Dutets : R.Joshua, Connolly, Bicket / English Concert

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL (1685-1759) Duets

Great Victor (Belshazzar)
No, no chi’io non sprezzo (Agrippina)
Io t’abbraccio (Rodelinda)
Per le porte de tormento (Sosarme)
Notte cara (Ottone)
Vivo in te (Tamerlano)
Bramo aver mille vite (Ariodante)
Se teco vive il cor (Radimisto)
To Thee (Theodora)
Streams of Pleasure (Theodora)
Welcome as the dawn (Solomon)
Caro! Bella! (Giulio Cesare)

Rosemary Joshua (soprano) / Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano)
English Concert / Harry Bicket, direction

Recorded 07/2009

Duets play a key role in Handel's stage works. A master of the Baroque opera seria medium, with its extended sequence of solo arias and recitative dialogue, he understood the dramatic effectiveness of occasional numbers blending two voices, generally those of a soprano heroine and a castrato hero.

This Handel collection features two great singers alongside the English Concert, arguably one of the best baroque orchestras in the UK.