Alcina, HWV 34 (Handel, George Frideric)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 acts
Composition Year 1735
Genre Categories Opera seria; Theatrical Works; Operas; For voices, orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the orchestra; For voices with orchestra; Italian language; For harpsichord (arr); Scores featuring the harpsichord (arr); For 1 player (arr); For piano (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); For trumpet, organ (arr); Scores featuring the trumpet (arr); Scores featuring the organ (arr); For 2 players (arr)

Contents

Performances

Recordings

 Suite Amaryllis (from Alcina, Terpsichore and Il Pastor Fido)
#492684 - 31.13MB - 12:58 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 855×⇩ - FLAC - Rgagnaux

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Performer Pages Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (orchestra)
Performers Edmond Appia (conductor)
Publisher Info. Lusanne: Radio Suisse Romande, 1963.
Reissue Schattdorf: Gagnaux Collection
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Misc. Notes Recorded 1963. Portrait on the right: Edmond Appia
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Tornami a vagheggiar (Act I, sc.14)

For Trumpet and Organ (Rondeau)

 Virtual Performance
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Performers MIDI
Publisher Info. Michel Rondeau
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Sheet Music

Full Scores

 Complete Score
#19072 - 34.71MB, 160 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 39495×⇩ - Ivdruiz

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Editor Friedrich Chrysander (1826-1901)
Publisher. Info. Georg Friedrich Händels Werke. Band 86
Leipzig: Deutsche Händelgesellschaft, 1868. Plate H.W. 86.
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 Complete Score
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Editor Andreas Schein (b. 1997)
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Selections

 The Favourite Songs....1st, 2nd, 3rd Collections
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Editor First edition
Publisher. Info. London: John Walsh, No.559, n.d.[1735-37].
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Misc. Notes Bibliothèque nationale de France, Musique (F-Pn): RISM A/I: H 65
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 Overture
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Copyist Johann Georg Pisendel (1687-1755)
Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1735-55).
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Misc. Notes Sächsische Landesbibliothek, Dresden (D-Dl): Mus.2410-F-43 Schrank II coll.
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 6. Gavotte (Act I)
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Amatus (2016/1/16)

Editor Luca Albanese
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Misc. Notes From the 1868 edition by F. Chrysander. BC newly realised.
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 Tornami a vagheggiar (Act I, sc.14)
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Misc. Notes Copied from Leipzig's 1868 edition
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Parts

Overture

 Complete Parts
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Copyist Johann Georg Pisendel (1687-1755)
Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1735-55).
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Misc. Notes Sächsische Landesbibliothek, Dresden (D-Dl): Mus.2410-F-43a Schrank II coll.
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Gavotte (Act I, No.6)

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 Zip archive of separate parts
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Editor Luca Albanese
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Misc. Notes From the 1868 edition by F. Chrysander. BC newly realised.
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Tornami a vagheggiar (Act I, sc.14)

 Oboe
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 Violins I, II
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 Violas
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 Continuo (Cellos/Basses, Harpsichord)
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Verdi prati (Act 2)

 Violins I
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 Violins II
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 Violas
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 Continuo
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Editor Andreas Schein (b. 1997)
Publisher. Info. Edition Andreas Schein, 2017.
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Misc. Notes Please contact de Editor for Cembalo Part (Realised Figured Bass)
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Vocal Scores

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 12. Aria: Semplicetto! a donna credi? (Act I, sc.8)
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Editor Ebenezer Prout (1835-1909)
Language English / Italian
Publisher. Info. Songs and Airs of G.F. Handel, Vol.I: High Voice (pp.57-64)
Boston: Oliver Ditson Co., 1905. Plate ML-1088.
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 26. Aria: Verdi prati, selve amene (Act II, sc.12)
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Editor Ebenezer Prout (1835-1909)
Language English / Italian
Translator Nathan Haskell Dole (1852-1935), English text
Publisher. Info. Songs and Airs of G.F. Handel, Vol.II: Low Voice (pp.77-79)
Boston: Oliver Ditson Co., 1905. Plate ML-1132.
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 26. Aria: Verdi prati, selve amene (Act II, sc.12)
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Publisher. Info. Montréal: Les Éditions Outremontaises, 2010
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 28. Ombre pallide (Act II, sc.13)
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 31. Un momento di contento (Act III, sc.1)
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 Mi lusinga il dolce affetto (D major, transposed)
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 Sta nel'ircana (G♭ major, transposed)
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Misc. Notes Both arias of Ruggiero (Act II, sc.3; Act III, sc.3)
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

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For Harpsichord (Gouin)

 Overture - Musette - Menuette
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⇒ 5 more: Act I. Il Ballo • Act II. Entrées • Act II. Aria: Verdi prati • Act III. Sinfonia • Act III. Entrée: Tamburino

 Act I. Il Ballo
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 Act II. Entrées
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 Act II. Aria: Verdi prati
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 Act III. Sinfonia
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 Act III. Entrée: Tamburino
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Arranger Pierre Gouin - Contact
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For Piano (Duncan)

 Un momento di contento
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 Bramo di trionfar
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Overture

For Harpsichord (Anonymous)

 Complete Score
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From Handel’s Sixty Overtures from all his Operas and Oratorios Set for the Harpsichord or Organ
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Tornami a vagheggiar (Act I, sc.14)

For Trumpet and Organ (Rondeau)

 Complete Score, Trumpet Part
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 Engraving files (Finale and XML)
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Arranger Michel Rondeau
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General Information

Work Title Alcina
Alternative. Title
Name Translations आल्चीना; 알치나; Ալչինա; アルチーナ; Αλτσίνα; Альцина; Алчіна; 阿爾奇娜
Name Aliases Alcyna
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 175798503; LCCN: no98071637; GND: 300064055; BNF: 13913134n
Composer Handel, George Frideric
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. HWV 34
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IGH 39
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 acts
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1735
First Performance. 1735-04-16 in London: Covent Garden Theatre
First Publication. 1735-37 - London: Walsh
Librettist Anonymous adaptation of L’isola di Alcina by Riccardo Broschi (ca.1698–1756)
after Orlando furioso by Lodovico Ariosto (1474-1533)
Language Italian
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Baroque
Piece Style Baroque
Instrumentation voices, chorus, orchestra
Cast
Alcina (soprano)
Morgana (soprano)
Oberto (boy soprano)
Ruggiero (mezzo-soprano castrato)
Bradamante (alto)
Oronte (tenor)
Melisso (bass)
Mixed Chorus (SSATB)
Orchestra
2 flutes, 2 oboes, bassoon, 2 horns, strings (with violin, cello soli), continuo
External Links Wikipedia article
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