Handel: Italian Cantatas


Handel: Italian Cantatas
Emma Kirkby
Label
Decca
Catalogue No.
4767468
Barcode
00028947674689
Format
1-CD
About

As one of music’s greatest recyclers, Handel would have earned untold respect in our time. That he managed (largely) to achieve this so felicitously, so that whether you were listening to an aria in the context of an English oratorio or an Italian cantata it seemed intuitively ‘right’, is tribute to his skill. This collection of four Italian cantatas by Kirkby and Hogwood has been something of a benchmark for this repertoire with an equal display of fireworks and ‘cantabile’ and returns after a long absence to the catalogue, now at budget price.

TRACK LISTING / ARTISTS

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
Italian Cantatas:
Tu fedel? tu costante?
Mi palpita il cor
Alpestre monte
Tra le fiamme

Emma Kirkby, soprano
Academy of Ancient Music
Christopher Hogwood

Recording information

Recording producer: Morten Winding
Recording engineer: John Dunkerley
Recording location: St. Barnabas, North Finchley, London, December 1984

Reviews

‘A delightful selection; a record which I will play again and again’ MusicWeb International

‘Emma Kirkby is admirably fluent and agile, discovering nuances both of text and music with her accustomed sensibility …a splendid issue … warmly recommended’ Gramophone