Duets, Trios and Ensemble Movements from Handel's Operas
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- Composer: George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
- Format: Vocal Score
- Work Languages: English, German
- ISMN:
- Size: 9.1 x 11.8 inches
- Pages: 89
- Urtext / Critical Edition
Description
Italian opera was at the centre of Handel's output for over 35 years with solo arias constituting one of the most important elements in Baroque opera. Dramatic roles, with their various moods and reactions, are characterised through arias. A large number of Handel's operas also contain at least one entire scene for two to three voices. These numbers make use not only of similar lyrical or expressive forms of expression such as the arias, but also employ contrapuntal elements as found in Handel's chamber music.
Based on the Bärenreiter vocal scores, three volumes were published which contain some of Handel's best-known arias, duets and trios, together with less well-known numbers of equally high musical quality. The arias are arranged chronologically, reflecting the order in which the operas were composed.
The three volumes: Female roles for high voice (BA 4295) Male roles for high voice (BA 4296) Duets, Trios and Ensemble Scenes (BA 4297)
Contents:
- Preface
- Vorwort
- Texts / Texte
- Duets / Duette:
- Scherzano sul tuo volto (Almirena, Rinaldo, "Rinaldo")
- Cingetemi d'allori - Perfida, un cor illustre - Fermati! (Armida, Rinaldo, "Rinaldo")
- in quel bosco di strali - Al trinfo del nostro furore (Argante, Armida, "Rinaldo")
- Fra i ciechi orror - Ricordanti, mio ben (Vitige, Teodata, "Flavio", "Re de' Longobardi")
- Madre! - Son nata a lagrimar (Sesto, Cornelia, "Giulio Cesare in Egitto")
- Caro! (Cesare, Cleopatra, "Giulio Cesare in Egitto")
- Vivo in te (Asteria, Andronico, "Tamerlano")
- Non ti bastò, consorte - Io t'abbraccio (Rodelinda, Bertarido, "Rodelinda, Regina de' Longobardi")
- Seleuce! - Se il cor ti perde (Seleuce, Tolomeo, "Tolomeo")
- Per le porte del tormento (Sosarme, Elmira, "Sosarme")
- Piu non fuggir potrai - Finché prendi ancora - Vieni! - Già per la man d'Orlando (Orlando, Angelica, "Orlando")
- Bramo aver mille vite (Ariodante, Ginevra, "Ariodante")
- Trios and Ensemble Movements / Terzette and Ensemblesätze:
- Voglio strage (Bajazet, Andronico, Tamerlano, Asteria, "Tamerlano")
- Le lusinghe - Non è amor (Bradamante, Aclina, Ruggiero, "Alcina")
- Consolami, mio bene (Imeneo, Rosmene, Tirinto, "Imeneo")
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Duets, Trios and Ensemble Movements from Handel's Operas
