Lyricist(s): Smollett, Tobias
Conductor(s): Curnyn, Christian
Label: Chandos
Genre: Opera; Orchestral
Period: Baroque
Catalogue No: CHAN0788
Barcode: 095115078822
Release Date: 01/2012

HANDEL, G.F.: Alceste (Crowe, Hulett, Foster-Williams, Early Opera Company Chorus and Orchestra, Curnyn)

Tracklist

Handel, George Frideric
Smollett, Tobias - Lyricist
Early Opera Company Orchestra (Orchestra)
Curnyn, Christian (Conductor)
Hulett, Benjamin (tenor)
Crowe, Lucy (soprano)
Early Opera Company Chorus (Choir)
Foster-Williams, Andrew (bass-baritone)
1 Ouverture 05:04
Early Opera Company Orchestra (Orchestra)
Curnyn, Christian (Conductor)
2 Grand entree 01:57
Early Opera Company Orchestra (Orchestra)
Curnyn, Christian (Conductor)
3 Accompagnato: Ye happy people (Tenor) 00:22
Hulett, Benjamin (tenor)
Curnyn, Christian (Conductor)
4 Triumph, Hymen, in the pair (Soprano, Chorus) 02:34
Crowe, Lucy (soprano)
Early Opera Company Chorus (Choir)
Early Opera Company Orchestra (Orchestra)
Curnyn, Christian (Conductor)
5 Still caressing and caress'd (Soprano, Chorus) 02:34
Crowe, Lucy (soprano)
Early Opera Company Chorus (Choir)
Early Opera Company Orchestra (Orchestra)
Curnyn, Christian (Conductor)
6 Air: Ye swift minutes as ye fly (Tenor) 03:27
Hulett, Benjamin (tenor)
Early Opera Company Orchestra (Orchestra)
Curnyn, Christian (Conductor)
7 O bless, ye pow'rs above (Chorus) 02:00
Early Opera Company Chorus (Choir)
Early Opera Company Orchestra (Orchestra)
Curnyn, Christian (Conductor)
8 Air: Gentle Morpheus, son of night (Soprano) - That when bright Aurora's beams 08:07
Crowe, Lucy (soprano)
Early Opera Company Orchestra (Orchestra)
Curnyn, Christian (Conductor)
Handel, George Frideric
Early Opera Company Orchestra (Orchestra)
Curnyn, Christian (Conductor)
9 Admeto, re di Tessaglia, HWV 22: Sinfonia 01:18
Early Opera Company Orchestra (Orchestra)
Curnyn, Christian (Conductor)
Handel, George Frideric
Smollett, Tobias - Lyricist
Early Opera Company Orchestra (Orchestra)
Curnyn, Christian (Conductor)
Hulett, Benjamin (tenor)
Crowe, Lucy (soprano)
Early Opera Company Chorus (Choir)
Foster-Williams, Andrew (bass-baritone)
10 Air: Ye fleeting shades, I come (Bass) 04:19
Foster-Williams, Andrew (bass-baritone)
Early Opera Company Orchestra (Orchestra)
Curnyn, Christian (Conductor)
11 Thrice happy who in life excel (Chorus) 01:57
Early Opera Company Chorus (Choir)
Early Opera Company Orchestra (Orchestra)
Curnyn, Christian (Conductor)
12 Air: Enjor the sweet Elysian grove (Tenor) 05:14
Hulett, Benjamin (tenor)
Early Opera Company Orchestra (Orchestra)
Curnyn, Christian (Conductor)
Handel, George Frideric
Early Opera Company Orchestra (Orchestra)
Curnyn, Christian (Conductor)
13 Radamisto, HWV 12a: Passacaille 04:42
Early Opera Company Orchestra (Orchestra)
Curnyn, Christian (Conductor)
Handel, George Frideric
Smollett, Tobias - Lyricist
Early Opera Company Orchestra (Orchestra)
Curnyn, Christian (Conductor)
Hulett, Benjamin (tenor)
Crowe, Lucy (soprano)
Early Opera Company Chorus (Choir)
Foster-Williams, Andrew (bass-baritone)
14 Si replica il Core precedente: Thrice happy 01:58
Early Opera Company Chorus (Choir)
Early Opera Company Orchestra (Orchestra)
Curnyn, Christian (Conductor)
15 Air: Come, Fancy, empress of the brain (Soprano) 05:33
Crowe, Lucy (soprano)
Early Opera Company Orchestra (Orchestra)
Curnyn, Christian (Conductor)
16 Symphony and Accompagnato: He comes, he rises from below (Tenor) 01:25
Hulett, Benjamin (tenor)
Early Opera Company Orchestra (Orchestra)
Curnyn, Christian (Conductor)
17 Al hail, thou mighty son of Jove! (Chorus) 02:10
Early Opera Company Chorus (Choir)
Early Opera Company Orchestra (Orchestra)
Curnyn, Christian (Conductor)
18 Symphony: Larghetto 01:55
Early Opera Company Orchestra (Orchestra)
Curnyn, Christian (Conductor)
19 Recitative: From high Olympus' top, the seat of God (Tenor) 00:44
Hulett, Benjamin (tenor)
Early Opera Company Orchestra (Orchestra)
Curnyn, Christian (Conductor)
20 Air: Tune your harps, all ye Nine (Tenor) 01:44
Hulett, Benjamin (tenor)
Early Opera Company Orchestra (Orchestra)
Curnyn, Christian (Conductor)
21 Ballo primo: Un peu lentement 01:48
Early Opera Company Orchestra (Orchestra)
Curnyn, Christian (Conductor)
22 L'ultimato ballo 00:56
Early Opera Company Orchestra (Orchestra)
Curnyn, Christian (Conductor)
23 Triumph, thou son of Jove (Chorus) 01:14
Early Opera Company Chorus (Choir)
Early Opera Company Orchestra (Orchestra)
Curnyn, Christian (Conductor)

Total Playing Time: 01:03:02