Handel Arias

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Arrestingly, uncompromisingly thrilling...while the coloratura thrills here are predictably spectacular, it’s the other elements – the new-found care and weight of the slower arias, the range... — Gramophone Magazine, March 2018 More…

Release Date: 12th Jan 2018
Catalogue No: 4797541
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Length: 79 minutes

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Excerpt, Handel: Oreste

Work length4:24

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Zefira Valova (concertmaster), Franco Fagioli (countertenor)
Il Pomo d'Oro
Recorded: 2017-03-02
Recording Venue: Villa San Fermo, Lonigo

"Agitato da fiere tempeste"

Track length4:24

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Excerpt, Handel: Serse

Work length4:11

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Zefira Valova (concertmaster), Franco Fagioli (countertenor)
Il Pomo d'Oro
Recorded: 2017-03-02
Recording Venue: Villa San Fermo, Lonigo

"Frondi tenere"

Track length0:47

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"Ombra mai fu"

Track length3:24

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Excerpt, Handel: Serse

Work length3:55

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Zefira Valova (concertmaster), Franco Fagioli (countertenor)
Il Pomo d'Oro
Recorded: 2017-03-02
Recording Venue: Villa San Fermo, Lonigo

"Crude furie degli orridi abissi"

Track length3:55

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Excerpt, Handel: Rinaldo

Work length12:54

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Zefira Valova (concertmaster), Franco Fagioli (countertenor)
Il Pomo d'Oro
Recorded: 2017-03-02
Recording Venue: Villa San Fermo, Lonigo

"Cara sposa, amante cara"

Track length8:48

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"Venti, turbini, prestate"

Track length4:06

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Excerpt, Handel: Imeneo

Work length6:47

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Zefira Valova (concertmaster), Franco Fagioli (countertenor)
Il Pomo d'Oro
Recorded: 2017-03-02
Recording Venue: Villa San Fermo, Lonigo

"Se potessero i sospir’ miei"

Track length6:47

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Excerpt, Handel: Il pastor fido, HWV8a

Work length6:45

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Zefira Valova (concertmaster), Franco Fagioli (countertenor)
Il Pomo d'Oro
Recorded: 2017-03-02
Recording Venue: Villa San Fermo, Lonigo

"Sento brillar nel sen"

Track length6:45

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Excerpt, Handel: Rodelinda

Work length9:12

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Zefira Valova (concertmaster), Franco Fagioli (countertenor)
Il Pomo d'Oro
Recorded: 2017-03-02
Recording Venue: Villa San Fermo, Lonigo

"Pompe vane di morte"

Track length2:53

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"Dove sei amato bene"

Track length6:19

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Excerpt, Handel: Giulio Cesare in Egitto

Work length8:40

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Zefira Valova (concertmaster), Franco Fagioli (countertenor)
Il Pomo d'Oro
Recorded: 2017-03-02
Recording Venue: Villa San Fermo, Lonigo

"Se in fiorito ameno prato"

Track length8:40

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Excerpt, Handel: Ariodante

Work length11:13

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Zefira Valova (concertmaster), Franco Fagioli (countertenor)
Il Pomo d'Oro
Recorded: 2017-03-02
Recording Venue: Villa San Fermo, Lonigo

"Scherza infida, in grembo al drudo"

Track length11:13

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Excerpt, Handel: Ariodante

Work length7:28

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Zefira Valova (concertmaster), Franco Fagioli (countertenor)
Il Pomo d'Oro
Recorded: 2017-03-02
Recording Venue: Villa San Fermo, Lonigo

"Dopo notte, altra e funesta"

Track length7:28

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Excerpt, Handel: Partenope, HWV 27

Work length4:14

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Zefira Valova (concertmaster), Franco Fagioli (countertenor)
Il Pomo d'Oro
Recorded: 2017-03-02
Recording Venue: Villa San Fermo, Lonigo

"Ch’io parta?"

Track length4:14

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Interview, Franco Fagioli on Handel

1st February 2018

Katherine talks to the Argentinian countertenor about his new album of arias from operas including Serse, Rinaldo and Ariodante - the latter previously unrecorded by this voice-type.

This is the album Handel lovers have been waiting for: a handpicked selection of Handel opera arias that Franco Fagioli, one of the most outstanding countertenors in our days has chosen himself.

Handel is unavoidably linked to Franco’s career and he brings a unique approach to the composer in this studio recording.

Franco has gained critical acclaim for his round, sensual and velvet mezzosoprano like voice, and he is known to sing with virtuosic coloratura and emotional intensity.

He performs fourteen arias whilst exploring the wide range of emotions and affetti musicali that are typical of Baroque operas and of Handel’s vocal music in particular.

This album is also a happy re-encounter of a winning team: Franco is joined by the famous orchestra Il pomo d'oro, a dynamic Baroque orchestra with whom Franco had worked with in the past.

Reviews

March 2018

Arrestingly, uncompromisingly thrilling...while the coloratura thrills here are predictably spectacular, it’s the other elements – the new-found care and weight of the slower arias, the range of vocal brushstrokes throughout, the dramatic conviction – that hold the attention..animated by the invention and bravado of Fagioli’s ornaments, the impossible clarity and articulation of the coloratura and the singer’s sheer pleasure in his own peak fitness.

May 2018

In the main Fagioli's ornamentation remains convincing and tasteful, largely confining itself to decoration rather than wild departures from the melodic line ... the sensuality of timbre, particularly in mid-range, often conveys emotion with considerable impact, Arsace's 'Ch'io parta?' (Partenope) being a good example. Il Pomo d'Oro provides its customary excellent support and it is good to find a slightly larger body of strings than it has sometimes fielded... this is a recording of unusual interest, and not just for Fagioli enthusiasts. In many respects the CD typifies much that is praiseworthy in contemporary Baroque singing, and should be heard by anyone interested in that art.

January 2018

My expectations always run extremely high with this artist, but he excels himself here with singing that simply exudes joy and revels in the capabilities of his remarkable instrument: the vocal virtuosity on display in ‘Crude furie’, ‘Dopo notte’ and ‘Venti, turbini’ (the latter capped with a ringing top D!) will take your breath away. I'm addicted.

Opera Now June 2018

Fagioli reveals no chink in his technical armoury. His voice has a more buoyant thrill to it than Cencic’s and he is keen to show it off; but he is also happy to relax into a long- spun line and revel in the languor of the moment, relish a messa di voce and decorate with discretion. A couple of times, an over-excited high note creeps in: the effect is rather like having someone stamp on your foot in an otherwise smooth dance. Nevertheless, this is incredibly polished singing, and there is a palpable sense of the thought and meaning behind the texts and music. The young Zefira Valova’s conducting is supportive and idiomatic.

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