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Excelling in Renaissance and baroque repertoire,
the young British soprano Ruby Hughes pays
tribute to Handel's last prima donna, the Italian
soprano Giulia Frasi.
For her debut recording on Chandos she has
chosen a selection of celebrated arias composed
for Frasi by Handel, in his late oratorios Susanna,
Solomon, Theodora, and Jephtha, and other
composers of the era, whose works are now much
less familiar, offering several modern premieres.
Performed on period instruments by the Orchestra
of the Age of Enlightenment, conducted by
Laurence Cummings, and recorded in surroundsound,
this programme is unique of its kind.
George Frideric Handel
1. Susanna: Crystal streams in murmurs flowing 8:14
2. Emirena: O Dio! Mancar mi sento 8:35
3. Camilla: Là per l'ombrosa sponda 4:39
Thomas Augustine Arne
4. Arbaces: Why is death for ever late 2:21
John Christopher Smith
5. Eve: Oh! do not, Adam, exercise on my thy hatred - 1:02
6. It comes! it comes! it must be death! 5:45
7. Rebecca: But see, the night with silent pace steals on - 1:32
8. O balmy Sleep! 4:51
Thomas Augustine Arne
9. Eltruda: Gracious Heav'n, O hear me! 6:45
George Frideric Handel
10.Sinfonia - 0:56
11. Theodora: O thou bright Sun! - 0:33
12. With Darkness deep as is my Woe 4:05
13. Symphony of soft Musick 1:35
14. Theodora: But why art thou disquieted 0:31
15. O that I on Wings cou'd rise 3:18
Philip Hayes
16.Parthenope: Soon arrives thy fatal hour8:02
George Frideric Handel
17. Pleasure: There the brisk sparkling nectar drain 2:43
18. Iphis: Ye sacred priests - 0:41
19. Farewell, ye limpid springs and floods 5:36
20. Queen of Sheba: Will the Sun forget to streak 5:49
Total time: 78:25 |
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