Handel: Amadigi di Gaula

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Handel took a less-is-more approach to his Amadigi di Gaula. Christian Curnyn’s answering restraint reveals the stark solos, shimmering textures, ringing silences and stunning one-to-a-part counterpoint... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2022, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 16th Sep 2022
Catalogue No: CHSA04062
Label: Chandos
Length: 2 hours 36 minutes

BBC Music Magazine

November 2022

Opera Choice
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November 2022

Editor's Choice
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2023

Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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Excerpt, Handel: Amadigi di Gaula

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Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn

Ouverture. Largo

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Gavotta. Allegro

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Handel: Amadigi di Gaula, HWV 11, Act 1 Scene 1

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Tim Mead, Hilary Summers, Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn

Recitativo "Or che di negro ammanto"

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Aria "Pugnerò contro del fato"

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Handel: Amadigi di Gaula, HWV 11, Act 1 Scene 2

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Tim Mead, Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn

Accompagnato "Oh notte! oh cara notte"

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Cavatina ed Accompagnato "Notte, amica dei riposi"

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Recitativo "Ch'impedito è ogni passo"

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Handel: Amadigi di Gaula, HWV 11, Act 1 Scene 3

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Mary Bevan, Tim Mead, Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn

Recitativo "E tu cerchi fuggir? perfido, ingrato!"

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Aria "Non sa temere"

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Handel: Amadigi di Gaula, HWV 11, Act 1 Scene 4

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Recitativo "Il crudel m"abbandona, e mi detesta"

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Aria "Ah! spietato! e non ti muove"

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Handel: Amadigi di Gaula, HWV 11, Act 1 Scene 5

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Tim Mead, Hilary Summers, Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn

Recitativo "Risveglian queste fiamme il mio coraggio"

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Aria "Vado, corro al mio tesoro"

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Handel: Amadigi di Gaula, HWV 11, Act 1 Scene 6

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Recitativo "Deh! ferma, oh Dio! già penetrò la soglia"

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Aria "Agitato il cor mi sento"

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Sinfonia

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Handel: Amadigi di Gaula, HWV 11, Act 1 Scene 7

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Anna Dennis, Tim Mead, Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn

Recitativo "Cieli, che fia? qual rumore improvviso"

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Siciliana "Gioie, venite in sen"

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Recitativo "In questo istante io provo'

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Aria "È sì dolce il mio contento"

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Recitativo "Andiamo ora, mio ben, che più si tarda"

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Aria "Oh caro mio tesor"

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Handel: Amadigi di Gaula, HWV 11, Act 1 Scene 8

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Tim Mead, Hilary Summers, Mary Bevan, Anna Dennis, Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn

Recitativo "Cieli! Numi! che miro?"

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Aria "Io godo, scherzo e rido"

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Handel: Amadigi di Gaula, HWV 11, Act 1 Scene 9

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Recitativo "Ferma, deh! ferma, oh Dio!"

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Aria "O rendetemi il mio bene"

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Handel: Amadigi di Gaula, HWV 11, Act 2 Scene 1

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Tim Mead, Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn

Recitativo "Io ramingo men vado"

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Aria "Sussurrate, onde vezzose"

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Recitiativo "Numi! che veggio?"

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Handel: Amadigi di Gaula, HWV 11, Act 2 Scene 2

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Mary Bevan, Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn

Recitativo "Svenne Amadigi dal suo duolo oppresso"

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Handel: Amadigi di Gaula, HWV 11, Act 2 Scene 3

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Anna Dennis, Early Opera Company, Tim Mead, Christian Curnyn

Recitativo "Cieli! che sarà mai?" (Oriana)

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Aria "S'estinto è l'idol mio"

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Recitativo "Ma qual scampo al mio affanno?"

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Aria "T'amai, quant'il mio cor"

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Recitativo "Chi mai creduto avria"

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Aria "Ti pentirai, crudel"

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Handel: Amadigi di Gaula, HWV 11, Act 2 Scene 4

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Tim Mead, Mary Bevan, Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn

Recitativo "Dunque colei, da cui"

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Duetto "Crudel, tu non farai"

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Handel: Amadigi di Gaula, HWV 11, Act 2 Scene 5

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Recitativo" D'un sventurato amante"

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Aria "Pena tiranna"

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Handel: Amadigi di Gaula, HWV 11, Act 2 Scene 6

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Mary Bevan, Hilary Summers, Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn

Recitativo "Arresta, oh Prence!"

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Aria "Se tu brami di godere"

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Handel: Amadigi di Gaula, HWV 11, Act 2 Scene 7

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Hilary Summers, Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn

Recitativo "Ma, se questo non basta"

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Handel: Amadigi di Gaula, HWV 11, Act 2 Scene 8

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Anna Dennis, Hilary Summers, Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn

Recitativo "Amadigi, mio ben! deh! quando mai"

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Aria "Tu mia speranza"

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Handel: Amadigi di Gaula, HWV 11, Act 2 Scene 8 / 9

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Hilary Summers, Mary Bevan, Anna Dennis, Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn

Recitativo "Ma qui il rival!" –"Cieli! Numi! soccorso, astri crudeli!"

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Handel: Amadigi di Gaula, HWV 11, Act 2 Scene 9

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Anna Dennis, Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn

Aria "Affannami, tormentami"

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Handel: Amadigi di Gaula, HWV 11, Act 2 Scene 10

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Mary Bevan, Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn

Recitativo "Mi deride l"amante"

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Aria "Desterò dall"empia dite"

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Handel: Amadigi di Gaula, HWV 11, Act 3 Scene 1

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Anna Dennis, Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn

Recitativo "Dove mi guida il fato mio tiranno?"

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Aria "Dolce vita del mio petto"

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Handel: Amadigi di Gaula, HWV 11, Act 3 Scene 2

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Recitativo "Sento, né so che sia"

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Aria "Vanne lungi dal mio petto"

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Handel: Amadigi di Gaula, HWV 11, Act 3 Scene 3

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Anna Dennis, Tim Mead, Mary Bevan, Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn

Recitativo "Se t"offese Oriana"

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Duetto "Cangia alfine il tuo rigore"

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Recitativo "No, no! ho già risolto"

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Handel: Amadigi di Gaula, HWV 11, Act 3 Scene 4

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Hilary Summers, Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn

Accompagnato "Han penetrato i detti tuoi l'inferno'

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Handel: Amadigi di Gaula, HWV 11, Act 3 Scene 5

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Mary Bevan, Anna Dennis, Tim Mead, Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn

Recitativo "Cieli! ingiusti e inclementi!"

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Accompagnato ed Arioso "Addio, crudo Amadigi!"

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Recitativo "Che orrore!"

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Sinfonia

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Handel: Amadigi di Gaula, HWV 11, Act 3 Scene 6

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Patrick Terry, Tim Mead, Anna Dennis, Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn

Recitativo "Son finiti i tormenti, omai si goda!"

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Aria "Sento la gioia"

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Recitativo "Godete omai felici"

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Coro "Godete, oh cori amanti"

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Ballo di Pastori e Pastorelle

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Countertenor Tim Mead leads an all-star cast in the Early Opera Company’s recording of Handel’s Amadigi di Gaula, conducted by Christian Curnyn. The opera was first performed in London in 1715, in the first season under the reign of George I, in the King’s Theatre on the Haymarket. The complex, twisting plot features lovers Amadigi and Orianna, imprisoned by the sorceress Melissa (who wants Amadigi’s love). Amadigi’s ally Dardano turns against his friend when he realises his love for Orianna (with whom Dardano is in love) and sides with Melissa. Her plans are repeatedly foiled, and true love triumphs at the final curtain! Amadigi is considerd the finest of his early London operas in terms of musical sophistication, theatrical pacing, and a perfectly balanced exploration of the interconnected relationships, motivations, and emotional divergences among just four dissimilar yet equally arresting characters. Recorded in Surround Sound and released as two Hybrid SACDs.

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November 2022

Handel took a less-is-more approach to his Amadigi di Gaula. Christian Curnyn’s answering restraint reveals the stark solos, shimmering textures, ringing silences and stunning one-to-a-part counterpoint of music that fairly bursts with its composer’s early genius.

Sep/Oct 2023

…from a musical standpoint, Handel is at the top of his game. There is an abundance of slow and expressive arias, but he knows how to pace them according to the plot. One cannot ask for a better performance than the Early Opera Company. The soloists, as noted, are all first-class, and their ability to imbue sensitivity and emotion into the music provides just the sort of mood that is required.

November 2022

Curnyn’s cast of expert Handelians is self-recommending. In a performance both commanding and sympathetic, Mary Bevan catches each fluctuating emotion of Handel’s scorned sorceress.

December 2022

All the vocal performances by a cast that is dramatically fully engaged are good, with special kudos going to the full-blooded commitment of Mary Bevan’s Melissa and the affecting Oriana of Anna Dennis.

30th October 2022

Curnyn and his company accompany the fine soloists — Tim Mead, Anna Dennis, Mary Bevan and Hilary Summers — with playing of sprightliness, subtle shading and captivating fluidity. Mead’s performance of the aria At the Fountain of Truth would melt the hardest heart.

15th September 2022

All the roles are for high voices, which could have made for unvaried home listening, but there’s an effective contrast between the liquid tone of Tim Mead’s countertenor in the title role and the distinctive steel-cored contralto of Hilary Summers as his false friend Dardano. The two sopranos, Mary Bevan as Melissa and Anna Dennis as Oriana, are closer in tone but both respond with some glorious singing to the way Handel’s music draws their differing characters.

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