Tim Mead, Anna Dennis, Mary Bevan, Hilary Summers – Handel: Amadigi di Gaula (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 02:36:47 minutes | 2,65 GB | Genre: Classical, Opera
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The 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, at the King’s Theatre on the Haymarket. The complex, twisting plot features the lovers Amadigi and Oriana, imprisoned by the sorceress Melissa (who seeks Amadigi’s love). His ally Dardano turns against Amadigi, his former friend, when he realises that they both love Oriana and he sides with Melissa. Her plans are repeatedly foiled, and true love triumphs at the final curtain!
Amadigi is considered the finest of Handel’s 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.
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Anna Dennis, William Towers, Nicholas Daniel – Elena Langer: Landscape With Three People (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 59:54 minutes | 1,03 GB | Genre: Classical
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Editor’s Note : A selection of chamber works by Elena Langer (b. 1974, Moscow), notable for their playful counterpoint and delicate textures. The London-based composer delights in exploring the endless soundworlds of voices and instruments. “An enticing sonic tapestry, pitched midway between the expressive avant-garde tumult of Berio and the rough-and-tumble of folk music.” (The Times, UK)
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Anna Dennis, Sounds Baroque & Julian Perkins – Sweeter Than Roses: Songs by Henry Purcell (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:07:31 minutes | 1,07 GB | Genre: Classical
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Director and keyboardist Julian Perkins and his acclaimed ensemble Sounds Baroque join with soprano Anna Dennis to this celebration of the songs Henry Purcell. Kown for his undisputed mastery in setting the English language, Purcell also absorbed influences from both French and italian styles, and the programm is complemented with close contemporaries who also worked in Lodon – a guitar suite from italian Francesco Corbetta and a harpsichord suite from Giovanni Battista Draghi, along with two songs from the earlier Stuart court composr Henry Lawes.
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