Program:
- Handel, George Frideric
Il Suol Che Preme
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- Magdalena Kozena (mezzo-soprano); Marc Minkowski (conductor); Les Musiciens du Louvre
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- Archiv
- Britten, Benjamin
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- The Rape of Lucretia
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- Virgin Classics
- Handel, George Frideric Handel
La Lucrezia
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- Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (mezzo-soprano); Harry Bicket (conductor); Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
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- Avie
- Benedetto, Marcello
Lucrezia
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- Xavier Sabata (countertenor); Latinists Nostra
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- Harmonia Mundi
- Mascagni, Pietro
Son Pochi Fiori
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- Mirella Freni (soprano); Ino Savini (conductor); Bavarian Radio Orchestra
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- Vanguard
- Britten, Benjamin
Les Illuminations
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- Barbara Hannigan (soprano); Candida Thompson (concertmaster); Amsterdam Sinfonietta
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- Channel Classics
- Bellini, Vincenzo
Ah! Non Credea Mirarti
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- Mirella Freni (soprano); Ino Savini (conductor); Bavarian Radio Orchestra
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- Vanguard
- Bellini, Vincenzo
Oh! Quante volte, oh! quante
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- Mirella Freni (soprano); Ino Savini (conductor); Bavarian Radio Orchestra
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- Vanguard
- Verdi, Giuseppe
Sul fil d'un soffio etesio
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- Mirella Freni (soprano); Ino Savini (conductor); Bavarian Radio Orchestra
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- Vanguard
The first three hours of the program were centered on various depictions of the Rape of Lucretia. Following that, we heard arias sung by Mirella Freni, whose birthday is February 27th.
- The Rape of Lucretia-Claire Booth (soprano); Susan Gritton (soprano); Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo-soprano); Hilary Summers (contralto); Ian Bostridge (tenor); Peter Coleman-Wright (baritone); Benjamin Russell (baritone); Christopher Purves (bass-baritone); Oliver Knussen (conductor); Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble.
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