In dolce abbandono - Solo cantatas by Handel & Haydn

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Label
Solo Musica
Release Date
July 5, 2024
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Georg Friedrich Handel, Joseph Haydn
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Carestini Ensemble Wien
    • PERFORMER
      Megan Kahts
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      July 05, 2024
    • UPC
      4260123644598
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      SM459
    • LABEL
      Solo Musica
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. Serse (Xerxes), HWV 40, Act I: Ombra mai fu, "Largo"

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Carestini Ensemble Wien

      Performer: Megan Kahts

    2. Recitative: Dietro l'orme fuggaci

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Carestini Ensemble Wien

      Performer: Megan Kahts

    3. Aria: Ah, crudele, e pur ten vai

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Carestini Ensemble Wien

      Performer: Megan Kahts

    4. Recitative: Per te mi struggo, infido

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Carestini Ensemble Wien

      Performer: Megan Kahts

    5. Accompanied Recitative: O voi, dell'incostante e procelloso mare

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Carestini Ensemble Wien

      Performer: Megan Kahts

    6. Aria: Venti, fermate, si

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Carestini Ensemble Wien

      Performer: Megan Kahts

    7. Recitative: Ma che parlo, che dico?

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Carestini Ensemble Wien

      Performer: Megan Kahts

    8. Siciliana: In tanti affanni miei

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Carestini Ensemble Wien

      Performer: Megan Kahts

    9. Recitative: Teseo mio ben, ove sei tu?

      Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn

      Ensemble: Carestini Ensemble Wien

      Performer: Megan Kahts

    10. Aria: Dove sei, mio bel tesoro?

      Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn

      Ensemble: Carestini Ensemble Wien

      Performer: Megan Kahts

    11. Recitative: Ma, a chi parlo?

      Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn

      Ensemble: Carestini Ensemble Wien

      Performer: Megan Kahts

    12. Aria: Ah che morir vorrei

      Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn

      Ensemble: Carestini Ensemble Wien

      Performer: Megan Kahts

    13. Alcina, HWV 34, Act II: Aria: Verdi prati

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Carestini Ensemble Wien

      Performer: Megan Kahts


Mezzo soprano Megan Kahts, born in South Africa, was trained at the University for Music and Performing Arts Vienna, where she has been based since 2009. She sings internationally, specialising in the performance of Early and Contemporary music and has won coveted prizes in prestigious competitions. She is both a stage animal and a chamber musician at heart, having begun her musical training as a pianist and having embarked on a childhood singing career as a teenager in South Africa before honing her skills at the heart of the classical music tradition in Europe. The Carestini Ensemble Wien was formed by Megan Kahts out of musician colleagues with whom she has closely worked on various baroque opera and chamber music projects. The ensemble mainly specialises in works composed in the eighteenth century. Handel, Hasse, Gluck, Caldara and other composers composed parts and roles for the voice of the castrato Giovanni Carestini, after whose spirit the ensemble is named. All members of the ensemble are based in Vienna and specialised in Historical Performance Practice, performing on historical instruments.