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Altus: From Castrato to Countertenor Various Artists

Release: 05 Jan 2009 , Language: [Multiple languages], Status: Official
Format: CD + CD + CD, Tracks: 44, Length: 3:18:24, Barcode: [none]
Release type: Album - Compilation

Contents

CD #1
1 Vivaldi: Giustino, RV 717, Act 1: "Vedrò con mio diletto" (Anastasio) 5:12
2 Handel: Serse - Acte I - Récit : Frondi tenere e belle - Aria : Ombra mai fu 3:19
3 Vivaldi: Stabat Mater, RV 621: I. Stabat Mater dolorosa (Alto) 3:23
4 Bach, J S: Aria: Es ist vollbracht (St John Passion BWV 245) 5:06
5 Bach, J S: Cantata "Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust", BWV 170: No. 1, Aria, "Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust" (Alto) 6:55
6 Handel: Messiah HWV56, (PART 2): He was despised (alto) 11:48
7 Handel: Fernando, rè di Castiglia, HWV 30, Act 3: "Sincero affetto dolce preghiere" (Sancio) 5:18
8 Handel: Amadigi di Gaula, HWV 11, Act 2: "Minacciami, non ho timor" (Amadigi) 8:38
9 Handel: Serse, HWV 40, Act 3 Scene 4: No. 46, Aria, "Amor, tiranno Amor" (Arsamene) 4:26
10 Bach, J S: J.S. Bach: Weihnachtsoratorium, BWV 248, Pt. 1: IV. Bereite dich, Zion, mit zärtlichen Trieben (Alto) 5:42
11 Handel: Saul, HWV 53, Act 1: "O Lord, whose mercies numberless" (David) 3:34
12 Handel: Cantata IX - Conservate, raddoppiate, HWV185: "Conservate, raddoppiate" 4:27
13 Monteverdi: L'Incoronazione di Poppea, SV 308, Act 3: "Pur ti moro, pur ti godo" (Poppea, Nerone) 3:53
14 trad.: Greensleeves 3:15
CD #2
1 Pergolesi: Stabat mater: Opening duet 4:46
2 Pergolesi: Salve Regina in C Minor: II. Ad te clamamus (Alto) 1:02
3 Vivaldi: Nisi Dominus, RV 608: IV. Cum dederit delectis suis somnun (Alto) 3:51
4 Vivaldi: Longe mala, umbrae, terrores (Motet), RV 629: IV. Alleluia 2:17
5 Legrenzi: Sentimenti devoti espressi con la musica, Book 2, Op. 6: No. 4, Ave Regina coelorum 3:26
6 Vivaldi: Pianti, sospiri e dimandar mercede, RV 676: IV. Cor ingrato dispietato (Allegro molto) 3:22
7 Bach, J S: Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243: VI. "Et misericordia" 3:24
8 Handel: Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17, Act 1 Scene 11: Recitativo, "Madre! Mia vita!" - No. 16a, Duetto, "Son nata a lagrimar" (Sesto, Cornelia) 2:31
9 Handel: Admeto, rè di Tessaglia, HWV 22, Act 2 Scene 10: No. 26, Aria, "Chi è nato alle sventure" (Trasimede) 2:34
10 Handel: Fernando, rè di Castiglia, HWV 30, Act 3 Scene 7: No. 27, Aria, "M'opporro da generoso" (Fernando) 4:21
11 Charpentier, M-A: Leçon de ténèbres du Mercredi saint, H. 120: Troisième Répons - Ecce Quomodo 4:05
12 Mozart: Aria: Venga pur (Mitridate, re di Ponto) 6:59
13 Rossini: Semiramide, Act 1 Scene 5: No. 2, Recitativo e Cavatina, "Eccomi alfine in Babilonia … Ah! quel giorno ognor rammento" (Arsace) 11:09
14 Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64, Act 1: "Welcome wanderer!" (Oberon) 5:04
CD #3
1 Purcell: Music for a while, Z583 3:48
2 Purcell: Come, Ye Sons of Art Away, Z. 323: III. Sound the Trumpet, Sound, Till Around (First Counter-Tenor, Second Counter-Tenor) 2:26
3 Bach, J S: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: IV. Osanna - Agnus Dei (Alto) 5:27
4 Bellini: Malinconia, ninfa gentile 1:41
5 Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30, Act 3: "Ahimè! Dove trascorsi? ... Che faro senza Euridice" (Orfeo) 5:06
6 Franz Schubert, Johann Sebastian Bach: Ave Maria 4:31
7 Schubert: Nacht und Träume, D827 4:02
8 Du Buisson: Plainte sur la mort de Monseur Lambert: "O mort, affreuse mort! Quelle est ta barbarie!" 5:21
9 Berlioz: Les Nuits d'été Op. 7: III. Sur les Lagunes 6:19
10 Orff: Carmina Burana: Part 2, In Taberna, No. 12 "Olim lacus colueram" (Tenor, Chorus of Men) 3:49
11 Hogan: Silent Night 3:54
12 Rossini: Duetto buffo di due gatti (Comic Duet for Two Cats) 2:54
13 Gérard Lesne: Maladresse 3:59
14 trad.: Shenandoah 4:30
15 Martini, G B: Plaisir d'amour 3:50
16 Rossini: Petite messe solennelle: Crucifixus 3:00