New recordings, early music.
This time the album ‘Handelian Pyrotechnics’ by countertenor William Towers and Armonico Consort, followed by ‘Cristal Bello’ by soprano Alicia Amo and La Guirlande.
Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)
1. From “Giulio Cesare in Egitto”, HWV 17: “Dall’ondoso periglio – Auro, deh, per pietà”
2. From “Rinaldo”, HWV 7: “Cara sposa”
3. From “Radamisto”, HWV 12: “Ombra Cara”
4. From “Xerxes”, HWV 40: “Ombra mai fù”
William Towers, countertenor
Armonico Consort led by Christopher Monks
(Album Handelian Pyrotechnics. Signum Classics SIGCD 658, 2021)
José de Nebra (1702-1769)
5. Sonata de 8o (octavo) tono
Ignacio Jerusalem y Stella (1707-1769)
6. From “Cristal bello”:
– Aria de flauto a solo con violines y bajo al Santísimo: Area (Largo)
Francisco Hernández Illana (ca. 1700-1780)
7. From “Erizada la noche”, Cantada al Nacimiento con violines:
– Recitado – Area (Andante)
Ignacio Jerusalem y Stella
8. From Versos de segundo tono:
– Verso 3 to 6
Alicia Amo, soprano
La Guirlande led by Luis Martínez
(Album Cristal Bello. Vanitas, 2021)