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Young Norwegian mezzo-soprano Tuva Semmingsen displays both vocal agility and a wide-ranging emotional range in a disc of arias from Handel.

The disc unveils a portrait of Handel: his emergence in the early Italian-styled Amadigi, reaching maturity in the ‘English operatic’, and arriving finally in the perennial melodic grace of Theodora.

These works interspersed with instrumental works by Handel’s Italian contemporaries. Corelli and Geminiani, played by Norwegian period band Barokksolistene.

Corelli:
Concerto grosso Op. 6 No. 4 in D major

Geminiani:
Concerto grosso after Corelli, No. 12 in D minor ‘La Folia’

Handel:
Hercules: Where shall I fly?
As With Rosy Steps (from Theodora)
Hercules: Sinfonia
Amadigi di Gaula: Sinfonia, Act 1 & 3
Amadigi di Gaula: Vado, corro
Amadigi di Gaula: T’amai
O rendetemi il mio bene (from Amadigi)
Sento la gioia (Amadigi)

Veracini:
Sonata in A major for violin and continuo, Op. 2, No. 9

Tuva Semmingsen (mezzo-soprano)

Barokksolistene

SACD