Franco Fagioli performs fourteen arias that explore the wide range of affetti musicali that are typical of Baroque operas in general and of Handel’s vocal music in particular. "Handel is quite simply a must for every countertenor,” says Franco Fagioli. "Although I’d already sung many of his operas onstage, I hadn’t previously recorded the arias for an entire album.”
George Frideric Händel (1685 - 1759)
01. Oreste, HWV A11, Act 1: "Agitato da fiere tem"
02. Serse, HWV 40, Act 1: "Frondi tenere"
03. Serse, HWV 40, Act 1: "Ombra mai fu"
04. Serse, HWV 40, Act 3: "Crude furie degli orridi abissi"
05. Rinaldo, HWV 7a, Act 1: "Cara sposa, amante cara"
06. Rinaldo, HWV 7a, Act 1: "Venti, turbini, prestate"
07. Imeneo, HWV 41, Act 1: "Se potessero i sospir’ miei"
08. Il pastor fido, HWV 8a, Act 2: "Sento brillar nel sen"
09. Rodelinda, HWV 19, Act 1: "Pompe vane di morte"
10. Rodelinda, HWV 19, Act 1: "Dove sei amato bene"
11. Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17, Act 2: "Se in fiorito ameno prato"
12. Ariodante, HWV 33, Act 2: "Scherza infida, in grembo al drudo"
13. Ariodante, HWV 33, Act 3: "Dopo notte, altra e funesta"
14. Partenope, HWV 27, Act 3: "Chio parta?"
Franco Fagioli, countertenor
”Il Pomo d’Oro”.
Recorded at Lonigo, Italy, Villa San Fermo, Mach 2017.
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