Handel - Rinaldo HWV 7b (1731) - COMPACT DISCS [CD]
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- Genre: Classical
- Description: Having barely arrived in London, Handel laid the foundations for his unprecedented operatic career in 1711 with the magic opera Rinaldo. In addition to the novel Italian music, the fantastic plot, which exploited all the possibilities of baroque theatre, also met with enthusiasm from the audience love, anger and passion amid sensational scene changes, fire-breathing monsters, flying dragons and an exotic magical island. The libretto, based on an episode from Torquato Tasso's epic Gerusalemme liberata, which was popular at the time, tells the story of the young crusader Rinaldo, who would much rather marry his beloved Almirena than fight and who must resist the magical arts of the sorceress Armida - who is in love with him - in order to find happiness. Twenty years later, in 1731, Handel fundamentally revised his successful opera once again. This rarely performed version can be heard here on CD for the first time and features an outstanding cast of singers, above all the leading Italian countertenor Filippo Mineccia in the main role and Roberta Mameli and Vivica Genaux as the ladies fighting for him. Marco Angioloni, who also sings Goffredo, conducts the young ensemble Il Groviglio with verve. Album Tracks 1. Rinaldo-Atto I Ouverture 2. Rinaldo-Atto I Recitativo Delle Nostre Fatiche 3. Rinaldo-Atto I Aria Sovra Balze 4. Rinaldo-Atto I Recitativo Signor, Già Dal Tuo Senno 5. Rinaldo-Atto I Aria Quel Cor Che Mi Donasti 6. Rinaldo-Atto I Recitativo Questi Saggi Consigli 7. Rinaldo-Atto I Aria Ogn' Indugio 8. Rinaldo-Atto I Recitativo Signor, Che Delle Stelle 9. Rinaldo-Atto I Sinfonia 10. Rinaldo-Atto I Recitativo Goffredo, Se T'arrise 11. Rinaldo-Atto I Aria D'nstabile Fortuna 12. Rinaldo-Atto I Recitativo Infra Dubbi Di Marte 13. Rinaldo-Atto I Aria Furie Terribili 14. Rinaldo-Atto I Recitativo Ed Accompagnato C
- Artist: Handel
- Title: Rinaldo HWV 7b (1731)
- Format: CD
- Label: Glossa
- Release Date: 04/04/2025
- Genre: Classical
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- Product Name: Handel - Rinaldo HWV 7b (1731) - COMPACT DISCS
- UPC: 8424562248021
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Having barely arrived in London, Handel laid the foundations for his unprecedented operatic career in 1711 with the magic opera Rinaldo. In addition to the novel Italian music, the fantastic plot, which exploited all the possibilities of baroque theatre, also met with enthusiasm from the audience love, anger and passion amid sensational scene changes, fire-breathing monsters, flying dragons and an exotic magical island. The libretto, based on an episode from Torquato Tasso's epic Gerusalemme liberata, which was popular at the time, tells the story of the young crusader Rinaldo, who would much rather marry his beloved Almirena than fight and who must resist the magical arts of the sorceress Armida - who is in love with him - in order to find happiness. Twenty years later, in 1731, Handel fundamentally revised his successful opera once again. This rarely performed version can be heard here on CD for the first time and features an outstanding cast of singers, above all the leading Italian countertenor Filippo Mineccia in the main role and Roberta Mameli and Vivica Genaux as the ladies fighting for him. Marco Angioloni, who also sings Goffredo, conducts the young ensemble Il Groviglio with verve. Album Tracks 1. Rinaldo-Atto I Ouverture 2. Rinaldo-Atto I Recitativo Delle Nostre Fatiche 3. Rinaldo-Atto I Aria Sovra Balze 4. Rinaldo-Atto I Recitativo Signor, Già Dal Tuo Senno 5. Rinaldo-Atto I Aria Quel Cor Che Mi Donasti 6. Rinaldo-Atto I Recitativo Questi Saggi Consigli 7. Rinaldo-Atto I Aria Ogn' Indugio 8. Rinaldo-Atto I Recitativo Signor, Che Delle Stelle 9. Rinaldo-Atto I Sinfonia 10. Rinaldo-Atto I Recitativo Goffredo, Se T'arrise 11. Rinaldo-Atto I Aria D'nstabile Fortuna 12. Rinaldo-Atto I Recitativo Infra Dubbi Di Marte 13. Rinaldo-Atto I Aria Furie Terribili 14. Rinaldo-Atto I Recitativo Ed Accompagnato C
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