George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759): Alessandro, HWV 21

Opera seria in 3 acts

Libretto after Ortensio Mauro by Paolo Antonio Rolli
Decca 478 4699 (3 CDs), 2012

CD 1 (78'07): Ouverture, Act 1
CD 2 (66'04): Act 2
CD 3 (45'55): Act 3


DRAMATIS PERSONAE:

Alessandro MagnoMax Emanuel Cencic (countertenor)
RossaneJulia Lezhneva (soprano)
LisauraKarina Gauvin (soprano)
TassileXavier Sabata (countertenor)
LeonatoJuan Sancho (tenor)
ClitoIn-Sung Sim (bass)
CleoneVasily Khoroshev (countertenor)

Max Emanuel Cencic (Alessandro) has the following arias:
Fra le stragi e fra le morti (CD 1 [5])
Men fedele, men costante (CD 1 [19])
Da un breve riposo (CD 1 [33])
Vano amore (CD 2 [4])
Risolvo abbandonar le belle (CD 2 [12])
Il cor mio (CD 2 [17])
Pupille amate (CD 3 [11])
Prove sono di grandezza (CD 3 [16])

The city of Athens Choir,
Armonia Atenea (on period instruments):
2 trp., timp, 2 hrn., 2 rec., 2 ob., bn., strings (6/6/3/4), 2 db., thb., 2 hpchd.

Direction: George Petrou

Recording: September 2-5 and 9-15, 2011, The Athens Concert Hall, Athens