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Handel wrote incidental music for only one play, Tobias Smollett's Alceste, and it was never produced, so the composer, characteristically, recycled most of its major numbers. In this recording, Christian Curnyn and the Early Opera Company deliver a distinguished account of the rarely performed or recorded complete score. Written in 1750, late in Handel's career, it is clearly the work of the composer at the height of his powers, and many of its numbers deserve broader exposure. The soprano aria "Gentle Morpheus" is easily among the loveliest the composer ever wrote, and Lucy Crowe sings it with ravishing sensuality. Crowe's luminous singing in her three arias is one of the highlights of the album. Tenor Benjamin Hulett, whose part is given the bulk of the solos, performs with agility and lightness. Baritone Andrew Foster-Williams seems less than fully at ease with the coloratura of his single aria. The orchestral playing is crisply precise and exceptionally nimble, and the chorus sings with clarity and high spirits.
© TiVo
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Alceste, HWV 45 (Georg Friedrich Händel)
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Christian Curnyn, Conductor, MainArtist - Early Opera Company, Orchestra, MainArtist
2012 Chandos Records 2012 Chandos Records
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Christian Curnyn, Conductor, MainArtist - Early Opera Company, Orchestra, MainArtist
2012 Chandos Records 2012 Chandos Records
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Christian Curnyn, Conductor, MainArtist - Benjamin Hulett, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Early Opera Company, Orchestra, MainArtist
2012 Chandos Records 2012 Chandos Records
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Christian Curnyn, Conductor, MainArtist - Early Opera Company Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Early Opera Company, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sian Menna, MainArtist, MezzoSopranoVocals - Elizabeth Weisberg, MainArtist, SopranoSolo
2012 Chandos Records 2012 Chandos Records
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Lucy Crowe, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Christian Curnyn, Conductor, MainArtist - Early Opera Company Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Early Opera Company, Orchestra, MainArtist
2012 Chandos Records 2012 Chandos Records
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Christian Curnyn, Conductor, MainArtist - Benjamin Hulett, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Early Opera Company, Orchestra, MainArtist
2012 Chandos Records 2012 Chandos Records
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Christian Curnyn, Conductor, MainArtist - Early Opera Company Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Early Opera Company, Orchestra, MainArtist
2012 Chandos Records 2012 Chandos Records
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Lucy Crowe, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Christian Curnyn, Conductor, MainArtist - Early Opera Company, Orchestra, MainArtist
2012 Chandos Records 2012 Chandos Records
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Christian Curnyn, Conductor, MainArtist - Early Opera Company, Orchestra, MainArtist
2012 Chandos Records 2012 Chandos Records
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Andrew Foster-Williams, MainArtist, VocalSolo - Christian Curnyn, Conductor, MainArtist - Early Opera Company, Orchestra, MainArtist
2012 Chandos Records 2012 Chandos Records
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Christian Curnyn, Conductor, MainArtist - Early Opera Company Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Early Opera Company, Orchestra, MainArtist
2012 Chandos Records 2012 Chandos Records
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Christian Curnyn, Conductor, MainArtist - Benjamin Hulett, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Early Opera Company, Orchestra, MainArtist
2012 Chandos Records 2012 Chandos Records
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Christian Curnyn, Conductor, MainArtist - Early Opera Company, Orchestra, MainArtist
2012 Chandos Records 2012 Chandos Records
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Christian Curnyn, Conductor, MainArtist - Early Opera Company, Orchestra, MainArtist
2012 Chandos Records 2012 Chandos Records
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Lucy Crowe, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Christian Curnyn, Conductor, MainArtist - Early Opera Company, Orchestra, MainArtist
2012 Chandos Records 2012 Chandos Records
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Christian Curnyn, Conductor, MainArtist - Benjamin Hulett, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Early Opera Company, Orchestra, MainArtist
2012 Chandos Records 2012 Chandos Records
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Christian Curnyn, Conductor, MainArtist - Early Opera Company Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Early Opera Company, Orchestra, MainArtist
2012 Chandos Records 2012 Chandos Records
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Christian Curnyn, Conductor, MainArtist - Early Opera Company, Orchestra, MainArtist
2012 Chandos Records 2012 Chandos Records
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Christian Curnyn, Conductor, MainArtist - Benjamin Hulett, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Early Opera Company, Orchestra, MainArtist
2012 Chandos Records 2012 Chandos Records
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Christian Curnyn, Conductor, MainArtist - Benjamin Hulett, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Early Opera Company, Orchestra, MainArtist
2012 Chandos Records 2012 Chandos Records
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Christian Curnyn, Conductor, MainArtist - Early Opera Company, Orchestra, MainArtist
2012 Chandos Records 2012 Chandos Records
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Christian Curnyn, Conductor, MainArtist - Early Opera Company, Orchestra, MainArtist
2012 Chandos Records 2012 Chandos Records
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Christian Curnyn, Conductor, MainArtist - Early Opera Company Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Early Opera Company, Orchestra, MainArtist
2012 Chandos Records 2012 Chandos Records
Albumbeschreibung
Handel wrote incidental music for only one play, Tobias Smollett's Alceste, and it was never produced, so the composer, characteristically, recycled most of its major numbers. In this recording, Christian Curnyn and the Early Opera Company deliver a distinguished account of the rarely performed or recorded complete score. Written in 1750, late in Handel's career, it is clearly the work of the composer at the height of his powers, and many of its numbers deserve broader exposure. The soprano aria "Gentle Morpheus" is easily among the loveliest the composer ever wrote, and Lucy Crowe sings it with ravishing sensuality. Crowe's luminous singing in her three arias is one of the highlights of the album. Tenor Benjamin Hulett, whose part is given the bulk of the solos, performs with agility and lightness. Baritone Andrew Foster-Williams seems less than fully at ease with the coloratura of his single aria. The orchestral playing is crisply precise and exceptionally nimble, and the chorus sings with clarity and high spirits.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 23 track(s)
- Total length: 01:03:04
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Christian Curnyn Early Opera Company Lucy Crowe Benjamin Hulett Andrew Foster-Williams Early Opera Company Chorus
- Composer: Georg Friedrich Händel
- Label: Chandos
- Genre: Klassiek Symfonische muziek Toneelmuziek
2012 Chandos Records 2012 Chandos Records
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