Emma Bell

Emma Bell, Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Richard Egarr – Handel: Operatic Arias (2005)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 51:19 minutes | 1,00 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Linn Records

Soprano Emma Bell’s outstanding second solo album, which features the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Creditably, the recital includes a number of less well-known arias from Handel’s operas, with a wide range of emotions and tempos, from the sombre “Sommi dei”, once recorded by Kirsten Flagstad, and two laments from “Rodelinda” to Melissa’s summoning the Furies, with trumpet obbligato, in “Desterò dall empia dite”, which launches the disc with vigour…

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