《纪念亨德尔逝世200周年特辑》The greatest opera Handel NEVER wrote……Un'Opera Immaginaria is an album assembled from Handel's own music by French musicologist Ivan A. Alexandre, offering a new take on the formula perfected by the composer. Far more than a compilation album, it selects individual numbers from 11 operas and two oratorios by Handel, and reassembles them in a sequence that respects the potent formula elaborated in the composer's 38 works for the operatic stage. The work has no explicit story and no concrete characters——it is an imaginary opera formed of passion and music.
The singers include such eminent Handelians as Joyce DiDonato, Philippe Jaroussky, Natalie Dessay, David Daniels, Ian Bostridge, Stephanie Blythe, and more! These immense talents, along with the carefully-selected and arranged arias, combine to form a stirring, creative, unique tribute to the great composer during his Anniversary year!
01 Ouverture- Arminio, ACT I
02 Teseo (1713) Act II, scene 1 - Dolce Riposo
03 Recit "Della vita mortale" (Bellezza/Disinganno)- Il Trionfo del Tempo a del Disinganno, Oratorio in two parts HWV 46 a (1707), Part One
04 Aria "Un pensiero nemico di pace" (Bellezza)- Il Trionfo del Tempo a del Disinganno, Oratorio in two parts HWV 46 a (1707), Part One
05 Rec Sancio solo- Fernando, re di Castiglia, Atto terzo, Scena IV
06 Aria "Sincero affetto"- Fernando, re di Castiglia, Atto terzo, Scena IV
07 Act II, scene 10 - Destero dall' empia Dite- Amadigi (1715), 2 airs de Meliisa
08 Sarabande- Alcina - Opera in three acts HWV34 (libretto after an episode from 'Orlando furioso' by Ludovico Ariosto) (performing edition by Clifford Bartlett) (2006 Digital Remaster), Act I, Scene 2, Ballet
09 Cosi la tortorella- La Resurrezione HWV47
10 Recitativo - Bellissima Romilda (Serse)- Serse, Act 1, Scene VI
11 No 8 Aria - Di tacere e di schernirmi (Serse)- Serse, Act 1, Scene VI
12 Ariodante Scherza, infida - Ariodante
13 Aria "Ah! Stigie larvae"- Orlando HWV31
14 Recitativo Madre
15 Duetto Son nata a lagrimar
16 Recit Ah! Ruggiero crudel (Alcina)- Alcina - Opera in three acts HWV34 (libretto after an episode from 'Orlando furioso' by Ludovico Ariosto) (performing edition by Clifford Bartlett) (2006 Digital Remaster), Act II, Scene 13
17 Aria Ombre pallide, lo so, mi udite (Alcina)- Alcina - Opera in three acts HWV34 (libretto after an episode from 'Orlando furioso' by Ludovico Ariosto) (performing edition by Clifford Bartlett) (2006 Digital Remaster), Act II, Scene 13
18 Ti stringo, o illustre acciaro- Arminio, ACT III
19 Quando piu minaccia il cielo- Arminio, ACT III
20 Recitativo Verso il gran fine (Ulisse)- Deidamia, Atto III, Scena II
21 Aria Come all'urto aggressor (Ulisse)- Deidamia, Atto III, Scena II
22 Aria Venti turbini- Rinaldo
23 Alcina HWV34 Acte III, Scènes 8-11, Ballet Tamburino and Chorus Doppo tante amare pene
