Il duello amoroso - Italian Cantatas | Harmonia Mundi HMC901957

Il duello amoroso - Italian Cantatas

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Label: Harmonia Mundi

Cat No: HMC901957

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 1st January 1970

Contents

Artists

Andreas Scholl (countertenor)
Hélène Guilmette (soprano)
Accademia Bizantina

Conductor

Ottavio Dantone

Works

Handel, George Frideric

Cantata HWV82 'Amarilli vezzosa'
Cantata HWV132c 'Mi palpita il cor'
Cantata HWV135b 'Nel dolce tempo'
Cantata HWV175 'Vedendo amor'
Trio Sonatas (7), op.5 HWV396-402
» no.2 in D major HWV397

Artists

Andreas Scholl (countertenor)
Hélène Guilmette (soprano)
Accademia Bizantina

Conductor

Ottavio Dantone

About

Eight years after his first Handel recital, 'Ombra mai fù' HMC901685, Andreas Scholl now turns his talents to Handel’s early chamber cantatas. The splendid Il duello amoroso offers the countertenor a chance to duet with young French-Canadian soprano Hélène Guilmette.

Andreas Scholl is possibly the most famous countertenor in the world. In 1998, his operatic debut at Glyndebourne in Handel's 'Rodelinda' won unprecedented praise from the British press. His appearance on the Last Night of the Proms 2005 awakened an entirely new audience to the countertenor phenomenon and sales of his 3CD 'essential' set hit the best-seller lists that Christmas. He made his debut at the New York Metropolitan Opera in 2006 and the same year won the Singer of the Year Award at the Classical Brits.
 
The soloists of the Accademia Bizantina, all natives of the Italian peninsula, were founded in Ravenna in 1983. They are directed by Ottavio Dantone, musical director since 1996, who brings expertise in historically informed performance, leading to its position as one of today's finest Baroque groups.

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