Most of us know the music of George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) through his oratorios and Italian operas, works that were written after his first trip to London in 1710. Ultimately he would make his home there, producing over 30 operas for the Royal Academy of Music, the Second Academy, and Covent Garden across a period of 36 years. Later in life, when opera seria fell from favor with English audiences, he turned his hand to the composition of oratorios in English, virtually inventing the genre that includes such eternal favorites as Israel in Egypt (1739) and Messiah (1742). (Read More on Release)
Track List: 1. Quel fior che all'alba ride, hwv 192 (1741) 4:51
Julianne Baird & Laura Heimes
2. Caro autor di mia doglia, hwv 182a (c. 1707) 8:28
Laura Heimes & Tony Boutté
3. Trio: Se tu non lasci amore, hwv 201b (1708) 5:56
Laura Heimes, Julianne Baird & Sumner Thompson
4. Amor gioje mi porge, hwv 180 (by 1710-1711) 6:07
Julianne Baird & Laura Heimes
5. Quando in calme ride il mare, hwv 191 (by 1710-1711) 6:23
Laura Heimes & Sumner Thompson
6. Va, va speme infida pur, hwv 199 (by 1710-1711) 7:08
Laura Heimes & Julianne Baird
7. Caro autor di mia doglia, [hwv 183] (1713) 7:50
[by R. Keiser, in his Divertimenti serenissimi (Hamburg, 1713) but attrib. Handel in some MSS.] Laura Heimes & Julianne Baird
8. Ahi, nelle sorte umane, hwv 179 (1745) 5:10
Laura Heimes & Julianne Baird
9. Trio: Quel fior che all'alba ride, hwv 200 (c. 1708) 7:08
Julianne Baird, Laura Heimes & Sumner Thompson
10. No, di voi non vo’ fidarmi, hwv 189 (1741) 6:13
Laura Heimes & Julianne Baird
Total Time 65:17
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