Sonya Yoncheva: Handel | Sony 88985302932

Sonya Yoncheva: Handel

Label: Sony

Cat No: 88985302932

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Opera

Release Date: 3rd February 2017

Contents

Works

Handel, George Frideric

Agrippina, HWV6
» Ogni vento
» Pensieri, voi mi tormentate
Alcina, HWV34
» Ah, mio cor
» Tornami a vagheggiar
Giulio Cesare, HWV17
» Non disperar, chi sa?
» Se pieta
Rodelinda, HWV19
» Io t'abbraccio
» Lascia ch'io pianga
Theodora, HWV68
» To thee, thou glorious son of worth
» With Darkness deep

Purcell, Henry

Dido and Aeneas
» Thy hand, Belinda
» When I am laid in earth

Artists

Sonya Yoncheva (soprano)
Karine Deshayes (mezzo-soprano)
Accademia Montis Regalis

Conductor

Alessandro de Marchi

Works

Handel, George Frideric

Agrippina, HWV6
» Ogni vento
» Pensieri, voi mi tormentate
Alcina, HWV34
» Ah, mio cor
» Tornami a vagheggiar
Giulio Cesare, HWV17
» Non disperar, chi sa?
» Se pieta
Rodelinda, HWV19
» Io t'abbraccio
» Lascia ch'io pianga
Theodora, HWV68
» To thee, thou glorious son of worth
» With Darkness deep

Purcell, Henry

Dido and Aeneas
» Thy hand, Belinda
» When I am laid in earth

Artists

Sonya Yoncheva (soprano)
Karine Deshayes (mezzo-soprano)
Accademia Montis Regalis

Conductor

Alessandro de Marchi

About

Sonya Yoncheva devotes her second solo album to the music of Handel, showing another facet of her wide-ranging repertoire. Being an alumna of William Christie’s Le Jardin des Voix, the Baroque era formed her musical understanding at an early stage of her career, laying the foundation for her versatile & broad-reaching repertoire. Currently praised as “the best Traviata in the world at present” (Die Welt), Sonya Yoncheva is one of today’s fastest rising opera stars. She is a regular guest at the world’s leading opera houses such as the Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera House, Bayerische Staatsoper, Berlin State Opera, Wiener Staatsoper & the Opéra de Paris. A great composer of vocal music, Handel based some of his most beautiful operas & oratories on the enchanting sensibility of the feminine voice. His heroines are strong, independent women determining their own destiny – attributes Sonya relates to in all respects.

Reviews

[Sonya Yoncheva’s] expansive, red-blooded approach to these arias and duets – 10 by Handel, one by Purcell – won’t suit all tastes, but her singing is genuinely distinctive, thoughtful and never less than convincing. The selection leans towards weighty laments – Agrippina’s Pensieri is a highlight – but in lighter numbers, including Alcina’s Tornami a vagheggiar, she sounds as fresh and agile as one could want.  Erica Jeal
The Guardian 9 February 2017
Yoncheva is a force of nature. Her top notes merit a gale warning, her words drip with passion, and the bloom of her lower register equals that of her top. Yet she is above all an artist. Singers this powerful often let the voice take over. She does the opposite, playing her voice as a period instrument. The effect invokes wonder, just as prima donnas reportedly did in the 18th century.  Berta Joncus
BBC Music Magazine May 2017

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