Sabine Devieilhe sings Ah crudele e pur ten vai ( Handel: Armida abbandonata)
Sabine Devieilhe, accompanied by Le Concert dAstrée under its conductor Emmanuelle Haïm, sings Ah crudele from Handels Italian cantata Armida abbandonata. It is a magnificent lament, says the French soprano, very feminine in its expressions of weakness and violence, but its also an aria of solitude, of a deserted woman. It appears on an album of Handel cantatas, also featuring mezzosoprano Lea Desandre, that Gramophone magazine chose as its Recording of the Month f
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