Handel, G F - Ombra mai fù - Scholl, Andreas (countertenor)
GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER"Scholl is pre-eminent among today's countertenors for the fine quality, roundness and power of his voice as well as for the artistry of its usage. In this new recital, the sheer opulence of tone impresses afresh, and its firmness make the more dramatic vibrancy of Daniel's seem somewhat loosely focused...the recitative in Admento shudders with the hopelessness of 'omai tornate', and, in the solo from Rodelinda, Bertardio confronts his own epitaph with convincing emotion."
(Gramophone)
Andreas Scholl, countertenor
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
George Frideric Handel
from Admeto, Rè di Tessaglia
1 Ouverture
2 Ballo di Larve
3 Recitativo-accompagnato: Orride larve
4 Aria: Chiudetevi, miei lumi (Atto I, scena 1)
from Serse
5 Sinfonia
6 Recitativo: Frondi tenere
7 Aria: Ombra mai fú (Atto I, scena 1)
from Giulio Cesare in Egitto
8 Aria: Se in fiorito prato (Atto II, scena 2)
9 Gigue
10 Aria: Va tacito (Atto I, scena 9)
Radamisto, suite instrumentale
11 Passacaille
12 Gigue
13 Passepied
14 Rigaudon
from Rodelinda, Regina de Langobardi
15 Sinfonia - Recitativo: Pompe vano di morte
16 Aria: Dove sei (Atto I, scena 6)
17 Sinfonia
18 Accompagnato: Si, l'infida consorte
19 Aria: Confusa si miri (Atto I, scena 11)
from Alcina
20 Aria: Verdi prati (Atto II, scena 1)
Alexander's Feast, concerto grosso
21 Allegro
22 Largo
23 Allegro
24 Andante non presto