Disc: 1
1. Alcina : Sinfonia (William Christie)
2. Alcina : Menuet (William Christie)
3. Alcina : Musette (William Christie)
4. Alcina : Act 1 "Oh Dei! quivi non scorgo alcun sentiero!" [Bradamante, Melisso, Morgana] (William Christie)
5. Alcina : Act 1 "O s'apre al riso" [Morgana] (William Christie)
6. Alcina : Act 1 "Questo è il cielo de' contenti" [Chorus] (William Christie)
7. Alcina : Act 1 "Ecco l'infido" [Bradamante, Melisso, Alcina] (William Christie)
8. Alcina : Act 1 "Di', cor mio, quanto t'amai" [Alcina] (William Christie)
9. Alcina : Act 1 "Generosi guerrier" [Oberto, Melisso, Bradamante] (William Christie)
10. Alcina : Act 1 "Chi m'insegna il caro padre?" [Oberto] (William Christie)
11. Alcina : Act 1 "Mi ravvisi" [Bradamante, Ruggiero, Melisso] (William Christie)
12. Alcina : Act 1 "Di te mi rido" [Ruggiero] (Susan Graham)
13. Alcina : Act 1 "Qua dunque ne veniste" [Oronte, Bradamante] "Io sono tua difesa" [Morgana, Bradamant (William Christie)
14. Alcina : Act 1 "E gelosia" [Bradamante] (William Christie)
15. Alcina : Act 1 "Io dunque" [Oronte, Morgana] "La cerco in vano" [Ruggiero, Oronte] (William Christie)
16. Alcina : Act 1 "Semplicetto!" [Oronte] (William Christie)
17. Alcina : Act 1 "Ah, infedele, infedel!" [Ruggiero, Alcina] (William Christie)
18. Alcina : Act 1 "Sì, son quella!" [Alcina] (William Christie)
19. Alcina : Act 1 "Se nemico mi fossi" [Bradamante] "Bradamante favella?" [Ruggiero] (William Christie)
20. Alcina : Act 1 "La bocca vaga" [Ruggiero] (William Christie)
21. Alcina : Act 1 "Fuggi cor mio" [Morgana, Bradamante] (William Christie)
22. Alcina : Act 1 "Tornami a vagheggiar" [Morgana] (William Christie)
Disc: 2
1. Alcina : Act 2 "Col celarvi a chi v'ama" [Ruggiero] "Taci, taci, codardo" [Melisso, Ruggiero] (William Christie)
2. Alcina : Act 2 "Qual portento mi richiama" [Ruggiero] (William Christie)
3. Alcina : Act 2 "Ah! Bradamante!" [Ruggiero, Melisso] (William Christie)
4. Alcina : Act 2 "Pensa a chi geme d'amor piagata" [Melisso] (William Christie)
5. Alcina : Act 2 "Qual odio ingiusto contro me?" [Bradamante, Ruggiero] (William Christie)
6. Alcina : Act 2 "Vorrei vendicarmi" [Bradamante] (William Christie)
7. Alcina : Act 2 "Chi scopre al mio pensiero" [Ruggiero] (William Christie)
8. Alcina : Act 2 "Mi lusinga il dolce affetto" [Ruggiero] (Susan Graham)
9. Alcina : Act 2 "S'acquieti il rio sospetto" [Alcina, Morgana] "E la tua pace" [Morgana, Alcina, Rugg (William Christie)
10. Alcina : Act 2 "Ama, sospira" [Morgana] (William Christie)
11. Alcina : Act 2 "Non scorgo nel tuo viso" [Alcina, Ruggiero] (William Christie)
12. Alcina : Act 2 "Mio bel tesoro" [Ruggiero] (William Christie)
13. Alcina : Act 2 "Regina, io cerco in vano" [Oberto, Alcina] (William Christie)
14. Alcina : Act 2 "Tra speme e timore" [Oberto] (William Christie)
15. Alcina : Act 2 "Regina, sei tradita" [Oronte, Alcina] (William Christie)
16. Alcina : Act 2 "Ah! mio cor!" [Alcina] (William Christie)
17. Alcina : Act 2 "Or, che dici, Morgana?" [Oronte, Morgana] "All'offesa, il disprezzo giunge l'ingrata (William Christie)
18. Alcina : Act 2 "E un folle" [Oronte] (William Christie)
19. Alcina : Act 2 "Eccomi a' piedi tuoi" [Ruggiero, Bradamante, Morgana] (William Christie)
20. Alcina : Act 2 "Verdi prati" [Ruggiero] (William Christie)
21. Alcina : Act 2 "Ah! Ruggiero crudel" [Alcina] (William Christie)
22. Alcina : Act 2 "Ombre pallide" [Alcina] (William Christie)
Disc: 3
1. Alcina : Act 3 Sinfonia (William Christie)
2. Alcina : Act 3 "Voglio amar e disamar" [Oronte, Morgana] (William Christie)
3. Alcina : Act 3 "Credete al mio dolore" [Morgana] (William Christie)
4. Alcina : Act 3 "M'inganna, me n'avveggo" [Oronte] (William Christie)
5. Alcina : Act 3 "Un momento di contento" [Oronte] (William Christie)
6. Alcina : Act 3 "Molestissimo incontro!" [Ruggiero, Alcina] (William Christie)
7. Alcina : Act 3 "Ma quando tornerai" [Alcina] (William Christie)
8. Alcina : Act 3 "Tutta d'armate squadre" [Melisso, Ruggiero, Bradamante] (William Christie)
9. Alcina : Act 3 "Sta nell'Ircana" [Ruggiero] (William Christie)
10. Alcina : Act 3 "Vanne tu seco ancora" [Melisso, Bradamante] (William Christie)
11. Alcina : Act 3 "All'alma fedel" [Bradamante] (William Christie)
12. Alcina : Act 3 "Niuna forza Io arresta" [Oronte, Alcina] (William Christie)
13. Alcina : Act 3 "Mi restano le lagrime" [Alcina] (William Christie)
14. Alcina : Act 3 "Già vicino è il momento" [Oberto, Alcina] (William Christie)
15. Alcina : Act 3 "Barbara!" [Oberto] (William Christie)
16. Alcina : Act 3 "Le lusinghe, gl'inganni" [Bradamante, Alcina, Ruggiero] (William Christie)
17. Alcina : Act 3 "Non è amor, nè gelosia" [Ruggiero, Alcina, Bradamante] (William Christie)
18. Alcina : Act 3 "Ah! mio Ruggier, che tenti?" [Alcina, Ruggiero, Bradamante] "Misera, ah, no!" [Alcin (William Christie)
19. Alcina : Act 3 "Dall'orror di notte cieca" [Chorus] (William Christie)
20. Alcina : Act 3 Entrée (William Christie)
21. Alcina : Act 3 Tamburino (William Christie)
22. Alcina : Act 3 "Dopo tante amare pene" [Chorus] (William Christie)
Handel's Alcina is an opera full of opportunities for "golden age" singing. Erato's assemblage, presided over by William Christie and Les Arts Florissants, brings together Renée Fleming, Susan Graham, and Natalie Dessay in a glorious demonstration of Handelian singing way beyond the merely respectable achievements of the Baroque "specialists." -- George Jellinek, FANFARE [Want Lists, 2000]
Les Arts Florissants play with their customary elegance... The recitatives are skilfully placed throughout... This is the most intelligent and discriminating account of the opera so far, if not necessarily the liveliest. -- International Record Review [3/2000]
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