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Handel: Arminio

Max Emanuel Cencic (Arminio), Layla Claire (Tusnelda), Ruxandra Donose (Ramise), Vince Yi (Sigismondo), Juan Sancho (Varo), Xavier Sabata (Tullio) and Petros Magoulas (Segeste)

Armonia Atenea, George Petrou

Handel: Arminio
Cencic makes the most of [the writing], sustaining a rich, beautifully rounded tone through even the most athletic numbers…his voice offers a lovely middle ground between Xavier Sabata’s darker...

Gramophone Magazine, May 2016

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Handel: Arminio

Max Emanuel Cencic (Arminio), Layla Claire (Tusnelda), Ruxandra Donose (Ramise), Vince Yi (Sigismondo), Juan Sancho (Varo), Xavier Sabata (Tullio) and Petros Magoulas (Segeste)

Armonia Atenea, George Petrou

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Cencic makes the most of [the writing], sustaining a rich, beautifully rounded tone through even the most athletic numbers…his voice offers a lovely middle ground between Xavier Sabata’s darker...

Gramophone Magazine, May 2016

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Described by one contemporary commentator as “a miracle”, and another as “in every respect excellent & vastly pleasing”, Arminio is ripe for reappraisal and new presentation.

An heroic story, based on historical events occurring on the Germanic fringes of the Roman Empire, Arminio is now being revived in a new and ravishing production by Parnassus Arts under their artistic director Max Emanuel Cencic: a combination with an unequalled track record in Handelian opera seria, as witnessed by their multiple-award-winning staging and recording of Alessandro (from 2012 to date).

Countertenor Max Emanuel Cencic takes the title role of Arminio, surrounded by a superb cast featuring Layla Claire (Tusnelda), Ruxandra Donose (Ramise), Vince Yi (Sigismondo), Juan Sancho (Varo), Xavier Sabata (Tullio) and Petros Magoulas (Segeste).

Joined by the dynamic Armonia Atenea under the baton of George Petrou, Arminio is sure to join a fast-growing collection of acclaimed Baroque opera recordings. In recent years Max Emanuel Cencic has become recognised as one of the world’s supreme countertenors: “Mr. Cencic is blessed with the finest countertenor voice of our day” (Opernwelt)

  • Release date: 11th Mar 2016
  • Label: Decca
  • Catalogue number: 4788764
  • Length: 2 hours 30 minutes
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Contents and tracklist

Handel: Arminio
Work length2:30:05
Overture
Track length3:13
Menuet
Track length1:01
"Fuggi, mio bene"
Track length0:56
"Il fuggir, cara mia vita"
Track length2:48
"Signor, è in tuo potere d’Arminio il campo"
Track length0:52
"Non deve roman petto dar all’amor ricetto"
Track length3:18
"Ah! che un vero valore non sdegna aver"
Track length0:19
"Al lume di due rai piu fiero io pugnero"
Track length3:10
"Colla spada d’Arminio, signore, io ti presento"
Track length1:00
"Scaglian amore e sangue"
Track length2:31
"Arminio, al tuo furore un tanto ardir condono"
Track length0:39
"Al par della mia sorte è forte questo cor"
Track length4:13
"Se Arminio oggi non piega"
Track length0:23
"Fiaccherò quel fiero orgoglio"
Track length3:47
"Non sono sempre vane larve"
Track length5:37
"Ramise, oh Dei!"
Track length1:14
"Sento il cor per ogni lato circondato"
Track length3:57
"Oimè! parte Ramise, e seco porta l’anima mia"
Track length0:56
"È vil segno d’un debole amore quel dolore"
Track length6:32
"Cruda sorella!"
Track length1:06
"Posso morir, ma vivere"
Track length5:01
Sinfonia
Track length1:36
"Come, signor, vorrai?"
Track length0:44
"Con quel sangue dipinta vedrai"
Track length4:11
"Questo è, signor, di Cesare è il volere"
Track length0:39
"Duri lacci, voi non siete per me rei di crudeltà"
Track length3:30
"Arminio, in questi accenti per la mia lingua ti favella il cielo"
Track length1:01
"Sì, cadrò, ma sorgerà"
Track length3:26
"Figlia, son vani i pianti"
Track length0:47
"Al furor che ti consiglia"
Track length3:46
"Prencipe senza fede!...Ah! Ramise!"
Track length1:28
"Niente spero, tutto credo"
Track length3:38
"O Ramise, o Segeste, ambo fatali!"
Track length0:31
"Quella fiamma, ch’il petto m’accende"
Track length7:21
"Ola! Custodi, alcun di voi mi chiami Varo"
Track length1:21
"Vado a morir, vi lascio la pace ch’ho nel cor"
Track length6:40
"Tusnelda, io son confuso!"
Track length1:11
"Rendimi il dolce sposo"
Track length6:35
Sinfonia - "Fier teatro di morte!"
Track length1:07
"Ministri, alla mia morte or mi rendete"
Track length0:51
"Ritorno alle ritorte"
Track length4:00
"Del castello in difesa"
Track length0:22
"Mira il ciel, vedrai d’Alcide le guerriere armi"
Track length5:40
"Ho veleno, e ferro avanti"
Track length2:39
"Ti stringo, o illustre acciaro"
Track length0:51
"Quando più minaccia il cielo"
Track length1:51
"Arminio sventurato!"
Track length1:09
"Il sangue al cor favella"
Track length1:36
"Tra speme e timore mi palpita il core"
Track length1:54
"Mia sposa, mia sorella...Arminio, non è tempo, signor "
Track length1:04
"Fatto scorta al sentier della gloria"
Track length4:45
"Va, che nel dubbio calle anco il mio amore sarà fido compagno al tuo valore"
Track length0:11
"Va, combatti ancor da forte"
Track length4:00
"Sigismondo, qui resti vittima di Segeste al rio furore?...Invece d’eseguir gli ordini miei "
Track length1:14
"Impara a non temer dal mio costante amor"
Track length3:53
"Perché mi dividete dal bell’idolo mio?"
Track length0:12
"Voglio seguir lo sposo"
Track length3:18
"Fuggiam, signor!"
Track length1:26
"Ritorna nel core vezzosa...Risplende nell’alma amante"
Track length4:39
"Goda nostr’alma appieno"
Track length0:24
"A capir tante dolcezze troppo angusto e ’l nostro cor"
Track length2:01

Awards and reviews

May 2016

Cencic makes the most of [the writing], sustaining a rich, beautifully rounded tone through even the most athletic numbers…his voice offers a lovely middle ground between Xavier Sabata’s darker tone as Tullio and Vince Yi’s feminine, silvery-bright Sigismondo…the real surprises here are Juan Sancho’s Varo and Petros Magoulas’s Segeste…on balance, this Arminio is probably now the best out there
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