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…singing in English…seems to release a vein of poignant colouration in her beautifully clean, wide-ranging voice. The choices from L'Allegro-the ravishing 'Sweet Bird' and, with the excellent... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2009 More…

Release Date: 7th Sep 2009
Catalogue No: OP30484
Label: Naive
Length: 76 minutes

Handel: Disserratevi oh porte d’Averno (from La Resurrezione)

Work length4:34

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Sandrine Piau (soprano), Luca Marzana (trumpet), Jonathan Pia (trumpet)
Accademia Bizantina
Stefano Montanari

Excerpt, Handel: Theodora, HWV 68

Work length4:13

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Sandrine Piau (soprano)
Accademia Bizantina
Stefano Montanari

Act II: Recitative: O thou bright sun! How sweet thy rays

Track length0:38

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Act II: Air: With darkness deep as is my woe

Track length3:35

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Handel: Ode for St Cecilia's Day, HWV76: What passion cannot Music raise and quell?

Work length8:47

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Sandrine Piau (soprano), Marco Frezzato (cello)
Accademia Bizantina
Stefano Montanari

Handel: Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion (from Messiah)

Work length3:52

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Sandrine Piau (soprano)
Accademia Bizantina
Stefano Montanari

Excerpt, Handel: Theodora, HWV 68

Work length1:26

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Accademia Bizantina
Stefano Montanari

Act II: Largo

Track length1:26

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Excerpt, Handel: Alexander Balus

Work length8:38

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Sandrine Piau (soprano)
Accademia Bizantina
Stefano Montanari

Act III: Aria: O take me from this hateful light

Track length4:37

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Act III: Recitative: Forgive, O queen

Track length0:29

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Act III: Accompagnato: Calm thou my soul

Track length0:44

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Act III: Aria: Convey me to some peaceful shore

Track length2:48

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Excerpt, Handel: Joseph and his Brethren

Work length8:36

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Sandrine Piau (soprano)
Accademia Bizantina
Stefano Montanari

Act III: Recitative: Art thou not Zaphnath? Is not Egypt sav'd?

Track length0:29

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Act III: Aria: Prophetic raptures swell my breast

Track length8:07

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Handel: As steals the morn (from L'Allegro, il Penseroso, ed il Moderato)

Work length6:11

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Molly Marsh (oboe), Sandrine Piau (soprano), Topi Lehtipuu (tenor), Alberto Guerra (bassoon)
Accademia Bizantina
Stefano Montanari

Handel: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (from Solomon)

Work length2:49

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Molly Marsh (oboe), Emiliano Rodolfi (oboe)
Accademia Bizantina
Stefano Montanari

Excerpt, Handel: L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato

Work length13:29

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Marcello Gatti (flute)

Part I: Accompagnato: First and chief on golden wing

Track length0:49

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Part I: Aria: Sweet bird

Track length12:40

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Excerpt, Handel: Concerto Grosso Op. 3 No. 2 in B flat major, HWV313

Work length2:40

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Marco Frezzato (cello), Molly Marsh (oboe), Paolo Ballanti (cello)
Accademia Bizantina
Stefano Montanari

II. Largo

Track length2:40

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Handel: Samson: Let the bright seraphim

Work length5:10

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Luca Marzana (trumpet), Sandrine Piau (soprano)
Accademia Bizantina
Stefano Montanari

Excerpt, Handel: Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, HWV46a

Work length6:25

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Stefano Montanari (violin), Sandrine Piau (soprano)
Accademia Bizantina

Part II: Accompagnato: Pure del cielo intelligenze eterne

Track length1:00

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Part II: Aria: Tu del Ciel ministro eletto

Track length5:25

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The world renowned and multi award-winning French soprano, Sandrine Piau, presents an intimate recital exploring the religious and philosophical aspects of Handel’s oeuvre.

Sandrine Piau takes great pleasure in the art of recital. On her new recording for the Handel anniversary, ‘Between Heaven and Earth’ she is accompanied by one of the finest period instrument ensembles, Accademia Bizantina under the direction of Stefano Montanari. For Handel the soprano voice may assume many different guises: as angelic messenger, as the herald of hope and reason, or glorifying music itself. It can also express the deepest sufferings and transcend them in an ecstasy worthy of the greatest mystics. A highlight is the stunning duet, ‘As steals the morn upon the night’ from L’allegro, Il penseroso, ed Il moderato and also features the internationally acclaimed Finnish tenor, Topi Lehtipuu.

Sandrine Piau records exclusively for Naïve. Her disc of Mozart Arias, with the Freiburger Barockorchester, met with critical acclaim and was awarded the Prix Charles Cros. Her second album, Debussy Mélodies, accompanied by Jos van Imserseel, won the ‘Prix Ravel’ at the Orphée Awards in Paris. Handel’s Arias Seria with Christophe Rousset was a Gramophone Editor’s Choice in January 2005 and won the Stanley Sadie Handel Recording Prize 2005.

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December 2009

…singing in English…seems to release a vein of poignant colouration in her beautifully clean, wide-ranging voice. The choices from L'Allegro-the ravishing 'Sweet Bird' and, with the excellent Finnish tenor Topi Lehtipuu, the 'As seals the morn' duet - demonstrate this specially well, but the singer's emotional commitment to her programme leaves a strong and at times powerfully positive impression.

November 2009

Theodora's "As darkness deep" is beautifully done, with the line "Your thickest veil around me throw" invested with rare sublimity.

9th October 2009

a disc that ranks among the most beautiful things you're likely to hear all year...Whether letting fly at some of Handel's most vertiginous coloratura or spinning out long threads of exquisite, silvery sound, her singing is sensational, – never more so than in the closing track...It is one of the greatest passages in all music, and this is the most remarkable performance of it that I know.

20th September 2009

a Handel recital of rare brilliance...[Piau] is accompanied by the delightfully feisty Accademia Bizantina who enjoy tracks of their own, including the most ferocious "Arrival of the Queen of Sheba" you're ever likely to hear.

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