Handel - Serse (Xerxes) / Watkinson · Hendricks · Esswood · Wenkel · Rodde · Cold · U. Studer · Malgoire

Handel - Serse (Xerxes) / Watkinson · Hendricks · Esswood · Wenkel · Rodde · Cold · U. Studer · Malgoire Artist: George Frideric Handel , Jean-Claude Malgoire , Barbara Hendricks , Carolyn Watkinson , La Grande Écurie et La Chambre du Roy , Ensemble Vocal Jean Bridier , Paul Esswood , Ortrun Wenkel , Anne-Marie Rodde , Ulrik Cold , Ulrich Studer , and Gilbert Bezzina
Label: Sony
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 3


UPC: 074643694124
EAN: 0074643694124
ASIN: B0000025KV


Release Date: 1997-02-18

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Tracks:

  1. Serse (Xerxes): Ouverture
  2. Serse (Xerxes): Gigue
  3. Serse (Xerxes): Recitativo accompagnato 'Frondi tenere' (Serse)
  4. Serse (Xerxes): Arioso 'Ombra mai fu' (Serse)
  5. Serse (Xerxes): Sinfonia e Recitativo - 'Sento un soave concento' (Arsamene, Elviro, Romilda)
  6. Serse (Xerxes): 'Qui si canta il mio nome' - 'Un Serse mirate' (Serse, Romilda, Arsamene)
  7. Serse (Xerxes): Ariette 'Va godendo vezzoso e bello' - Recitativo 'Quel canto a un bel amor' (Romilda; Serse, Arsamene)
  8. Serse (Xerxes): Aria 'Io le diro che l'amo' - 'Tu le dirai che l'ami' - Recitativo 'Arsamene!' (Serse, Arsamene; Romilda, Arsamene, Atalanta)
  9. Serse (Xerxes): Aria 'Si, si, mio ben' - Recitativo 'Presto, Signor, vien Serse' (Atalanta; Elviro, Arsamene, Serse, Romilda)
  10. Serse (Xerxes): Aria 'Meglio in voi col mio partire' - Recitativo 'Bellissima Romilda' ( Arsamene; Serse)
  11. Serse (Xerxes): Arietta ' Di tacere e di schernirmi' - Recitativo ' Aspide sono' ( Serse; Romilda)
  12. Serse (Xerxes): Arietta 'Ne men conl'ombre d'infedelta' (Romilda)
  13. Serse (Xerxes): Arioso 'Se cangio spoglia' - Recitativo 'Pugnammo, amici' (Amastre; Ariodate, Amastre)
  14. Serse (Xerxes): Coro 'Gia la tromba che chiamo' - Recitativo 'Ecco Serse' (Coro; Amastre, Serse, Ariodate)
  15. Serse (Xerxes): Aria 'Soggetto al mio volere' - Recitativo 'Queste vittorie, io credo' (Ariodate; Coro, Serse, Amastre)
  16. Serse (Xerxes): Aria 'piu che penso alle fiamme' - Recitativo 'Eccoti il foglio' (Serse; Arsamene, Elviro)
  17. Serse (Xerxes): Arietta 'Signor, lasciate far a me' (Elviro)
  18. Serse (Xerxes): Aria 'Non so se sia la speme' - Recitativo 'Tradir did reggia sposa' (Arsamene; Amastre)
  19. Serse (Xerxes): Aria 'Sapra delle mie offese' - Recitativo ' Al fin sarete sposa' (Amastre; Atalanta, Romilda)
  20. Serse (Xerxes): Aria 'Se l'idol mio rapir mi vuoi' - Recitativo 'Per rapir quel tesoro' (Romilda; Atalanta)
  21. Serse (Xerxes): Aria 'Un cenno leggiadretto' (Atalanta)

Tracks:

  1. Serse (Xerxes): Arioso 'Speranze mie fermate' (Amastre)
  2. Serse (Xerxes): Arietta 'Ah, chi voler fiora' - Recitativo 'E chi direbbe mai' (Elviro; Elviro, Amastre, Atalanta)
  3. Serse (Xerxes): Arioso 'Ah! tigre infedele' - Recitativo
  4. Serse (Xerxes): Arioso 'E' tormento troppo fiero' - Recitativo ' Di quel foglio' (Serse; Serse, Atalanta)
  5. Serse (Xerxes): Aria 'Dira che amor per me' - Duetto ' L'amerete?' - 'Lamero' (Atalanta; Serse, Romilda)
  6. Serse (Xerxes): Aria 'Se bramate d'amar chi vi sdegna' (Serse)
  7. Serse (Xerxes): Recitativo accompagnato 'L'amero? Non fia vero' - Aria ' E'gelosia quella tiranna' - Recitativo ' Gia che il duol' (Romilda; Amastre, Elviro)
  8. Serse (Xerxes): Aria 'Anima infida, tradita io sono' - Recitativo 'E' passo affe' (Amastre; Elviro, Arsamene)
  9. Serse (Xerxes): Aria 'Quella che tutta fe' (Arsamene)
  10. Serse (Xerxes): Coro 'La virtute sol potea' - Recitativo' Ariodate?' (Coro; Serse, Ariodate)
  11. Serse (Xerxes): Arioso 'Per dar fine alla mia pena' - Recitativo'Arsamene, over andate?' (Arsamene; Serse, Arsamene)
  12. Serse (Xerxes): Aria 'Si, la voglio e la otterro' - Recitativo' V'inchino, eccelso Re' (Arsamene; Atalanta, Serse)
  13. Serse (Xerxes): Aria 'Voi mi dite che non l'ami' - Recitativo 'Saria lieve ogni doglia' (Atalanta; Serse)
  14. Serse (Xerxes): Aria 'Il core spera e teme' (Serse)
  15. Serse (Xerxes): Recitativo 'Me infelice' - Arietta 'Del mio caro baco amabile' (Elviro)
  16. Serse (Xerxes): Duetto 'Gran pena e gelosia' - Recitativo 'Aspra sorte!' (Serse, Amastre)
  17. Serse (Xerxes): Arietta 'Val piu contento core' - Recitativo 'Vuo ch'ammian fine' (Romilda; Serse, Romilda, Amastre)
  18. Serse (Xerxes): Aria 'Chi cede al furore did stelle rubelle' (Romilda)

Tracks:

  1. Serse (Xerxes): Sinfonia - Recitativo 'Sono vani i pretesti' (Arsamene, Romilda, Atalanta, Elviro)
  2. Serse (Xerxes): Arietta 'No, no se tu mi sprezzi' - Recitativo 'Ecco in segno di fe' (Atalanta; Romilda, Elviro, Arsamene, Serse)
  3. Serse (Xerxes): Aria 'Per rendermi beato' - Recitativo 'Ubbidiro al mio Re?' (Serse; Arsamene, Romilda)
  4. Serse (Xerxes): Aria 'Amor, tiranno Amor' - Recitativo 'Come gia vi accennammo' (Arsamene; Serse, Ariodate)
  5. Serse (Xerxes): Aria 'Del ciel d'amore sorte si bella' - Recitativo 'Il suo serto rifiuto' (Ariodate; Romilda, Serse, Amastre)
  6. Serse (Xerxes): Aria 'Cagion son io del mio dolore' - Recitativo ' Romilda infida' (Amastre; Arsamene, Romilda)
  7. Serse (Xerxes): Duetto 'Troppo oltraggi la mia fede' (Romilda, Arsamene)
  8. Serse (Xerxes): Coro 'Cio che Giove destino' - Recitativo 'Ecco lo sposo' (Coro; Ariodate, Arsamene, Romilda, Serse)
  9. Serse (Xerxes): Aria 'Crude furie degl'orridi abissi' - Recitativo 'Perfidi! E ancor' (Serse; tutti)
  10. Serse (Xerxes): Aria 'Caro voi siete all'alma' (Romilda)
  11. Serse (Xerxes): Coro 'Ritorna a noi la calma' (Coro, tutti)

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars No English libretto.......2005-07-12

The large 80-page booklet accompanying this recording contains only an Italian libretto, making it difficult for English speakers to follow the story.

3 out of 5 stars Lackluster version of Handel's opera, Xerxes.......1999-09-02

A nearly emotionless, lackluster version of Handel's Xerxes, softened by fine voices and nice instrumentation. The singing, particularly in the last act, has little emotion and too much self conscious control, even for a piece in this historical era.

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