Cara speme questo core

Available from September 2014 on Hyperion Records (Downloads - mp3, ALAC, FLAC / CD)
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Arias
Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano)
The English Concert
Harry Bicket (conductor)

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Featured extracts
RADAMISTO
1- Quando mai, spietata sorte (Zenobia) (Act 2 Scene 1, Aria from Radamisto, HWV12a) [3'08]

ALCINA
2- Mi lusinga il dolce affetto (Ruggiero) (Act 2 Scene 3, Aria from Alcina, HWV34) [7'45]

HERCULES
5- There in myrtle shades reclined (Dejanira) (Act 1 Scene 2, Aria from Hercules, HWV60) [3'55]

ARIODANTE
9- Con l'ali di costanza (Ariodante) (Act 1 Scene 8, Aria from Ariodante, HWV33) [5'42]
11- Dopo notte (Ariodante) (Act 3 Scene 9, Aria from Ariodante, HWV33) [7'15]

Album also includes
ALCINA
3- Verdi prati (Ruggiero) (Act 2 Scene 12, Aria from Alcina, HWV34) [4'50]
4- Stà nell'Ircana (Ruggiero) (Act 3 Scene 3, Aria from Alcina, HWV34) [6'00]

HERCULES
6- Cease, ruler of the day, to rise (Dejanira) Dissembling, false, perfidious Hercules! (Act 2 Scene 6, Aria from Hercules, HWV60) [5'35]
7- Where shall I fly? (Dejanira) (Act 3 Scene 3, Aria from Hercules, HWV60) [6'45] GIULIO CESARE IN EGITTO
8- Cara speme, questo core (Sesto) (Act 1 Scene 8, Aria from Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV17) [5'55]

ARIODANTE
10- Scherza infida! (Ariodante) E vivo ancora? E senza il ferro? (Act 2 Scene 3, Aria from Ariodante, HWV33) [11'41]


Recorded in September 2013
All Hallows, Gospel Oak, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Mark Brown
Engineered by Julian Millard