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Handel: Serse, HWV 40

Handel: Serse, HWV 40

Joelle Harvey, Christian Curnyn, Rosemary Joshua, Early Opera Company, Brindley Sherratt, David Daniels, Hilary Summers, Anna Stéphany
2013
George Frideric Handel
Serse, HWV 40 · “Xerxes”
2:46:16
No. 1, Overture
Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn
5:32
No. 2, Accompagnato. Frondi tenere, e belle (Serse)
Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn, Anna Stéphany
0:41
No. 3, Aria. Ombra mai fu (Serse)
Christian Curnyn, Anna Stéphany, Early Opera Company
2:21
No. 4, Recitativo. Siam giunti, Elviro… (Arsamene)
Andreas Wolf, Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn, David Daniels
0:22
No. 5, Sinfonia e Recitativo. Sento un soave concento. Larghetto (Arsamene)
Christian Curnyn, David Daniels, Andreas Wolf, Early Opera Company
1:49
No. 6, Aria. O voi…. Larghetto (Romilda)
Christian Curnyn, Rosemary Joshua, Early Opera Company, David Daniels, Anna Stéphany, Andreas Wolf
2:05
No. 7, Recitativo. Arsamene (Serse)
Anna Stéphany, David Daniels, Christian Curnyn, Early Opera Company
0:20
No. 8, Aria. Và godendo vezzoso e bello (Romilda)
Christian Curnyn, Rosemary Joshua, Early Opera Company
2:11
No. 9, Recitativo. Quel canto a un bell' amor l'anima sforza (Serse)
Christian Curnyn, Early Opera Company, Anna Stéphany, David Daniels
1:13
No. 10, Aria. Io le dirò che l'amo. Andante (Serse)
Christian Curnyn, David Daniels, Anna Stéphany, Early Opera Company
3:06
No. 11, Recitativo. Arsamene (Romilda)
Christian Curnyn, Rosemary Joshua, Joelle Harvey, Early Opera Company, David Daniels
1:01
No. 12, Aria. Si, si, mio ben, si, si. Larghetto (Atalanta)
Early Opera Company, Joelle Harvey, Christian Curnyn
2:21
No. 13, Recitativo. Presto, Signor, vien Serse (Elviro)
Early Opera Company, Andreas Wolf, David Daniels, Anna Stéphany, Christian Curnyn, Rosemary Joshua
1:11
No. 14, Aria. Meglio in voi col mio partire. Andante (Arsamene)
Christian Curnyn, Early Opera Company, David Daniels
2:04
No. 15, Recitativo. Bellissima Romilda, eh, non celate (Serse)
Christian Curnyn, Early Opera Company, Anna Stéphany
0:26
No. 16, Aria. Di tacere e di schernirmi. Andante (Serse)
Anna Stéphany, Christian Curnyn, Early Opera Company
1:55
No. 17, Recitativo. Aspide sono a" detti tuoi d"amore (Romilda)
Christian Curnyn, Rosemary Joshua, Early Opera Company
0:16
No. 18, Aria. Nemmen coll'ombre d'infedeltà (Romilda)
Christian Curnyn, Rosemary Joshua, Early Opera Company
2:31
No. 19, Aria. Se cangio spoglia. Allegro (Amastre)
Christian Curnyn, Early Opera Company, Hilary Summers
1:41
No. 20, Recitativo. Pugnammo, amici, e stette (Ariodate)
Christian Curnyn, Hilary Summers, Early Opera Company, Brindley Sherratt
0:19
No. 21, Coro. Già la tromba (Soldati)
Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn
0:38
No. 22, Recitativo. Ecco Serse, oh che volto, oh che splendore! (Amastre)
Christian Curnyn, Early Opera Company, Brindley Sherratt, Anna Stéphany, Hilary Summers
0:52
No. 23, Aria. Soggetti al mio volere. Andante (Ariodate)
Brindley Sherratt, Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn
1:48
No. 24, Coro. Già la tromba (Soldati)
Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn
0:39
No. 25, Recitativo. Queste vittorie, io credo (Serse)
Christian Curnyn, Early Opera Company, Anna Stéphany, Hilary Summers
1:27
No. 26, Aria. Più che penso alle fiamme del core. Andante (Serse)
Christian Curnyn, Anna Stéphany, Early Opera Company
8:35
No. 27, Recitativo. Eccoti il foglio, Elviro (Arsamene)
David Daniels, Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn, Andreas Wolf
0:31
No. 28, Arioso. Signor, Signor, lasciate fare a me. Allegro (Elviro)
Christian Curnyn, Early Opera Company, Andreas Wolf
0:32
No. 29, Aria. Non so se sia la speme. Larghetto (Arsamene)
Christian Curnyn, David Daniels, Early Opera Company
4:11
No. 30, Recitativo. Tradir di regia sposa (Amastre)
Christian Curnyn, Hilary Summers, Early Opera Company
0:17
No. 31, Aria. Saprà delle mie offese. Allegro (Amastre)
Christian Curnyn, Hilary Summers, Early Opera Company
4:27
No. 32, Recitativo. Al fin sarete sposa al vostro Serse (Atalanta)
Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn, Rosemary Joshua, Joelle Harvey
1:01
No. 33, Aria. Se l'idol mio. Allegro (Romilda)
Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn, Rosemary Joshua
4:05
No. 34, Recitativo. Per rapir quel tesore (Atalanta)
Early Opera Company, Joelle Harvey, Christian Curnyn
0:15
No. 35, Aria. Un cenno leggiadretto. Allegro (Atalanta)
Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn, Joelle Harvey
3:39
No. 36, Arioso. Speranze mie fermate. Larghetto (Amastre)
Hilary Summers, Christian Curnyn, Early Opera Company
0:41
No. 37, Arioso. Ah, chi voler fiora di bella giardina (Elviro)
Christian Curnyn, Andreas Wolf, Early Opera Company
0:40
No. 38, Recitativo. E chi direbbe mai ch'io sono Elviro? (Elviro)
Andreas Wolf, Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn
2:24
No. 39, Aria. Or che siete, speranze, tradite. Allegro (Amastre)
Christian Curnyn, Early Opera Company, Hilary Summers
2:28
No. 40, Recitativo. Quel curioso è partito, oh! che indiscreto! (Elviro)
Andreas Wolf, Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn, David Daniels, Anna Stéphany, Brindley Sherratt, Hilary Summers, Joelle Harvey, Early Opera Company Orchestra, Early Opera Company Chorus, Rosemary Joshua
0:22
No. 41, Arioso e Recitativo. A piangere ogn'ora. Largo (Atalanta)
Andreas Wolf, Joelle Harvey, Christian Curnyn, Early Opera Company
1:17
No. 42, Arioso. Ah, tigre infedele!. Allegro (Elviro)
Andreas Wolf, Christian Curnyn, Early Opera Company
0:13
No. 43, Recitativo. Parti, il re s'avvicina (Atalanta)
Early Opera Company, Joelle Harvey, Andreas Wolf, Christian Curnyn
0:17
No. 44, Arioso. È tormento troppo fiero. Largo (Serse)
Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn, Anna Stéphany
1:04
No. 45, Recitativo. Di quel foglio, Atalanta (Serse)
Christian Curnyn, Anna Stéphany, Early Opera Company, Joelle Harvey
1:06
No. 46, Aria. Dirà che amor per me. Andante allegro (Atalanta)
Christian Curnyn, Joelle Harvey, Early Opera Company
1:32
No. 47, Recitativo. Voi quel foglio lasciate a me per prova (Serse)
Christian Curnyn, Joelle Harvey, Early Opera Company, Anna Stéphany
0:10
No. 48, Aria. Dirà che non m'amò. Andante allegro (Atalanta)
Christian Curnyn, Early Opera Company, Joelle Harvey
1:44
No. 49, Recitativo. Ingannata Romilda! (Serse)
Christian Curnyn, Rosemary Joshua, Early Opera Company, Anna Stéphany
0:32
No. 50, Duettino. L'amerete?" - "L'amerò (Serse e Romilda)
Early Opera Company, Anna Stéphany, Christian Curnyn, Rosemary Joshua
0:54
No. 51, Aria. Se bramate d'amar chi vi sdegna. Allegro (Serse)
Christian Curnyn, Anna Stéphany, Early Opera Company
5:52
No. 52, Accompagnato. L'amerò? Non fia vero (Romilda)
Christian Curnyn, Rosemary Joshua, Early Opera Company
0:55
No. 53, Aria. È gelosia. Andante (Romilda)
Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn, Rosemary Joshua
2:40
No. 54, Recitativo. Giacché il duol non m'uccide (Amastre)
Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn, Hilary Summers
0:25
No. 55, Aria. Anima infida. Allegro (Amastre)
Hilary Summers, Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn
1:40
No. 56, Recitativo. È pazzo affé (Elviro)
Andreas Wolf, Christian Curnyn, Early Opera Company
0:45
No. 57, Aria. Quella che tutta fé. Largo (Arsamene)
Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn, David Daniels
3:34
No. 58, Coro. La virtute sol potea (Marinari)
Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn
0:23
No. 59, Recitativo. Ariodate. (Serse)
Brindley Sherratt, Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn, Anna Stéphany
0:32
No. 60, Coro. La virtute sol potea (Marinari)
Christian Curnyn, Early Opera Company
0:26
No. 61, Arioso. Per dar fine alla mia pena. Larghetto (Arsamene)
David Daniels, Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn
1:01
No. 62, Recitativo. Arsamene, over andate? (Serse)
David Daniels, Anna Stéphany, Christian Curnyn, Early Opera Company
1:15
No. 63, Aria. Si, la voglio e l'otterrò!. Allegro (Arsamene)
David Daniels, Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn
2:33
No. 64, Recitativo. V'inchino, eccelso Re (Atalanta)
Early Opera Company, Anna Stéphany, Christian Curnyn, Joelle Harvey
0:22
No. 65, Aria. Voi mi dite che non l'ami (Atalanta)
Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn, Joelle Harvey
2:57
No. 66, Recitativo. Saria lieve ogni doglia (Serse)
Christian Curnyn, Anna Stéphany, Early Opera Company, Brindley Sherratt, Rosemary Joshua, Andreas Wolf, David Daniels, Hilary Summers, Early Opera Company Chorus, Early Opera Company Orchestra, Joelle Harvey
0:17
No. 67, Aria. Il core spera e teme. Andante larghetto (Serse)
Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn, Anna Stéphany
5:54
No. 68, Accompagnato. Me infelice, ho smarrito il mio padrone! (Elviro)
Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn, Andreas Wolf
0:58
No. 69, Aria. Del mio caro Bacco amabile. Allegro (Elviro)
Andreas Wolf, Christian Curnyn, Early Opera Company
1:17
No. 70, Duettino. Gran pena è gelosia! (Serse ed Amastre)
Early Opera Company, Anna Stéphany, Christian Curnyn, Hilary Summers
1:34
No. 71, Recitativo. Aspra sorte! (Serse)
Anna Stéphany, Early Opera Company, Hilary Summers, Christian Curnyn
0:58
No. 72, Aria. Val più contento core. Allegro (Romilda)
Christian Curnyn, Rosemary Joshua, Early Opera Company
1:56
No. 73, Recitativo. Vuò ch'abbian fine ai miei dolori immensi (Serse)
Anna Stéphany, Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn
1:11
No. 74, Aria. Chi cede al furore. Allegro (Romilda)
Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn, Rosemary Joshua
5:07
No. 75, Sinfonia. Andante
Christian Curnyn, Early Opera Company
2:47
No. 76, Recitativo. Sono vani i pretesti… (Arsamene)
Christian Curnyn, Early Opera Company, Joelle Harvey, Andreas Wolf
1:32
No. 77, Aria. No, no, se tu mi sprezzi. Andante allegro (Atalanta)
Joelle Harvey, Christian Curnyn, Early Opera Company
1:01
No. 78, Recitativo. Ecco in segno di fé la destra amica (Romilda)
Christian Curnyn, Rosemary Joshua, David Daniels, Anna Stéphany, Early Opera Company, Andreas Wolf
1:18
No. 79, Aria. Per rendermi beato. Andante (Serse)
Christian Curnyn, Early Opera Company, Anna Stéphany
3:27
No. 80, Recitativo. Ubbidirò il mio re? (Arsamene)
David Daniels, Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn
0:56
No. 81, Aria. Amore, tiranno Amor. Larghetto (Arsamene)
Christian Curnyn, Early Opera Company, David Daniels
3:44
No. 82, Recitativo. Come già vi accennammo (Serse)
Anna Stéphany, Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn
0:41
No. 83, Aria. Del Ciel d'amore. Andante allegro (Ariodate)
Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn, Brindley Sherratt
2:20
No. 84, Recitativo. Il suo serto rifiuto (Romilda)
Christian Curnyn, Rosemary Joshua, Early Opera Company
2:56
No. 85, Aria. Cagion son io. Andante (Amastre)
Hilary Summers, Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn
2:31
No. 86, Recitativo. Romilda infida, e di me pensa ancora? (Arsamene)
David Daniels, Christian Curnyn, Early Opera Company
0:18
No. 87, Duetto. Troppo oltraggi la mia fede (Romilda and Arsamene)
David Daniels, Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn, Rosemary Joshua
2:37
No. 88, Coro. Ciò che Giove destinò (Ministri)
Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn
0:36
No. 89, Recitativo. Ecco lo sposo! Io ben ne fui presago (Ariodate)
Brindley Sherratt, David Daniels, Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn, Rosemary Joshua
1:05
No. 90, Coro. Chi infelice si trovò (Ministri)
Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn
0:23
No. 91, Recitativo. Se ne viene Ariodate. È tempo omai (Serse)
Early Opera Company, Brindley Sherratt, Anna Stéphany, Christian Curnyn
1:56
No. 92, Aria. Crude furie degl'orridi abissi. Allegro (Serse)
Christian Curnyn, Early Opera Company, Anna Stéphany
3:29
No. 93, Recitativo. Perfidi! E ancor osate (Serse)
Anna Stéphany, Joelle Harvey, Andreas Wolf, Christian Curnyn, Rosemary Joshua, Brindley Sherratt, Early Opera Company, David Daniels, Hilary Summers
1:54
No. 94, Aria e Coro. Caro voi siete all'alma. Andante (Romilda)
Christian Curnyn, Rosemary Joshua, Early Opera Company
3:42

1 September 2013 94 Tracks, 2 Hours 46 minutes ℗ 2013 Chandos Records

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