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Julia Lezhneva

Handel

Decca Records

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10/03/2019 - Philarhmonie / Berlin, Germany
10/04/2019 - Philarhmonie / Berlin, Germany
10/24/2019 - Rudolfinum / Prague, Czech Republic
10/25/2019 - Annenkirche / Dresden, Germany
11/13/2019 - Zaryadye Concert Hall / Moscow, Russia
11/28/2019 - Philharmonie / Saint Petersburg, Russia
12/01/2019 - Sverdlovsk State Philharmonic Hall / Yekaterinburg, Russia
12/08/2019 - Tchaikovsky Concert Hall / Moscow, Russia
12/20/2019 - Theater an der Wien / Vienna, Austria
01/24/2020 - Felsenreitschule / Salzburg, Austria
01/26/2020 - Felsenreitschule / Salzburg, Austria
01/28/2020 - Mozarteum / Salzburg, Austria
02/12/2020 - Musikverein / Vienna, Austria
02/23/2020 - Hamburgische Staatsoper / Hamburg, Germany
02/28/2020 - Hamburgische Staatsoper / Hamburg, Germany
03/03/2020 - Hamburgische Staatsoper / Hamburg, Germany
03/07/2020 - Hamburgische Staatsoper / Hamburg, Germany
1 Handel: Disseratevi (Resurrezione)  
2 Handel: Per dar pregio (Rodrigo)  
3 Handel: Lascia la spina (Trionfo)  
4 Handel: Tecum principium (Dixit Dominus)  
5 Handel: Agrippina overture  
6 Handel: Salve Regina - i. Salve regina  
7 Handel: Salve Regina - ii. Ad te clamamus  
8 Handel: Salve Regina - iii. Eia  
9 Handel: Salve Regina - iv. O, Clemens  
10 Handel: Pensieri (Agrippina)  
11 Handel: Un pensiero (Trionfo)  
12 Handel: Felicissima (Dafne)  
13 Handel: Come nembo (Trionfo)  
14 Handel: Recit Pure del cielo (Trionfo)  
15 Handel: Tu del ciel (Trionfo)  
16 Handel: Rejoice from 'Messiah'  
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Handel, the new album from Russian coloratura soprano Julia Lezhneva, is a vibrant showcase of George Frideric Handel's Italian compositions, works known for their vocal virtuosity, sense of drama and melodic beauty. Released on November 6, 2015, Handel offers a selection of both sacred and secular arias for the soprano voice. Lezhneva is joined by leading period-instrument ensemble Il Giardino Armonico under the direction of Giovanni Antonini. This is Lezhneva's second album for Decca, following 2013's Alleluia.

Three centuries ago, countless aspiring and established artists from all fields made a creative pilgrimage to Italy seeking to bask in, and draw inspiration from the post-Renaissance glories of the refined cultural climate. One of them was the young German composer Handel, who settled in Rome in 1707. With the support of influential patrons of the arts, Handel, still in his early twenties, was very productive and wrote a wide range of commissioned works for the church, the concert hall and private salon audiences.

  • Julia Lezhneva's Graun is Forbes: Classical CD Of The Week
    Posted At: December 1, 2017

    Julia Lezhneva, the little soprano whirlwind whom Marc Minkowski discovered on YouTube some years ago, has a new solo CD out on Decca – and it's a corker. That's partly because of the racing, punchy playing of Concerto Köln (with Dmitry Sinkovsky as concertmaster!), certainly because of Lezhneva and her instrument which is so well suited to baroque bravura arias, but especially so because of L...

  • Julia Lezhneva puts Carl Heinrich Graun under the spotlight / ABC - Classic FM
    Posted At: June 5, 2017

    Carl Heinrich Graun was one of the most important German composers of Italian baroque opera but is almost unknown today. But now, his music will be put under the spotlight thanks to Julia Lezhneva. The Russian soprano came across Graun's opera arias in a Berlin library, and has dedicated her latest album to his simple, truthful music. It's a journey of discovery - from vibrant, joyful arias to tr...

  • Julia Lezhneva: Graun Opera Arias is WFMT: Featured New Release
    Posted At: May 21, 2017

    Soprano Julia Lezhneva sings 11 world-premiere recordings of opera arias by German composer Carl Heinrich Graun – an important composer in his time, but virtually unknown today. Lezhneva spent days in a Berlin library unearthing these arias and brings them to light on this new recording with Concerto Köln, one of Germany's finest period instrument orchestras. The WFMT: Chicago 'Feature...

  • Julia Lezhneva - Handel / WFMT: Featured New Release
    Posted At: November 29, 2015

    The new album from Russian coloratura soprano Julia Lezhneva is a vibrant showcase of Handel's Italian compositions, works known for their vocal virtuosity, sense of drama and melodic beauty. Lezhneva offers a selection of both sacred and secular arias for the soprano voice. She recorded the album at the Giovanni Arvedi Auditorium in Cremona, the northern Italian city famous as the home of great viol...
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