Handel, A. Scarlatti: Italian Cantatas


Handel, A. Scarlatti: Italian Cantatas
Helen Watts, Raymond Leppard, English Chamber Orchestra, Thurston Dart, Desmond Dupre
Label
Decca
Catalogue No.
4615962
Barcode
00028946159620
Format
1-CD
About

These delightful Cantatas have very familiar tunes that Handel was later to reuse in other works, so many of them are instantly recognisable. They also elicit some of the most visceral singing imaginable from Helen Watts.

TRACK LISTING / ARTISTS

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
Cantatas:
Splenda l’alba in oriente
Carco sempre di gloria
Tu fedel…Tu constante

Helen Watts, contralto
English Chamber Orchestra
Raymond Leppard

ALESSANDRO SCARLATTI
Il Rossignuolo se scioglie il volo
Clori vezzosa e bella

Helen Watts, contralto
Thurston Dart, harpsichord
Desmond Dupré, viola da gamba