Atalanta's arietta 'No, no, si tu mi sprezzi' is followed by a recitative then by Serse's aria 'Per rendermi beato'.
Act 3, Handel's Serse (Xerxes) HWV 40.
Serse - Anne Sophie von Otter, mezzo-soprano.
Arsamene - Lawrence (Larry) Zazzo, countertenor.
Elviro - Antonio Abete, bass.
Atalanta - Sandrine Piau, soprano.
Romilda - Elizabeth Norberg-Schulz, soprano.
Les Arts Florissants - William Christie.
Listen in the context of the story in my Serse playlist http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=C345C54C0A290DC1
Mandelbrot and Attractor animations created using Fractal Explorer.
Sandrine Piau toujours admirable et fort bien enregistrée. Les chanteurs aussi sont excellents mais en retrait.
grialy 2 years ago