Hidden Handel

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The Handel arias and orchestral pieces on this disc span a narrow spectrum from the comparatively unfamiliar to the practically unknown. Nine of the twelve arias are recorded here for the first time, as is the D major March, HWV 416. The arias are mostly arie aggiunte, composed for insertion in later performances of existing operas to accommodate a different cast of singers. Some of these arias have come to light only recently or have previously been inadequately identified. The interspersed instrumental works were produced for purposes still uncertain. Yet, despite the sometimes shadowy origins of this music, it is all vintage Handel, and arias such as ‘La crudele lontananza’, ‘Sa perché pena il cor’ and ‘Farò così più bella’ rank among the composer’s most eloquent dramatic utterances.

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 Sento prima le procelle (from Pirro e Demetrio)
La crudele lontananza (from Rinaldo)
No, non così severe (from Pirro e Demetrio)
Hornpipe in c minor
Vieni, o cara, e lieta in petto (from Pirro e Demetrio)
Vinto è l’amor da sdegno e gelosia (from Ottone)
Vieni, o caro, che senza il tuo core (from Rinaldo)
Aria for winds in F major
Io d’altro regno (from Muzio Scevola)
Dimmi, crudele amore (from Muzio Scevola)
March in G major
Lusinga questo cor (from Amadigi)
Sa perché pena il cor (from Teseo)
Non lagrimate, o mie seguace (from Admeto)
Farò così più bella (from Admeto)
March in C major
Le vicende della sorte (from Berenice)
March in F major
Solitudine amate (from Alessandro)

Ann Hallenberg (mezzo)

Il Complesso Barocco
dir. Alan Curtis