Handel: Opera Arias

Handel: Opera Arias
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This album, which focuses on arias from Handelâ€™s more rarely-performed operas, is the first that Philippe Jaroussky has devoted entirely to the composer â€“ though his Erato discography already includes complete recordings of Faramondo, Partenope and, on DVD, Alcina, and arias by Handel feature on the countertenorâ€™s Carestini: A Castratoâ€™s Story. Praising Jaroussky in Handel, the New York Times has described him as â€œincomparable â€¦ thrilling of voice.â€ Now, for the first time, Jaroussky brings his impeccable Handelian credentials to an entire album devoted to arias by the composer, who produced thirty-five operas for the London stage between 1711 and 1741. For all Handelâ€™s current popularity, comparatively few of his operas are performed with great regularity. Works such as Giulio Cesare, Alcina, Ariodante, Agrippina, Serse, Rodelinda, Rinaldo, Partenope, Orlando, and Tamerlano have achieved varying degrees of currency, but, apart from an aria from Rodelinda, Jarousskyâ€™s new album puts the emphasis on operas we are less likely to hear in the theatre or concert hall: Amadigi di Gaula; Arianna in Creta; Flavio, re di Longobardi; Giustino; Imeneo; Radamisto (represented by no fewer than four arias); Riccardo primo, re d'Inghilterra; Siroe, re di Persia and Tolomeo, re di Egitto. A number of these operas were written for the famous castrato Senesino, who created many leading roles for Handel.
Country USA
Brand Warner Classics
Manufacturer Erato
Binding Audio CD
ItemPartNumber 48827411
ReleaseDate 2017-10-06
UnitCount 1
UPCs 190295759667
EANs 0190295759667

Country	USA
Brand	Warner Classics
Manufacturer	Erato
Binding	Audio CD
ItemPartNumber	48827411
ReleaseDate	2017-10-06
UnitCount	1
UPCs	190295759667
EANs	0190295759667

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