La fida ninfa. Alma oppressa / Vivaldi (4:59) -- Giove in Argo. Combattuta da più venti / Handel (6:21) -- The fairy queen. Hornpipe in D minor (1:02) ; Raise, raise the voice. Mark how readily each pliant string (3:41) / Purcell -- Apollo e Dafne. Felicissima quest'alma (5:40) ; Come in ciel benigna stella (3:33) / Handel -- Timon of Athens. Curtain tune / Purcell (2:39) -- Rinaldo. Furie terribili! (1:49) ; Alcina. Tornami a vagheggiar (4:42) / Handel -- The fairy queen. Hornpipe in G minor (1:00) ; The plaint : O let me weep (7:45) ; See, even night herself is here (4:50) / Purcell -- Calisto. Restino imbalsamate (3:44) ; Gli amori d'Apollo e di Dafne. O più d'ogni ricchezza (10:39) / Cavalli -- Madrigali guerrieri et amorosi. Lamento della ninfa / Monteverdi (with Thomas Walker, Samuel Boden, tenors ; Ashley Riches, bass) (7:52).
Principally opera excerpts; the 5th-6th works from a secular cantatas; the last work is a madrigal. The 2nd work is from a pasticcio; music originally from Handel's Faramondo.
Participant/Performer Note
Anna Prohaska, soprano ; Arcangelo ; Jonathan Cohen, conductor.
Data/Place of Event
Recorded 2012 April St. John at Hackney Church, London 2012 September All Hallows' Church, London.
