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• Disc 1. L'Orfeo. Toccata (1:49) ; Ritornello - la musica : "Dal mio Permesso amato" (4:02) / Claudio Monteverdi
• Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria. Act V, scene 10, Penelope : "Illustratevi, o Cieli" / Claudio Monteverdi (4:10)
• L'incoronazione di Poppea. Act III, scene 8, duet Poppea e Narone : "Pur ti miro / Claudio Monteverdi (4:18)
• La Calisto. Act I, scene 2, Calisto : "Piante ombrose & In ricovro più ombroso" / Francesco Cavalli (5:40)
• Armide. 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) / Jean-Baptiste Lully
• Médée. Act III, scene 3, Médée : "Quel prix de mon amour, quel fruit de mes forfaits" / Marc-Antoine Charpentier (5:08)
• Les Indes galantes. Danse du Grant Calumet de la Paix, duo et chœur : "Forêts paisibles" / Jean-Philippe Rameau (4:33)
• Castor & Pollux. Act I, scene 3, Télaïre : "Tristes apprêts, pâles flambeaux" / Jean-Philippe Rameau (5:53)
• Dido & Aeneas. Act III, Dido : "Thy hand, Belinda" (0:52) ; Act III, Dido : "When I am laid in earth" (4:07) / Henry Purcell
• King Arthur. Act III, scene 2, Cold Genius : "What power art thou" / Henry Purcell (3:35)
• Agrippina. Act II, scenes 11 & 12, Poppea : "Col peso del tuo amor" Nerone : "Quando invita la donna l'amante / George Frideric Handel (7:52)
• Rinaldo. Act I, scene 5, Armida : "Furie terribili" (2:25) ; Act II, scene 4, Almirena : "Lascia ch'io pianga" (6:10) / George Frideric Handel
• Serse. Act I, scene 1, "Ombra mai fù" / George Frideric Handel (2:59).
• Disc 2. Idaspe. "Qual guerriero in campo armato" / Riccardo Broschi (8:08)
• Merope. "Quell'usignolo" / Riccardo Broschi (14:07)
• Tolomeo, re d'Egitto. Act III, scene 6, aria "Stille amare" (5:32) / George Frideric Handel
• Il pastor fido. Act II, scene 9, Amarilli : "Nò! Non basta a un infedele" / George Frideric Handel (4:02)
• Sosarme. Act II, scene 8, duetto "Per le porte del tormento" / George Frideric Handel (9:38)
• Orpheus. Act I, scene 1, recitative & aria Orasia : "So hat die Rache denn gesiege" (3:31) ; Act II, scene 3 & act I, scene 10, Orpheus : "Trà speranza, e trà timore," Orasia : "So hat die Rache denn gesiege" (7:00) / Georg Philipp Telemann
• Cleopatra e Cesare. Act I, scene 8, Cleopatra : "Tra le procelle assorto" / Carl Heinrich Graun (7:48)

• Croesus. Act II, scene 8, Elmira : "Liebe, sag', was fängst du an?" / Reinhard Keiser (4:55)
• Les Troqueurs. Scene 2, Lubin : "Margo morbleu est par trop joyeuse" / Antoine Dauvergne (3:44)
• Orfeo ed Euridice. Act III, scene 1, Orfeo : "Che farò senza Euridice" / Christoph Willibald Gluck (4:28).

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Contributors:

Ben-Nun, Efrat , singer

Fink, Bernarda , singer

Borst, Danielle , singer

Laurens, Guillemette, 1957- , singer

Jacobs, René , conductor

Bayo, María , singer

Crook, Howard, 1947- , singer

Herreweghe, Philippe , conductor

Feldman, Jill , singer

Christie, William (William Lincoln) , conductor

McFadden, Claron , singer

Rivenq, Nicolas , singer

Mellon, Agnès , singer

Dawson, Lynne , singer

Bevan, Maurice , singer

Deller, Alfred , conductor

Rivera, Jennifer , singer

Kalna, Inga , singer

Persson, Miah , singer

Scholl, Andreas , singer

Genaux, Vivica , singer

Mehta, Bejun , singer

Crowe, Lucy , singer

Bates, David, 1979- , conductor

Röschmann, Dorothea , singer

Trekel, Roman , singer

Williams, Janet, 1965- , singer

Monteverdi, Claudio, 1567-1643

Ferrari, Benedetto, approximately 1603-1681

Cavalli, Pier Francesco, 1602-1676

Lully, Jean-Baptiste, 1632-1687

Charpentier, Marc-Antoine, 1643-1704

Rameau, Jean-Philippe, 1683-1764

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695

Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759

Broschi, Riccardo, approximately 1698-1756

Giacomelli, Geminiano, approximately 1692-1740

Telemann, Georg Philipp, 1681-1767

Graun, Karl Heinrich, 1704-1759

Keiser, Reinhard, 1674-1739

Dauvergne, Antoine, 1713-1797

Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787

Nuova musica , instrumentalist, singer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/itr, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/sng

Concerto vocale , instrumentalist, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/itr

Chapelle royale de Paris (Musical group) , instrumentalist, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/itr

Arts florissants (Musical group) , instrumentalist, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/itr

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment , instrumentalist, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/itr

King's Musick (Musical group) , instrumentalist, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/itr

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin , instrumentalist, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/itr

Freiburger Barockorchester , instrumentalist, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/itr

Concerto Köln (Musical group) , instrumentalist, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/itr

Cappella Coloniensis , instrumentalist, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/itr

Languages:

Italian
French
English
German

Language Notes:

Item content: Italian, French, English, German
Accompanying materials: French, English

Included Works:

Orfeo [by Monteverdi, C.] > Toccata

Orfeo [by Monteverdi, C.] > Prologo

Ritorno d'Ulisse in patria [by Monteverdi, C.] > Illustratevi o cieli

Pastor regio [by Ferrari, B.] > Pur ti miro, pur ti godo

Calisto [by Cavalli, P.F.] > Piante ombroso

Armide [by Lully, J.B.] > Ouverture

Armide [by Lully, J.B.] > Enfin il est en ma puissance

Armide [by Lully, J.B.] > Plus j'observe ces lieux

Medée [by Charpentier, M.A.] > Quel prix de mon amour?

Indes galantes [by Rameau, J.P.] (Selections)

Castor et Pollux [by Rameau, J.P.] > (1737) > Tristes apprêts

Dido and Aeneas [by Purcell, H.] > Thy hand, Belinda

Dido and Aeneas [by Purcell, H.] > When I am laid in earth

King Arthur [by Purcell, H.] > What pow'r art thou

Agrippina [by Handel, G.F.] > Col peso del tuo amor

Agrippina [by Handel, G.F.] > Quando invita la donna l'amante

Rinaldo [by Handel, G.F.] > Furie terribili!

Rinaldo [by Handel, G.F.] > Lascia ch'io pianga mia cruda sorte

Serse [by Handel, G.F.] > Ombra mai fù

Idaspe [by Broschi, R.] > Qual guerriero in campo armato

Merope [by Giacomelli, G.] > Quell'usignolo che innamorato canta

Tolomeo [by Handel, G.F.] > Stille amare

Pastor fido [by Handel, G.F.] > (1734) No! Non basta a un infedele

Sosarme [by Handel, G.F.] > Per le porte del tormento

Orpheus [by Telemann, G.P.] > Sù, mio core à la vendetta

Orpheus [by Telemann, G.P.] > Trà speranza, e trà timore

Orpheus [by Telemann, G.P.] > So hat die Rache denn gesiege

Cesare e Cleopatra [by Graun, K.H.] > Tra le procelle assorto

Croesus [by Keiser, R.] > (1730) Liebe, sag', was fängst du an?

Troqueurs [by Dauvergne, A.] > Margo morbleu est par trop joyeuse

Orfeo ed Euridice [by Gluck, C.W.] > Che farò senza Euridice

Subjects:

Operas — Excerpts

Operas

Genres:

Excerpts

Operas

Performers:

Efrat Ben Nun, soprano ; Bernarda Fink, mezzo-soprano ; Danielle Borst, soprano ; Guillemette Laurens, mezzo-soprano ; Concerto Vocale ; René Jacobs, conductor ; María Bayo, soprano ; Howard Crook, tenor ; La Chapelle Royale ; Philippe Herreweghe, conductor ; Jill Feldman, soprano ; Les Arts Florissants ; William Christie, conductor ; Claron McFadden, soprano ; Nicolas Rivenq, baritone ; Agnès Mellon, soprano ; Lynne Dawson, soprano ; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightement ; Maurice Bevan, baritone ; The King's Musick ; Alfred Deller, conductor ; Jennifer Rivera, mezzo-soprano ; Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin ; Inga Kalna, soprano ; Miah Persson, soprano ; Freiburger Barockorchester ; Andreas Scholl, countertenor ; Vivica Genaux, mezzo-soprano ; Bejun Mehta, countertenor ; Lucy Crowe, soprano ; La Nuova Musica ; David Bates, conductor ; Dorothea Röschmann, soprano ; Roman Trekel, baritone ; Janet Williams, soprano ; Concerto Köln ; Cappella Coloniensis.

General Notes:

Title from disc label.

Physical Description:

2 audio discs (2:29:46) ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; 4 3/4 in.; 1.4 m/s; mass-produced

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; stereo

Digital Characteristics:

audio file; CD audio

Call Numbers:

LPCD 143,730- 143,731

Other Standard Numbers:

International Article Number: 3149020853740
Publisher Number, Harmonia Mundi: HMX 2908537
Publisher Number, Harmonia Mundi: HMX 2908538

OCLC Numbers:

856585621