George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759): Tamerlano, HWV 18

Opera seria in 3 acts

Libretto Niccolò Francesco Haym after Agostino Piovene

Naïve 5373 (3 CDs), 2014

CD 1 (62'51): Ouverture, Act 1
CD 2 (61'50): Act 2
CD 3 (68'32): Act 3


DRAMATIS PERSONAE:

TamerlanoXavier Sabata (countertenor)
AndronicoMax Emanuel Cencic (countertenor)
BajazetJohn Mark Ainsley (tenor)
AsteriaKarina Gauvin (soprano)
IreneRuxandra Donose (mezzo soprano)
LeonePavel Kudinov (bass)

Max Emanuel Cencic (Andronico) has the following arias:
Bella Asteria (CD 1 [10])
Benché mi sprezzi (CD 1 [22])
Cerco invano di placare (CD 2 [6])
Pi` d'una tigre altero (CD 2 [16])
Nom, che del tuo gran cor (arietta, CD 2 [23])
Vivo in te (duetto with Asteria, CD 3 [8])
Se non mi rendi (CD 3 [14])

Il Pomo d'Oro (on period instruments):
2 rec./ob., 2 fl., 2 clar., bn., strings (4/3/2/2), db., thb./archlt./guit., hpchd.

Direction: Ricardo Minasi

Recording: April 2013, Villa San Fermo, Vincenza/Italy