An educational programme featuring early music.
In this third episode of Highlights from the operas by Georg Friedrich Händel. we pay special attention to countertenor Franco Fagioli from Argentina, who recently recorded an album with Händel arias.
Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)
1. ‘Agitato da fiere tempeste’ (Oreste)
2. ‘Fronde tenere e belle’ (Serse)
3. ‘Ombra mai fu’ (Serse)
4. ‘Cara sposa, amante cara’ (Rinaldo)
5. ‘Se potessero I sospir miei’ (Imeneo)
6. ‘Pompe vane di morte’ (Rodelinda)
7. ‘Dove sei, amato bene?’ (Rinaldo)
8. ‘Scherza, infida, in grembo al drudo (Ariodante)
9. ‘Dopo notte atra e funesta’ (Ariodante)
Franco Fagioli, countertenor. Il Pomo D’oro olv. Zefira Valova
(Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft, 2018)
Additional:
G.F. Händel
10. Sonata in G minor for violin and harpsichord
Hiro Kurosaki, violin. William Christie, harpsichord
(Virgin Veritas, 2003)
