Hilary Summers, Maarten Ornstein, Mike Fentross and Dudok Quartet Amsterdam – Circus Dinogad (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Hilary Summers, Maarten Ornstein, Mike Fentross and Dudok Quartet Amsterdam – Circus Dinogad (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 50:33 minutes | 889 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Zefir

Welcome to the bewitching world of Circus Dinogad in which Welsh contralto Hilary Summers, the Dutch theorbo & bass clarinet duo Mike Fentross & Maarten Ornstein and the Dudok Quartet Amsterdam converge in a fusion of musical traditions.

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Tim Mead, Anna Dennis, Mary Bevan, Hilary Summers – Handel: Amadigi di Gaula (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Tim Mead, Anna Dennis, Mary Bevan, Hilary Summers – Handel: Amadigi di Gaula (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 02:36:47 minutes | 2,65 GB | Genre: Classical, Opera
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Chandos

The countertenor Tim Mead leads an all-star cast in the Early Opera Company’s recording of Handel’s Amadigi di Gaula, conducted by Christian Curnyn.

The opera was first performed, in London, in 1715, in the first season under the reign of George I, at the King’s Theatre on the Haymarket. The complex, twisting plot features the lovers Amadigi and Oriana, imprisoned by the sorceress Melissa (who seeks Amadigi’s love). His ally Dardano turns against Amadigi, his former friend, when he realises that they both love Oriana and he sides with Melissa. Her plans are repeatedly foiled, and true love triumphs at the final curtain!

Amadigi is considered the finest of Handel’s early London operas in terms of musical sophistication, theatrical pacing, and a perfectly balanced exploration of the interconnected relationships, motivations, and emotional divergences among just four dissimilar yet equally arresting characters.

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