'Presti omai l'Egizia terra' (Cesare)

Aria in D major for alto, 2 oboes, 2 violins, viola and basso continuo

From the opera 'Giulio Cesare in Egitto', HWV 17 (No. 2)

Libretto: Nicola Francesco Haym, after Giacomo Francesco Bussani's 'Giulio Cesare in Egitto' (music by Antonio Sartorio, 1676)

Music: Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)

First performance: 20 February 1724, in London (King's Theatre, Haymarket)
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Cesare: Eser, contralto

Bass realisation and programming: Marc D.

Recording: June 2012

Pitch: A = 440 Hz
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Presti omai l'Egizia terra
le sue palme al vincitor!
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Translation (by Marc D.):

Land of Egypt, now present
your laurels to the victor!
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There was a wrong note in the 1875 Chrysander edition that I used for this video: on the picture that can be seen at 0:50, the second note of the second bar in the first staff was a D instead of an E. I have edited the score according to the 1724 edition.

Marc D.

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