Special offer. Lorraine Hunt-Lieberson: A Tribute
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (soprano, mezzo-soprano) & Nicholas McGegan (director & harpsichord), with Drew Minter (counter-tenor)
Freiburger Barockorchester & Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
Handel's popular "Angels, ever bright and fair" from Theodora and "Scherza infida" from Ariodante remind us of her musical intelligence and vitality...The final tracks on each disc, Dido's Lament... — More…
Contents
Excerpt,
Act I, Arioso, Quì d'amor (Ariodante)
Act I, Aria, Con l'ali di costanza (Ariodante)
Act II, Recit, E vivo ancora? (Ariodante)
Act II, Aria, Scherza infida (Ariodante)
Act III, Aria, "Dopo notte, atra e funesta" (Ariodante)
Excerpt,
Act I, Air, "Angels, ever bright and fair" (Theodora)
Act II, Recit, "O Thou bright Sun" (Theodora)
Act II, Air, "With Darkness" (Theodora)
Act II, Air, "Oh! that I on wings could rise" (Theodora)
Act II, Duet, "To Thee, Thou glorious Son" (Theodora, Didymus)
Excerpt,
"Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion"
"But who may abide the day of His coming"
"He was despised and rejected of men"
"I know that my Redeemer liveth"
Excerpt,
Act III, Thy hand, Belinda / When I am laid in earth (Dido)
Handel: Clori, Tirsi e Fileno, HWV 96
Part I, Aria; Va col canto lusingando (Clori)
Part II, Aria; Barbaro! tu non credi (Clori)
Excerpt,
Act I, "On Joacim may every joy attend" (Susanna)
Act I, "Bending to the throne of glory" (Susanna)
Act II, "Lead me to some cool retreat" (Susanna)
Act II, "Crystal streams in murmurs flowing" (Susanna)
Act II, "If guiltless blood be your intent" (Susanna)
Act III, "Guilt trembling spoke my doom" (Susanna)
Excerpt,
Act III, Recit, "Oh Dio! (Zenobia)
Act III, Aria, "Qual nave smarrita" (Zenobia)
Handel: Ottone, HWV 15
Act II, Recit, "Ben a ragion"
Act II, Aria, "Vieni, o figlio"
Excerpt,
Act I, Recit, "Vani sono i lamenti"
Act I, Aria, "Svegliatevi nel core"
Excerpt,
Act II, Aria "Qual leon"
Bach, J S: The Notebook of Anna Magdalena Bach (1725)
Aria "Bist du bei mir", BWV 508