 3
- Title
- Act II Scene 8: Teodata! (Vitige, Teodata)
- Duration
- 01:04
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Performer
- Renata Pokupić, Hilary Summers
- Ensemble
- Early Opera Company Orchestra
- Conductor
- Christian Curnyn
-
4 Act II Scene 8: Con un vezzo, con un riso (Teodata) 04:36
- Track
- 4
- Title
- Act II Scene 8: Con un vezzo, con un riso (Teodata)
- Duration
- 04:36
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Performer
- Hilary Summers
- Ensemble
- Early Opera Company Orchestra
- Conductor
- Christian Curnyn
-
5 Act II Scene 9: Amo, e quel ben ch'adoro (Vitige) 00:40
- Track
- 5
- Title
- Act II Scene 9: Amo, e quel ben ch'adoro (Vitige)
- Duration
- 00:40
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Performer
- Renata Pokupić
- Ensemble
- Early Opera Company Orchestra
- Conductor
- Christian Curnyn
-
6 Act II Scene 9: Non credo instabile (Vitige) 04:55
- Track
- 6
- Title
- Act II Scene 9: Non credo instabile (Vitige)
- Duration
- 04:55
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Performer
- Renata Pokupić
- Ensemble
- Early Opera Company Orchestra
- Conductor
- Christian Curnyn
-
7 Act II Scene 10: Io deluso? Lotario? ed altri miete (Lotario, Guido) 03:10
- Track
- 7
- Title
- Act II Scene 10: Io deluso? Lotario? ed altri miete (Lotario, Guido)
- Duration
- 03:10
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Performer
- Andrew Foster-Williams, Iestyn Davies
- Ensemble
- Early Opera Company Orchestra
- Conductor
- Christian Curnyn
-
8 Act II Scene 11: Ah! misera, che veggio? ah, genitore (Emilia, Lotario) - Ma chi punir desio? (Emilia) 06:33
- Track
- 8
- Title
- Act II Scene 11: Ah! misera, che veggio? ah, genitore (Emilia, Lotario) - Ma chi punir desio? (Emilia)
- Duration
- 06:33
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Performer
- Rosemary Joshua, Andrew Foster-Williams
- Ensemble
- Early Opera Company Orchestra
- Conductor
- Christian Curnyn
-
9 Act III Scene 1: Alma, tu non m'intendi (Flavio, Emilia, Ugone) 01:28
- Track
- 9
- Title
- Act III Scene 1: Alma, tu non m'intendi (Flavio, Emilia, Ugone)
- Duration
- 01:28
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Performer
- Tim Mead, Rosemary Joshua, Thomas Walker
- Ensemble
- Early Opera Company Orchestra
- Conductor
- Christian Curnyn
-
10 Act III Scene 1: Da te parto; ma concedi (Emilia) 04:31
- Track
- 10
- Title
- Act III Scene 1: Da te parto; ma concedi (Emilia)
- Duration
- 04:31
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Performer
- Rosemary Joshua
- Ensemble
- Early Opera Company Orchestra
- Conductor
- Christian Curnyn
-
11 Act III Scene 2: Guido, Lotario uccise? (Flavio, Vitige, Teodata) 01:06
- Track
- 11
- Title
- Act III Scene 2: Guido, Lotario uccise? (Flavio, Vitige, Teodata)
- Duration
- 01:06
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Performer
- Tim Mead, Renata Pokupić, Hilary Summers
- Ensemble
- Early Opera Company Orchestra
- Conductor
- Christian Curnyn
-
12 Act III Scene 2: Corrispondi a chi ti adora (Vitige, Flavio, Teodata) 02:15
- Track
- 12
- Title
- Act III Scene 2: Corrispondi a chi ti adora (Vitige, Flavio, Teodata)
- Duration
- 02:15
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Performer
- Renata Pokupić, Tim Mead, Hilary Summers
- Ensemble
- Early Opera Company Orchestra
- Conductor
- Christian Curnyn
-
13 Act III Scene 2: Starvi accanto e non languire (Flavio) 03:20
- Track
- 13
- Title
- Act III Scene 2: Starvi accanto e non languire (Flavio)
- Duration
- 03:20
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Performer
- Tim Mead
- Ensemble
- Early Opera Company Orchestra
- Conductor
- Christian Curnyn
-
14 Act III Scene 2: Barbara Teodata (Vitige, Teodata) 00:18
- Track
- 14
- Title
- Act III Scene 2: Barbara Teodata (Vitige, Teodata)
- Duration
- 00:18
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Performer
- Renata Pokupić, Hilary Summers
- Ensemble
- Early Opera Company Orchestra
- Conductor
- Christian Curnyn
-
15 Act III Scene 2: Che colpa e la mia (Teodata) 04:13
- Track
- 15
- Title
- Act III Scene 2: Che colpa e la mia (Teodata)
- Duration
- 04:13
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Performer
- Hilary Summers
- Ensemble
- Early Opera Company Orchestra
- Conductor
- Christian Curnyn
-
16 Act III Scene 3: Del nuovo amante, e dell'impero accesa (Vitige) 00:43
- Track
- 16
- Title
- Act III Scene 3: Del nuovo amante, e dell'impero accesa (Vitige)
- Duration
- 00:43
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Performer
- Renata Pokupić
- Ensemble
- Early Opera Company Orchestra
- Conductor
- Christian Curnyn
-
17 Act III Scene 3: Sirti, scogli, tempeste, procelle (Vitige) 03:34
- Track
- 17
- Title
- Act III Scene 3: Sirti, scogli, tempeste, procelle (Vitige)
- Duration
- 03:34
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Performer
- Renata Pokupić
- Ensemble
- Early Opera Company Orchestra
- Conductor
- Christian Curnyn
-
18 Act III Scene 4: O Guido, o mio tiranno! (Emilia) - Emilia, eccoti al piede (Guido, Emilia) 02:56
- Track
- 18
- Title
- Act III Scene 4: O Guido, o mio tiranno! (Emilia) - Emilia, eccoti al piede (Guido, Emilia)
- Duration
- 02:56
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Performer
- Rosemary Joshua, Iestyn Davies
- Ensemble
- Early Opera Company Orchestra
- Conductor
- Christian Curnyn
-
19 Act III Scene 4: Aria: Amor, nel mio penar (Guido) 06:18
- Track
- 19
- Title
- Act III Scene 4: Aria: Amor, nel mio penar (Guido)
- Duration
- 06:18
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Performer
- Iestyn Davies
- Ensemble
- Early Opera Company Orchestra
- Conductor
- Christian Curnyn
-
20 Act III Scene 5: Vitige! (Teodata, Vitige, Flavio) - Signor, se il mio delitto (Guido, Ugone, Flavio) 03:01
- Track
- 20
- Title
- Act III Scene 5: Vitige! (Teodata, Vitige, Flavio) - Signor, se il mio delitto (Guido, Ugone, Flavio)
- Duration
- 03:01
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Performer
- Hilary Summers, Renata Pokupić, Tim Mead, Iestyn Davies, Thomas Walker
- Ensemble
- Early Opera Company Orchestra
- Conductor
- Christian Curnyn
-
21 Act III Scene 7: Deh, perdona, o dolce bene (Guido, Emilia) 06:37
- Track
- 21
- Title
- Act III Scene 7: Deh, perdona, o dolce bene (Guido, Emilia)
- Duration
- 06:37
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Performer
- Iestyn Davies, Rosemary Joshua
- Ensemble
- Early Opera Company Orchestra
- Conductor
- Christian Curnyn
-
22 Act III Scene 7: E tu, Vitige, in pena (Flavio, Vitige, Teodata, Ugone, Guido) 00:37
- Track
- 22
- Title
- Act III Scene 7: E tu, Vitige, in pena (Flavio, Vitige, Teodata, Ugone, Guido)
- Duration
- 00:37
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Performer
- Tim Mead, Renata Pokupić, Hilary Summers, Thomas Walker, Iestyn Davies
- Ensemble
- Early Opera Company Orchestra
- Conductor
- Christian Curnyn
-
23 Act III Scene 7: Doni pace ad ogni core (Chorus) 02:31
- Track
- 23
- Title
- Act III Scene 7: Doni pace ad ogni core (Chorus)
- Duration
- 02:31
- Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Ensemble
- Early Opera Company Chorus, Early Opera Company Orchestra
- Conductor
- Christian Curnyn