Altus: From Castrato to Countertenor
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Tracklist
Disc 1
Giustino, RV 717: Act 1: "Vedrò con mio diletto" (Anastasio)
Antonio Vivaldi - Giustino: Vedro con mio diletto (Anastasio)
Jean-Christophe Spinosi, Ensemble Matheus, Philippe Jaroussky
Serse: Acte I: Récit "Frondi tenere e belle" / Aria "Ombra mai fu"
George Frideric Handel - Serse, HWV 40: Atto I, no. 1. Recitativo “Frondi tenere” (Serse)
St John Passion BWV 245: Aria "Es ist vollbracht"
Johann Sebastian Bach - Johannes-Passion, BWV 245: Teil II. No. 30 Aria (Alt) "Es ist vollbracht!"
Michel Corboz, Ensemble instrumental de Lausanne, Andreas Scholl
Messiah HWV56: Part 2: "He was despised" (alto)
George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 23. Air “He was despised” (Alto)
Fernando, rè di Castiglia, HWV 30: Act 3: "Sincero affetto dolce preghiere" (Sancio)
George Frideric Handel - Sosarme, re di Media, HWV 30: Atto III
Amadigi di Gaula, HWV 11: Act 2: "Minacciami, non ho timor" (Amadigi)
Serse, HWV 40: Act 3, Scene 4, no. 46: Aria "Amor, tiranno Amor" (Arsamene)
George Frideric Handel - Serse, HWV 40: Atto III, no. 46. Aria “Amor, tiranno Amor” (Arsamene)
Weihnachtsoratorium, BWV 248: Pt. 1: IV. "Bereite dich, Zion, mit zärtlichen Trieben" (Alto)
Johann Sebastian Bach - Weihnachts-Oratorium, BWV 248: Teil I, IV. Aria (Alto) „Bereite dich, Zion“
Saul, HWV 53: Act 1: "O Lord, whose mercies numberless" (David)
George Frideric Handel - Saul, HWV 53: Act I, Scene V, no. 32. Air "Oh Lord, whose mercies numberless" (David)
Disc 2
Nisi Dominus, RV 608: IV. "Cum dederit delectis suis somnun" (Alto)
Longe mala, umbrae, terrores (Motet), RV 629: IV. "Alleluia"
Sentimenti devoti espressi con la musica, Book 2, op. 6: No. 4. "Ave Regina coelorum"
Pianti, sospiri e dimandar mercede, RV 676: IV. "Cor ingrato dispietato" (Allegro molto)
Antonio Vivaldi - Cantata for Alto Voice and Continuo, RV 676 "Pianti, sospiri e dimandar mercede"
Magnificat in D major, BWV 243: VI. "Et misericordia"
George Frideric Handel - Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17: Atto I, Scena XI, 16. Duetto “Son nata a lagrimar (Son nato a sospirar)” (Cornelia e Sesto)
Fernando, rè di Castiglia, HWV 30: Act 3, Scene 7: No. 27. Aria "M'opporro da generoso" (Fernando)
George Frideric Handel - Sosarme, re di Media, HWV 30: Atto III
Leçon de ténèbres du Mercredi saint, H. 120: Troisième Répons: "Ecce Quomodo"
Mitridate, re di Ponto: Aria "Venga pur"
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Mitridate, rè di Ponto, K. 74a/87: Act I, Scene IX. No. 6 Aria "Venga pur, minacci" (Farnace)
Harry Bicket, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, David Daniels
Disc 3
Henry Purcell - Birthday Ode for Queen Mary "Come Ye Sons of Art", Z. 323
Gustav Leonhardt, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Christopher Robson
Mass in B minor, BWV 232: IV. "Osanna" / "Agnus Dei" (Alto)
Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30: Act 3: "Ahimè! Dove trascorsi? ... Che faro senza Euridice" (Orfeo)
Christoph Willibald von Gluck - Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30, Atto III, scena 1: “Ahimè! Dove trascorsi!” (Orfeo)
Harry Bicket, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, David Daniels
Plainte sur la mort de Monseur Lambert: "O mort, affreuse mort! Quelle est ta barbarie!"