The sixth volume of La Risonanza's series of Handel's Italian-period cantate con stromenti. In an engrossing essay written by Carlo Vitali, which benefits from the counsels of Michael Talbot, the reader is introduced to the social and political references contained within the pastoral texts of Olinto, pastore arcade, Duello amoroso and Alpestre monte, the three Handel cantatas which make up this CD.
It is one of the special pleasures of the Glossa series to encounter much-loved arias in their original formats...Bonizzonis direction and the superb playing of La Risonanza are state-of-the-art Handel. Sunday Times, 7th February 2010 ****
1-19 Olinto, pastore arcade (Oh! Come chiare e belle) HWV 143

20-31 Amarilli vezzosa, HWV 82

32-35 Alpestre monte, HWV81