Marco Angioloni - Rinaldo (1731) [CD]

Having barely arrived in London, Handel laid the foundations for his unprecedented operatic career in 1711 with the magic opera Rinaldo. In addition to the novel Italian music, the fantastic plot, which exploited all the possibilities of baroque theatre, also met with enthusiasm from the audience: love, anger and passion amid sensational scene changes, fire-breathing monsters, flying dragons and an exotic magical island. The libretto, based on an episode from Torquato Tasso's epic Gerusalemme liberata, which was popular at the time, tells the story of the young crusader Rinaldo, who would much rather marry his beloved Almirena than fight and who must resist the magical arts of the sorceress Armida - who is in love with him - in order to find happiness. Twenty years later, in 1731, Handel fundamentally revised his successful opera once again. This rarely performed version can be heard here on CD for the first time and features an outstanding cast of singers, above all the leading Italian countertenor Filippo Mineccia in the main role and Roberta Mameli and Vivica Genaux as the ladies fighting for him. Marco Angioloni, who also sings Goffredo, conducts the young ensemble Il Groviglio with verve.

Handel: Rinaldo (1731) Ouverture

Handel: Rinaldo (1731) Aria: Siam prossimi al porto

Handel: Rinaldo (1731) Sinfonia

Recitativo: Delle nostre fatiche

Recitativo: A quel sasso bramato

Recitativo: Quivi par che rubelle

Aria: Sovra balze

Aria: Il vostro maggio

Recitativo: La causa che vi spinge

Recitativo: Signor, gia dal tuo senno

Recitativo: Qual incognita forza

Sinfonia

Aria: Quel cor che mi donasti

Aria: Il Tricerbero umiliato

Recitativo: Qui vomita cocito Goffredo, Mago

Recitativo: Questi saggi consigli

Recitativo: Numi! Strano ardimento!

Aria: Andate, o forti Mago

Aria: Ogn' indugio

Aria: Mio cor, che mi sai dir?

Recitativo: A fronte d'un sleal

Recitativo: Signor, che delle stelle

Recitativo: Armida dispietata!

Aria: Di Sion nell'alta sede

Sinfonia

Aria: Lascia ch'io pianga

Recitativo: Mori svenata!

Recitativo: Goffredo, se t'arrise

Recitativo: T'arresta, oh Dio!

Recitativo: Nella guardata soglia

Aria: D'nstabile fortuna

Aria: Per salvarti, idolo mio

Aria: E un incendio fra due venti

Recitativo: Infra dubbi di Marte

Recitativo: Cingetemi d'alloro

Recitativo: Fremo nel mio furor

Aria: Furie terribili

Recitativo: Perfida, un cor illustre

Duetto: Al trionfo del nostro furore

Recitativo ed Accompagnato: Come a tempo giungesti

Duetto: Fermati!

Accompagnato: Orrori menzogneri

Aria: Sulla ruota di fortuna

Recitativo: Ah! Rinaldo crudel

Recitativo: A voi de' miei trofei

Recitativo: Mia fia la gloria

Aria: Abbruggio, avvampo e fremo

Aria: Vedro piu liete e belle

Aria: Combatti da forte

Accompagnato e Recitativo: Dunque

Recitativo: Ciel crudele! Empia sorte!

Aria: Augelletti, che cantate

Recitativo: Sembianze idolatrate

Aria: Fatto e Giove un dio d'inferno

Recitativo: Adorato mio sposo

Aria: Arma lo sguardo

Sinfonia

Duetto: Scherzano sul tuo volto

Aria: Ah! crudel

Recitativo: Compagni gloriosi

Recitativo: Al valor del mio brando

Recitativo: Rasserena i bei lumi

Aria: Si, caro, si

Sinfonia

Aria: Parolette, vezzi e sguardi

Recitativo: Chi vuol giunger di gloria

Aria: Cara sposa

Coro: Vinto e sol dalla virtu

Recitativo: Che insolito stupore

Aria: Cor ingrato

Recitativo: Un mio giusto dolor

Recitativo: Di speranza un bel raggio

Aria: Venti, turbini, prestate

• Genre: Classical
• Product Type: AUDIO CD
• Barcode: 8424562248021
• Release Date: January 31, 2025

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