Love in Arcadia-Duets & Trios [Single]

Laura Heimes (Artist, Performer), Julianne Baird (Artist, Performer), Tony Boutte (Artist, Performer), Sumner Thompson (Artist, Performer), Douglas McNames (Artist, Performer), Karen Flint (Artist, Performer), Brandywine Baroque (Artist, Orchestra), George Frideric Handel (Composer), none (Conductor) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Laura Heimes, Julianne Baird, Tony Boutte, Sumner Thompson, Douglas McNames, et al.
• Orchestra: Brandywine Baroque
• Conductor: none
• Composer: George Frideric Handel
• Audio CD (November 21, 2008)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Single
• Label: CD BABY.COM/INDYS
• ASIN: B001KT332M
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #103,863 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Quel fior che all'alba ride, HWV 192

2. Caro autor di mia doglia, HWV 182a

3. Se tu non lasci amore, HWV 201b

4. Amor gioje mi porge, HWV 180

5. Quando in calme ride il mare, HWV 191

6. Va, va speme infida pur, HWV 199

7. Caro autor di mia doglia, [HWV 183]

8. Ahi, nelle sorte umane, HWV 179

9. Quel fior che all'alba ride, HWV 200

10. No, di voi non vo' fidarmi, HWV 189

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Delightful Handel Rarities, January 10, 2009

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This review is from: Love in Arcadia-Duets & Trios (Audio CD)

The chamber works that Handel wrote during his early stay in Italy provided a treasure trove from which the composer drew throughout his lifetime. Yet these small-scale pieces would be wonderful listening even if they weren't the source of some of Handel's greatest hits. Although Handel's Italian cantatas are receiving renewed attention and excellent new recordings (such as the Glossa series), his duets and trios remain neglected.

Now come Julianne Baird and colleagues with a thoroughly delightful recording that helps fill this major gap in the Handel discography. Most of the pieces on this disc are not readily available elsewhere, and many are likely to be CD premieres. Earlier recordings (by Zadori and Esswood on Hungaraton, and by Coe and Bowman on Hyperion) included the soprano-alto duets. Here Baird performs duets for 2 sopranos (with Laura Heimes), and for soprano and tenor or bass, as well as the two trios. Gramophone's reviewer describes the instrumentalists as "impeccable partners among the vocal splendor."