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De Niese demonstrates good technical skills and a keen sense of character, but above all there's a strong artistic personality at work that enables her to make each statement her own. — BBC Music Magazine, March 2008, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 12th May 2008
Catalogue No: 4758746
Label: Decca
Length: 71 minutes

Handel: Giulio Cesare / Act 3

Work length6:16

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Danielle de Niese (soprano)
Les Arts Florissants
William Christie
Recorded: 2007-05-12
Recording Venue: Notre Dame du Liban, Paris

"Da tempeste il legno infranto"

Track length6:16

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Handel: Rinaldo, HWV 7a / Act 2

Work length5:02

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Danielle de Niese (soprano)
Les Arts Florissants
William Christie
Recorded: 2007-05-12
Recording Venue: Notre Dame du Liban, Paris

"Lascia ch'io pianga"

Track length5:02

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Handel: Alcina / Act 1

Work length4:33

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Danielle de Niese (soprano)
Les Arts Florissants
William Christie
Recorded: 2007-05-12
Recording Venue: Notre Dame du Liban, Paris

Tornami a vagheggiar

Track length4:33

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Handel: Teseo, HWV 9 / Act 2

Work length8:28

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Danielle de Niese (soprano)
Les Arts Florissants
William Christie
Recorded: 2007-05-12
Recording Venue: Notre Dame du Liban, Paris

Dolce riposo

Track length3:52

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Ira, sdegni...O stringerò nel sen

Track length4:36

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Excerpt, Handel: Apollo e Dafne, HWV 122

Work length5:50

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Danielle de Niese (soprano)
Les Arts Florissants
William Christie
Recorded: 2007-05-12
Recording Venue: Notre Dame du Liban, Paris

Aria: "Felicissima quest'alma"

Track length5:50

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Handel: Ariodante HWV 33 / Act 2

Work length11:12

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Danielle de Niese (soprano)
Les Arts Florissants
William Christie
Recorded: 2007-05-12
Recording Venue: Notre Dame du Liban, Paris

"Il mio crudel martoro"

Track length11:12

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Handel: Rinaldo / Act 2

Work length7:32

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Danielle de Niese (soprano)
Les Arts Florissants
William Christie
Recorded: 2007-05-12
Recording Venue: Notre Dame du Liban, Paris

Vo' far guerra

Track length7:32

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Handel: Amadigi di Gaula / Act 1

Work length5:34

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Danielle de Niese (soprano)
Les Arts Florissants
William Christie
Recorded: 2007-05-12
Recording Venue: Notre Dame du Liban, Paris

Ah! Spietato!

Track length5:34

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Handel: Semele HWV 58 / Act 3

Work length7:35

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Danielle de Niese (soprano)
Les Arts Florissants
William Christie
Recorded: 2007-05-12
Recording Venue: Notre Dame du Liban, Paris

Myself I shall adore

Track length7:35

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Handel: Giulio Cesare / Act 3

Work length6:20

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Danielle de Niese (soprano)
Les Arts Florissants
William Christie
Recorded: 2007-05-12
Recording Venue: Notre Dame du Liban, Paris

"Piangerò la sorte mia"

Track length6:20

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Handel: Semele HWV 58 / Act 1

Work length3:32

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Danielle de Niese (soprano)
Les Arts Florissants
William Christie
Recorded: 2007-05-12
Recording Venue: Notre Dame du Liban, Paris

Endless pleasure...

Track length3:32

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The debut solo recording from Danielle de Niese, who became a star overnight after her stunning 'all singing, all dancing' performance as Cleopatra in Handel's Giulio Cesare at Glyndebourne in 2005. Danielle signs a selection of Handel arias from both famous and lesser-known works which showcase perfectly her extraordinary dramatic range and vocal abilities.

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March 2008

De Niese demonstrates good technical skills and a keen sense of character, but above all there's a strong artistic personality at work that enables her to make each statement her own.

June 2008

When it comes to sorceresses, de Niese is splendid. The two arias for Medea in Teseo are well contrasted. "Dolce riposo" is a duet for voice and oboe over a pulsating string accompaniment, sung with an affecting gentleness, while "O stringerò nel' sen" is a fiery expression of jealousy.

10th May 2008

De Niese can certainly "sell" a number. She makes each of these arias an emotional journey, heightening the expression when the first section is repeated. Semele's "Myself I Shall Adore" becomes increasingly, and delightfully, dizzy, with narcissistic flights of ornamentation, while at the opposite end of the spectrum she suggests a new intensity of grief towards the end of Ginevra's "Il mio crudel martoro" ( Ariodante ), with a "soured" colouring on the key word "moro" - dying.
What makes me faintly uneasy is the less than even quality of de Niese's voice and her reluctance to sing either a true legato or a true pianissimo, though the ultra-close miking must take some of the blame here. Her bright, slender soprano, with its distinctive quick vibrato, has an attractive hint of smokiness in the middle register. Higher up, it can become thin and squally - I noticed this especially in her no-holds-barred performances of Cleopatra's "Da tempeste" and Morgana's "Tornami a vagheggiar" ( Alcina ).
Yet for all her vocal imperfections, De Niese brings each of these characters to vivid life.

The New York Times

Her singing is utterly delectable and completely assured.

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