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Internationally acclaimed for her portrayals of Baroque heroines, soprano Danielle de Niese explores the sensual beauty of the Baroque - spanning the entire era from Dowland songs to Handel oratorio and from ecstatic Monteverdi to the perfection of Bach.
John Dowland
1. Come again, sweet love doth now invite
2. What if I never speed?
George Frideric Handel
3. Aria “Ombra mai fu” (Serse)
4. Air “Let the bright Seraphim” (Samson)
Henry Purcell
5. “Thy hand, Belinda – When I am laid in earth” (Dido and Aeneas)
George Frideric Handel
6. Air “Heart, the seat of soft delight” (Acis and Galatea)
Claudio Monteverdi
7. Duet “Pur ti miro” (L’incoronazione di Poppea)
8. Quel sguardo sdegnosetto (Scherzi musicali)
George Frideric Handel
9. Duet “Io t’abbraccio” (Rodelinda)
10. “Guardian angels” (The Triumph of Time and Truth)
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
11. Duet “Stabat Mater dolorosa” (Stabat Mater)
Johann Sebastian Bach
12. Aria “Sich üben im lieben” (Cantata BWV 202)
13. Aria “Schafe können sicher weiden” (Cantata BWV 208)
Danielle de Niese soprano
Andreas Scholl countertenor (7, 9, 11)
The English Concert, Harry Bicket 2011
Running Time: 56:50
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