Alcina, opera, HWV 34: Gavotte - Sarabande - Gavotte da capo
Alcina, opera, HWV 34: Menuet
Alcina, opera, HWV 34: Gavotte
Alcina, opera, HWV 34: Tamburin
Alcina, opera, HWV 34: Ah! Ruggiero crudel
Alcina, opera, HWV 34: Ombre pallide
Alcina, opera, HWV 34: Entrée des Songes agréables
Alcina, opera, HWV 34: Si non quella
Alcina, opera, HWV 34: Entrée des Songes funestes
Alcina, opera, HWV 34: Entrée des Songes agréables effrayes et le combat des Songes
Alcina, opera, HWV 34: Mi restano le lagrime
Alcina, opera, HWV 34: Entrée
Alcina, opera, HWV 34: Credete al mio dolore
2009 is the year of Handel's 250th birthday, and to celebrate CAvi-music releases this disc of by one of the top sopranos in the world. Features Berliner Barock Solisten, members of the Berlin Philharmonic, playing baroque... more » music of the highest standard. "Alluring intimacy ... one of today's most versatile singer-actors." -- BBC Music magazine "It is impossible to imagine a more expressive performer than Christine Schäfer, who recites (or sings?) these melodramas with infinite subtlety, underlining each nuance with gestures as restrained as they are expressive." -- La Voix du Luxembourg "A miniature, radiant figure ... [Christine Schäfer] performs ... with crystalline clarity." -- Le Soir de Bruxelles« less
2009 is the year of Handel's 250th birthday, and to celebrate CAvi-music releases this disc of by one of the top sopranos in the world. Features Berliner Barock Solisten, members of the Berlin Philharmonic, playing baroque music of the highest standard. "Alluring intimacy ... one of today's most versatile singer-actors." -- BBC Music magazine "It is impossible to imagine a more expressive performer than Christine Schäfer, who recites (or sings?) these melodramas with infinite subtlety, underlining each nuance with gestures as restrained as they are expressive." -- La Voix du Luxembourg "A miniature, radiant figure ... [Christine Schäfer] performs ... with crystalline clarity." -- Le Soir de Bruxelles