Handel's Queens: Cuzzoni & Faustina / Cunningham, Crowe, Bevan, London Early Opera

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Label: Signum Classics
Release Date: July 19, 2019

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Featuring ⌄

COMPOSER

VARIOUS
PERFORMER

Bevan, Crowe, London Early Opera, Cunningham

Product Details ⌄

RELEASE DATE

July 19, 2019
UPC

635212057926
CATALOG NUMBER

SIGCD579
LABEL

Signum Classics
NUMBER OF DISCS

2
GENRE

Classical

Works ⌄

Ariodante: Sinfonia

Composer: Carlo Francesco Pollarolo

Ensemble: London Early Opera

Conductor: Bridget Cunningham
Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17, Act III: Aria: Da tempeste il legno infranto

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: London Early Opera

Performer: Lucy Crowe

Conductor: Bridget Cunningham
Dalisa, Act I: Se fosse il mio diletto

Composer: Johann Adolf Hasse

Ensemble: London Early Opera

Performer: Mary Bevan

Conductor: Bridget Cunningham
Ottone, re di Germania, HWV 15, Act I: Recitative: È tale Otton? - Aria: Falsa immagine, m'ingannasti

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: London Early Opera

Performer: Lucy Crowe

Conductor: Bridget Cunningham
Poro: Aria: Son prigioniera d'amore

Composer: Nicola Porpora

Ensemble: London Early Opera

Performer: Mary Bevan

Conductor: Bridget Cunningham
Nerone, Act II: Aria: Stelle, tiranne stelle

Composer: Giuseppe Maria Orlandini

Ensemble: London Early Opera

Performer: Mary Bevan

Conductor: Bridget Cunningham
Alessandro, HWV 21, Act II: Accompagnato: Solitudini amate

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: London Early Opera

Performer: Mary Bevan

Conductor: Bridget Cunningham
Ariodante: Aria: Serba le belle lagrime

Composer: Carlo Francesco Pollarolo

Ensemble: London Early Opera

Performer: Lucy Crowe

Conductor: Bridget Cunningham
Tolomeo, HWV 25, Act III: Recitative: Elisa, che ricerchi da un infelice omai - Aria: Voglio amore o pur vendetta

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: London Early Opera

Performer: Mary Bevan

Conductor: Bridget Cunningham
Act I: Aria: Fra catene ognor penando

Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

Ensemble: London Early Opera

Performer: Lucy Crowe

Conductor: Bridget Cunningham
Act II: Aria: Nelle mie selve natìe

Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

Ensemble: London Early Opera

Performer: Lucy Crowe

Conductor: Bridget Cunningham
Alessandro, HWV 21, Act I: Duet: Placa l'alma

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: London Early Opera

Performer: Lucy Crowe, Mary Bevan

Conductor: Bridget Cunningham
Scipione, HWV 20, Act II: Aria: Scoglio d'immota fronte

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: London Early Opera

Performer: Lucy Crowe

Conductor: Bridget Cunningham
Amadis di Grecia: Recitative: La sua disperazione - Aria: Se a ammollire il crudo amante

Composer: Pietro Torri

Ensemble: London Early Opera

Performer: Mary Bevan

Conductor: Bridget Cunningham
Admeto, HWV 22, Act II: Aria: Gelosia, spietata Aletto

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: London Early Opera

Performer: Mary Bevan

Conductor: Bridget Cunningham
Il Ciro riconosciuto, Act II: Aria: Quel nome se ascolto (original version, 1739)

Composer: Leonardo Leo

Ensemble: London Early Opera

Performer: Lucy Crowe

Conductor: Bridget Cunningham
Riccardo Primo, HWV 23, Act III: Aria: Il volo così fido

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: London Early Opera

Performer: Lucy Crowe

Conductor: Bridget Cunningham
Alessandro, HWV 21, Act II: Aria: Alla sua gabbia d'oro

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: London Early Opera

Performer: Mary Bevan

Conductor: Bridget Cunningham
Aria: Sento che già il pensier

Composer: Giovanni Bononcini

Ensemble: London Early Opera

Performer: Mary Bevan

Conductor: Bridget Cunningham
Aria: Deh! Lascia o core

Composer: Giovanni Bononcini

Ensemble: London Early Opera

Performer: Lucy Crowe

Conductor: Bridget Cunningham
Menuet

Composer: Giovanni Bononcini

Ensemble: London Early Opera

Conductor: Bridget Cunningham
Aria: Ascolta o figlio

Composer: Giovanni Bononcini

Ensemble: London Early Opera

Performer: Lucy Crowe

Conductor: Bridget Cunningham
Elpidia, HWV A1: Aria: Dea triforme, astro fecondo

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Ensemble: London Early Opera

Performer: Lucy Crowe

Conductor: Bridget Cunningham
Artaserse, Act III: Aria: Mi credi spietata? (revised version, 1740)

Composer: Johann Adolf Hasse

Ensemble: London Early Opera

Performer: Mary Bevan

Conductor: Bridget Cunningham
Caio Marzio Coriolano: Aria: Rendi al padre in me la figlia

Composer: Attilio Ariosti

Ensemble: London Early Opera

Performer: Lucy Crowe

Conductor: Bridget Cunningham
La Libertà

Composer: Maurice Greene

Ensemble: London Early Opera

Performer: Mary Bevan

Conductor: Bridget Cunningham

Handel’s Queens features some of the most exquisite pieces of music written by G.F. Handel and his contemporaries for the two finest singers of the eighteenth century, Faustina Bordoni and Francesca Cuzzoni. Often wrongfully framed as rivals, these dazzling new recordings with Mary Bevan and Lucy Crowe reveal the distinctive yet versatile talent of the Italian vocalists. Led by London Early Opera Director, Bridget Cunningham, Handel’s Queens serves an example of the group’s dedication to imaginative programming and outstanding period performance, placing them at the forefront of baroque research.

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REVIEW:

The choice of singers in Handel’s Queens seems perfect, for the two excellent and appropriate voices are neatly contrasted while displaying the required virtuosity. Cunningham’s contribution is adroit, with pace and style aplenty and she conducts from the harpsichord.

– Opera Now