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"A Royal Trio". Arias by Handel, Bononcini & Ariosti

Lawrence Zazzo, La Nuova Musica, David Bates
1h18
Digital
HMU807590

Excerpt:Vespasiano 1. Overture

A dazzling Royal trio. Founded in 1719 as the first opera company in the English-speaking world, the Royal Academy of Music commissioned and premièred some of the finest 18th-century operas, including Handel’s Giulio Cesare. Renowned American countertenor Lawrence Zazzo is joined by La Nuova Musica and David Bates for a snapshot of the Academy’s hits circa 1725 featuring arias by Handel, Ariosti and Bononcini. “The Musical Director (Bates) and countertenor (Zazzo) are a pairing made in Handel heaven” (The Guardian, concert review)

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Artists

  • Lawrence Zazzo
    Countertenor
  • David Bates
    Conductor
  • La Nuova Musica

Composers

Contents


ATTILIO ARIOSTI
· Overture (5'12)
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL [1685-1759]
Act II
· Aria "Rompo i lacci" (5'51)
GIOVANNI BONONCINI
Act III
· Aria "Cosi stanco Pellegrino" (5'51)
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL [1685-1759]
Act I
· Sinfonia (Scene ix) (1'29)
Act I
· Aria "Va tacito" (7'01)
Ottone
Act III
· Recitativo accompagnato "Io son tradito" (1'44)
· Aria "Tanti affanni" (9'37)
GIOVANNI BONONCINI
Act II
· Aria "Per la gloria d'adorarvi" (3'38)
ATTILIO ARIOSTI
· Aria "Freme l'onda" (3'49)
Coriolano
Act III
· Recitativo "Spirate, o iniqui marmi" (3'12)
· Aria "Voi d'un figlio tanto misero" (7'37)
GIOVANNI BONONCINI
Act II
· Aria "Tigre piagata" (3'10)
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL [1685-1759]
Act III
· Aria "Vivi, tiranno" (5'52)
· Aria "Torrente che scende" (4'11)
Admeto
· Introduzione (Ballo di Larve) (1'58)
Act I
· Recitativo accompagnato "Orride larve" (3'12)
· Aria "Chiudetevi miei lumi" (3'22)
· Sinfonia (Scene i) (1'21)

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