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Handel's Last Prima Donna: Giulia Frasi in London

Ruby Hughes (soprano)

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Laurence Cummings

Ruby Hughes’s vocalism fits Frasi’s song perfectly…Cummings turns even the rawest musical material into gold…this disc is a treat, illuminating why Frasi and her music commanded a huge following. — BBC Music Magazine, May 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…
  • Release Date: 2nd Mar 2018
  • Catalogue No: CHSA0403
  • Label: Chandos
  • Length: 78 minutes

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Format: Hybrid Multi-channel

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Contents

Excerpt, Handel: Susanna, HWV66

Work length8:16
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  • Ruby Hughes (soprano)
  • Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
  • Laurence Cummings
  • Recorded: 27, 28 and 30 July 2017
  • Recording Venue: Church of St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, United Kingdom

Susanna, HWV 66: Crystal Streams in Murmurs Flowing

Track length8:16
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Excerpt, Ciampi: L'Adriano

Work length8:37
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  • Ruby Hughes (soprano)
  • Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
  • Laurence Cummings
  • Recorded: 27, 28 and 30 July 2017
  • Recording Venue: Church of St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, United Kingdom

L'Adriano: O Dio! Mancar mi sento

Track length8:37
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Excerpt, Ciampi: Il trionfo di Camilla

Work length4:42
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  • Ruby Hughes (soprano)
  • Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
  • Laurence Cummings
  • Recorded: 27, 28 and 30 July 2017
  • Recording Venue: Church of St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, United Kingdom

Il trionfo di Camilla: Là per l'ombrosa sponda

Track length4:42
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Excerpt, Arne: Artaxerxes

Work length2:24
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  • Ruby Hughes (soprano)
  • Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
  • Laurence Cummings
  • Recorded: 27, 28 and 30 July 2017
  • Recording Venue: Church of St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, United Kingdom

Artaxerxes: Why Is Death for Ever Late

Track length2:24
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Excerpt, Smith, J C: Paradise Lost

Work length6:50
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  • Ruby Hughes (soprano)
  • Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
  • Laurence Cummings
  • Recorded: 27, 28 and 30 July 2017
  • Recording Venue: Church of St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, United Kingdom

Paradise Lost: Oh! Do Not, Adam, Exercise on Me Thy Hatred

Track length1:02
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Paradise Lost: It Comes! It Comes! It Must Be Death!

Track length5:48
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Excerpt, Smith, J C: Rebecca

Work length6:26
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  • Ruby Hughes (soprano)
  • Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
  • Laurence Cummings
  • Recorded: 27, 28 and 30 July 2017
  • Recording Venue: Church of St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, United Kingdom

Rebecca: But See, the Night with Silent Pace Steals On

Track length1:32
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Rebecca: O Balmy Sleep!

Track length4:54
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Excerpt, Arne: Alfred

Work length6:49
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  • Ruby Hughes (soprano)
  • Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
  • Laurence Cummings
  • Recorded: 27, 28 and 30 July 2017
  • Recording Venue: Church of St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, United Kingdom

Alfred: Gracious Heav'n, O Hear Me! (Revised Version, 1753)

Track length6:49
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Excerpt, Handel: Theodora, HWV 68

Work length11:02
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  • Ruby Hughes (soprano)
  • Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
  • Laurence Cummings
  • Recorded: 27, 28 and 30 July 2017
  • Recording Venue: Church of St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, United Kingdom

Theodora, HWV 68: Symphony

Track length0:56
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Theodora, HWV 68: O Thou Bright Sun!

Track length0:33
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Theodora, HWV 68: With Darkness Deep as Is My Woe

Track length4:05
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Theodora, HWV 68: Symphony of Soft Musick

Track length1:35
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Theodora, HWV 68: But Why Art Thou Disquieted, My Soul?

Track length0:31
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Theodora, HWV 68: Oh That I on Wings Could Rise

Track length3:22
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Excerpt, Hayes, P: Telemachus

Work length8:06
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  • Ruby Hughes (soprano)
  • Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
  • Laurence Cummings
  • Recorded: 27, 28 and 30 July 2017
  • Recording Venue: Church of St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, United Kingdom

Telemachus: Soon Arrives Thy Fatal Hour

Track length8:06
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Excerpt, Handel: The Choice of Hercules

Work length2:46
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  • Ruby Hughes (soprano)
  • Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
  • Laurence Cummings
  • Recorded: 27, 28 and 30 July 2017
  • Recording Venue: Church of St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, United Kingdom

The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: There the Brisk Sparkling Nectar Drain

Track length2:46
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Excerpt, Handel: Jephtha

Work length6:21
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  • Ruby Hughes (soprano)
  • Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
  • Laurence Cummings
  • Recorded: 27, 28 and 30 July 2017
  • Recording Venue: Church of St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, United Kingdom

Jephtha, HWV 70: Ye Sacred Priests

Track length0:41
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Jephtha, HWV 70: Farewell, Ye Limpid Springs

Track length5:40
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Excerpt, Handel: Solomon

Work length5:49
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  • Ruby Hughes (soprano)
  • Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
  • Laurence Cummings
  • Recorded: 27, 28 and 30 July 2017
  • Recording Venue: Church of St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, United Kingdom

Solomon, HWV 67: Will the Sun Forget to Streak

Track length5:49
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