Lucy Crowe, Harry Bicket and The English Concert - Il caro Sassone: Handel in Italy (2011) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Accompagnato "Dietro l'orme fugaci" (Armida)
02. Aria "Ah! crudele, e pur ten vai" (Armida)
03. Recit. "Per te mi struggo, infido" (Armida)
04. Accompagnato "O voi, dell'inconstante" (Armida)
05. Aria "Venti, fermate, si" (Armida)
06. Recit. "Ma che parlo, che dico?" (Armida)
07. Aria "In tanti affanni miei" (Armida)
08. Sonata
09. Part I, Aria "Lascia la spina" (Piacere)
10. Salve Regina, mater misericordiae
11. Ad te clamamus
12. Eia ergo, avvocata nostra
13. O clemens, o pia, o dulcis
14. Part I, Scene 1, Aria "Disserratevi, o porte d'Averno" (Angelo)
15. Sonata
16. Accompagnato "Alpestre monte e solitaria selva"
17. Aria "Io so ben ch'il vostro orrore"
18. Recit. "Quindi men vengo a voi"
19. Aria "Almen dopo il fato mio"
20. Andante
21. Part II, Recit. "Tirsi, mio caro" (Clori)
22. Part II, Aria "Barbaro, tu non credi" (Clori)
23. Aria "Se vago rio" (Aminta)


Soprano Lucy Crowe joins The English Concert led by Harry Bicket in this dazzling programme of Handel arias and cantatas dating from his 1706-10 sojourn in Italy, where he was affectionately dubbed ‘the dear Saxon’. 2nd in the 2005 Kathleen Ferrier and a Wigmore Young Artist, Lucy Crowe made her debuts with Scottish Opera as Sophie in 'Der Rosenkavalier' and ENO as Poppea in 'Agrippina', both to great critical acclaim.

“With her vernal light lyric soprano, grace of line and vivid response to mood, Lucy Crowe proves well-nigh ideal in this conspectus of music from Handel's Italian years...Crowe's delectable singing is complemented by fresh, rhythmically buoyant and, where needed, virtuoso playing from the English Concert, who on their own give sparkling performances of three instrumental numbers from [Handel's] astonishingly fertile Italian sojourn.” (Gramophone)

“With this recital, Crowe cements her star status in the Baroque world. Her technique is dazzling (hearing her diminuendo and crescendo on a high A in a trumpet-and-drums aria from La Resurrezione is a joy in itself), her voice is pure and fresh, and she's a natural communicator...this is a fascinating and beautifully performed portrait of a genius composer flexing his wings.” (Classic FM)

Lucy Crowe, soprano
The English Concert
Harry Bicket, conductor

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