Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano ; Il Pomo d'Oro ; Maxim Emelyanychev, harpsichord & direction

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Handel: Jephtha, HWV 70, Act 1: "Some dire event hangs o'er our heads... Scenes of horror, scenes of woe" (Storg̈) (5:13) -- Leo: Andromaca, Act 1: "Prendi quel ferro, o barbaro!" (Andromaca) (7:15) -- Handel: Giulio Cesare, HWV 17, Act 1: "Vani sono i lamenti... Svegliatevi nel core" (Sesto) (4:47) -- Purcell: The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act 3: "They tell us that you mighty powers above" (Orazia) (4:05) -- Handel: Agrippina, HWV 6, Act 2: "Pensieri, voi mi tormentate" (Agrippina) (6:44) -- Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 3: "Thy hand, Belinda... When I am laid in earth" (Dido) (5:03) -- Handel: Rinaldo, HWV 7, Act 2: "Lascia ch'io pianga" (Almirena) (5:32) -- Purcell: Bonduca, or the British Heroine, Z. 574: "Oh! Lead me to some peaceful gloom" (Bonvica) (3:17) -- Handel: Rinaldo, HWV 7, Act 1: "Augelletti che cantate" (Almirena) (5:36) -- Jommelli: Attilio Regolo, Act 2: "Sprezza il furor del vento" (Regolo) (7:13) -- Purcell: The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Prologue: "Why should men quarrel?" (Girl) (1:30) -- Jommelli: Attilio Regolo, Act 1: "Par che di giubilo" (Attilia) (6:09) -- Handel: Susanna, HWV 66, Act 2: "Lead me, oh lead me to some cool retreat.... Crystal streams in murmurs flowing" (Susanna) (8:21) -- Monteverdi: Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria, Act 5: "Illustratevi, o cieli" (Penelope) (2:20) -- Handel: Giulio Cesare, HWV 17, Act 3: "Da tempeste il legno infranto" (Cleopatra) (6:02)