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Arleen Augér – “Ah! Ruggero crudel … Ombre pallide” Recitative and Aria of Alcina – “Alcina” (1735) Act II Scene XIII – Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 – 1759). Unknown (?) label – LIVE Recording maybe from the Hamburg concert on June 30, 1991. Unknow (?) Orchestra, Theater and Conductor. AH! RUGGERO CRUDEL … OMBRE PALLIDE” […]

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• 10 Feb 2017

Teresa Berganza – “Verdi prati, selve amene” Aria of Ruggiero – “Alcina” (1735) Act II Scene XII – Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 – 1759). DECCA Studio Recording “Alcina” – ℗ 1962 London Symphony Orchestra Conductor M.° Richard Bonynge. – A wonderful cast: Alcina – Dame Joan Sutherland Ruggiero – Teresa Berganza Bradamante – Monica Sinclair […]

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• 09 Feb 2017

Fritz Wunderlich – “Mi lusinga il dolce affetto” Aria of Ruggiero – “Alcina” (1735) Act II Scene III – Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 – 1759). Unique Opera Records & Melodram – ℗ 1981 Recorded in Köln on May 15, 1959. Radio broadcasting. Cappella Coloniensis Kölner Rundfunkchor Conductor M.° Ferdinand Leitner Alcina – Dame Joan Sutherland […]

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• 08 Feb 2017

Dame Joan Sutherland – “Ah! Mio cor! Schernito sei!” – Aria of Alcina – “Alcina” (1735) Act II Scene VIII – Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 – 1759). Unique Opera Records & Melodram – ℗ 1981 Recorded in Köln on May 15, 1959. Radio broadcasting. Cappella Coloniensis Kölner Rundfunkchor Conductor M.° Ferdinand Leitner Alcina – Dame […]

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• 07 Feb 2017

Dame Joan Sutherland – “Tornami a vagheggiar” Aria of Alcina I Act Scene XV – “Alcina” (1735) – Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 – 1759). – Unique Opera Records & Melodram – ℗ 1981 Recorded in Köln on May 15, 1959. Radio broadcasting. Sutherland sang the role of Alcina for the first time in Italian at […]

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• 05 Feb 2017

Loretta Liberato – “Il più felice e sfortunato Amante” – Cantata per Alto, Violini e Basso Continuo – Agostino Steffani (1654 – 1728) – WORLD PREMIERE RECORDING. – Centaurus Music Int. Studio Recording “Agostino Steffani – Cantate à una e due voci” WORLD PREMIERE RECORDING – Third remastered edition ℗ 2017 Second remastered edition ℗ […]

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• 30 Gen 2017

Luca Casagrande – “Lagrime dolorose” – Cantata for Solo Voice, Flutes & Continuo – Agostino Steffani (1654 – 1728) – WORLD PREMIERE RECORDING. – Centaurus Music Int. Studio Recording “Agostino Steffani – Cantate à una e due voci” WORLD PREMIERE RECORDING – Second remastered edition ℗ 2013 First edition – ℗ 1999 Scarlatti Camera Ensemble […]

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• 28 Gen 2017

Loretta Liberato & Luca Casagrande – “Tengo per infallibile” – Cantata per Alto, Baritono e Basso Continuo – Agostino Steffani (1654 – 1728) – WORLD PREMIERE RECORDING. – Centaurus Music Int. Studio Recording “Agostino Steffani – Cantate à una e due voci” WORLD PREMIERE RECORDING – Second remastered edition ℗ 2013 First edition – ℗ […]

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• 27 Gen 2017

Maria Carla Curìa & Loretta Silvestri Liberato – “Che volete, ò crude Pene” – Cantata per Soprano, Alto e Basso Continuo – Agostino Steffani (1654 – 1728) – WORLD PREMIERE RECORDING. – Centaurus Music Int. Studio Recording “Agostino Steffani – Cantate à una e due voci” WORLD PREMIERE RECORDING – Second remastered edition ℗ 2013 […]

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• 24 Gen 2017

CHAMBER DUETS The first ‘modern’ musicologist to examine Steffani’s duets was Friedrich Chrysander, who explored them in connexion with his biography of Han-del. He divided those he knew into three groups: ‘small’ duets in one movement, some with da capo repeat; ‘large’ duets, in which solo movements for each singer (some with recitative) were framed […]