Handel - Parnasso in festa | Pentatone PTC5186643

Handel - Parnasso in festa

Label: Pentatone

Cat No: PTC5186643

Format: Hybrid SACD

Number of Discs: 2

Genre: Opera

Release Date: 18th August 2017

Contents

Artists

David Hansen
Robin Johanssen
Kangmin Justin Kim
Jenny Hogstrom
Silke Gang
Francesca Ascioti
Luca Tittoto
La Cetra Barockorchester & Vokalensemble Basel

Conductor

Andrea Marcon

Works

Handel, George Frideric

Parnasso in Festa, HWV73

Artists

David Hansen
Robin Johanssen
Kangmin Justin Kim
Jenny Hogstrom
Silke Gang
Francesca Ascioti
Luca Tittoto
La Cetra Barockorchester & Vokalensemble Basel

Conductor

Andrea Marcon

About

Andrea Marcon and La Cetra Barockorchester & Vokalensemble Basel sparkle in this new release of Handel’s forgotten masterpiece Parnasso in festa, recorded shortly before their hugely successful Netherlands premiere of the opera in November 2016.

Handel’s sumptuous work from 1734 celebrates the marriage of Princess Anne and Prince William of Orange. It’s packed with breathtaking arias, duets and choruses, all written with verve, drama and Handel’s sense of occasion.

The renowned Baroque specialist Andrea Marcon gives it the attention it deserves with an outstanding vocal cast around his period-instrument group La Cetra. Opera News described Robin Johansen’s performance in the Netherlands premiere as “[a] revelation ... superbly agile and fresh-sounding—but also expressive.” The demanding role of Apollo is undertaken by rising star David Hansen, described by The New Yorker as “...a pure-voiced young Australian who is typical of a new breed of matinee-idol countertenors”. And a performance at the Handel Festival in 2014 drew rave reviews: “Altogether, with the virtuosic playing of the inspired Cetra orchestra under Maestro Marcon, so finely balanced with the stunning chorus and soloists, this concert performance of an infrequently performed serenata became ... one of the high points of the festival.” - Opera con Brio

Reviews

... the routinely impressive standard of musicianship in Marcon’s version makes it a welcome alternative.
Gramophone November 2017

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