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Handel: Imeneo

~ Kay Stiefermann (Bass), Locky Chung (Bass), George Frederick Handel (Composer), Andreas Spering (Conductor), Ann Hallenberg (Mezzo Soprano), et al.
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  • Orchestra: Capella Augustina
  • Conductor: Andreas Spering
  • Composer: George Frederick Handel
  • Audio CD (2 Feb 2004)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Label: Cpo
  • ASIN: B00011MK5G
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 97,313 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

Disc: 1
1. Overture
2. Menuet
3. Aria E Recitativo La Mia Bella Perduta Rosmene (Tirinto)
4. Recitativo Tirinto! (Argenio)
5. Aria Se Potessero I Sospir Miei (Tirinto)
6. Recitativo Cerere Onnipotente (Argenio)
7. Coro Vien' Imeneo
8. Recitativo Argenio, Addio (Tirinto)
9. Coro Vien' Imeneo
10. Recitativo Valoroso Imeneo! (Tirinto)
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Disc: 2
1. Arioso Deh! M'assistite, O Dei (Rosmene)
2. Recitativo Vogliono I Tuoi Maggiori (Argenio)
3. Aria Sull'arena Di Barbara Scena (Argenio)
4. Recitativo La Mia Mente Or Confusa (Rosmene)
5. Aria Semplicetta (Rosmene)
6. Recitativo Tirinto: Era Poc'anzi (Clomiri)
7. Aria Sorge Nell'alma Mia (Tirinto)
8. Recitativo Imeneo Lieto In Viso (Clomiri)
9. Aria E Si Vaga Del Tuo Bene (Clomiri)
10. Recitativo Sembra Un Fanciullo, Amore (Imeneo)
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On this CD:
  1. Imeneo
    Composed by George Frideric Handel
    Performed by Cologne Vocal Ensemble
    with Locky Chung, Siri Thornhill, Ann Hallenberg, Kay Stiefermann, Johanna Stojkovic, Capella Augustina
    Conducted by Andreas Spering

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5.0 out of 5 stars A new classic, 16 Feb 2004
By Mr Richard Fitzsimmons (Scotland) - See all my reviews
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This performance of Handel's penultimate opera is the surest recommendation of this neglected work yet to make it onto disc. The Vox version of John Ostendorf messed around with the allocation of arias to parts and produced a curiously uneven account that was not well received. This version of Andreas Spering and his splendid Capella Augustina should go a long way to influencing how we view this mature operatic work based, as I believe it is, on the most recent Halle edition of the work.

The singing is first class with Ann Hallenberg in particular as Tirinto, and Kay Stiefermann as Imeneo himself, convincingly Handelian in style. Diction is impeccable and enunciation of the Italian text convincing. The storyline is a mite convoluted as befits a work put together for a particular situation, betraying the spped with which Handel put it together, but also has some music that he was later to reuse in Messiah less than a year later.

If you want to finish off your collection of Handel operas, or even if this is a first exposure for you, Spering's Imeneo is competitively priced and stylish. The liner notes and booklet are informative and the libretto complete as far as can be discerned. If this is what SPering can do with an admittedly 2nd rate Handel opera, one can only wait for his rendition of Siroe with rapt anticipation. Highly recommended

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, 30 Dec 2008
By Iain C. Davidson "iain1825" (Scotland) - See all my reviews
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Handel was coming to end of his career as an opera composer when he wrote the music for 'Imeneo' It's a strange story with an unexpected ending as the girl does not necessarily pair up with the 'right' man. It is also one of those odd semi-serias that Handel sometimes came up with; a strange mix of comic and serious that sometimes work well ('Serse' and 'Deidamia') and sometimes less well (the earlier 'Flavio').

The music in 'Imeneo' is generally very enjoyable and Spering conducts stylishly and with considerable verve and bounce. There is a very good cast led by the wonderful Ann Hallenberg as Tirinto (her aria 'Sorge nel alma mia' is just astonishing) and bass-baritone Kay Stiefermann in the title role. The heroine role of Rosmene is capably sung by Johanna Stojkovic and Siri-Karoline Thornhill is affecting as her younger sister Clomiri.

This knocks spots off the earlier recording on Vox (though that was welcome at the time for giving us a chance to hear this late work) and is highly recommended.
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