Handel: La Resurrezione
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: La Resurrezione
Lucy Crowe (Angel), Sophie Bevan (Mary Magdalene), Iestyn Davies (Mary Cleophas), Hugo Hymas (John the Evangelist), The English Concert
[ Linn Records / 2 CD ]
Release Date: Friday 8 July 2022
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Following their acclaimed recording of Handel's Rodelinda (BBC Music Magazine Recording of the Month, Gramophone Editor's Choice), The English Concert and Harry Bicket continue their Handel series with a superb soloist line-up including Sophie Bevan, Iestyn Davies, Ashley Riches, Hugo Hymas and Lucy Crowe. Starting with an unusual verbal altercation between an Angel and Lucifer, Handel's La Resurrezione is an extraordinary retelling of the three days between Christ's death and resurrection which is unlike any other Passion or Oratorio. This journey centres around women, Mary Magdalene and Mary Cleophas, in a way that seems very modern, and which mirrors the ambiguities of their feelings in music that is completely original in concept and orchestration. The journey from grief, through hope, to love is wonderfully depicted. The message seems to be that grief is the price we pay for love; and that should be part of the narrative of our lives, not the defining moment.
"Everything has the effect of pulling the listener right inside the human drama of the Easter story crafted by Handel and his Italian librettist. This is not directly Jesus's story, more the story of his effect on others; like Sophie Bevan's lyrically grieving Mary Magdalene and Iestyn Davies' equally eloquent Mary Cleophas (Jesus's aunt, by some accounts), or Lucy Crowe's encouraging Angel and the sweetened firebrand of Hugo Hymas's St John." The Times
'Forced to choose a single recording of Handel's flamboyant Roman oratorio, I'd plump for this new version: for Crowe and Bevan, for the consistently superlative instrumental playing and for the idiomatic rightness of Bicket's direction.' Gramophone recording of the Month Gramophone June 2022
"La Resurrezione is one of Handel's greatest works, and Harry Bicket has gifted us its greatest recording...Bicket and his stellar cast embrace Handel's radical approach, turning sacred figures into intensely dramatic ones. Handel gave instruments their own actor-like parts, which The English Concert deliver ravishingly." Five Stars BBC Music Recording of the Month July 2022
Tracks:
La Resurrezione, HWV 47
Part 1: Sonata
Part 1 Scene 1: I. Aria. Disserratevi, o porte d'Averno (Angel)
Part 1 Scene 1: II. Recitative. Qual' insolita luce (Lucifer)
Part 1 Scene 1: III. Aria. Caddi, è ver (Lucifer)
Part 1 Scene 1: IV. Recitative. Ma che veggio? (Lucifer, Angel)
Part 1 Scene 1: V. Aria. D'amor fu consiglio (Angel)
Part 1 Scene 1: VI. Recitative. E ben, questo tuo Nume (Lucifer, Angel)
Part 1 Scene 1: VII. Aria. O voi, dell'Erebo (Lucifer)
Part 1 Scene 2: I. Recitative. Notte, notte funesta (Magdalene)
Part 1 Scene 2: II. Aria. Ferma l'ali (Magdalene)
Part 1 Scene 2: III. Recitative. Concedi, o Maddalena (Cleophas, Magdalene)
Part 1 Scene 2: IV. Aria. Piangete, sì, piangete (Cleophas)
Part 1 Scene 2: V. Recitative. Ahi, dolce mio Signore (Magdalene, Cleophas)
Part 1 Scene 2: VI. Duet. Dolci chiodi (Magdalene, Cleophas)
Part 1 Scene 2: VII. Recitative. O Cleofe, o Maddalena (John, Magdalene)
Part 1 Scene 2: VIII. Aria. Quando è parto (John)
Part 1 Scene 2: IX. Recitative. Ma dinne, e sarà vero (Cleophas, John, Magdalene)
Part 1 Scene 2: X. Aria. Naufragando va per l'onde (Cleophas)
Part 1 Scene 2: XI. Recitative. Itene pure, o fide (John, Magdalene)
Part 1 Scene 2: XII. Aria. Così la tortorella (John)
Part 1 Scene 2: XIII. Recitative. Se Maria dunque spera (Magdalene)
Part 1 Scene 2: XIV. Aria. Ho un non so che nel cor (Magdalene)
Part 1 Scene 3: I. Recitative. Uscite pure (Angel)
Part 1 Scene 3: II. Chorus. Il Nume vincitor (Angel, Chorus of Angels)
Part 2 Scene 1: I. Introduction
Part 2 Scene 1: II. Recitative. Di quai nuovi portenti (John)
Part 2 Scene 1: III. Aria. Ecco il sol, ch'esce dal mare (John)
Part 2 Scene 1: IV. Recitative. Ma ove Maria dimora (John)
Part 2 Scene 2: I. Aria. Risorga il mondo (Angel)
Part 2 Scene 2: II. Recitative. Di rabbia indarno freme (Angel)
Part 2 Scene 2: III. Recitative. Misero! ho pure udito? (Lucifer, Angel)
Part 2 Scene 2: IV. Aria. Per celare il nuovo scorno (Lucifer)
Part 2 Scene 2: V. Recitative. O come cieco il tuo furor delira! (Angel, Lucifer)
Part 2 Scene 2: VI. Duet. Impedirlo saprò! (Lucifer, Angel)
Part 2 Scene 3: I. Recitative. Amica, troppo tardo (Magdalene, Cleophas)
Part 2 Scene 3: II. Aria. Per me già di morire (Magdalene)
Recitative. Ahi, abborrito nome! (Lucifer)
Part 2 Scene 4: I. Aria. Vedo il ciel che più sereno (Cleophas)
Part 2 Scene 4: II. Recitative. Cleofe, siam giunte al luogo (Magdalene, Cleophas, Angel)
Part 2 Scene 4: III. Aria. Se per colpa di donna infelice (Angel)
Part 2 Scene 4: IV. Recitative. Mio Gesù, mio Signore (Magdalene)
Part 2 Scene 4: V. Aria. Del ciglio dolente (Magdalene)
Part 2 Scene 4: VI. Recitative. Sì, sì, cerchiamo pure (Cleophas)
Part 2 Scene 4: VII. Aria. Augelletti, ruscelletti (Cleophas)
Part 2 Scene 5: I. Recitative. Dove sì frettolosi (John, Cleophas)
Part 2 Scene 5: II. Aria. Caro figlio! (John)
Part 2 Scene 5: III. Recitative. Cleofe, Giovanni, udite (Magdalene, John, Cleophas)
Part 2 Scene 5: IV. Aria. Se impassibile, immortale (Magdalene)
Part 2 Scene 5: V. Recitative. Sì, sì, col redentore (John, Cleophas, Magdalene)
Part 2 Scene 5: VI. Chorus. Diasi lode in cielo, in terra
