Abbandonata : Handel Italian cantatas
Georg Friedrich Händel
Emneord
Minder om
Ombra mai fu : opera arias
Francesco Cavalli
Madrigali, vol. 2 : Mantova
Claudio Monteverdi
Vivaldi's seasons
Antonio Vivaldi
Eternal heaven
Georg Friedrich Händel
Arie napoletane
Max Emanuel Cenčić (f. 1976)
Vespro di natale
Claudio Monteverdi
Carlo re d'Alemagna
Alessandro Scarlatti
Celebration of life in death
Anna Prohaska (f. 1983)
Blues & salmer
Olesen (f. 1962)
Anmeldelser (6)
Klassik heute
d. 14. juli 2010
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Éva Pintér
d. 14. juli 2010
"Dramatischer und spannender könnte man diese Kantaten von Händel wohl nicht darstellen - hier stimmt einfach alles. Alle drei Solisten liefern eine stimmtechnisch tadellose, in den Koloratur-Abschnitten virtuose und im Ausdruck außerordentlich facettenreiche Leistung".
BBC music magazine
2010 November
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Berta Joncus
2010 November
"Breathtaking performance, the crowning jewel of Bonizzoni's series of Handel's Italian cantatas ... The vocalists here are electrifying ... Above all, it is the instrumentalists that make this a stellar disc ... A new benchmark for Handel's Italian cantatas".
BBC music magazine
2022 April
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Berta Joncus
2022 April
"Soprano Kathryn Lewek here turns to Handel cantatas. Her selection is shrewd: 'Armida abbandonata' and 'Apollo e Dafne' both channel technical, affective and dramatic prima donna power. Lewek wields this power majestically ... Her Armida commands vocal muscle and jagged cadenzas, while her Dafne is all limpid purity sprinkled with agréments. The effect is spellbinding ... Il Pomo d'Oro do their own shapeshifting, in obbligato lines especially. Instrumental soloists sparkle in their exchanges with Lewek ... The artistry on display is stunning".
Klassisk
2022, nr. 67
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Henrik Engelbrecht
2022, nr. 67
"På denne cd møder vi Händel i tiden, før han blev tidens førende operakomponist. Den 21-årige Händel flyttede til Italien i 1706, og ... han sugede den seneste udvikling i de lokale operaer til sig ... Den amerikanske sopran Kathryn Lewek har valgt to af Händels italienske kantater ... hvor hun synger sammen med ensemblet Il Pomo d'Oro ... Lewek synger med stilren sopran ... klokkerent og udtryksfuldt i alle registre ... Il Pomo d'Oro viser endnu engang, hvorfor de i øjeblikket er blandt Europas førende ensembler for tidlig musik med deres krystalklare spil ... Ren luksus".
The gramophone
2010 October
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David Vickers
2010 October
"Vurdering: Recording of the month" - "Fabio Bonizzoni's la Risonanza draws its cantata series to a beguiling conclusion".
The gramophone
2022 March
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David Vickers
2022 March
"Francesco Corti uses orchestral pieces to creatively flesh out a programme presenting a pair of Handel's best-known 'cantate con stromenti' ... Il Pomo d'Oro's supple playing of this relative obscurity forms a vivacious overture to 'Armida abbandonata'. Kathryn Lewek's melodramatic enactment of the forsaken sorceress's soliloquy encompasses a contoured range of escillating emotions ... John Chest's flamboyant heartiness and Il Pomo d'Oro's zesty playing aptly illustrate Apollo's conceited praise of his own heroism ... Every ounce of dramatic characterisation is reaped during confrontational duets".