Heroes and Heroines: Handel Arias

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Sarah Connolly is an exemplary Handel singer.
Her recital is dominated by two roles she's performed at ENO, with arias from Alcina and Ariodante.
'Scherza infida' is an addictive mixture of vocal... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Release Date: 4th Oct 2004
Catalogue No: COR16025
Label: Coro
Length: 63 minutes

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November 2004

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Sarah Connolly, Harry Christophers

Alcina - Sinfonia (Act 3)

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Alcina - Sta nell' Ircana

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Alcina - Mi lusingha il dolce affetto

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Solomon - Sinfonia - Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

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Solomon - Will the sun forget to streak

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Ariodante - Sinfonia (Act 2)

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Ariodante - Scherza infida: Recit & Aria

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Ariodante - Dopo notte

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Alcina - Entrée des songes agréables

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Alcina - Verdi prati

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Hercules - Sinfonia (Act 2)

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Hercules - Cease, ruler of the day: Recit & Aria

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Hercules - Where shall I fly

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2010

Sarah Connolly is an exemplary Handel singer.
Her recital is dominated by two roles she's performed at ENO, with arias from Alcina and Ariodante.
'Scherza infida' is an addictive mixture of vocal elegance and poignant desolation, and 'Mi lusingha' is sung with a beautiful simplicity that lacks for nothing in drama or passion.
In contrast, the extravagant coloratura in 'Dopo notte' and the robust 'Sta nell'Ircana' capture the virtuoso thrills of heroic joy. In Dejanira's 'Where shall I fly?', she reminds us that taste and subtlety have an important place even in Handel's tormented and emotionally unstable creation. She avoids contrived intensity and allows the quality of the vocal writing to speak for itself.
Harry Christophers' direction is judicious, supportive yet never intrusive. It's pleasant to hear performances that are musically sensible, dramatically sensitive, and brave enough to apply understatement.

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