Handel: Siroe / Cummings, Dennis, Adjei, Zamojska, Giovannini, Release Date: 06/10/2014, Composer: George Frideric Handel, Performer: Anna Dennis, Yosemeh Adjei, Aleksandra Zamojska, Antonio Giovannini, Conductor: Laurence Cummings, Orchestra/Ensemble: Gottingen Festival Orchestra, Number of Discs: 3. Live recording from the Göttingen International Händel Festival 2013 Betrayal, revenge, inheritance conflicts and forbidden love at the Persian court - in 1728 this explosive mixture inspired Handel to compose the successful opera Siroe, Re di Persia, one of his last compositions for the Royal Academy of Music at the King's Theatre. Handel based his work on the libretto by the famous poet Pietro Metastasio. In it's first season Siroe was performed on 18 successive evenings, but it was never subsequently revived in Handel's lifetime. The opera received it's first performance in Göttingen with a top-rank cast performing under the musical direction of Laurence Cummings. The Financial Times wrote about the premiere: "This is new artistic director Laurence Cummings' first opera in Göttingen, and it must count as a high point in the festival's history... Cummings hits every tempo bang in the middle, so that phrases are light and airy, architecture is solid yet soaring, recitatives feel like free speech, and it is often hard not to stand up and dance. His orchestra is superb. This is both musical discovery and pure joy; this is how Handel should be." The live recording will be the only available release on CD of Handel's "Siroe" at the time. It is the beginning of a new cooperation between the Label Accent and the Göttingen International Händel Festival which plans the release of a series with opera productions on CD.
4 E Puoi, Senza Arrossirti, Fissar - Al Fin Giungesti a Consolar
5 D'ogni Amator la Fede
6 Siroe, Non Parla?
7 Se Il Labbro Mio Ti Giura
8 Di Te Germana in Traccia
9 O Placido Il Mare
10 Dall'insidie D'emira Si Tolga Il - Chi Tradisce Il Mio Re?
11 La Sorte Mia Tiranna
12 Ola! S'osservi Il Prence
13 Vedesti Mai Sul Prato
14 Gran Mistero in Quei Detti
15 Chi E Piu Fedele Ritrova Pene
16 Non Credo Che Sian Finti
17 Or Mi Perdo Di Speranza
- Disc 2 -
1 Deh! Voi Mi Dite, O Numi - Dite... Ma Qui Laodice!
2 Mi Lagnero Tacendo
3 Come Quel Di Laodice, Potessi Almen - Che Fai, Superbo?
4 Largo - Allegro
5 Mi Credi Infedele
6 Pensoso E Il Re!
7 Sgombra Dell'anima Tutto Il Timor
8 Signor, Per Tua Salvezza Meglio
9 Fra L'orror Della Tempesta
10 Qui Da Cosroe Richiesto a Lui Ne - Non Irritar Gli Dei
11 Tu Di Pieta Mi Spogli
12 Che Risolver Deggio?
13 Fra Dubbi Affetti Miei
14 A Costei, Che Diro?
15 L'aura Non Sempre
16 Si Diversi Sembianti
17 Non VI Piacque, Ingiusti Dei
- Disc 3 -
1 Sinfonia - Mio Re, Che Fai?
2 Se Il Caro Figlio
3 Rendi, O Signor, Il Prence Al - Arasse! Oh Ciel!
4 Gelido in Ogni Vena
5 Che Vuoi, D'un Empio Re Piu Reo - Tutto E in Tumulto
6 Benche Tinta Del Sangue Fraterno
7 Son Stanco, Ingiusti Numi
8 Deggio Morire, O Stelle
9 Arasse Non Menti! - Numi! Ogn'un M'abbandona
10 Ch'io Mai VI Possa Lasciar D'amare
11 Siroe, Gia So Qual Sorte Sovrasti - Ah, Con Mio Danno Imparo
12 Torrente Cresciuto
13 Sinfonia - Padre!
14 La Mia Speranza Diceva Al Core
15 Ecco, Persia, Il Tuo Re!
16 Dolcissimi Amore
Handel: Siroe / Cummings, Dennis, Adjei, Zamojska, Giovannini, Release Date: 06/10/2014, Composer: George Frideric Handel, Performer: Anna Dennis, Yosemeh Adjei, Aleksandra Zamojska, Antonio Giovannini, Conductor: Laurence Cummings, Orchestra/Ensemble: Gottingen Festival Orchestra, Number of Discs: 3. Live recording from the Göttingen International Händel Festival 2013 Betrayal, revenge, inheritance conflicts and forbidden love at the Persian court - in 1728 this explosive mixture inspired Handel to compose the successful opera Siroe, Re di Persia, one of his last compositions for the Royal Academy of Music at the King's Theatre. Handel based his work on the libretto by the famous poet Pietro Metastasio. In it's first season Siroe was performed on 18 successive evenings, but it was never subsequently revived in Handel's lifetime. The opera received it's first performance in Göttingen with a top-rank cast performing under the musical direction of Laurence Cummings. The Financial Times wrote about the premiere: "This is new artistic director Laurence Cummings' first opera in Göttingen, and it must count as a high point in the festival's history... Cummings hits every tempo bang in the middle, so that phrases are light and airy, architecture is solid yet soaring, recitatives feel like free speech, and it is often hard not to stand up and dance. His orchestra is superb. This is both musical discovery and pure joy; this is how Handel should be." The live recording will be the only available release on CD of Handel's "Siroe" at the time. It is the beginning of a new cooperation between the Label Accent and the Göttingen International Händel Festival which plans the release of a series with opera productions on CD.
