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| 1. Ouverture. - Cleopatra - Arias from Giulio Cesare in Egitto HWV 17 |
| 2. Atto primo - Scene 7. Tutto può donna vezzosa. - Cleopatra - Arias from Giulio Cesare in Egitto HWV 17 |
| 3. Atto secondo - Scene 2. Dov'è, Niren, dov'è l'anima mia?. - Cleopatra - Arias from Giulio Cesare in Egitto HWV 17 |
| 4. Atto secondo - Scene 2. V'adoro, pupille. - Cleopatra - Arias from Giulio Cesare in Egitto HWV 17 |
| 5. Atto secondo - Scene 7. Esser qui deve in breve. - Cleopatra - Arias from Giulio Cesare in Egitto HWV 17 |
| 6. Atto secondo - Scene 7. Venere bella. - Cleopatra - Arias from Giulio Cesare in Egitto HWV 17 |
| 7. Atto secondo - Scene 8. Che sento? Oh dio!. - Cleopatra - Arias from Giulio Cesare in Egitto HWV 17 |
| 8. Atto secondo - Scene 8. Se pietà di me non senti. - Cleopatra - Arias from Giulio Cesare in Egitto HWV 17 |
| 9. Atto secondo - Scene 8. Per dar vita all'idol mio. - Cleopatra - Arias from Giulio Cesare in Egitto HWV 17 |
| 10. Sinfonia. - Cleopatra - Arias from Giulio Cesare in Egitto HWV 17 |
| 11. Atto terzo - Scene 3. E pur così in un giorno. - Cleopatra - Arias from Giulio Cesare in Egitto HWV 17 |
| 12. Atto terzo - Scene 3. Piangerò la sorte mia. - Cleopatra - Arias from Giulio Cesare in Egitto HWV 17 |
| 13. Atto terzo - Scene 3. Troppo crudeli siete. - Cleopatra - Arias from Giulio Cesare in Egitto HWV 17 |
| 14. Atto terzo - Scene 7. Voi che mie fide ancelle. - Cleopatra - Arias from Giulio Cesare in Egitto HWV 17 |
| 15. Atto terzo - Scene 7. Forzai l'ingresso a tua salvezza, o cara!. - Cleopatra - Arias from Giulio Cesare in Egitto HWV 17 |
| 16. Atto terzo - Scene 7. Da tempeste il legno infranto. - Cleopatra - Arias from Giulio Cesare in Egitto HWV 17 |
| 17. Sinfonia. - Cleopatra - Arias from Giulio Cesare in Egitto HWV 17 |
| 18. Atto terzo - Scene ultima. Bellissima Cleopatra. - Cleopatra - Arias from Giulio Cesare in Egitto HWV 17 |
| 19. Atto terzo - Scene ultima. Caro! Bella!. - Cleopatra - Arias from Giulio Cesare in Egitto HWV 17 |
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A Stunning Cleopatra!,
This review is from: Cleopatra (Audio CD)
Natalie Dessay is obviously not a young colouratura anymore - spinning off high F's, G's, and even impossible A-flats above high soprano C - but this disc is a splendid document of the singer - and woman - she's become. Lyrical, mature, and sensitive, she brings a certain worldliness and beauty to the music. By turns heart-wrenchingly desperate, at others exuberant and energetic, the dramatic qualities of Handel's music and the fascinating character of Cleopatra certainly come to life - after all, this is the "singing actress" we're talking about.Vocally, Dessay is splendid...but since we're hearing Natalie Dessay as a woman nearing fifty, we're not to expect the same high, crystalline quality in the voice we remember from her days as Handel's Morgana. Instead we hear a quite secure low register and a beautifully lyric mid register (the tessitura of the role is quite low, plunging down to the bottom of the treble staff). Something interesting is that her high notes tended to get a little out of control the last time she recorded Handel on "Delirio". Here, she's tamed the high notes and has found a way to sing them in a much more controlled way, singing even at piano and pianissimo in the high register - though she still throws in a thrilling high D-sharp/D in the middle section of "Piangero". Natalie Dessay's beautiful instrument is still in fine form, preserving that lovely girlish quality, which is really suitable for arias "Tutto puo" and "Da tempeste". However it's in the less famous arias that she really makes her mark - "Se pieta" is devastating, "Piangero" is an emotional journey unto itself, and the rarely (never?) heard version of "La giustizia" ("Per dar vita") is simply thrilling. Gorgeous singing all around, superb dramatic instincts, and enormous musical sensitivity and respect for the Baroque style. Very few complaints - "V'adoro" is a little limpid (though the da capo is stunningly performed), some of the ornamentation from Haim is a little hectic, but idiomatically extravagant in a Baroque way...perhaps some of the recitatives could be replaced by another aria or two...but do those things affect the outstanding impression that this disc leaves? Certainly not. Some bonus things: the wonderful Italian contralto Sonia Prina joins as a splendid Cesare and there are two "lost" arias included which were replaced before the premiere of the opera. Grand stuff...though perhaps anemic compared to modern tastes for orchestration, Le Concert d'Astree once again proves to be varied in the splendid colours it can produce. Emmanuelle Haim's conducting shows a flair for Baroque extravagance while emphasizing the Baroque penchant for rhythm. Truly a unique and memorable take on Handel's Egyptian queen!
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4.5 out of 5 stars (8 customer reviews) 5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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Fabulous stuff from Natalie Dessay,
By Sid Nuncius - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Cleopatra (Audio CD)
This is a lovely disc from Natalie Dessay. She is a marvellous singer with a truly beautiful voice and I think she uses it to excellent effect here. The disc is devoted to arias and duets by Cleopatra from Giulio Cesare, introduced by the overture and with two vigorous Sinfonias interspersed. It also includes some arias which Handel wrote and then discarded in favour of others for a different dramatic effect, but which are very well worth hearing.Dessay sings with real emotion and feeling in every piece. She meets the huge technical challenges of Handel's music and the extraordinary ornamentation with an apparently effortless virtuosity and I found her range of powerful passion, tragic lament and sweet meditation all very convincing. Coupled with the very fine playing of Le Concert d'Astrée under Emannuelle Haim and excellent recorded sound the effect is consistently engaging and really magical in places. I suspect your response to this programming will depend on your attitude to opera on disc. I understand and respect the view of many that operas should be heard in their entirety but personally, although I love to see full productions of operas, I often find them quite hard going on disc and very much enjoy programmes of selections like this. If you share my view, I am sure you will enjoy this disc as much as I do. Very warmly recommended. 4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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Superb,
By B. J. Miceli - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Cleopatra (Audio CD)
I bought this about a month ago and have been listening to is consistently since then. It is, simply, delightful. Dessay's voice is so lovely, so limpid, yet so brilliant at the same time that she makes a perfect Cleopatra. In my experience, only Beverly Sills equals her and Sills did not record all of the arias. Dessay's ornamentation is especially unique and wonderful, suprising and satisfying.I suppose my only criticisms of the album are that Haim's conducting is a bit fast and hectic at times and that "Non disperar", Cleopatra's taunting aria sung to her brother Tolomeo (which does so much to establish her character at her first entrance) is not included. 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Emmanuelle Haïm and Natalie Dessay present Cleopatra,
By Grady Harp - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Cleopatra (Audio CD)
Giulio Cesare in Egitto (Julius Caesar in Egypt, HWV 17), commonly known simply as Giulio Cesare, is an Italian opera in three acts written for the Royal Academy of Music by George Frideric Handel in 1724. The libretto was written by Nicola Francesco Haym who used earlier libretto by Giacomo Francesco Bussani set in music by Antonio Sartorio (1676). The opera has gained considerable stage presence in the past few decades, primarily due to the popularity of Beverly Sills in her heyday at the New York City Opera who brought this wonderful opera to the attention of the general public as a work of great musical beauty but also one of fine dramatic impact.That French conductor and harpsichordist Emmanuelle Haïm is at the helm for this recording of all of Cleopatra's arias and duets from this opera guarantees that the recording will be successful. She has become on of the most important conductors of Baroque music, a position recently supported by her brilliant debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic in an all Handel evening. She gives this score the lilt and the underscoring drama that it needs to convince the listener. Natalie Dessay is a long time collaborator with Emmanuelle Haïm and the experience with each other shows here. Dessay is one of the most appealing and poetic and vocally gifted singers of the Baroque and beyond. She seems as though on stage she would be the perfect Cleopatra. Here she delivers her assignments with complete ease - at times too complete ease in that the inherent drama in her arias tends to a bit hampered with the same sound production; the various temperaments of the infamous Cleopatra meld instead of standing as individual moments. But in all the recording is a rewarding experience and should Dessay and Haïm perform this opera on stage the physical presence and innate drama of both of these great artists would likely be brilliant. We can hope that Emmanuelle Haïm and her ensemble Le Concert d'Astrée will elect to record other of Handel's operas with the new young and immensely gifted Bulgarian soprano Sonya Yoncheva. THAT would be an experience that would be dazzling! Grady Harp, November 11 |
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