"Baroque Opera" / From Monteverdi's L'Orfeo (1607) to Gluck's "Orfeo ed Euridice" (1762). Complete recordings
An absolute festival!
This generous selection of nearly two and a half hours of music presents the ‘greatest hits’ of Baroque opera, from the opening ritornellos of Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo (1607) to Gluck’s already Classical Orfeo ed Euridice (1762). A century and a half of arie di bravura, di furore, d’amore, sung by the specialists of the genre: the quintessence of harmonia mundi’s patrimony in this domain is to be found here. An ideal opportunity to discover or rediscover the nascent opera of Monteverdi and Cavalli; its English heirs in Purcell, followed by Handel and his prodigious opera seria; the tragédie lyrique of Lully; and the great German operas of the eighteenth century (Telemann, Keiser, Graun).
An enchanting experience that will leave you dazzled and radiant.
Composers
- Francesco Cavalli
- Riccardo Broschi
- Geminiano Giacomelli
- Carl Heinrich Graun
- Antoine Dauvergne
Contents
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI [1567-1643]
L'Orfeo
· Prologue: Toccata (1'49)
· Prologue: Ritornello - La Musica : "Dal mio Permesso amato" (4'02)
· Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria
Act V, scene 10: Penelope : "Illustratevi, o Cieli" (4'10)
· L'incoronazione di Poppea
Act III, scene 7: Ottavia : "Addio Roma" (4'19)
FRANCESCO CAVALLI [1602-1676]
· La Calisto
Act I, scene 2: Calisto : "Piante ombrose" & "In ricovro più ombroso" (5'40)
HENRY PURCELL [1659-1695]
Dido & Aeneas
· Act III: Dido : "Thy hand, Belinda" (0'52)
· Act III: Dido : "When I am laid in earth" (4'07)
· King Arthur
Act III, scene 2: Cold Song. Genius : "What Power art thou" (3'35)
JEAN-BAPTISTE LULLY [1632-1687]
Armide
· Prologue: Ouverture (2'31)
· Act II, scene 5: Armide : "Enfin, il est en ma puissance" (5'22)
· Act II, scene 3: Renaud : "Plus j'observe ces lieux" (5'22)
ALESSANDRO SCARLATTI
· Griselda
Act II, scene 1: Griselda : "Mi rivedi, o selva ombrosa" (4'48)
RICCARDO BROSCHI [1698-1756]
· Idaspe
"Qual guerriero in campo armato" (8'08)
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL [1685-1759]
· Flavio
Act II, scene 6: Guido : "Rompo i lacci" (5'33)
· Serse
Act I, scene 1:"Ombra mai fù" (2'59)
· Agrippina
Act II, scenes 11 & 12: Poppea : "Col peso del tuo amor" / Nerone : "Quando invita la donna l'amante" (7'52)
GEMINIANO GIACOMELLI [1692-1740]
· Merope
"Quell'usignolo" (14'07)
GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN [1681-1767]
Orpheus
· Act I, scene 1: Recit. & Aria Orasia : "Sù, mio core à la vendetta" (3'31)
· Act II, scene 3 & Act I, scene 10: Orpheus : "Trà speranza, e trà timore" / Orasia : "So hat die Rache denn gesieget" (7'00)
CARL HEINRICH GRAUN [1703-1759]
· Cleopatra e Cesare
Act I, scene 8: Cleopatra : "Tra le procelle assorto" (7'48)
REINHARD KEISER [1674-1739]
· Croesus
Act II, scene 8: Elmira : "Liebe, sag', was fängst du an?" (4'55)
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL [1685-1759]
· Ottone
Act II: Gismonda : "Vieni, o figlio" (6'49)
Rinaldo
· Act I, scene 5: Armida : "Furie terribili" (2'25)
· Act II, scene 4: Almirena : "Lascia ch'io pianga" (6'10)
· Tolomeo, re d'Egitto
Act III, scene 6: Aria "Stille amare" (5'32)
· Il pastor fido
Act II, scene 9: Amarilli : "Nò! Non basta a un infedele" (4'02)
· Sosarme
Act II, scene 8: Duetto "Per le porte del tormento" (9'38)
ANTOINE DAUVERGNE [1713-1797]
· Les Troqueurs
Scene 2: Lubin : "Margo morbleu est par trop joyeuse" (3'44)
CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK [1714-1787]
· Orfeo ed Euridice
Act III, scene 1: Orfeo : "Che farò senza Euridice?" (4'28)
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