Simone Kermes, Amici Veneziani, Boris Begelman - Mio Caro Händel (2019)
Simone Kermes, Amici Veneziani, Boris Begelman - Mio Caro Händel (2019)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 370 Mb | Total time: 79:54 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Sony Classical | # 19075861772 | Recorded: 2018
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 370 Mb | Total time: 79:54 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Sony Classical | # 19075861772 | Recorded: 2018
Simone Kermes is a highly idiosyncratic performer who delights in pushing the boundaries of good taste, often unafraid to inject her singing with a grab bag of vocal tricks. So it’s surprising that her latest release is that most standard of offerings, one to put next to your favourite singer’s Verdi or Puccini disc – the Handel recital.
For the most part, the soprano reins in her wilder impulses and there’s much to enjoy here. That’s not to say that she shies away from putting her dramatic stamp on things – quite the opposite. Kermes brings her usual commitment to proceedings, making even the more familiar selections vivid moments of drama. She’s in good hands with Amici Veneziani and its concertmaster Boris Begelman, whose playing is distinguished by both imagination and style.
Highlights on this disc include a finely realised Piangerò la sorte mia, Cleopatra’s sense of injustice competing with her despair.Similarly compelling is Ah, spietato from the rarely heard Amadigi di Gaula, Kermes navigating the emotional twists and turns well. Morirò, ma vendicata benefits from her ferocity of attack, while Guardian angels has an effective simplicity.
While there’s plenty of good stuff here, it’s worth saying that Handel tragics might find few original interpretive insights. Kermes sings with plenty of fervour, but the emotion tends to the generic at times and her passagework can be patchy in places. As always, she divides opinion.
Performer:
Simone Kermes, soprano
Amici Veneziani
Boris Begelman, concertmaster
Tracklist:
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Rinaldo, HWV 7a
01. Act I, Scene 5: Furie terribili! (Armida)
Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17
02. Act III, Scene 3: Piangerò la sorte mia (Cleopatra)
La Resurrezione, HWV47
03. Part I: Disserratevi, o porte d'Averno (Angelo)
Amadigi di Gaula, HWV 11
04. Act I, Scene 4: Ah, spietato (Melissa)
Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, HWV 46a
05. Part II: Come nembo che fugge col vento (Piacere)
Serse, HWV 40
06. Act I, Scene 1: Ombra mai fu (Serse)
Teseo, HWV 9
07. Act V, Scene1: Morirò, ma vendicata (Medea)
Rodelinda, HWV 19
08. Act III, Scene 4: Se 'l mio duol non è si forte (Rodelinda)
Athalia, HWV 52
09. Part II, Scene 4: My vengeance awakes me (Athalia)
Saul, HWV 53
10. Act II, Scene 2: Author of Peace (Merab)
Deidamia, HWV 42
11. Act III, Scene 2: M'hai resa infelice (Deidamia)
Lotario, HWV 26
12. Act I, Scene 10: Scherza in mar la navicella (Adelaide)
Neun deutsche Arien, HWV 205
13. No. 4: Süße Stille, sanfte Quelle
The Triumph of Time and Truth, HWV 71
14. Part III: Guardian Angels (Beauty)
Rinaldo, HWV 7a
15. Act II, Scene 4: Lascia ch'io pianga (Almirena)
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Simone Kermes, Amici Veneziani, Boris Begelman - Mio Caro Händel (2019)
