Handel / Yoncheva / Marchi Handel CD

Sonya Yoncheva has devoted her second solo album to the music of Handel, showing another facet of her wide-ranging repertoire. Being an alumna of William Christie's Le Jardin des Voix, the Baroque era formed her musical understanding at an early stage of her career, laying the foundation for her versatile and broad-reaching repertoire. Currently praised as "the best Traviata in the world at present" (Die Welt), Sonya Yoncheva is one of today's fastest rising opera stars. She is a regular guest at the world's leading opera houses such as the Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera House and Wiener Staatsoper. A great composer of vocal music, Handel based some of his most beautiful operas and oratorios on the enchanting sensibility of the feminine voice. His heroines are strong, independent women determining their own destiny - attributes Sonya relates to in all respects.

1. Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17, Act II, Scene 8: Se Piet? Di Me Non Senti 2. Alcina, HWV 34, Act II, Scene 8: Ah! Mio Cor! Schernito Sei! 3. Theodora, HWV 68, Act II, Scene 2: With Darkness Deep 4. Alcina, HWV 34, Act I, Scene 15: Tornami a Vagheggiar 5. Rodelinda, Regina De' Longobardi, HWV 19, Act II, Scene 7: Io T'abbraccio 6. Agrippina, HWV 6, Act II, Seene 13: Pensieri, Voi Mi Tormentate! 7. Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17, Act I, Scene 5: Non Disperar, Chi Sa? 8. Agrippina, HWV 6, Act II, Seene 21: Ogni Vento Ch'al Porto Lo Spinga 9. Theodora, HWV 68, Act II, Scene 5: To Thee, Thou Glorious Son 10. Rinaldo, HWV 7, Act II, Scene 4: Lascia Ch'io Pianga 11. Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act III: Thy Hand, Belinda... When I Am Laid in Earth