Bongiovanni GB 5566-2, 1996
| George Frideric Handel: | ||
| Rinaldo (version 1711, Rinaldo's arias) | ||
| [1] | Venti, turbini, prestate | 4'09 |
| [2] | Cara sposa, amante cara | 10'03 |
| Rodelina (Bertarido's aria, "Hommage à Madame Horne") | ||
| [3] | Vivi tiranno | 5'50 |
| Partenope (version 1730, Arsace's aria) | ||
| [4] | Dimmi, pietoso ciel | 4'58 |
| Ariodante (Ariodante's arias) | ||
| [5] | Scherza, infida, in grembo al drudo | 9'56 |
| [6] | Dopo notte atra e funestra | 7'28 |
| Aci e Galatea (version 1734, Aci's aria) | ||
| [7] | Qui l'augel di pianta in pianta | 11'18 |
| Arianna in Creta (version 1734, Teseo's aria) | ||
| [8] | Nel pugnar col mostro infido | 8'38 |
| Arianna in Creta (version 1734, Teseo and Il sonno's scene) | ||
| [9] | Sol ristoro de'mortali | 6'09 |
| [10] | Salda quercia in erta balza | 6'24 |
| total: | 76'28 |
(given is the first line of the arias, no recitatives)
Angelo Manzotti, sopranista and bass (in [10])
Massimo Mercelli, flauto traverso (in [4], [7])
Paolo Pollastri, oboe (in [3])
Marco Postiglioni, bassoon (in [1], [5])
Massimo Spadano, violin (in [1])
Pieluigi Ruggiero, cello
Massimo Berghella, harpsichord
Camerata Anxanum (on modern instruments)
orchestra: flute, 2 oboes, bassoon, 3/2 violins, 2 violas, cello, double bass, harpsichord
recording: August, 4,5,6 1996, Capella di S. Bartolomeo in Lanciano, Chieti, Italy
the arias were originally written for the following castrati:
Nicolino ([1], [2])
Senesino ([3])
Antonio Bernaci ([4])
Il Cusanino ([5] - [10])
the arias from Arianna in Creta are world premiere recordings