Lorraine Hunt-Lieberson
1.III.1954 - 3.VII.2006
Five years after her early death, the American mezzo-soprano Lorraine Hunt Lieberson is celebrated here in a two-CD tribute compilation of the baroque repertoire at which she excelled: Purcell, Handel and Bach. Handel's popular "Angels, ever bright and fair" from Theodora and "Scherza infida" from Ariodante remind us of her musical intelligence and vitality. The second disc displays her in less well-known Handel arias, from Susanna and Clori, Tirsi e Fileno. The final tracks on each disc, Dido's Lament and "Bist du bei mir" from the Notebook of Anna Magdalena Bach, are almost unbearably moving in their characteristic simplicity and intensity. She is much missed.
DISC 1 :
Handel: Ariodante, opera, HWV 33
01 : Act 1. Arioso Qui d'amor
02 : Act 1. Aria Con l'ali di constanza
03 : Act 2. Recit. E vivo ancora?
04 : Act 2. Aria Scherza infida
05 : Act 3. Aria Dopo notte, atra e funesta
Handel: Theodora, oratorio, HWV 68
06 : Act 1. Air Angels, ever bright and fair
07 : Act 2. Recit. O Thou bright Sun
08 : Act 2. Air With Darkness, deep
09 : Act 2. Air Oh! that I on wings could rise
10 : Act 2. Duet To Thee, thou glorious Son
Handel: Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56
11 : Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion
12 : MBut who may abide the day of His coming
13 : He was despised and rejected of men
14 : I know that my Redeemer liveth
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, opera, Z. 626
15 : Act 3. Thy hand, Belinda When I am laid in earth
DISC 2 :
Handel: Clori, Tirsi e Fileno, cantata, HWV 96
01 : Act 1. Aria Va col canto lusingando
02 : Act 2. Aria Barbaro! tu non credi
Handel: Susanna, oratorio, HWV 66
03 : Act 1. On Joachim may every joy attend
04 : Act 1. Bending to the throne of glory
05 : Act 2. Lead me to some cool retreat
06 : Act 2. Crystal streams in murmurs flowing
07 : Act 2. If guiltless blood be your intent
08 : Act 3. Guilt trembling spoke my doom
Handel: Radamisto, opera, HWV 12
09 : Act 3. Recit. Oh Dio! parte Zenobia
10 : Act 3. Aria Qual nave smarrita
Handel: Ottone, re di Germania, opera, HWV 15
11 : Act 2. Recit. Ben a ragion
12 : Act 2. Aria Vieni, o figlio
Handel: Giulio Cesare in Egitto, opera, HWV 17
13 : Act 1. Recit. Vani sono
14 : Act 1. Aria Svegliatevi nel core
Handel: Arianna in Creta, opera, HWV 32
15 : Act 2. Aria Qual leon
Bach, J.S: The Notebook of Anna Magdalena Bach (1725)
16 : Aria Bist du bei mir, for voice & continuo, BWV 508
Lorraine Hunt-Lieberson, mezzo-soprano,
Freiburger Barockorchester,
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra,
Nicholas McGegan.
Recorded between 1989-1995
615 Mb
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