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Handel: Tolomeo

Handel: Tolomeo

Alan Curtis Conductor

CDs: 3
Tracks: 58
Length: 2:27:51

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Archiv Produktion
Rel. 11 Mar 2008
Recorded 2006

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Handel: Tolomeo For the 1727 season—the waning days of opera's popularity in London—transplanted German composer George Frederick Handel wrote no less than three operas for the English capital's stage. Tolomeo, rè d'Egitto was the last and least enthusiastically received of them. Unsuccessfully revived in 1730 and then again in 1733, Tolomeo was unperformed for the next 200 years, and even now, it remains one of Handel's least performed and recorded operas. Prior to this Archiv set, only a 1995 Vox recording of the work with Richard Auldon Clark leading the Manhattan Chamber Orchestra had been released in the digital era.

Given the infrequency of Tolomeo recordings, Archiv's seems unlikely to be surpassed anytime soon. Led here by Alan Curtis with a firm hand and a keen sense of drama, the work is an Egyptian romance set in the Ptolemaic dynasty centered on the standard operatic tropes of love, power, revenge, and—because theirs was a more optimistic age than ours—a happy ending. In addition to Curtis' deft direction, what brings Handel's nearly 300-year-old opera to life is the first-rate cast's full-bodied singing.

Highest honors must go to Ann Hallenberg's magnificent Tolomeo. With her strong, flexible, and highly expressive voice, she can portray the full range of the Egyptian king's emotions from the pathetic in her Arioso in Act I to ecstatic in the closing ensemble of Act III. Hallenberg is equally impressive in her duets with the splendid Karina Gauvin as Tolomeo's wife Seleuce, particularly in their tender and heartbreaking pair of duets late in Act II. Nearly as fine are Anna Bonitatibus' resolute Elisa and Pietro Spagnoli's virile and vile Araspe, and, of course, the lively and lovely accompaniments by Il Complesso Barocco. Recorded in bright, detailed digital sound, this Tolomeo should be heard by anyone who enjoys Handel's operas.

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CD 1 of 3
1 1.Ouverture 5:45
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2 2.Sc.1, Accompagnato: Orgoglioso elemento 1:23
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3 3.Sc.1, Recitativo: Numi, pietà! 1:25
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4 4.Sc.1, Aria: Cielo ingiusto, potrai fulminrmi 4:06
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5 5.Sc.2, Recitativo: Ahi, Elisa infelice 1:32
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6 6.Sc.2, Aria: Non lo dirò col labbro 2:11
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7 7.Sc.2, Recitativo: Veggio che m'ama il prence 0:30
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8 8.Sc.2, Aria: Quell'onda che si frange 4:46
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9 9.Sc.3, Recitativo: Quest'è pur Cipro 1:44
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10 10.Sc.3, Aria: Mi volgo ad ogni fronda 5:41
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11 11.Sc.4, Recitativo: O cari agli occhi miei rustici alberghi 1:27
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12 12.Sc.4, Aria: Se talor miri un fior 6:14
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13 13. Sc.4, Recitativo: Conosco ben, per ultima sventura 0:40
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14 14.Sc.4, Arioso. Tiranni miei pensieri 2:04
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15 15.Sc.5, Recitativo: E dove, e dove mai 0:22
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16 16.Sc.5, Aria: Fonti amiche, aure leggere 5:22
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17 17.Sc.5, Recitativo: Ma quel pastor che dorme; 18.Sc.6, Recitativo: Delia ad un pastor che 2:24
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18 19.Sc.6, Aria: Respira almeno un poco 2:48
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19 20.Sc.6, Recitativo: V'è ancor qualche martire 0:46
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20 21.Sc.6, Aria: Torna sol per un momento 4:48
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CD 2 of 3
1 1.Sc.1, Arioso: Voi, dolci aurette, al cor mostrate 2:57
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2 2.Sc.1: Recitativo: Dov'è chi la mia morte richiede? 3.Sc.2, Recitativo: Osmin, Osmino! 2:14
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3 4.Sc.2, Aria: Quanto è felice quell'augelletto 4:36
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4 5.Sc.3, Recitativo: S'io potessi sperare 0:14
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5 6.Sc.3, Aria: Aure, portate 3:23
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6 7.Sc.4, Recitativo: Delia, attendi un momento 1:50
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7 8.Sc.4, Aria: Se un solo è quel core 4:00
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8 9.Sc.4, Recitativo: Disprezzato e schernito 0:53
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9 10.Sc.5, Aria: Il mio core non apprezza 3:24
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10 11.Sc.5, Recitativo: Affetto che ragione non conosce 0:26
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11 12.Sc.5, Aria: Pur sento, oh Dio! che l'alma 4:01
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12 13.Sc.6, Aria a due: Dite, che fa, dov'è 5:52
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13 14.Sc.6, Recitativo: Io ti cerco per tutto; 15.Sc.7, Recitativo: Delia, per queste sì remot 1:23
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14 16.Sc.7, Aria: Piangi pur, ma non sperare 2:30
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15 17.Sc.8, Recitativo: Seleuce! Tolomeo! 0:30
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16 18.Sc.8, Duetto: Se il cor ti perde 7:04
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CD 3 of 3
1 1.Sc.1, Accompagnato: Madre, pagasti alfine 1:02
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2 2.Sc.1, Recitativo: Signor, se non t'è noto 0:31
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3 3.Sc.1, Aria. Se l'interno pur vedono i Numi 3:09
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4 4.Sc.1, Recitativo: Se non erra il pensiero 0:19
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5 5.Sc.1, Aria: Sarò giusto, e non tiranno 2:49
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6 6.Sc.2, Recitativo: Elisa, che ricerchi da un infelice omai 0:39
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7 7.Sc.2, Aria: Voglio amore o pur vendetta 4:13
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8 8.Sc.2, Recitativo: Eccolo appunto! 9.Sc.3, Recitativo: Bella, già men severe provo 1:11
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9 9.Sc.3, Aria: Senza il suo bene la tortorella 4:29
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10 10.Sc.4, Recitativo: Al fin che si risolve 0:43
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11 11.Sc.4, Aria: Ti pentirai, crudel 3:36
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12 12.Sc.4, Recitativo: Olà! Che più si tarda, empi ministri? 0:19
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13 13.Sc.4, Aria: Son qual rocca percossa dall'aonde 3:37
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14 14.Sc.5, Recitativo: In questa più remota parte del bosco 1:20
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15 15.Sc.5, Aria: Torni omai la pace all'alma 4:17
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16 16.Sc.6, Recitativo: Che più si tarda omai 0:24
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17 17.Sc.6, Accompagnato: Inumano fratel, barbara madre 1:20
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18 18.Sc.6, Aria: Stille amare, già vi sento 4:33
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19 19.Sc.7, Recitativo: Eccoti, o Prence 1:36
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20 20.Sc.7, Duetto. Tutta contenta or gode 4:45
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21 21.Sc.7, Recitativo: Lascia, o fratel 0:23
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22 22.Sc.7, Coro: Applauda ognuno il nostro fato 1:21
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