G.F. Handel: Cantata Armida Abbandonata, HWV 105

Recordings/Discussions
Background Information
Performer Bios

Poet/Composer Bios

Additional Information

Biographies of Poets & Composers: Main Page | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | Bach & Other Composers

Georg Frideric Handel
Cantata Armida Abbandonata, HWV 105

Ref.	HWV 105
Italian Title	Armida Abbandonata (Dietro l'orme fugaci)
English Title	Armida abandoned
Event	Dramatic Secular Cantata
Composed	Composed by Georg Frideric Handel - Rome, Italy June 1707 First performance: Possibly June 26, 1707, Palazzo Bonelli, Rome Performed by J.S. Bach & Collegium Musicum in Leipzig, c1730
Text	?
Text	Italian Text \| Translations: English-3
Scoring	Soloists: Soprano Orchestra: strings, continuo
Scoring	Score
References	BGA: - \| NBA: \| BC: \| HG edition: 52a, 52b \| HHA edition: V/3, 4 \| Notes: Copied for Ruspoli, 1707, 1709
Commentary
Music	Music Examples
Discussions

Contents
Complete Recordings Recordings of Individual Movements	Discussions

Recordings
Complete Recordings

1	Bella mia fiamma: Works for Soprano and Orchestra [P-1]
G.F. Handel: Cantata Armida Abbandonata, HWV 105 []
Kurt Masur
Kammerorchester Berlin
Soprano: Stefania Woytowicz
Berlin Classics 31242		Mid 1960's ?	CD / TT:
Buy this album at: Amazon.de

2	J.S. Bach - Handel: Solo Cantatas & Vocal Works [P-1]
G.F. Handel: Cantata No. 13 Armida Abbandonata, HWV 105, arranged by Raymond Leppard [30:49]
Raymond Leppard
English Chamber Orchestra
Mezzo-soprano: Janet Baker
EMI Classics		Nov-Dec, 1967	2-CD / TT: 155:07
Recorded at Abbey Road Studios, London, England. See: Baker does Bach Buy this album at: Amazon.com

3	In Vauxhall Gardens [P-1] The Essential Emma Kirkby [P-1]
G.F. Handel: Cantata Armida Abbandonata, HWV 105 [15:55]
Charles Medlam
London Baroque
Soprano: Emma Kirkby
Virgin 61290 / EMI Virgin 61911		Sep 1988	CD / TT: 64:46 CD / TT: 75:33
Recorded at No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London, England. Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de

4	G.F. Haendel: Cantates Romaines
G.F. Handel: Cantata Armida Abbandonata, HWV 105 [20:44]
Alessandro de Marchi
Il Teatro Armonico
Soprano: Maria Cristina Kiehr
Accord 202712		1993	CD / TT: 63:00
Buy this album at: Preview Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de

5	G.F. Handel: Tra le Fiame - Dramatic Solo Cantatas [P-1]
G.F. Handel: Cantata Armida Abbandonata, HWV 105 [16:30]
Ingrid Matthews & Byron Schenkman (Directors)
Seattle Baroque Orchestra
Soprano: Ellen Hargis; Margriet Tindemans (Viola da gamba)
Wildboar 9604		Apr-May 1996	CD / TT: 73:15
Recorded at St. Thomas Center, Bothel, Washington, USA. Buy this album at: Amazon.com

6	Haendel: Lucrezia - Cantates Handel: Cantates
G.F. Handel: Cantata Armida Abbandonata, HWV 105 [15:26]
-
Les Basses Réunies
Soprano: Véronique Gens; Francois Fernandez (Violin); Mira Glodeanu (Violin)
Virgin 45283		Nov 5-8, 1996	CD / TT: 52:26
Recorded at Eglise du Bon-Secours, Paris, France. Buy this album at: Amazon.com [CD] \| Amazon.com [Music Download] \| Amazon.co.uk [CD] \| Amazon.de [CD]

7	Handel: Italian Secular Cantatas [P-1] Delirio Amoroso- G.F. Handel: Italian Secular Cantatas (The Sixteen Edition) [P-1]
G.F. Handel: Cantata Armida Abbandonata, HWV 105 [15:38]
Harry Christophers
The Symphony of Harmony and Invention
Mezzo-soprano: Ann Murray
Collins 15032 Coro 16030		May 15-16, 1997	CD / TT: 67:26 / 66:17
Recorded at St. Judes on the Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, England. Buy this album at: Amazon.com [CD] \| Amazon.com [Music Download] \| Amazon.co.uk [CD] \| Amazon.de [CD] \| Amazon.de [CD]

8	Handel: Agrippina · Armida · Lucrezia Handel Edition Volume 8
G.F. Handel: Cantata Armida Abbandonata, HWV 105 [15:05]
Giovanni Antonini
Il Giardino Armonico
Soprano: Eva Mei
Teldec 24571 Warner Classics 695641		May 1999	CD / TT: 54:46 6-CD / TT:
Recorded at Chiesa di San Giorgio, Morbio Inferiore, Italy. Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de

9	Aus der Notenbibliothek von Johann Sebastian Bach, Vol. I From the Music Library of J.S. Bach. Vol. 1 [P-1]
G.F. Handel: Cantata Armida Abbandonata, HWV 105 [13:17]
Thomas Hengelbrock
Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble
Soprano: Sibylla Rubens
Hänssler CD-93.121		Jan 20-22, 2001	CD / TT: 68:31
Recorded by SWR at Villa Berg, Stuttgart, Germany. Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de

10	Handel: Scorned & Betrayed - three italian cantatas
G.F. Handel: Cantata Armida Abbandonata, HWV 105 [16:03]
-
-
Soprano: Melissa Fogarty Claire Jolivet (Baroque Violin); Amelia Roosevelt (Baroque Violin)Christine Gummere (Baroque Cello); Jennifer Griesbach (Harpsichord)
Albany 812		Sep 2004-Mar 2005	CD / TT: 72:01
Recorded at Town Hall, New York City, NY, USA. Buy this album at: Amazon.com [CD] \| Amazon.com [Music Download]

11	G.F. Händel: Solokantaten · Solo Cantatas [P-1]
G.F. Handel: Cantata Armida Abbandonata, HWV 105 [13:53]
Hermann Max
Das Kleine Konzert
Soprano: Veronika Winter
Capriccio 71 083		Mar 11-13, 2005	SACD / TT: 52:37
Recorded at Sendesaal, Deutschlandrundfunk, Köln, Germany. Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de

12	Le Cantate per il Marchese Ruspoli [P-1]
G.F. Handel: Cantata Armida Abbandonata, HWV 105 [15:27]
Fabio Bonizzoni (Direction, Harpsichord)
La Risonanza
Soprano: Emanuela Galli
Glossa 921522		Oct 2005	CD / TT: 73:40
Recorded at Chiesa di San Salvatore, Rodengo Saiano, Brescia, Italy. Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de

13	Fedel e Costante: Handel Italian Cantatas (The Sixteen Edition) [P-2]
G.F. Handel: Cantata Armida Abbandonata, HWV 105 [14:42]
-
Prinicipals from The Symphony of Harmony and Invention
Soprano: Elin Manahan Thomas Miles Golding (Violin); Alastair Ross (Harpsichord); Walter Reiter (Violin); Katy Bircher (Flute); Joseph Crouch (Cello); David Miller (Theorbo)
Coro 16045		Sep 16, 2006	CD / TT: 64:57
Recorded live at Grove Auditorium, Magdalen College, Oxford (Handel in Oxford Festival), England. Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de

Recordings of Individual Movements

M-1	Armida
G.F. Handel: Cantata Armida Abbandonata, HWV 105: Ah! crudele e pur ten’ vai [4:56], In tanti affanni miei [3:35]
David Syrus
Bayerische Kammerphilharmonie
Soprano: Annette Dasch
Sony Classical 88697		Apr 20-27, 2007	CD / TT: 58:22
Recorded in conjunction with Bayerischer Rundfunk, at Bavarian Music Studios, Munich, Germany. Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de

Biographies of Poets & Composers: Main Page | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | Bach & Other Composers

Last update: ‎March 12, 2012 ‎16:03:10