Amor e gelosia: Handel Operatic Duets Joyce DiDonato, Patrizia Ciofi

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  • Release Date: 06/01/2004
  • Sales Rank: 6,384
  • Label: EMI CLASSICS
  • UPC: 724354562822

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Amor e gelosia: Handel Operatic Duets

1LISTENPoro, rè dell'Indie, oper
2LISTENRinaldo, opera, HWV 7: Du
3LISTENRodelinda, regina de' Lan
4LISTENSilla, (Lucio Cornelio Si
5LISTENSosarme, re di Media, ope
6LISTENFaramondo, opera, HWV 39:
7LISTENAtalanta, opera, HWV 35:
8LISTENMuzio Scevola, opera, Act
9LISTENOrlando, opera, HWV 31: D
10LISTENPoro, rè dell'Indie, oper
11LISTENPoro, rè dell'Indie, oper
12LISTENPoro, rè dell'Indie, oper
13LISTENSerse (Xerxes), opera, HW
14LISTENPoro, rè dell'Indie, oper
15LISTENAdmeto, Rè di Tessaglia,
16LISTENFlavio, Rè di Longobardi,
17LISTENTeseo, opera, HWV 9: Duet

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Editorial Reviews

Often deemed the stepchildren of opera, duets have rarely garnered the attention devoted to solo arias. On the evidence of the delightful Amor e gelosia (Love and Jealousy), Handel's duets, at least, deserve better. Soprano Patrizia Ciofi and mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato offer 16 selections (with an additional instrumental number) culled from an array of the composer's operas, most seldom performed. Poro, for one, may draw blank looks from opera-goers, yet the handful of excerpts included here show it to be as tuneful and charming as any of Handel's better-known creations. The opening "Caro amico amplesso" sweetly expresses the singers' shared affections, even as later Poro selections illustrate the hazards of romantic love: The solo cavatina "Se mai più sarò geloso" and aria "Se mai turbo" become fodder for a lovers' quarrel in a duet that mockingly quotes from the earlier material. More poignant emotion fills the beautiful farewell duet "Io t'abbraccio" from Rodelinda, in which Handel takes advantage of the exquisite harmonic and expressive potential of intertwined voices, while the more upbeat "Per le porte del tormento" from Sosarme offers major-key affirmation of love's curative powers. With superb singing, Ciofi and DiDonato deftly portray psychological states ranging from ecstasy to despair, and their complementary vocal timbres -- Ciofi's silky and pliant, DiDonato's deeper and creamier -- interlock as naturally as two lovers' arms. Alan Curtis and the original instrument orchestra Il Complesso Barocco provide responsive, rhythmically lively accompaniment, and Simon Heighes's booklet note puts it all in dramatic context. Highly recommended. EJ Johnson, Barnes & Noble



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