Jeanine De Bique: Mirrors | Berlin Classics 0302017BC

Jeanine De Bique: Mirrors

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Label: Berlin Classics

Cat No: 0302017BC

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Opera

Release Date: 19th November 2021

Contents

Works

Broschi, Riccardo

L'isola d'Alcina
» Mi restano le lagrime

Graun, Carl Heinrich

Cesare e Cleopatra
» Tra le procelle assorto
Rodelinda
» L'empio rigor del fato

Handel, George Frideric

Agrippina, HWV6
» L'alma mia fra le tempeste
Alcina, HWV34
» Mi restano le lagrime
Deidamia, HWV42
» Mai resa infelice
Giulio Cesare, HWV17
» Che sento? ...Se pieta
Partenope, HWV27
» Overture
Rodelinda, HWV19
» Ritorna, o caro e dolce mio tesoro

Manna, Gennaro

Achille in Sciro
» Chi puo dir che rea son io

Telemann, Georg Philipp

Germanicus
» Rimembranza crudel

Vinci, Leonardo

La Partenope
» Overture

Artists

Jeanine De Bique (soprano)
Concerto Koln

Conductor

Luca Quintavalle

Works

Broschi, Riccardo

L'isola d'Alcina
» Mi restano le lagrime

Graun, Carl Heinrich

Cesare e Cleopatra
» Tra le procelle assorto
Rodelinda
» L'empio rigor del fato

Handel, George Frideric

Agrippina, HWV6
» L'alma mia fra le tempeste
Alcina, HWV34
» Mi restano le lagrime
Deidamia, HWV42
» Mai resa infelice
Giulio Cesare, HWV17
» Che sento? ...Se pieta
Partenope, HWV27
» Overture
Rodelinda, HWV19
» Ritorna, o caro e dolce mio tesoro

Manna, Gennaro

Achille in Sciro
» Chi puo dir che rea son io

Telemann, Georg Philipp

Germanicus
» Rimembranza crudel

Vinci, Leonardo

La Partenope
» Overture

Artists

Jeanine De Bique (soprano)
Concerto Koln

Conductor

Luca Quintavalle

About

With rich texture and bold femininity, Jeanine De Bique releases her debut album “Mirrors” on Berlin Classics! De Bique is accompanied by the renowned baroque orchestra Concerto Köln, with musical direction by Luca Quintavalle. The album focuses on baroque arias and includes three world premiere recordings composed by George Frideric Handel and his contemporaries Carl Heinrich Graun, Riccardo Broschi and Georg Philipp Telemann complete the programme.

The female protagonists are central to the album’s title and concept. “Mirrors” is the profound intimacy of Handel arias explored and juxtaposed with unknown arias of the same characters from the music of his contemporaries. Yannis François, concept creator for the album explains: “The listeners can experience different reflections of the same character as if they were looking at themselves through a broken mirror.”

The arias tell of key moments in the psychological development of the protagonists, illuminate the diversity of the female experience and the relatable perspectives of their lives.

These characters who, despite strokes of fate, are ultimately rewarded for their tenacity, strength, forgiveness and love. Aroused with awe and compassion, De Bique recognises the unique opportunity to celebrate the diversity of the female experience, using her multicultural background of Trinidad and Tobago. She identifies as a new voice, not only of these familiar characters, but also for women who are still trying to find spaces to free and reclaim their voices.

Mirrors explores human relationships in a musically rousing way, allowing the listener to feel exuberance, surprise and delight, discover new music and enjoy the familiar.

Reviews

The promise of De Bique’s first two arias carries through the whole recital. Her commitment to these arias is complete, and she realises the individual character of each so successfully that every one feels like a discovery. ... A wonderfully made programme that turns both its musicological mining and its high-powered performances to sheer pleasure.  Lindsay Kemp
Gramophone February 2022
On her debut album, “Mirrors”, the most immediately dazzling aspect of Jeanine De Bique’s singing is her articulation. No matter how fast the semi-quavers fly – and they’re frequent flyers in the baroque repertoire she's chosen – each note is crisply chiselled and secure. ... All the listener has to do is sit back, listen, and luxuriate.
The Times 3 December 2021
Gramophone Editor's Choice

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