Rene Jacobs - Handel: Orlando (2014) [Hi-Res]

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Artist: Bejun Mehta, Sophie Karthäuser, Kristina Hammarström, Sunhae Im, Konstantin Wolff, B'Rock Orchestra, René Jacobs
Title: Handel: Orlando
Year Of Release: 2014
Label: Archiv Produktion
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks, booklet) [96kHz/24bit] / APE (image + .cue, log, booklet)
Total Time: 02:39:58
Total Size: 3.14 GB / 849 MB
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist:

CD 1
1. Ouverture
2. 1. Acc. Gieroglifici eterni
3. 2. Cavatina Stimulato della gloria
4. Rec. Purgalo ormai / 3. Sinfonia / Rec. Mira
5. 4. Aria Lascia Amor
6. 5. Acc. Imagini funeste / 6. Aria Non fu gia
7. 7. Acc. Quanto diletto / Rec. Io non so" / 8. Acc e Rec. Itene pur
8. 9. Aria Ho un certo rossore
9. Rec. M'hai vinto al fin / 10. Duettino Ritornava al suo bel viso / Rec. Spera, mio ben
10. 11. Aria Chi possessore / Rec. Ecco Dorinda
11. 12. Aria Se'l cor mai ti dira
12. Rec. Povera me! / 13. Aria O care parolette / Rec. Noti a me sono
13. Rec. Noti a me sono
14. 14. Aria Se fedel vuoi
15. Rec. T'ubbidiro / 15. Aria Fammi combattere
16. Rec. Angelica, deh ! lascia...
17. 16. Terzetto Consolati, o bella
18. 17. Cavatina Quando spieghi / Rec. Perche, gentil Dorinda
19. 18. Aria Se mi rivolgo al prato
20. Rec. E questa la mercede / 19. Aria Cielo! se tu il consenti

CD 2
1. Rec. A qual rischio vi espone / 20. Aria Tra caligini profonde
2. Rec. Da queste amiche piante / 21. Aria Verdi allori
3. Rec. Dopo tanti perigli / 22. Aria Non potra dirmi ingrato / Rec. Dove guidate
4. 23. Aria Verdi piante
5. Rec. Ah! perfida / 24. Acc. Ah! stigie larve
6. 25. Sinfonia / Rec. Di Dorinda alle mura
7. 26. Aria Vorrei poterti amar
8. Rec. Piu obbligata gli sono / 27. Aria e Rec. Unisca amor in noi
9. 28. Gia lo stringo
10. Rec. Di Dorinda all'albergo / 29. Aria cosi giusta e questa speme
11. Rec. S'e corrisposto un core / 30. Aria Amor e qual vento
12. Rec. Impari ogn'un da Orlando / 32. Aria Sorge infausta une procella
13. Rec. Dorinda, e perche piangi?
14. 33. Duetto Finche predi ancora il sangue / Rec. Vieni! Vanne precipitando / 34. Acc.Gia per la man d'Orlando
15. 35. Arioso Gia l'ebbro mio ciglio
16. Rec. Ecco il tempo prefisso / 36. Acc. Tu, che dal gran Tonante / 37. Sinfonia / Rec. Ah! che fate, Signor?
17. Rec. Dormo ancora, o son desso? / 38. Duettino Per far, mia diletta / Rec. Che vedo, oh Dei!
18. 39. Acc. Vinse incanti / 40. Coro Tronfa oggi'l mio cor

This recording of Orlando was done in a studio and released by the reconstituted Archiv Produktion label in 2014, but it features the cast and musicians from a 2012 live production in Brussels. For some this may be an improvement; the 2012 staging was controversial, presenting Ariosto's king Orlando as a kind of arsonist. Here everything is stripped down to the musical elements, which are very fine indeed. A good deal of the opera's abundant stage machinery is retained, and here and elsewhere the Archiv engineering team does very well. The ensembles give the feel of listening to an opera, but nothing is boxy or distorted. Orlando, rediscovered only in 1959, ranks among the most unjustifiably neglected of Handel's operas. Its modern champion, countertenor Bejun Mehta, reprises the title role here, and his performance is well worth the price of this two-disc set. The climax of the opera comes with Orlando's descent into madness at end of Act II, and Mehta's performance here, totally absorbed in the role and not at all histrionic, is extraordinary. He's backed by a strong international cast, notably bass Konstantin Wolff as Zoroaster (who has the task of talking Orlando down), and in all this could be the performance that puts Orlando on operatic stages, not just in recorded excerpt compilations. -- James Manheim

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