M-1

Graham Pushee: Handel Arias

G.F. Handel: Opera Alcina, HWV 34: Aria (Ruggiero) Mi lusinga il dolce affetto [5:58]

Paul Dyer

Australian Brandenburg Orchestra

Counter-tenor [Ruggiero]: Graham Pushee

ABC Classics 770014

Aug 1-6, 1994

CD / TT: 65:35

Recorded at Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC Ultimo, Sydney, Australia.
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M-2

Xenia Meijer: Arias by Purcell, Handel, Mozart

G.F. Handel: Opera Alcina, HWV 34: Aria (Ruggiero) Mi lusinga il dolce affetto [6:21]

Jac van Steen

Neues Berliner Kammerorchester (New Berlin Chamber Orchestra)

Mezzo-soprano [Ruggiero]: Xenia Meijer

Berlin Classics 11362

Oct 7-12, 1996

CD / TT: 62:43

Recorded at Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin-Dahlem, Germany.
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M-3

Handel: Airs et danses, Extraits de Agrippina et Alcina · Arias and dances: Excerpts from Agrippina and Alcina [P-1]

G.F. Handel: Opera Alcina, HWV 34:
1. Overture [3:33]
2. Musette [1:52]
3. Menuet [1:05]
4. Aria (Alcina) Di, cor mio, quanto t'amai [6:15]
5. Aria (Morgana) Tornami [4:26]
6. Entrée [2:00]
7. Menuet [1:35]
8. Gavotte [1:17]
9. Aria (Oberto) Barbara [2:46]
10. Aria (Alcina) Ombre pallide [6:09]
11. Entrée des songes agréables - Entrée des songes funestes
Entrée des songes agréables effrayés - Le combat des songes funestes et agréables [7:19]
12. Aria (Alcina) Mi restano le lagrime [6:39]

Jeanne Lamon

Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra

Soprano: Karina Gauvin
TBO: Violons 1: Jeanne Lamon, Julie Baumgartel, Kevin Mallon, Christopher Verrette; Violins 2: Stephen Marvin, Thomas Georgi, Rona Goldensher; Violas: Elly Winer, Patrick G. Jordan; Violoncellos: Christina Mahler, Allen Whear; Double-bass: Alison Mackay; Oboes: John Abberger, Washington McClain; Bassoon: Michael McCraw; Lute: Sylvain Bergeron; Harpsichord: Charlotte Nediger

Analekta Fleurs de Lys FL-23137
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Analekta AN2-2004
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Jan 25-27, 1999

CD / TT: 76:21
MP3 / TT: 76:12
CD / TT: 76:21
MP3 / TT: 76:12

Recorded at Grace Church-on-the-Hill, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Producer: Brad Michel; Sound Engineer: Clive Allen; Executive Producer, Artistic Director: Mario Labbé; Assistant Executive Producer: Julie Fournier.
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Music Download CD-2 (2008): iTunes

M-4

My Personal Handel Collection [P-1]

G.F. Handel: Opera Alcina, HWV 34: Aria (Alcina) Di, cor mio, quanto t'amai [5:13]

Wolfgang Katschner

Lautten Compagney

Soprano: Lynne Dawson

Berlin Classics 001757-2BC
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2002

CD / TT: 73:59
MP3 / TT: 73:47

Executive Producer: Bettina Gerberl; Executive Producer: Bettina-Cornelia Schmidt; Engineer: Eugenie Kleesattel; Engineer: Geert Puhlmann; Balance Engineer, Editing: Hein Laabs.
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M-5

Handel: Heroes and Heroines [P-3]

G.F. Handel: Opera Alcina, HWV 34: Aria (Ruggiero) Mi lusinga il dolce affetto [7:10]

Harry Christophers

The Symphony of Harmony and Invention

Mezzo-soprano [Ruggiero]: Sarah Connolly

Coro COR-16025
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2004

CD / TT: 63:44
MP3 / TT: 63:38

Recorded at St. Silas the Martyr, Kentish Town, London, England.
Producer: Mark Brown; Engineer: Mike Hatch.
Listen on YouTube: Alcina:
Sarah Connolly as Ruggiero: Mi lusinga il dolce affetto [7:27]
Sarah Connolly as Ruggiero: Mi lusinga il dolce affetto [7:34]
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M-6

Kasarova sings 'Mi lusinga' at Arien Abend at Schwetzingen 2005 [P-1]

G.F. Handel: Opera Alcina, HWV 34: Aria (Ruggiero) Mi lusinga il dolce affetto [8:08]

David Syrus

SWR-Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern

Mezzo-soprano [Ruggiero]: Vesselina Kasarova

YouTube

2005

Video / TT:

Recorded & filmed live at Schwetzingen Festival 2005. Broadcast by Arte Channel.
Watch on YouTube: Alcina:
Vesselina Kasarova as Ruggiero: Mi lusinga il dolce affetto [8:08]

M-7

Carestini: A Castrato's Story [P-1]

G.F. Handel: Opera Alcina, HWV 34: Aria (Ruggiero) Mi lusinga il dolce affetto [7:01]

Emmanuelle Haïm

Le Concert d'Astrée

Counter-tenor [Ruggiero]: Philippe Jaroussky

Erato/Virgin Classics 0946395242
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Jan 13-19, 2006

CD / TT: 72:06
MP3 / TT: 71:57

Recorded at IRCAM, Paris, France.
Executive Producer: Alain Lanceron; Assistant: Victor Laugier; Musical Director: Rita de Letteriis; Balance Engineer: Michel Pierre; Producer: Daniel Zalay.
Listen on YouTube: Alcina:
Philippe Jaroussky as Ruggiero: Mi lusinga il dolce affetto [7:02]
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M-8

Joyce DiDonato - Mi lusinga il dolce affetto [P-1]

G.F. Handel: Opera Alcina, HWV 34: Aria (Ruggiero) Mi lusinga il dolce affetto [7:56]

Conductor: unknown

Orchestra: unknown

Mezzo-soprano [Ruggiero]: Joyce DiDonato

YouTube

Uploaded: Dec 25, 2009

Audio / TT:

Recorded live at Champs-Elysees, Paris, France.
Listen on YouTube: Alcina:
Joyce DiDonato as Ruggiero: Mi lusinga il dolce affetto [7:56]

M-9

Mi lusinga il dolce affetto from Handel's Alcina [P-1]

G.F. Handel: Opera Alcina, HWV 34: Aria (Ruggiero) Mi lusinga il dolce affetto [3:23]

Mezzo-soprano [Ruggiero]: Jennifer Kee
Accompanist: Nicole Bellamy

YouTube

Aug 7, 2010.

Video / TT:

Recorded live at the Halifax Summer Opera Workshop, Canada.
Stage Director: Garry Williams.
Watch on YouTube: Alcina:
Jennifer Kee as Ruggiero: Mi lusinga il dolce affetto [3:23]

M-10

Farinelli - A Portrait (Live in Bergen) [P-3]

G.F. Handel: Opera Alcina, HWV 34: Aria Sta nell'Ircana pietrosa tana [5:27]

Christophe Rousset

Les Talens Lyriques

Mezzo-soprano: Ann Hallenberg

Aparté AP-117
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May 26, 2011

CD / TT:
MP3 / TT: 79:34

Recorded live in Bergen, Norway.
3^rd recording of Alcina by C. Rousset.
Listen on YouTube: Alcina:
Ann Hallenberg as Ruggiero: Sta nell'Ircana [5:27]
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M-11

Philippe Jaroussky: The Concert AT Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona [P-1]

G.F. Handel: Opera Alcina, HWV 34: Aria (Ruggiero) Mi lusinga il dolce affetto [7:44]

Petra Müllejans

Freiburger Barockorchester

Counter-tenor [Ruggiero]: Philippe Jaroussky

YouTube

Dec 2, 2011

Video / TT:

Recorded & filmed live at Gran Teatre de Liceu, Barcelona, Spain.
Watch on YouTube: Alcina:
Philippe Jaroussky as Ruggiero: Mi lusinga il dolce affetto [7:44]

M-12

Handel: Arias [P-1]

G.F. Handel: Opera Alcina, HWV 34:
Aria (Ruggiero) Mi lusinga il dolce affetto [7:45]
Aria (Ruggiero) Verdi prati [4:49]

Harry Bicket

The English Concert

Mezzo-soprano [Ruggiero]: Alice Coote

Hyperion CDA-67979

Jun 6-9 & Sep 6-7, 2013

CD / TT: 68:31

Recorded at All Hallows, Gospel Oak, London, England.
Recording Engineer: Julian Millard; Recording Producer: Mark Brown.
Watch on YouTube:
CD: Trailer [5:02]
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M-13

Adriana Santibañez, Soprano. Di cor mio, Alcina

G.F. Handel: Opera Alcina, HWV 34: Aria (Alcina) Di, cor mio, quanto t'amai [2:43]

Conductor: unknown

Orchestra: unknown

Soprano [Alcina]: Adriana Santibañez

YouTube

Published: Mar 11, 2015

Video / TT:

Recorded & filmed at...
Watch on YouTube: Alcina:
Adriana Santibañez as Alcina: Di cor mio [2:43]

M-14

Handel: Alcina, HWV 34, Aria di Ruggiero "Mi lucinga il dolce affetto"

G.F. Handel: Opera Alcina, HWV 34: Aria (Ruggiero) Mi lusinga il dolce affetto [7:04]

Roman Leontiev

Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow Radio

Mezzo-soprano [Ruggiero]: Ekaterina Arnu

YouTube

Apr 25, 2015

Video / TT:

Recorded & filmed live at Hermitage Museum: The Large Italian Skylight Room, St. Petersburg, Russia.
Watch on YouTube: Alcina:
Ekaterina Arnu as Ruggiero: Mi lusinga il dolce affetto [7:07]

M-15

Mi lusinga il dolce affetto, Aria de Ruggiero (Alcina, Acte II, scène 3) de G.F. Haendel [P-1]

G.F. Handel: Opera Alcina, HWV 34: Aria (Ruggiero) Mi lusinga il dolce affetto [6:12]

Mezzo-soprano [Ruggiero]: Marie-Anne Baye
Laurence Honoré & René-Paul Pasquier (Flutes); Karen Fogg (Harpsichord)

YouTube

Feb 23, 2017

Audio / TT:

Recorded in audition at the Aca Jean Absil, Classes of Mrs Sylvie Sténuit (Vocal Chamber Music) and Ms. Sonia Ferro Pinto (Harpsichord and Continuo).
Listen on YouTube: Alcina:
Marie-Anne Baye as Ruggiero: Mi lusinga il dolce affetto [6:12]