Cavalli: L’Ormindo

De’nostri abeti…Amo Erisbe, amo Ormindo

Di te me pesa… sola, sola poss ’io morir

Ah, questo è l’imeneo…Sì, che questa note

Ormindo, io sento

Piangete, amori

Steffani: La libertà contenta

Volate, momenti

Handel: Alcina, HWV 34

Verdi prati

Monteverdi: L’incoronazione di Poppea

Pur ti miro

Handel: Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17

Son nata a lagrimar

Handel: Susanna, HWV 66

When thou art nigh, my pulse beats high

Handel: Theodora, HWV 68

To thee, thou glorious son of worth

Handel: Alexander Balus, HWV 65

“Calm thou my soul…Convey me to some peaceful shore

Cavalli: La Calisto

Vivo per te pietosa…Dolcissimi baci\

Handel: Caro autor di mia doglia, HWV 182b

Caro autor di mia doglia

Nò, che d’altui che di te

Dagli amori flagellata

Cavalli: L’Ormindo

Finale to Act II

Baroque Duets: Fiona Campbell & David Walker

Mezzo-soprano Fiona Campbell and countertenor David Walker had sung together for Pinchgut Opera in Juditha Triumphans (2007) and L’Ormindo (2009) and decided that they must make a recording of their favourites duets from the baroque.

This recording contains the major climactic scene from Cavalli’s opera L’Ormindo, as well as opera and oratorio duets by Handel and Monteverdi. It also contains two world-premiere recordings: a duet from Agostino’s Steffani’s opera La Liberta Contenta and a Handel cantata for two altos, “Caro autor di mia doglia”. This exciting work has never been recorded before.

Fiona Campbell - mezzo-soprano

David Walker - countertenor

Neal Peres Da Costa - director, harpsichord & organ

Julia Fredersdorff, Miranda Hutton & Lisa Stewart - violin I

Alice Evans, Myee Clohessy & Robin Wilson violin II

Nicole Forsyth - viola

Daniel Yeadon - cello, Bass violin & violone

Maxime Bibeau - double bass

Laura Vaughan - viola da gamba & lirone

Simon Martyn-Ellis - theorbo

Mikaela Oberg - recorder

Kirsten Barry - oboe

Simon Rickard - bassoon