Alan Ewing - Handel Giulio Cesare Mijanovic Kozen von Otter Hellekant B Mehta A Ewing Bertin Les Musiciens du Louvre Minkowski (83 tracks) +Album Reviews

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Alan Ewing
Handel - Giulio Cesare / Mijanovic · Kozená · von Otter · Hellekant · B. Mehta · A. Ewing · Bertin · Les Musiciens du Louvre · Minkowski
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (28) - Disc #1
1. Ouverture - Marc Minkowski
2. No. 1 Coro: 'Viva, Viva Il Nostro Alcide!' - Bejun Mehta
3. No. 2 Aria: 'Presti Omai L'egizia Terra' - Marijana Mijanovic
4. Recitativo: 'Curio, Cesare Venne, E Vide E Vinse' - Marijana Mijanovic
5. (Recitativo:) 'Questa E Cornelia' - Charlotte Hellekant
6. Recitativo: 'La Reggia Tolomeo T'offre In Albergo' - Charlotte Hellekant
7. No. 3 Aria: 'Empio, Diro, Tu Sei' - Marijana Mijanovic
8. Recitativo: 'Gia Torna In Se' - Charlotte Hellekant
9. No. 4 Aria: 'Priva Son D'ogni Conforto' - Charlotte Hellekant
10. Recitativo: 'Vani Sono I Lamenti' - Anne Sofie Von Otter
11. No. 5 Aria: 'Svegliatevi Nel Core' - Anne Sofie Von Otter
12. Recitativo: 'Regni Cleopatra' - Bejun Mehta
13. No. 6 Aria: 'Non Disperar, Chi Sa?' - Magdalena Kozena
14. Recitativo: 'Sire, Signor!' / 'Achilla' - Bejun Mehta
15. No. 7 Aria: 'L'empio, Sleale, Indegno' - Bejun Mehta
16. No. 8 Accompagnato: 'Alma Del Gran Pompeo' - Marijana Mijanovic
17. Recitativo: 'Qui Nobile Donzella' - Magdalena Kozena
18. No. 9 Aria: 'Non E Si Vago E Bello' - Marijana Mijanovic
19. Recitativo: 'Cleopatra, Vincesti' - Magdalena Kozena
20. No. 10 Aria: 'Tutto Puo Donna Vezzosa' - Magdalena Kozena
21. No. 11 Arioso: 'Nel Tuo Seno, Amico Sasso' - Charlotte Hellekant
22. Recitativo: 'Ma Che! Vile E Negletta' - Charlotte Hellekant
23. No. 12 Aria: 'Cara Speme, Questo Core' - Anne Sofie Von Otter
24. Recitativo: 'Cesare, Alla Tua Destra' - Bejun Mehta
25. No. 14 Aria: 'Va Tacito E Nascosto' - Marijana Mijanovic
26. Recitativo: 'Sire, Con Sesto Il Figlio Questa E Corneila - Bejun Mehta
27. (Recitativo:) 'Cornelia, In Quei Tuoi Lumi' - Charlotte Hellekant
28. No. 15 Aria: 'Tu Sei Il Cor Di Questo Core' - Alan Ewing
Track Listings (31) - Disc #2
1. Recitativo: 'Madre!' / 'Mia Vita!' / 'Addio...' - Anne Sofie Von Otter
2. No. 16 Duetto: 'Son nata A Lagrimar / Son Nato A Sospirar' - Charlotte Hellekant
3. Recitativo: 'Eseguisti, O Niren, Quanto T'imposi? - Magdalena Kozena
4. Recitativo: 'Da Cleopatra Apprenda' - Pascal Bertin
5. Sinfonia E Recitativo: 'Taci!' / 'Che Fia?', Recitativo: 'Cieli, E Qual Dalle Sfere' - Pascal Bertin
6. Sinfonia, Recitativo: 'Giulio, Che Miri?' - Marijana Mijanovic
7. No. 17 Aria: 'V'adoro, Pupille' - Magdalena Kozena
8. Recitativo: 'Vola, vola, Mio Cor, Al Dolce Incanto' - Pascal Bertin
9. No. 18 Aria: 'Se In Fiorito Ameno Prato' - Marijana Mijanovic
10. No. 19 Arioso: 'Deh, Piangete, O Mesti Lumi' - Charlotte Hellekant
11. Recitativo: 'Bella, Non Lagrimare!' - Charlotte Hellekant
12. Recitativo: 'Bella, Placa Lo Sdegno!' - Bejun Mehta
13. No. 20 Aria: 'Se A Me Non Sei Crudele' - Alan Ewing
14. Recitativo: 'Bella, Cotanto Aborri Chi Ti Prega D'amar?' - Bejun Mehta
15. No. 21 Aria: 'Si, Spietata, Il Tuo Rigore' - Bejun Mehta
16. Recitativo: 'Su, Che Si Tarda?' - Charlotte Hellekant
17. Recitativo: 'Cornelia, Infauste Nove' - Charlotte Hellekant
18. No. 22 Aria: 'Cessa Omai Di Sospirare!' - Charlotte Hellekant
19. Recitativo: 'Figlio Non E Chi Vendicar Non Cura' - Anne Sofie Von Otter
20. No. 23 Aria: 'L'angue Offeso Mai Riposa' - Anne Sofie Von Otter
21. No. 24 Aria: 'Venere Bella' - Magdalena Kozena
22. Recitativo: 'Che Veggio, O Numi?' - Magdalena Kozena
23. (Recitativo:) 'Cesare, Sei Tradito' - Magdalena Kozena
24. No. 25 Aria E Coro: 'Al Lampo Dell'armi - 'Mora Cesare, Mora!' - Marijana Mijanovic
25. No. 26 Accompagnato: 'Che Sento? Oh Dio! Morra Cleopatra Ancora' - Magdalena Kozena
26. No. 27 Aria: 'Se Pieta Di Me Non Senti' - Magdalena Kozena
27. No. 28 Arioso E Recitativo: 'Belle Dee Di Questo Core' - - Bejun Mehta
28. '...Di Quel Che Avete In Doppie Stelle Accolto' - Bejun Mehta
29. Recitativo: 'Sire, Prendi!' / 'Che Fia?' - Bejun Mehta
30. Recitativo: 'Ecco In Tutto Perduta La Speme Di Vendetta' - Charlotte Hellekant
31. No. 29 Aria: 'L'aura Che Spira' - Anne Sofie Von Otter
Track Listings (24) - Disc #3
1. Recitativo: 'In Tal modi Si Premia Il Mio Lungo Servir' - Alan Ewing
2. No. 30 Aria: 'Dal Fulgor Di Questa Spada' - Alan Ewing
3. Sinfonia - Marc Minkowski
4. Recitativo: 'Vinta Cadesti Al Balenar Di Questo Mio Fulmine Reale' - Bejun Mehta
5. No. 31 Aria: 'Domero La Tua Fierezza' - Bejun Mehta
6. Recitativo: 'E Pur Cosi In Un Giorno' - Magdalena Kozena
7. No. 32 Aria: 'Piangero La Sorte Mia' - Magdalena Kozena
8. No. 33 Accompagnato Ed Aria: 'Dall'ondoso Periglio' - 'Aure, Deh, Per Pieta' - Marijana Mijanovic
9. Recitativo: 'Cerco Invan Tolomeo Per Vendicarmi' - Anne Sofie Von Otter
10. Recitativo: 'Lascia Questo Sigillo!' - Anne Sofie Von Otter
11. No. 34 Aria: 'Quel Torrente Che Cade Dal Monte' - Marijana Mijanovic
12. Recitativo: 'Tutto Lice Sperar, Cesare Vive' - Anne Sofie Von Otter
13. No. 35 Aria: 'La Giustizia Ha Gia Sull'arco' - Anne Sofie Von Otter
14. No. 36 Accompagnato: 'Voi, Che Mie Fide Ancelle Un Tempo Foste' - Magdalena Kozena
15. Recitativo: 'Forzai L'ingresso A Tua Salvezza, O Cara!' - Magdalena Kozena
16. No. 37 Aria: 'Da Tempeste Il Legno Infranto' - Magdalena Kozena
17. Recitativo: 'Cornelia, E Tempo Omai - Bejun Mehta
18. Recitativo: 'T'arresta, O Genitrice!' - Bejun Mehta
19. No. 38 Aria: 'Non Ha Piu Che Temere' - Charlotte Hellekant
20. Sinfonia - Les Musiciens Du Louvre
21. Recitativo: 'Qui Curio Vincitor, Qui Tuo L'Egitto' - Charlotte Hellekant
22. No. 39 Duetto: 'Caro! / Bella! Piu Amabile Belta' - Magdalena Kozena
23. Recitativo: 'Goda Pur Or L'Egitto' - Marijana Mijanovic
24. No. 40 Coro E duetto: 'Ritorni Omai Nel Nostro Core' - 'Un Bel Contento Il Sen Gia Si Prepara' - Bejun Mehta

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CD Details

All Artists: Alan Ewing
Title: Handel - Giulio Cesare / Mijanovic · Kozená · von Otter · Hellekant · B. Mehta · A. Ewing · Bertin · Les Musiciens du Louvre · Minkowski
Members Wishing: 2
Total Copies: 0
Label: Archiv Produktion
Release Date: 8/12/2003
Album Type: Box set
Genre: Classical
Styles: Opera & Classical Vocal, Historical Periods, Baroque (c.1600-1750)
Number of Discs: 3
SwapaCD Credits: 3
UPC: 028947421023

Synopsis

Amazon.com

This new recording of Handel's great Giulio Cesare was taped live in Vienna and has the exciting aura of a live performance--and also some of the problems. Minkowski leads an exciting reading, and he has a Caeser who can keep up with his aggressive tempi: mezzo Marijana Mijanovic sings fluently, accurately, and with stunning tone and great involvement, and the fact that she sounds as if she might be a countertenor only helps the situation. Magdalena Kozena's Cleopatra is wonderful as well--insinuating, ruthless, sad, loving by turns, and (although we're accustomed to the role being sung by a higher-voiced woman) Kozena is properly feminine and alluring. (Still, no-one compares with Beverly Sills on RCA.) Charlotte Hellekant's Cornelia is moving and well sung but could use a somewhat darker tone; Bejun Mehta's countertenor rings forth with style as Tolomeo. A problem is Anne Sofie von Otter's Sesto--she sounds tired--and occasionally, the orchestra is less than accurate. René Jacobs' recording on Harmonia Mundi remains the first choice, but this is a very close second. Handel lovers will need both. --Robert Levine

CD Reviews

Minkowski's (overdue) return to Handel

Dr. Peter J. Glidden | Gli Angeli, California | 09/04/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I'll admit that I am a big fan of Marc Minkowski and that I've followed him from his first Handel recordings (Amadigi and Teseo) to his Offenbach and Strauss. However, while his "modern" forays have been quite nice (especially the Orphée aux Enfers), I'm glad that he has finally remembered what he does best: the Baroque, and, namely, Handel. His Dixit Dominus has converted several people I know to "classical" music and his Ariodante, with the thrilling casting of Anne Sophie Von Otter and Ewa Podles, will be hailed as immortal (see my review). This new installment goes straight for the top: Giulio Cesare. The orchestra - particularly the solo instruments of cor di caccia, Hector McDonald, and violin, Florian Deuter, are superb - is amazing, the tempi are just right, quick and languid by turns. Handel should be fast - when he shouldn't be slow, it's all about giving the music it's due. The vocal soloists are also generally great, with some greater than others. The tricky title role sung by Marijan Mijanovic is well chosen. It took me awhile to recall who she reminds me of and I think I've got it: Carolyn Watkinson, but truly with her mezzo power and passion in a contralto part (Watkison's contralto singing, such as the role of Galatea, is quite different). I'm amazed to hear myself give her such high praise as I was rather unmoved by her contribution to the Arcadian duets (Emmanuel Haïm), but maybe it's just a matter of learning to love something new (and something old). Magdalena Kozena sings Cleopatra, which is also amazing since she debuted as an alto/mezzo and has sung tons of that material. Her Cleopatra is solid, thrilling, yet I still long for the coloratura soprano in this part - which we don't have a recording of! Where are Nathalie Dessay, Sandrine Piau, or Sylvia McNair? The mother-son duo, Cleopatra and Sesto, with their fabulously erotic music, which, sung by two women as Handel wrote the parts, moves from incestuous to lesbian in the blink of an ear! - is Charlotte Hellenkant and the sublime Anne-Sophie Von Otter. Hellenkant has the amorous maternal role down pat while Von Otter, though perhaps a bit less in this role, is, as the liner notes claim, one of the best singers of her generation. I'm glad also to see former boy soprano current countertenor king Bejun Mehta in a major role, Tolomeo. This is actually a role that has burned more than one male alto as it requires big guns both in terms of breath and pure vocal ability, which Mehta has in spades. Achilla is sung by Alan Ewing (Polyphemus on Christie's Acis and Galatea) and is sufficiently bullying and blustering for the part. For another interpretation, check out the god-like James Magdalena in Peter Sellars video production of this opera, the one time this role can bring tears to the eye.
A must for all serious Handel/Minkowski fans."

EXTRAORDINARIO: Primera opcion

Annio mozartiano ;) | España | 01/12/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Minkowski se corona con este registro, consiguiendo la version mas redonda hasta la fecha de 'Giulio Cesare' (muy superior a la tan laureada version de Rene Jacobs). La direccion de Minkowski es mas chispeante e imaginativa, y sus Mousiciens du Louvre suenan a las mil maravillas. El cast vocal es de gran altura: La casi desconocida Marijana Millanovic interpreta un Cesare sobresaliente, seguro en toda la tesitura, y de acentos contratenoriles. Magdalena Kozena consigue la mejor version de Cleopatra hasta la fecha: fantastica. Charlotte Hellekart, es una Cornelia muy interesante, aunque no llegue a superar la creacion absoluta que de este personaje hizo Bernarda Fink con Jacobs. Anne Sofie Von Otter deja constancia de uno de los mejores Sestos en disco, aportando su buen gusto de siempre al papel. Bejun Metha está en estado de gracia como Ptolomeo, demostrando que es un gran cantante. Discreto Alan Ewig, un Achilla aquejado de vibratto, y cumplidores el resto de secundarios en sus cortas intervenciones. El sonido es excelente, lo que convierte a esta version en una primera opcion para esta obra, por encima incluso de la version de Jacobs en Harmonia Mundi."