Altus: From Castrato to Countertenor
Gérard Lesne · Alan Curtis · Emmanuelle Haïm · Fabio Biondi · Harry Bicket · John Nelson · Philippe Herreweghe · William Christie · Andrew Parrott · Gustav Leonhardt
Altus: From Castrato to Countertenor (2008), CD, on Warner Classics. Music by George Frideric Handel, Antonio Vivaldi, Johann Sebastian Bach, Franz Schubert, performed by Gérard Lesne, Alan Curtis, Emmanuelle Haïm, Fabio Biondi; 38 tracks.
Composers
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, HWV 40: Act 1, Scene 1: Accompagnato. "Frondi tenere" - Arioso. "Ombra mai fù" (Serse)
George Frideric Handel - Serse, HWV 40: Atto I, no. 1. Recitativo “Frondi tenere” (Serse)
Es ist vollbracht (St John Passion, BWV 245)
Johann Sebastian Bach - Johannes-Passion, BWV 245: Teil II. No. 30 Aria (Alt) "Es ist vollbracht!"
Michel Corboz, Ensemble instrumental de Lausanne, Andreas Scholl
Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust, BWV 170: No. 1, Aria. "Vergnügte Ruh beliebte Seelenlust"
Johann Sebastian Bach - Kantate, BWV 170 „Vergnügte Ruh! beliebte Seelenlust!“
Messiah, HWV 56: Pt. 2, Scene 1: Aria "He Was Despised and Rejected of Men"
George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 23. Air “He was despised” (Alto)
Fernando, rè di Castiglia, HWV 30: Act 3, Scene 4: Aria. "Sincero affetto dolce preghiere" (Sancio)
George Frideric Handel - Sosarme, re di Media, HWV 30: Atto III
Amadigi di Gaula, HWV 11: Act 2: Aria. "Minacciami, non ho timor" (Amadigi)
Serse, HWV 40: Act 3, Scene 4: 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: No. 4, Aria. "Bereite dich, Zion, mit zärtlichen Trieben"
Johann Sebastian Bach - Weihnachts-Oratorium, BWV 248: Teil I, IV. Aria (Alto) „Bereite dich, Zion“
Saul, HWV 53: Act 1, Scene 5: Aria. "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
Stabat Mater: I. Stabat mater dolorosa
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi - Stabat Mater for soprano, alto, strings and basso continuo
O qui coeli terraeque serenitas, RV 631: IV. Alleluia
Sentimenti devoti espressi con la musica, Book 2, Op. 6: No. 4, Ave Regina coelorum
Pianti, sospiri e demandar mercede, RV 676: "Cor ingrato dispietato"
Antonio Vivaldi - Cantata for Alto Voice and Continuo, RV 676 "Pianti, sospiri e dimandar mercede"
Magnificat in D major, BWV 243: VI. Duet. "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)
Admeto, HWV 22: Act 2: Aria. "Chi è nato alle sventure" (Trasimede)
George Frideric Handel - Admeto, re di Tessaglia, HWV 22: Atto II
Fernando, rè di Castiglia, HWV 30: Act 3, Scene 7: Aria. "M'opporrò 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
Venga pur (Mitridate, re di Ponto)
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
Oedipus, Z. 583: No. 2, Song. "Musick for a While" (Version for Voice and Guitar)
Henry Purcell - Oedipus, King of Thebes, Z. 583: Act III "Music for a While"
Come Ye Sons of Art, Z. 323 "Ode for Queen Mary's Birthday": No. 3, Duet. "Sound the Trumpet"
Henry Purcell - Birthday Ode for Queen Mary "Come Ye Sons of Art", Z. 323
Gustav Leonhardt, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Christopher Robson
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!"