Handel Arie per la Cuzzoni Hasnaa Bennani

• Georg Friedrich Handel (1685-1759): Scipione, HWV 20
• 1Overture05:55
• 2Act I: March01:26
• Giulio Cesare, Act II Scene 3
• 3Recitative: Che sento? Oh Dio!01:09
• 4Aria: Se pieta di me non senti07:39
• Scipione, HWV 20, Act II Scene 8
• 5Aria: Scoglio d'immota fronte05:22
• Ottone, re di Germania, HWV 15
• 6Concerto02:44
• Rodelinda, HWV 19, Act I
• 7Aria: Ombre piante, urne funeste05:26
• Siroe, Re di Persia, Act I Scene13
• 8Recitative: Non credo che sian finti00:27
• 9Aria: Or mi perdo di speranza04:34
• Tamerlano, HWV 18, Act II Scene 2
• 10Non e piu tempo02:53
• Tolomeo, re d'Egitto, HWV 25
• 11Overture03:27
• Admeto, re di Tessaglia, HWV 22, Introduzione
• 12Ballo di Larve02:48
• Scipione, HWV 20, Act III
• 13Sinfonia01:29
• Admeto, re di Tessaglia, HWV 22, Act I Scene 9
• 14Sinfonia01:20
• Ottone, Act I
• 15Recitative: E tale Otton?01:17
• 16Aria: Falsa immagine06:01
• Rodelinda, HWV 19, Act III Scene 4
• 17Aria: Se'l mio duol non e si forte05:46
• Admeto, re di Tessaglia, HWV 22, Act II Scene 1
• 18Sinfonia01:17
• Alessandro, HWV 21, Act I Scene 6
• 19Aria: No, piu soffrir non voglio03:58
• Tolomeo, re d'Egitto, HWV 25, Act III Scene 5
• 20Aria: Torni omai la pace all'alma04:17
• Total Runtime01:09:15

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When one looks at the biographies of famous prima donnas, the suspicion sometimes arises that opera is not really an art form but a way of life. At any rate, for many of its protagonists, the theatrics, the scheming and the scandalmongering of the stage appear to flow seamlessly into real life. And the situation in the eighteenth century was no different from today. Among the most famous and also the most notorious stars of European opera houses was the Italian diva Francesca Cuzzoni, whose extravagance must have been as phenomenal as her singing talent. Had there already been a gutter press in her time, La Cuzzoni would certainly have been one of the most reliable suppliers of headlines. But, even without tabloids, news of La Cuzzonis affairs got around quickly, and indeed seem to have played no small part in the fascination she exercised over her audience. Her early success, her fairytale fame and eventually her dramatic fall caught the imagination of the musical world. This CD features some of the most beautiful and breathtaking arias, composed for the diva by Handel.

Hasnaa Bennani, soprano
Les Muffatti
Peter van Heyghen, direction

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