Europa Galante & Fabio Biondi - Handel: Silla (2017) [CD Rip]
Artist: Fabio Biondi, Europa Galante
Title: Handel: Silla
Year Of Release: 2017
Label: Glossa
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (image + .cue, log, scans)
Total Time: 1:53:10
Total Size: 561 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:Title: Handel: Silla
Year Of Release: 2017
Label: Glossa
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (image + .cue, log, scans)
Total Time: 1:53:10
Total Size: 561 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
CD 1
01 Ouverture
02 Marche
Atto Primo
03 Recitativo: Silla, s’oggi resplende (Metella, Lepido)
04 Aria: Alza il volo la mia fama (Silla)
05 Recitativo: S’ecclissa la mia gioia (Metella, Lepido)
06 Aria: Fuggon l’aure in me di vita (Metella)
07 Recitativo: Cieli, numi (Lepido, Flavia)
08 Aria: Se ben tuona il ciel irato (Lepido)
09 Recitativo: Sin con lingua di foco (Celia, Flavia)
10 Aria: Un sol raggio di speranza (Flavia)
11 Recitativo: Sino su li occhi miei (Celia, Claudio)
12 Aria: Senti, bell’idol mio (Claudio)
13 Recitativo: Sì, t’amo, oh caro (Celia)
14 Aria: Se la speranza nudrisce il mio cor (Celia)
15 Recitativo: Silla, dov’è la gloria (Claudio, Silla)
16 Aria: Con tromba guerriera (Claudio)
Atto Secondo
17 Recitativo: Flavia! (Silla, Flavia)
18 Aria: Qual scoglio in mezzo all’onde (Flavia)
19 Recitativo: T’arresta, altera (Silla)
20 Aria: Dolce nume de’ mortali (Silla)
21 Aria: Guerra, stragi e furor (Il Dio)
22 Scena: Guerra, stragi e furor (Silla)
23 Recitativo: Silla! Ove ti guida (Lepido, Silla)
24 Aria: È tempo, oh luci belle (Silla)
25 Recitativo: Mio diletto, che pensi (Flavia, Lepido)
26 Duetto: Sol per te, bell’idol mio (Flavia, Lepido)
CD 2
01 Recitativo: Bella, lascia i sospiri (Claudio, Celia)
02 Aria: Mi brilla nel seno (Claudio)
03 Recitativo: Mio bel nume, t’arresta (Silla, Metella)
04 Aria: Hai due vaghe pupilette (Metella)
05 Recitativo: Che miro, oh Dei (Flavia, Silla)
06 Recitativo: Tanto ardisci (Lepido, Silla)
07 Duetto: Ti lascio, idolo mio (Flavia, Lepido)
08 Recitativo: Anima mia (Claudio, Celia, Silla)
09 Recitativo: Scabro! Lepido sia (Silla)
10 Aria: La vendetta è un cibo al cor (Silla)
11 Recitativo: Oh! Perfido consorte (Metella)
12 Aria: Se’l mio mal da voi dipende (Claudio)
13 Recitativo: Sì, questi son trofei (Silla)
14 Recitativo: Deh! Corri al tuo signore (Metella, Silla)
15 Recitativo: T’affretta, oh Scabro (Metella)
16 Aria: Secondate, oh giusti dei (Metella)
Atto Terzo
17 Recitativo: Quanto devo, oh Metella (Lepido, Metella)
18 Recitativo: Dunque partir deve (Metella, Lepido)
19 Aria: Io non ti chiedo più (Metella)
20 Recitativo: A tua fedeltade (Lepido)
21 Aria: Già respira in petto il core (Lepido)
22 Recitativo: L’imperio quanto è più vasto (Silla)
23 Recitativo: Placasti, oh bella diva (Silla, Celia)
24 Aria: Sei già morto, idolo mio (Celia)
25 Recitativo: Rimembranze funeste (Celia, Claudio)
26 Aria: Luci belle (Claudio)
27 Aria: Stelle rubelle (Flavia)
28 Recitativo: Al fin, del mio rigore (Silla, Flavia)
29 Aria (da capo): Ma infelice sarie vivere (Flavia)
30 Recitativo: Spirto adorato, oh Dio! (Flavia, Lepido)
31 Brano strumentale
32 Recitativo: Metella, oh Dio! (Silla, Metella)
33 Recitativo: Propizio arrida il cielo (Metella)
34 Sinfonia & Recitativo: Assistete, soccorrete (Metella)
35 Marche
36 Recitativo: Pera la feritade (Lepido, Claudio, Tutti)
37 Marche
38 Recitativo: De’ miei falli pentito (Silla)
39 Coro: Chi si trova tra procella (Tutti)
Performers:
Sonia Prina: Silla
Martina Belli: Claudio
Sunhae Im: Metella
Vivica Genaux: Lepido
Roberta Invernizzi: Flavia
Francesca Lombardi Mazzulli: Celia
Luca Tittoto: Il Dio
Europa Galante
Fabio Biondi, violin & direction
No Handel opera is as enigmatic as Silla. His fourth London opera, it was composed in 1713 to a libretto by Giacomo Rossi, also the librettist of the composer’s first great London triumph Rinaldo (1711). And that is just about the extent of any certainty on the subject. It might have been premiered in 1713 in London in a private concert at the Queen’s Theatre, but even this remains unconfirmed.
This is one of Handel’s few historical operas, being concerned with Plutarch’s account of the latter part of the life of Lucius Cornelius Sulla, who after taking Rome became a tyrannical despot who murders his opponents, before suddenly retiring to his country estate to enjoy his leisure. The libretto being somewhat weak, it leaves Silla an unlikely candidate to regain a place in the repertoire, but it definitely contains lots of thoroughly rewarding music. Handel itself utilized a significant part of it in his next opera, Amadigi di Gaula.
Fabio Biondi and Europa Galante join an overwhelming vocal cast headed by a fantastic Sonia Prina in the title role, with Martina Belli, Sunhae Im, Vivica Genaux, Roberta Invernizzi, Francesca Lombardi Mazzulli, and Luca Tittoto also excelling in their respective parts. Biondi’s ensemble perform with their trademark elegance and precision in a recording made in the Konzerthaus in Vienna over three days in January 2017.
This is one of Handel’s few historical operas, being concerned with Plutarch’s account of the latter part of the life of Lucius Cornelius Sulla, who after taking Rome became a tyrannical despot who murders his opponents, before suddenly retiring to his country estate to enjoy his leisure. The libretto being somewhat weak, it leaves Silla an unlikely candidate to regain a place in the repertoire, but it definitely contains lots of thoroughly rewarding music. Handel itself utilized a significant part of it in his next opera, Amadigi di Gaula.
Fabio Biondi and Europa Galante join an overwhelming vocal cast headed by a fantastic Sonia Prina in the title role, with Martina Belli, Sunhae Im, Vivica Genaux, Roberta Invernizzi, Francesca Lombardi Mazzulli, and Luca Tittoto also excelling in their respective parts. Biondi’s ensemble perform with their trademark elegance and precision in a recording made in the Konzerthaus in Vienna over three days in January 2017.
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