Since you are interested in Handel: Faramondo (complete opera), here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
CALDARA
Caldara in Vienna Philippe Jaroussky (conter-tenor) / Concerto Köln, Emmanuelle Haïm [ Virgin Classics / CD - released 29/Nov/2010 ] "Jaroussky, a male soprano rather than a a countertenor, brings this obscure repertoire to life: seamless legato, fluent runs and - unlike some of his confrères - no cause for alarm above the stave." Gramophone Editor's Choice January 2011) |
ALBINONI / CALDARA / GASPARTINI / VIVALDI
Venezia - Opera arias of the Serenissima Max Emanuel Cencic (countertenor) / Il Pomo d'Oro, Riccardo Minasi [ Erato Classics / CD - released 15/Feb/2013 ] "If the Vivaldi items here seem generic, they are undoubtedly show stoppers. Yet it is the slow arias from forgotten operas by Giovanni Porta and Francesco Gasparini that show Cencic's plush, beautifully integrated timbre and yearning, soulful... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Via Crucis: Rappresentazione della gloriosa Passione di Cristo Philippe Jaroussky (counter tenor) & Nuria Rial (soprano) / L'Arpeggiata & Ensemble Barbara Fortuna (Corsican Choir), Christina Pluhar [ Virgin / Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 1/May/2010 ] "Concept discs uniting early music with folk music can be suspect, but this one is very classy...Pluhar's arrangements are stylishly varied." The Observer, 28th March 2010 |