Album Description
An astonishing disc of Handel Arias sung by one of opera’s rising stars, Sarah Connolly. Arias of both Heroes and Heroines from Alcina, Solomon, Ariodante and Hercules.
Sarah Connolly began her career with The Sixteen, singing in the choir in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and has gone on to be described as ‘our best Handel mezzo in years’. Sarah is now in demand in the US, across Europe and beyond. In this programme she demonstrates her versatility as both hero and heroine. By turn reflective, pleading or defiant, she shows off her richly colourful voice with an instinctive understanding of how to bring the beauty and expressiveness of these wonderful arias to life. Performing with Sarah on this new album is The Sixteen’s acclaimed orchestra The Symphony of Harmony and Invention. In addition to the thrilling and heart-stoppingly beautiful arias on this recording, the orchestra has some ‘solo’ tracks of its own which include The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (from Solomon).
Artists
Sarah Connolly
The Sixteen
The Symphony of Harmony and Invention
Harry Christophers
Track Listing
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Alcina (Ruggiero)
1. Sinfonia (Act 3)
2. Sta nell’ Ircana
3. Mi lusingha il dolce affetto
Solomon (Queen of Sheba)
4. Sinfonia – Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
5. Recit & Aria: Will the sun forget to streak
Ariodante (Ariodante)
6. Sinfonia to Act 2
7. Recit & Aria: Scherza infida
8. Dopo notte
Alcina (Ruggiero)
9. Entrée des songes agréables
10. Verdi prati
Hercules (Dejanira)
11. Sinfonia (Act 2)
12. Recit & Aria: Cease, ruler of the day
13. Where shall I fly
TOTAL PLAYING TIME: 63.44
