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Label:
  DHM
Serial:
  74321956442
Title:
  Handel: La Maga Abbandonata - Curtis
Description:
  "La Maga Abbandonata, Donna Leon's Favourite Handel"

Simone Kermes
Maite Beaumont
Il Complesso Barocco
Alan Curtis (conductor)
Track listing:
  1. Fermati - No, crudel
2. Dunque i lacci
3. Ah! Crudel
4. Sinfonia
5. Ah! Mio cor
6. Sta nell'Ircana
7. Verdi prati
8. Ah! Ruggiero crudel
9. Ombre pallide
10. Sinfonia
11. D'un sventurato amante
12. Pena tiranno
13. Mi deride l'amante
14. Desterò dall'empia Dite
15. Addio, crudo Amadigi
16. Io già sento
17. Acqua alta
Genre:
  Classical - Vocal
Content:
  Stereo/Multichannel
Media:
  Hybrid
Recording type:
 
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Review by jdaniel@jps.net October 10, 2004 (4 of 4 found this review helpful)
Performance:   Sonics:
A gorgeous performance and a recording to match. Curtis' "Il Complesso Barocco" orchestra is front and center, palpable yet with plenty of bloom. Kermes and Beaumont, the soprano/alto duo, are placed back on stage behind the orchesta--what glorious and exquisite voices they have--and the acoustic lends a quiet glow to everything. It's particularly excellent in surround. We get three mini love scenes culled from Handel's "Rinaldo," "Alcina," and "Amadigi." The arias are filled with stretches of great lyrical beauty, and even the recitatives are unusually rewarding, with exquisite accompaniment from theorbo and harpsichord.

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Works: 3  

George Frideric Handel - Opera "Alcina", HWV 34
George Frideric Handel - Opera "Amadigi di Gaula", HWV 11
George Frideric Handel - Opera "Rinaldo", HWV 7b