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Young Norwegian mezzo-soprano Tuva Semmingsen displays both vocal agility and a wide-ranging emotional range in a disc of arias from Handel.
The disc unveils a portrait of Handel: his emergence in the early Italian-styled Amadigi, reaching maturity in the ‘English operatic’, and arriving finally in the perennial melodic grace of Theodora.
These works interspersed with instrumental works by Handel’s Italian contemporaries. Corelli and Geminiani, played by Norwegian period band Barokksolistene.
George Frideric Handel: Amadigi di Gaula, HWV 11
Overture
Act II: Aria: T'amai, quant'il mio cor
Act I: Aria: Vado, corro al mio tesoro
Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto Grosso in D major, Op. 6, No. 4
I. Adagio - Allegro
II. Adagio
III. Vivace - Allegro - Allegro
George Frideric Handel: Hercules, HWV 60
Act III: Sinfonia
Act III: Accompagnato: Where shall I fly?
Francesco Maria Veracini: Sonate accademiche in A major, Op. 2, No. 9
I. Allegro moderamente
II. Adagio
III. Scozzese: Un poco andante ed affettuoso - Largo - Un poco andante ed affettuoso
George Frideric Handel: Theodora, HWV 68
Theodora, HWV 68, Act I: Air: As with rosy steps
Francesco Geminiani: Concerto Grosso No. 12 in D minor (after Corelli's Sonata, Op. 5, No. 12, "La Follia")
Concerto Grosso in D minor (after Corelli's Sonata, Op. 5, No. 12, "La Follia")
Amadigi di Gaula, HWV 11
Act I: Aria: O rendetemi il mio bene
Act III: Sinfonia
Act III: Aria: Sento la gioia
4th August 2012
“Some of these world versions of classic London songs bear repeated listening and all are good fun”
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Overture
