Vocal Music Collection
Playlist (25:42:26 duration):
1. Johann Heinrich Rolle
Work: Thirza und Ihre Söhne, Musical Drama in three acts, first performance 1779
Libretto: August Hermann Niemeyer
Aria de Epiphanes: Ihr Götter, was hab ich vebrochen?
Epiphanes, King of Syria: Ekkehard Abele, bass
Orchestra: Das Kleine Konzert
Conductor: Hermann Max
2. Johann Gottlieb Naumann
Work: Gustaf Wasa, Tragedie lyrique in three acts, first performance 19 January 1786, Royal Opera house,
Stockholm.
Libretto: Johan Henric Kellgren after Gustaf III
Aria: Ädla skuggor vördade fäder
Gustaf Wasa: Uno Stjernqvist
Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
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| Johann Gottlieb Naumann |
Work: Amphion, opéra-ballet in one act,
first performance 24 January 1778, Bollhuset, Stockholm.
Libretto: Gudmund Göran Adlerbeth after Antone-Léonard Thomas
Recitative: För mänskan liknar öknens djur
Aria: Försonen och förenen eder
Amphion: Uno Stjernqvist
Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
4. Gottfried Lindemann
Work: Cantata - (Karlshamn 1721) Auff das gehaltene danckfäst des geschlossenen Friedens zwichen
Schweden und den Tzaren von Muscow
Ensemble: Laude Novella / Insula Magica
5. Adolf Fredrik Lindblad
Work: Om winterqväll, cantata för soloists, chorus and piano
Mikaeli Chamber Choir - Anders Eby
Gunilla Hallgren, soprano
Thomas Sunnegårdh, tenor
Mikael Samuelson, baritone
Bengt Forsberg, piano
6. Ignaz Holzbauer
Work: Günther von Schwarzburg, Singspiel in three acts, first performance 5 January 1777 Hoftheater,
Mannheim Palace.
Libretto: Anton Klein
Finale to act I: Das römische Reich!
Günther von Schwarzburg: Robert Wörle, tenor
(The first Günther was the tenor Anton Raaff who also was to sing Idamante in Mozart's Idomeneo)
Chorus: Vokalensemble La Stagione
Orchestra: La Stagione
Conductor: Michael Schneider
7. Ignaz Holzbauer
Work: Günther von Schwarzburg, Singspiel in three acts, first performance 5 January 1777 Hoftheater, Mannheim Palace.
Libretto: Anton Klein
Marcia and Chorus: Der Kaiser lebe!
Chorus: Vokalensemble La Stagione
Orchestra: La Stagione
Conductor: Michael Schneider
8. Johann Heinrich Rolle
Work: Thirza und Ihre Söhne, Musical Drama in three acts, first performance 1779
Libretto: August Hermann Niemeyer
Chorus: Triumph! Triumph!
Chorus: Rheinische Kantorei
Orchestra: Das Kleine Konzert
Conductor: Hermann Max
9. Jacob Axel Josephson
Work: Sex fyrstämmiga sånger, Op. 12
Vårförhoppning
Morgonvandring
Vandrarens sång om natten
Höstvisa
Aftonringningen
Avsked
Chorus: Mikaeli Chamber Choir - Anders Eby
10. Andreas Hallén
Work: Harald der Wiking, opera in three acts, first performance 16 October 1881, Leipzig.
Libretto: Hans Herrig
Intermezzo
Über den Hügeln schwebt
Des Morgens Kühle merk'ich
Harald, Harald, merke den Morgen
Still, doch still!
Begräbningsmarsch - Finale
Harald: Åke Ljungholm, tenor
Orchestra: Malmö Symphony Orchestra
11. Jacopo Foroni
Work: Advokaten Pathelin, comical operetta in one act, first performance 1858, Stockholm.
Libretto: Adolphe de Leuven / Joseph Adolphe Ferdinand Langlé
Aria: Besöka honom, stackars karl
Soprano: Rut Jacobson
Tenor: Arne Tyrén
Orchestra: Göteborgs Symfoniorkester
12. John Fernström
Work: Songs of the Sea, Op.62
Break, break, break!
Lines written while sailing in a boat
The Isle
Sail on, sail on
Soprano: Miah Persson
Orchestra: Malmö Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Lan Shui
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| Franz Berwald |
Work: Estrella de Soria, opera in three acts,
first performance 9 April 1862, Royal Opera house, Stockholm.
Libretto: Otto Prechtler translated into swedish by Ernst Wallmark.
Aria: Varthän har passionens makt mig bringat
Estrella: Birgit Nilsson
Orchestra: Stockholm Radio Orchestra
14. Anonymous
Work: British Grenadiers - Some talk of Alexander and some of Hercules
Tenor: Joseph Cornwell
Chorus: Psalmody
Orchestra: The Parley of Instruments
Conductor: Peter Holman
Text:
Some talk of Alexander, and some of Hercules
Of Hector and Lysander, and such great names as these.
But of all the world's great heroes, there's none that can compare.
With a tow, row, row, row, row, row, to the British Grenadiers.
Those heroes of antiquity ne'er saw a cannon ball,
Or knew the force of powder to slay their foes withal.
But our brave boys do know it, and banish all their fears,
Sing tow, row, row, row, row, row, for the British Grenadiers.
Whene'er we are commanded to storm the palisades,
Our leaders march with fusees, and we with hand grenades.
We throw them from the glacis*, about the enemies' ears.
Sing tow, row, row, row, row, row, the British Grenadiers.
And when the siege is over, we to the town repair.
The townsmen cry, "Hurrah, boys, here comes a Grenadier!
Here come the Grenadiers, my boys, who know no doubts or fears!
Then sing tow, row, row, row, row, row, the British Grenadiers.
Then let us fill a bumper, and drink a health to those
Who carry caps and pouches, and wear the loupèd clothes.
May they and their commanders live happy all their years.
With a tow, row, row, row, row, row, for the British Grenadiers.
15. Auguste Mermet
Work: Roland à Roncevaux, grand opera in five acts, first performance 3 October 1864, Grand Opéra, Paris
Recitative & Aria: Prête à te fuir... - Le soir pensive
Alde: Véronique Gens
Orchestra: Les Talens Lyriques
Conductor: Christophe Rousset
16. François-Joseph Gossec
Work: Thésée, tragédie lyrique in four acts, first performance 1 march 1782, Paris, Opéra.
Libretto: Morel de Chédeville, after Philippe Quinault
Recitative & Aria di Medée: Ah! faut-il me venger... 00:00 - Ma rivale triomphe 01:30
Medée: Véronique Gens
Orchestra: Les Talens Lyriques
Conductor: Christophe Rousset
17. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Opera: La finta giardiniera, dramma giocoso in three acts, 13 January 1775, München, Salvatortheater.
Libretto: Giuseppe Petrosellini?
Aria di Don Anchise: Dentro il mio petto io sento (scored for flute, oboes, horns, bassoons, trumpets,
timpani, strings and continou)
Dentro il mio petto io sento
Un suono, una dolcezza
Di flauti e di oboe.
Che gioia, che contento.
Manco per l'allegrezza,
Più bel piacer non v'è.
Ma oh Dio, che all'improvviso
Si cangia l'armonia
Che il cor fa palpitar.
Se n'entran le viole,
E in tetra melodia,
Mi vengono a turbar.
Poi sorge un gran fracasso,
Li timpani, le trombe,
Fagotti e contrabbasso
Mi fanno disperar.
Don Anchise, Podestà di Lagonero: Stuart Kale
Orchestra: Orchester des Drottningholm Court Theatre
Conductor: Arnold Östman
18. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Opera: La finta giardiniera, dramma giocoso in three acts, 13 January 1775, München, Salvatortheater.
Libretto: Giuseppe Petrosellini?
Aria di Don Anchise: Mio padrone, io dir volevo
Don Anchise, Podestà di Lagonero: Stuart Kale
Orchestra: Orchester des Drottningholm Court Theatre
Conductor: Arnold Östman
19. Jean Baptiste Lully
Work: Cadmus et Hermione, tragédie en musique, prologue and fiva acts, first performance 15 April 1673,
Jeu de paume de Béquet
Libretto: Philippe Quinault after Ovid, Metamorphosen
Finale to act III: Mars! ô toi qui peux déchaîner
Cadmus: André Mosch
Arbas: Arnaud Marzorati
Mars: Arnaud Richard
Orchestra & Chorus: Orchestre, Chœur et Danseurs du Poème Harmonique
Conductor: Vincent Dumestre
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| Statue of Galuppi in Burano (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
Work: Scipione in Cartagine, melodramma in three acts, first performance march 1742, London, King's
Theatre in the Haymarket.
Aria: Di madre ai cari amplessi
Mezzo-soprano: Catherine King
Orchestra: Il canto di Orfeo
Conductor: Gianluca Capuano
21. Henry Purcell
Work: King Arthur
Air: Come if you dare
Tenor: Paul Agnew
Orchestra: The English Baroque Soloists
Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner
22. Thomas Arne
Work: Alfred, masque in three acts, first performance 1 august 1740, Maidenhead/Berkshire, Cliveden House
Libretto: J. Thomson / D. Mallett
Aria di Edward: Vengeance, O come inspire me!
Prince Edward: David Daniels
Orchestra: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
Conductor: Nicholas McGegan
23. Johann Gottlieb Naumann
Work: Gustaf Wasa, tragedie lyrique in three acts, first performance 19 January 1786, Royal Opera House,
Stockholm.
Libretto: Johan Henric Kellgren after Gustaf III.
Aria di Christjern: Må mitt beröm de slagnas blygd
Christjern: Nicolai Gedda, tenor
Orchestra: Kungliga Hovkapellet
Conductor: Philip Brunelle
24. Johann Gottlieb Naumann
Work: Gustaf Wasa, tragedie lyrique in three acts, first performance 19 January 1786, Royal Opera House,
Stockholm.
Libretto: Johan Henric Kellgren after Gustaf III.
Aria di Christjern: Ej nog att jag med vapnens tvång
Christjern: Nicolai Gedda, tenor
Orchestra: Kungliga Hovkapellet
Conductor: Philip Brunelle
25. Johann Gottlieb Naumann
Work: Gustaf Wasa, tragedie lyrique in three acts, first performance 19 January 1786, Royal Opera House,
Stockholm.
Libretto: Johan Henric Kellgren after Gustaf III.
Scene: Soldater, fort!
Duo and scene: Men vilken syn, o Gud!
Chorus of Shades: Du skall ej strafflöst längre rasa
Christjern: Nicolai Gedda, tenor
Ghost of the first Ribbing Boy: Agneta Lundgren
Ghost of the second Ribbing Boy: Nina Stemme
Shade of Eric Wasa: Rolf Cederlöf
Shade of Joachim Brahe: Staffan Sandlund
Shade of Sten Sture: Henrik Westberg
Chorus: Royal Opera Chorus
Orchestra: Kungliga Hovkapellet
Conductor: Philip Brunelle
26. Johann Gottlieb Naumann
Work: Gustaf Wasa, tragedie lyrique in three acts, first performance 19 January 1786, Royal Opera House,
Stockholm.
Libretto: Johan Henric Kellgren after Gustaf III.
Battle scene: Vänner, skynda er in i striden
Gustaf Wasa: Anders Andersson, tenor
Chorus: Royal Opera Chorus
Orchestra: Kungliga Hovkapellet
Conductor: Philip Brunelle
27. Baldassare Galuppi
Work: Sagrifizio di Jefte, oratorio 1755/56 (?)
Aria: Ah, di Lete dall'onda profonda
Mezzo-soprano: Catherine King
Orchestra: Il canto di Orfeo
Conductor: Gianluca Capuano
28. Baldassare Galuppi
Work: Il trionfo della continenza, pastorale in three acts, first performance 28 January 1746, London, King's
Theatre in the Haymarket.
Aria: Cedo alla sorte (trumpet obbligato)
Mezzo-soprano: Catherine King
Orchestra: Il canto di Orfeo
Conductor: Gianluca Capuano
29. Baldassare Galuppi
Work: Antigono, dramma per musica in three acts, first performance 9 January 1751, Rome,
Libretto: Gaetano Roccaforte
Aria: Benché giusto a vendicarmi
Mezzo-soprano: Catherine King
Orchestra: Il canto di Orfeo
Conductor: Gianluca Capuano
30. Giacomo Meyerbeer
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| Giacomo Meyerbeer |
first performance 16 April 1849, Opéra, Paris
Libretto: Eugène Scribe / Emile Deschamps
Finale IV
Coronation march 00:00
Domine, salvum fac regem nostrum 03:21
Le voila, le Roi Prophète 07:58
Qui je suis? 13:03
Arretez! 18:30
Stretta: Tu cherissais ce fils 19:58
Jean de Leyden: James McCracken
Fidès: Marilyn Horne
Zacharie: Jerome Hines
Mathisen: Christian du Plessis
Jonas: Jean Dupouy
Chorus: Ambrosian Opera Chorus
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Henry Lewis
31. Peter von Winter (1754 - 1825)
Work: Concert aria for soprano, clarinet and strings (1788)
Torni al tuo sen la calma
Soprano: Isolde Siebert
Clarinet: Dieter Klöcker (1936 - 2011)
Orchestra: Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim
Conductor: Johannes Moesus
32. Peter von Winter
Work: Zaira, dramma per musica in two acts, first performance 29 January 1805, King's Theatre Haymarket, London.
Libretto: Lorenzo Da Ponte or Filippo Pananti after Voltaire
Aria: Sommo Dio, che in sen mi vedi
Zaira: Diana Montague, mezzo-soprano (the first Zaira was the italian contralto Giuseppina Grassini, the picture)
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
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| German organist and composer Gottfried August Homilius (1714-1785). (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
Work: Johannespassion, HoWV 1.4
Aria di Tenore: Dein Wort ist Geist und Kraft und Segen
Evangelist: Jan Kobow
Orchestra: Dresdner Barockorchester
Conductor: Roderich Kreile
34. Gottfried August Homilius
Work: Johannespassion, HoWV 1.4
Aria di Tenore: Herr, mach dich auf
Evangelist: Jan Kobow
Orchestra: Dresdner Barockorchester
Conductor: Roderich Kreile
35. Gottfried August Homilius
Work: Johannespassion, HoWV 1.4
Aria di Pilatus: Herr, mach dich auf
Pilatus: Clemens Heidrich, basso
Orchestra: Dresdner Barockorchester
Conductor: Roderich Kreile
36. Gottfried August Homilius
Work: Johannespassion, HoWV 1.4
Aria di Tenore: Wenn, Heiland, die dich schmähn
Evangelist: Jan Kobow
Orchestra: Dresdner Barockorchester
Conductor: Roderich Kreile
37. Franz Joseph Haydn
Work: Scena di Berenice, Hob.XXIVa:10
Libretto: Pietro Metastasio
Recitative: Berenice, che fai? Muore il tuo bene
Soprano: Arleen Auger
Orchestra: Handel and Haydn Society
Conductor: Christopher Hogwood
Recitativo
Berenice, che fai? Muore il tuo bene,
stupida, e tu non corri? Oh Dio! Vacilla
l'incerto passo; un gelido mi scuote
insolito tremor tutte le vene,
e a gran pena il suo peso il piè sostiene.
Dove son? Qual confusa
folla d'idee tutte funeste adombra
la mia ragion? Veggo Demetrio: il veggo
che in atto di ferir... Fermati! Vivi!
D'Antigono io sarò. Del core ad onta
volo a giurargli fè: dirò che l'amo;
dirò...
Misera me, s'oscura il giorno,
balena il ciel! L'hanno irritato i miei
meditati spergiuri. Ahimè! Lasciate
ch'io soccorra il mio ben, barbari Dei.
Voi m'impedite, e intanto
forse un colpo improvviso...
Ah, sarete contenti; eccolo ucciso.
Aspetta, anima bella: ombre compagne
a Lete andrem. Se non potei salvarti
potrò fedel... Ma tu mi guardi, e parti?
Aria
Non partir, bell'idol mio:
per quell'onda all'altra sponda
voglio anch'io passar con te.
Recitativo
Me infelice! Che fingo? Che ragiono?
Dove rapita sono
dal torrente crudel de' miei martiri?
Misera Berenice, ah, tu deliri!
Aria
Perchè se tanti siete,
che delirar mi fate,
perchè non m'uccidete,
affanni del mio cor?
Crescete, oh Dio, crescete
finchè mi porga aita
con togliermi di vita
l'eccesso del dolor.
38. Johann Adolf Hasse
Work: La Gelosia - cantata
Libretto: Pietro Metastasio
Recitative: Perdona, amata 00:00
Aria: Bei labbri che Amore 01:02
Recitative: Son reo, non mi defendo 08:37
Aria: Giura il nocchier 10:51
Soprano: Sophie Boulin
Orchestra: Cappella Coloniensis
Conductor: Hans-Martin Linde
39. Luigi Mosca (1775 - 1824)
Work: Li Sposi in cimento, Commedia in two acts, first performance carnevale 1799-1800, Teatro Nuovo,
Naples.
Libretto: Francesco Saverio Zini
Sestetto: Alto là, alto là!... Se non avete in seno
Drusilla: Sandra Dugdale
Chiaretta: Beryl Korman
Don Bartilotto: Russell Smythe
Don Papirio: Roderick Earle
Celindo: Kevin John
Lesbina: Alexandra Mercer
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
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| Domenico Cimarosa (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
1, Venice)
Work: Artemisia, dramma tragico per musica in three acts, Cimarosa only completed the first two acts before he died, first performance 18 January 1801, Teatro la Fenice, Venice. (Not to be confused with his opera "Artemisia regina di Caria")
Libretto: Cratisto Jamejo = G. B. Conte Colloredo
Terzetto: Ti calma... 00:00 Tremante, confusa 03:02
Artemisia: Eiddwen Harrhy (the first Artemisia was the famous Anna "Nancy" Storace)
Araspe: Alexander Oliver
Siface: Nin Christie
Teopompo: Roderick Earle (only in the recitative)
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
Had Cimarosa completed the opera it would have been the first italian opera where an person actually dies on-stage.
41. Giuseppe Nicolini (1762 - 1842)
Work: I Baccanali di Roma, melodramma in two acts, first performance 21 January 1801, Teatro alla Scala,
Milan.
Libretto: Luigi Romanelli
Aria di Fecennia: Parmi sentir nell'anima
Fecennia: Yvonne Kenny (the first Fecennia was the famous soprano Angelica Catalani)
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
42. Giovanni Simone Mayr
Work: Ginevra di Scozia, dramma eroico per musica in two acts, first performance21 April 1801, Teatro
Nuovo, Trieste.
Libretto: Gaetano Rossi after L. Ariosto Orlando furioso
Duetto: Per pietà, deh! non lasciarmi
Ginevra: Marilyn Hill Smith
Ariodante: Della Jones
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
43. Ferdinando Paër
Work: Achille, dramma per musica in two acts, first performance 6 June 1801, Kärntnertortheater, Wien.
Libretto: Giovanni de Gamerra
Duetto: Giusti Numi, ah sostenete
Achille: Ian Caley
Patroclo: Russell Smythe
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
44. Joseph Weigl
Work: Ginevra di Scozia, dramma eroica in two acts, first performance 27 October 1801, Kärntnertortheater, Wien.
Libretto: Gaetano Rossi, revised by ?
Terzetto: Dopo il fremente nembo (Insertion-number to Mayr's opera)
Ginevra: Marilyn Hill Smith
Ariodante: Della Jones
Polinesso: Russell Smythe
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
45. Vincenzo Righini
Work: La selva incantata e Gerusalemme liberata ossia Armida al campo de' franchi, Dramma in two acts,
first performance 17 January 1803, Royal Opera, Berlin.
Libretto: Antonio de' Filistri after Tasso
Aria di Armida: Un cenno mi chiedi
Armida: Eiddwen Harrhy
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
46. Francesco Gnecco (1769 - 1810/11)
Work: La prima prova dell'opera Gli Orazi e Curiazi (La pruova d'un opera seria) farsa in one act, first
performance 8 July 1803, Teatro S.Giovanni Crisostomo, Venice.
Libretto: Giulio Artusi
Recitative & sestetto: Ed a un tal patto solo - Quelle pupille tenere (a parody on Cimarosa)
Metilde Magretti: Sandra Dugdale
Corilla Tracagnotti: Alexandra Mercer
Criticone Tarmati: Alan Opie
Fastidio Mazzocca: Roderick Earle
Fischietto Stecchi: Alexander Oliver
Petruccio Stendardo: Michael Goldthorpe
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
47. Giovanni Simone Mayr
Work: Le finte rivali, Melodramma giocoso in two acts, first performance 20 August 1803, Teatro alla Scala, Milano.
Libretto: Luigi Romanelli
Duetto: Il pesciolin guizzando
Ernestina: Diana Montague
Lucilio: Philip Doghan
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
48. Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli
Work: Ines de Castro, Dramma per musica in two acts, first performance September 1803, Teatro Carcano, Milano.
Libretto: Antonio Gasperini
Quartetto: Anima mia, deh cedi
Ines de Castro: Marilyn Hill Smith
Pietro: Della Jones
Alfonso: Ian Caley
Fernando: Russell Smythe
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
49. Ferdinando Paër
Work: Sargino ossia L'allievo dell'amore, Dramma eroicomico in two acts, first performance 26 May 1803,
Hoftheater, Dresden.
Libretto: Giuseppe Foppa after Jacques-Marie Monvel
Aria: Ah, Sofia! mio caro bene
Ah, Sofia! mio caro bene,
Io respiro sol per te.
Non resisto alle mie pene
Se t'involi, o ciel, da me.
Ah, Sofia! my beloved,
I live only for you.
I shall not survive my sufferings
Should you take wing, O heavens, and leave me
Sargino: Keith Lewis
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
50. Pietro Generali (23 October 1773, Masserano - 3 November 1832, Novara)
Work: Pamela Nubile, farsa or commedia sentimentale, first performance, 12 April 1804, Teatro S.Benedetto, Venice.
Libretto: Gaetano Rossi after a play by Carlo Goldoni
Recitative: Addio Isacco
Aria di Pamela: Sorgerà la nuova aurora
Pamela: Della Jones
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
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| German opera composer Peter Winter (1754-1825). (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
Work: Il Ratto di Proserpina, Opera Seria in two acts, first performance 3 May 1804, King's Theatre,
London.
Libretto: Lorenzo da Ponte
Terzetto: Mi lasci, o madre amata
Cerere: Eiddwen Harrhy
Proserpina: Della Jones
Ascolfo: Ian Caley
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
52. Ferdinando Paër
Work: Sofonisba, dramma serio per musica in two acts, first performance 19 May 1805, Inauguration of the
Teatro del Corso, Bologna.
Libretto: Domenico Rossetti
Terzetto, finale to act I: Una soave calma
Sofonisba: Diana Montague
Massinissa: Yvonne Kenny
Siface: Keith Lewis
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
53. Giovanni Simone Mayr
Work: L'amor conjugale, farsa sentimentale or dramma di sentimento in one act, first performance 26 July
1805, Teatro Comunale, Padua.
Libretto: Gaetano Rossi after Jean Nicolas Bouilly
Recitative: Sì, ne profitterò...
Aria di Zeliska: Rendi il consorte amato
Zeliska: Eiddwen Harrhy
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
54. Marcos Portugal / Marco Portogallo
Work: La Semiramide, Opera seria in two acts, first performance 13 December 1806, King's Theatre,
London.
Libretto: Giuseppe Caravita
Recitative & Aria di Semiramide: Sconsigliata che fo!... Son Regina!
Semiramide: Yvonne Kenny (The first Semiramide was the famous Angelica Catalani)
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
55. Vincenzo Lavigna
Work: Hoango, Dramma in two acts, first performance 26 December 1806, Teatro Imperiale, Turin.
Libretto: Gian-Domenico Boggio
Duetto: Come potrò resistere
Julda: Della Jones
Elgira: Eiddwen Harrhy
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
56. Giovanni Simone Mayr
Work: Adelasia ed Aleramo, melodramma serio in two acts, first performance26 December 1806, Teatro alla Scala, Milano.
Libretto: Luigi Romanelli
Storm scene: Dove salvarmi?...Oh Dio!
Terzetto: Ah! ch'io fra voi amato
Teofania: Eiddwen Harrhy
Adelasia: Nan Christie
Aleramo: Sandra Dugdale
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
57. Giuseppe Nicolini
Work: Traiano in Dacia, Dramma per musica in two acts, first performance 3 February 1807, Teatro
Argentina, Rome.
Libretto: Michelangelo Prunetti
Quartetto: Gelida mano io sento fra voi amato
Colmira: Diana Montague
Decebalo: Marilyn Hill Smith (The first Decebali was the last castrato Giambattista Velluti)
Traiano: Robin Leggate
Zomusco: Roderick Earle
Guards, Roman soldiers: Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
58. Giovanni Paisiello
Work: Il Passagio di Monte San Bernardo, epilogue to Mayr's Elisa, first performance 19 March 1807 to
celebrate the name-day of Joseph Buonaparte, King of Naples, Teatro San Carlo, Naples.
Libretto: N. Nicolini
Aria di Apollo: Del mio gentil Sebeto
Apollo: Keith Lewis
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
59. Valentino Fioravanti
Work: I Virtuosi Ambulanti, Dramma giocoso in two acts, first performance 26 September 1807, Théàtre
Italien, Paris.
Libretto: Giuseppe Luigi Balocchi
Terzetto: Con pazienza sopportiamo
Bellarosa: Russel Smythe
Rosalinda: Sandra Dugdale
Lauretta: Marilyn Hill Smith
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
60. Luigi Mosca
Work: L'Italiana in Algeri, Dramma giocoso in two acts, first performance 16 August 1808, Teatro alla Scala, Milano.
Libretto: Angelo Anelli
Duetto: Ai capricci della sorte io so far l'indifferente
Isabella: Della Jones
Taddeo: Russell Smythe
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
61. Vincenzo Pucitta
Work: La caccia di Enrico IV, Heroi-comic opera in two acts, first performance 7 March 1809, King's
Theatre, London.
Libretto: Serafino Buonaiuti
Duetto: Un palpito mi sento
Giannetta: Della Jones
Marietta: Marilyn Hill Smith
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
62. Stefano Pavesi
Work: Elisabetta d'Inghilterra, Dramma serio in two acts, first performance 26 December 1809, Teatro Regio, Turin.
Libretto: Giovanni Federico Schmidt
Duetto: Minacci, ah! parti indegno
Elisabetta: Eiddwen Harrhy
Enrico: Diana Montague
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
63. Ferdinando Paër
Work: L'Agnese, Dramma semiserio in two acts, first performance 20 1809, Villa Douglas-Scotti, Ponte
d'Attaro, near Parma
Libretto: Luigi Buonavoglia
Finale II: Se sentissi qual fiamma vorace
Agnese: Eiddwen Harrhy
Uberto: Christian du Plessis
Don Pasquale: Russell Smythe
Don Girolamo: Kevin John
Ernesto: Robin Leggate
Carlotta: Beryl Korman
Vespina: Alexandra Mercer
Servants: Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
64. Vincenzo Pucitta
Work: La Vestale, Opera seria in two acts, first performance 3 May 1810, King's Theatre, London.
Libretto: Luigi Romanelli after V.J. Etienne de Jouy's french libretto
Chorus: Viva di Roma
Aria di Licinio: Guidò Marte i nostri passi
Licinio: Paul Nilon
Roman, Vestals: Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
65. Jacques Fromental Halévy
Work: Charles VI, grand opéra in five acts, first performance 15 March 1843, Opéra, Paris.
Libretto: Casimir & Germain Delavigne
Duo: Eh! bien, puisque les morts au plaisir sont rebelles... (the card game-duet)
Odette: Hjördis Thébault
Charles VI, King of France: Pierre-Yves Pruvot
Orchestra: Kosice Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Didier Talpain
66. Pietro Generali
Work: Adelina, Melodramma sentimentale in one act, first performance 16 September 1810, Teatro S.Moisè, Venice
Libretto: Gaetano Rossi
Terzetto: Giusto cielo! correte, andate
Adelina: Marilyn Hill Smith
Varner: Russell Smythe
Simone: Philip Guy Bromley
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
67. Gioachino Rossini / Domenico Puccini
Work: Il Trionfo di Quinto Fabio, Dramma serio in two acts, first performance of this duetto 9 November
1811, Teatro del Corso, Bologna.
Libretto: Michelangelo Prunetti.
Duetto: Ah, per pietà, t'arresta! (Insertation number for Domenico Puccini's opera)
Quinto Fabio: Diana Montague
Emilia: Yvonne Kenny
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
68. Giuseppe Mosca
Opera: Le bestie in uomini, Dramma giocoso in two acts, first performance 17 August 1812, Teatro alla
Scala, Milano.
Libretto: Angelo Anelli
Aria con coro: Mentre guardo, oh Dio! me stessa
Alcina: Diana Montague
Magicians: Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
69. Nicola Antonio Manfroce (20 February 1791, Palmi -- 9 July 1813, Naples)
Work: Ecuba, Tragedia in three acts, first performance 20 December 1812, teatro S.Carlo, Napoli.
Libretto: Giovanni Schmidt, translated from a French original by Milcent
Quartetto: Sì tenero amatore
Polissena: Maria Bovino
Ecuba: Yvonne Kenny
Achille: Harry Nichol
Priamo: Paul Nilon
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
70. Giovanni Simone Mayr
Work: La rosa bianca e la rosa rossa, dramma in two acts, first performance 21 February 1813, Teatro
S.Agostino, Genoa
Libretto: Felice Romani
Terzetto: Dov'è la destra? infida!
Enrico: Penelope Walker
Clotilde: Yvonne Kenny
Vanoldo: Phillip Doghan
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
71. Manuel Garcia
Work: Il Califfo di Bagdad, Melodramma in two acts, first performance 30 September 1813, Teatro del
Fondo, Napoli.
Libretto: Andrea Leone Tottola
Duetto: Ogni piacere è grato
Isauun: Kevin John
Zetulbè: Myrna Moreno
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
72. Giovanni Pacini
Work: Annetta e Lucindo, Farsa comica in one act, first performance 17 October 1813, Teatro S.Radegonda, Milano. (Pacini's first performed scenical work)
Libretto: Francesco Marconi
Quartetto notturno: Fra l'orror di notte oscura
Annetta: Eiddwen Harrhy
Lucindo: Paul Nilon
Prospero: John Cashmore
Dioscoride: Geoffrey Dolton
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
73. Giovanni Simone Mayr
Work: Medea in Corinto, Melodramma tragico in two acts, first performance 28 November 1813, Teatro
S.Carlo, Napoli
Libretto: Felice Romani
Chorus: Amiche cingete
Aria di Creusa: Caro albergo
Creusa: Yvonne Kenny
Handmaidens, Corinthians: Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Harp solo: Susan Drake
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
74. Giovanni Simone Mayr
Work: Elena, Dramma in two acts, first performance 28 January 1814, Teatro dei Fiorentini, Napoli.
Libretto: Andrea Leone Tottola
Aria di Costantino: Ah! se mirar potessi
Constantino: Russell Smythe
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
75. Stefano Pavesi
Work: Agatina, o La Virtù premiata, Dramma semiserio in two acts, first performance 10 April 1814, Teatro alla Scala, Milano.
Libretto: Francesco Fiorini
Terzetto: Come Paride alle Grazie
Dandini: Geoffrey Dolton
Clorinda: Marilyn Hill Smith
Tisbe: Andrea Bolton
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
76. Giovanni Simone Mayr
Work: Alonzo e Cora, Dramma in three acts, first performance 27 March 1815, Teatro San Carlo, Napoli.
Libretto: Marchese Francesco Berio di Salsa
Terzetto: Sempre uniti insiem saremo
Ataliba: Phillip Doghan
Cora: Yvonne Kenny
Gran Sacerdote: Russell Smythe
Alonzo: Kevin John
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
77. Carlo Coccia
Work: Clotilde, Melo-dramma semi-serio in two acts, first performance 8 June 1815, Teatro S.Benedetto,
Venice
Libretto: Gaetano Rossi
Duetto: Io servir! Oh avvilimento!
Clotilde: Eiddwen Harrhy
Jacopone: John Cashmore
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Condutcor: David Parry
78. Carl Maria von Weber
Work: Concert Aria from Iñes de Castro, Op.51, J181, first performance 2 August 1815, Munich
Scene and aria: Non paventar mia vita! - Come tradir potrei
Soprano: Yvonne Kenny
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
79. Gioachino Rossini
Work: Torvaldo e Dorliska, first performance 26 December 1815, Teatro Valle, Rome.
Libretto: Cesare Sterbini
Recitative: Tutto è silenzio... 00:00
Aria di Torvaldo: Fra un istante a te vicino 03:03
Torvaldo: Chris Merritt
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
80. Francesco Morlacchi
Work: Il Nuovo barbiere di Siviglia, Dramma giocoso in four acts, first performance May 1816, Hoftheater,
Dresden.
Libretto: Giuseppe Petrosellini
Quintetto: Giusto cielo!... Buona sera
Rosina: Marilyn Hill Smith
Il Conte: Kevin John
Bartolo: Phillip Guy Bromley
Figaro: Jonathan Best
Basilio: Russell Smythe
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
81. Peter von Winter
Work: Maometto, Melodramma tragico in two acts, first performance 28 January 1817, Teatro alla Scala,
Milano
Libretto: Felice Romani
Terzetto: Dei che piangendo imploro
Zopiro: Christian du Plessis
Palmira: Anne Mason
Seide: Bronwen Mills
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
82. Giacomo Meyerbeer
Work: Romilda e Costanza, Melo-dramma semi-serio in two acts, first performance 19 July 1817, Teatro
Nuovo, Padua.
83. Otto Lindblad
Verk: Den gamla mamsellens sång - med afbrott (inspelad 1906)
Inga Berentz, sopran (23 december 1878 i Kristiania, Norge - 22 februari 1962 i Stockholm)
Oscar Bergström, uppläsare (18 juli 1874 i Stockholm - 18 november 1931)
84. Jacques Offenbach
Work: Potpurri ur Orpheus i underjorden af Offenbach, sjunget af Grammophon-operett-ensemblen,
Stockholm (recorded in 1913)
85. Gaetano Donizetti
Work: Enrico di Borgogna, Melodramma in two acts, first performance 14 November 1818, Teatro S.Luca,
Venice.
Libretto: Bartolomeo Merelli
Recitative: Elisa! Elisa! Oh! me infelice!...
Aria di Enrico: Care aurette che spiegate
Enrico: Della Jones
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
86. Gioachino Rossini
Work: Ricciardo e Zoraide, Dramma in two acts, first performance 3 December 1818, Teatro S.Carlo,
Napoli.
Libretto: Marchese Francesco Berio di Salsa
Quartetto: Contro cento, e cento prodi
Zoraide: Diana Montague
Ricciardo: Paul Nilon
Agorante: Phillip Doghan
Ircano: Geoffrey Dolton
Guards: Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
87. Giacomo Meyerbeer
Work: Semiramide, dramma in two acts, first performance 3 February 1819, Teatro Regio, Turin.
Libretto: Pietro Metastasio, arr. by ???
Aria con variazioni: Il piacer, la gioja scenda
Semiramide: Yvonne Kenny
Princes of Babylon, Scythia, India and Egypt: Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
88. Giacomo Meyerbeer
Work: Emma di Resburgo, Melo-dramma eroico in two acts, first performance 26 June 1819, Teatro
S.Benedetto, Venice.
Libretto: Gaetano Rossi
Canon: Di gioja, di pace
Emma: Bronwen Mills
Edemondo: Diana Montague
Norcesto: Paul Nilon
Olfredo: Geoffrey Dolton
Donaldo: Harry Nichol
Etelia: Maria Bovino
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
89. Saverio Mercadante
Work: L'Apoteosi d'Ercole, Dramma in two acts, first performance 19 August 1819, Teatro san Carlo,
Napoli.
Libretto: Giovanni Schmidt
Quartetto: Ambo unite!... Come palpiti cor mio!
Ercole: Geoffrey Dolton
Dejanira: Della Jones
Jole: Eiddwen Harrhy
Ilo: Paul Nilon
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
90. Giovanni Simone Mayr
Work: Alfredo il Grande, Re degli Anglo-sassoni, Melodramma serio in two acts, first performance 26
December 1819, Teatro della Società, Bergamo.
Libretto: Bartolomeo Merelli
Romanza: Ov'è la bella vergine?
Alfredo: Diana Montague
Alsvita: Myrna Moreno
Gutrumo: Kevin John
Etelberto: Russell Smythe
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
91. Gaetano Donizetti
Work: Pietro il Grande, Kzar delle Russie, Melodramma burlesco in two acts, first performance 26 December 1819, Teatro S.Samuele, Venice.
Libretto: Marchese Gherardo Bevilacqua-Aldovrandini
Sestetto: Ah qual colpo, oh ciel, qual fremito
Pietro Il Grande: Russell Smythe
Caterina: Susan Bickley
Madama Fritz: Marilyn Hill Smith
Annetta Mazeppa: Myrna Moreno
Carlo Scavronski: Kevin John
Ser Cuccupis: Jonathan Best
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
92. Michele Carafa
Work: Gabriella di Vergi, Azione tragica in two acts, first performance 3 July 1816, Teatro del Fondo,
Napoli.
Libretto: Andrea Leone Tottola
Finale II: Ah! fermate... Raoul!... Fayel!...
Gabriella: Yvonne Kenny (the first Gabriella was Isabella Colbran)
Fayel: Phillip Doghan (the first Fayel was Andrea Nozzari)
Servants of Fayel: Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
93. Jacques Offenbach
Orpheus in the Underworld - part II (recorded in 1913)
94. Giacomo Meyerbeer
Work: Margherita d'Anjou, Melodramma semiserio in two acts, first performance 14 November 1820, Teatro alla Scala, Milano.
Libretto: Felice Romani
Terzetto: Quel parlar! Quell'aria incerta
Carlo Belmonte: Geoffrey Dolton
Riccardo Duca di Glocester: Alastair Miles
Michele Gamautte: Russell Smythe
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
95. Giovanni Simone Mayr
Work: Fedra, Melodramma serio in two acts, first performance 26 December 1820, teatro alla Scala, Milano.
Libretto: Luigi Romanelli
Aria di Fedra: Se fiero, Ippolito
Fedra: Penelope Walker
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor. David Parry
96. Poul Schierbeck, Danish composer
Work: Fyrtøjet / The Tinder-Box, Op. 61 (1942)
The teller: Kurt Dreyer
Orchestra: Odense Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Giordano Bellincampi
97. Gaetano Donizetti
Work: Le nozze in villa, Dramma buffo in two acts, first performance Carnical 1820, Teatro Vecchio,
Mantua.
Libretto: Bartolomeo Merelli
Terzetto: In lei vegg'io l'oggetto
Sabina: Diana Montague
Don Petronio: Jonathan Viera
Claudio: Paul Nilon
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
98. Giacomo Cordella
Work: Lo sposo in provincia, Commedia per musica in two acts, first performance 29 September 1821,
Teatro Argentina, Roma.
Libretto: Giovanni Schmidt.
Terzetto: O soave mia speranza
Lauretta: Nuccia Focile
Ernesto: Paul Nilon
Martina: Fiona Kimm
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
99. Gioachino Rossini
Work: Zelmira, Dramma in two acts, first performance 16 February 1822, Teatro San Carlo, Napoli.
Libretto: Andrea Leone Tottola
Duetto: Perché mi guardi e piangi?
Zelmira: Eiddwen Harrhy
Emma: Della Jones
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
100. Giacomo Meyerbeer
Work: L'Esule di Granata, Melodramma serio in two acts, first performance 12 March 1822, Teatro alla
Scala, Milano.
Libretto: Felice Romani
Duetto: Sí mel credi: allor che pensi
Almanzor: Patricia Spence
Sulemano: Alastair Miles
Abenseragi: Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
101. Gaetano Donizetti
Work: La Zingara, Dramma in two acts, first performance 12 May 1822, teatro Nuovo, Napoli.
Libretto: Andrea Leone Tottola
Aria di Fernando: A te nell'appressarmi
Fernando: Bruce Ford
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
102. Gaetano Donizetti
Work: Chiara e Serafina ossia i Pirati, Melodramma semiserio in two acts, first performance 26 October
1822, Teatro alla Scala, Milano.
Libretto: Felice Romani
Terzetto: Tremante, smarrito solo
Serafina: Yvonne Kenny
Chiara: Lynn Davies
Lisetta: Della Jones
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
103. Saverio Mercadante
Work: Amleto, Melodramma tragico in two acts, first performance 26 December 1822, Teatro alla Scala,
Milano.
Libretto: Felice Romani
Finale I°: Qui fu commesso, o popoli
Geltrude: Susan McCulloch
Amleto: Diana Montague
Claudio: Ashley Thorburn
Amelia: Theresa Goble
Aldano: Ian Thompson
Courtiers, followers of Amleto, followers of Claudio: Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
104. Gaetano Donizetti
Work: Alfredo il grande, Dramma in two acts, first performance 2 July 1823, Teatro San Carlo, Napoli.
Libretto: Andrea Leone Tottola
Aria finale di Amalia: Che potrei dirti, o caro?
Amalia: Della Jones
Alfredo: Brendan McBride
Enrichetta: Theresa Goble
Margherita: Linda Kitchen
Guglielmo: David Ashman
Eduardo: Ian Platt
English Soldiers: Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
105. Gioachino Rossini
Work: Ugo re d'Italia, Lost opera intended for the King's Theatre, London, 1825.
Aria: Vieni, o cara
Ugo: Bruce Ford
Lotario: Paul Nilon
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
106. Saverio Mercadante
Work: Nitocri, Dramma in two acts, first performance 26 December 1824, Teatro Regio, Turin.
Libretto: Apostolo Zeno
Aria di Mirteo: Se m'abbandoni
Mirtoe: Della Jones
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
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| Vincenzo Bellini |
Work: Adelson e Salvini, Dramma semiserio in three acts,
first performance February 1825, Teatrino del
Conservatorio di S. Sebastiano, Napoli.
Libretto: Andrea Leone Tottola
Aria di Nelly: Dopo l'oscuro nembo
Nelly: Nuccia Focile
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
108. Giuseppe Balducci
Work: Tazia, Dramma in one act, first and only performance 15 January 1826, Teatro San Carlo, Napoli.
Libretto: Luigi Ricciuti
Duetto: Non più veggo in quel tristo sembiante
Ersilia: Jennifer Rhys-Davies
Numa: Paul Nilon
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
109. Luigi Ricci
Work: Il diavolo condannato nel mondo a prender moglie, Azione comica-spettacolosa in three acts, first
performance 30 January 1827.
Libretto: Andrea Leone Tottola
Quartetto: lo ti ho dato il sangue mio
Astarotte: Paul Nilon
Pulcinella: John Rawnsley
Olombrone: Ashley Thorburn
Sanguisuga: Jonathan Viera
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
110. Saverio Mercadante
Work: Gabriella di Vergy, Dramma tragico in two acts, first performance 8 August 1828, , Teatro S. Carlos,
Lisbon.
Libretto: Andrea Leone Tottola, modified by A. Profumo
Sestetto: Ah che dici!... Quant'immagini crudeli
Gabriella: Jennufer Rhys-Davies
Raoul: Paul Nilon
Fayel: Jonathan Viera
Almeide: Claire Daniels
Filippo Augusto: Karl Morgan Daymond
Armando: Ivan Sharpe
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
111. Gaetano Donizetti
Work: Il Paria, Melo-dramma in two acts, first performance 12 January 1829, Teatro S. Carlo, Napoli
Libretto: Domenico Gilardoni
Introduction and Aria di Zarete: Qui pel figlio una madre gridava
Zarete: John Rawnsley
Priests: Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
112. Carlo Coccia
Work: Rosmonda, Melodramma serio in two acts, first performance 27 February 1829 Teatro la Fenice,
Venice.
Libretto: Felice Romani
Romanza: Volgon tre lune - Perché non ho del vento
Rosmonda: Yvonne Kenny
Arturo: Diana Montague
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
113. Vincenzo Bellini
Work: Zaira, Tragedia lirica in two acts, first performance 16 May 1829, Teatro Ducale, Parma.
Libretto: Felice Romani
Cavatina di Zaira: La mia legge... - Amo ed amato io sono
Zaira: Yvonne Kenny
Fatima: Lynne Davies
Slaves, odalisques, eunuchs: Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
114. Carlo Conti (1796 - 1868)
Work: Giovanna Shore, Melodramma serio in three acts, first performance 31 October 1829, Teatro alla
Scala, Milano
Libretto: Felice Romani
Romanza di Giovanna: Ah che di fiori e lagrime
Giovanna: Marilyn Hill Smith
Shore: Alastair Miles
Belmour: Clive Bayley
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
115. Giovanni Pacini
Work: Il contestabile di Chester, ovvero I Fidanzati, Melo-dramma romantico in three parts, first performance 23 November 1829, Teatro San Carlo, Napoli.
Libretto: Domenico Gilardoni
Duetto: Ah sì chío támo... Là sotto il salice 02:40 - 07:24
Evelina: Yvonne Kenny
Damiano: Susan McCullough
Evelina's followers: Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
116. Michele Carafa
Work: Le nozze di Lammermoor, Dramma semiserio in two acts, first performance 12 December 1829,
Théâtre-Italien, Paris.
Libretto: Luigi Balocchi
Quintetto: D'un orribile tempesta
Il Cancelliere (Lord Ashton): Ashley Thorburn
Lucia: Susan McCulloch
Edgardo: Ian Thompson
Caleb: Jonathan Viera
Misia: Theresa Goble
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
117. Carlo Coccia
Work: Maria Stuart, regina di Scozia, Opera seria in three acts, first performance 7 June 1827, King's Theatre, London.
Libretto: Signor Giannone
Finale 1°: Vieni, o grande... Ecco l'indegna (The confrontation)
Maria Stuart: Bronwen Mills
Elisabetta: Jennifer Rhys-Davies
Leicester: Bruce Ford
Burleigh: Alastair Miles
Mortimero: Paul Nilon
Melvil: Clive Bayley
Paoletto: Mark Glanville
Seymour: Ivan Sharpe
Anna: Anne Mason
Ladies, Knights, Huntsmen: Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
118. Baldassare Galuppi
Work: L'Olimpiade, dramma per musica in three acts, first performance 26 December 1747, Regio Ducal
Teatro, Milano.
Libretto: Pietro Metastasio
Aria di Argene: Fiamma ignota
Argene: Roberta Invernizzi
Orchestra: Venice Baroque Orchestra
Conductor: Andrea Marcon
119. Baldassare Galuppi
Work: L'Olimpiade, dramma per musica in three acts, first performance 26 December 1747, Regio Ducal
Teatro, Milano.
Libretto: Pietro Metastasio
Aria di Aminta: Si sprezza il periglio
Aminta: Filippo Adami
Orchestra: Venice Baroque Orchestra
Conductor: Andrea Marcon
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Work: Pierre le Grand, comédie mêlée de chants in four acts, first performance 13 January 1790, Comédie-
Italienne, Paris.
Libretto: Jean-Nicolas Bouilly after Voltaire, Histoire de Russie sous Pierre le Grand.
Air de Pierre: Je vais munir à ce que j'aime
Pierre: Maxim Mironov
Orchestra: Chorus and Orchestra of the Helikon Opera
Conductor: Sergey Stadler
121. Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach (1759 - 1845)
Work: Columbus oder die Entdeckung von America, ballade
Columbus: Howard Crook, tenor
Fernando: Gotthold Schwarz, bass
A voice: Carmen Schuller, soprano
Chorus: Rheinische Kantorei
Orchestra: Das Kleine Konzert
Conductor: Hermann Max
122. Antonio Salieri
Work: Les Danaïdes, tragédie lyrique in five acts, first performance 26 April 1784, Opéra, Paris.
Libretto: Marie François Louis Gand-Leblanc Bailli du Roullet/Jean Baptiste Louis Théodore Baron de
Tschudi after the Libretto Ipermestra o Le Danaidi by Ranieri Simone Francesco Maria de' Calzabigi.
Air de Danaüs & Chorus: Je vous vois frémir de colère
Danaüs, king of Argos, brother of Égyptus: Hans Christoph Begemann
Orchestra: and Chorus: Chor und Orchester der Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele
Conductor: Michael Hofstetter
123. Jean-Philippe Rameau
Work: La Princesse de Navarre, comédie-ballet in three acts, first performance 23 February 1745, Théâtre du château, Versailles
Libretto: Voltaire
Air un Guerrier: Régnez, régnez en paix
Un Guerrier: Michael Goldthorpe
Orchestra: English Bach Festival Singers & Baroque Orchestra
Conductor: Nicholas McGegan
124. Saverio Mercadante
Work: Orazi e Curiazi, tragedia lirica in three acts, first performance 10 November 1846, Teatro San Carlo,
Napoli.
Libretto: Salvadore Cammarano after Pierres Corneille, Horace.
Oath / Giuramento: Pria di pugnar si sciolgano
Stretta: Non di trombe, non di brandi
Orazio: Anthony Michaels-Moore
Curiazo: Marcus Jerome
Vecchio Orazio: Alastair Miles
Il Gran Sacerdote: Paul Nilon
Romans & Albans: Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
125. Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (2 November 1739 -- 24 October 1799)
Work: Giob, oratorio in two parts, first performance 1786, Wien.
Recitative: Tacete, olà 00:00
Aria di un Angelo: Quanto più grave il nume 02:10
Un Angelo: Linda Perillo, soprano
Orchestra: Das Kleine Konzert
Conductor: Hermann Max
126. Purcell - King Arthur - What power art thou AKA Cold genius song
Andreas Scholl
127. Willem de Fesch (1687, Alkmaar -- 3 January 1761)
Work: Joseph, oratorio in three acts (1745)
Chorus: Blow the fife with Chearfull Noise
Chorus: Nationaal Kinderkoor & Viri Cantores
Orchestra: Musica ad Rhenum
Conductor: Jed Wentz
128. Jean Gilles (January 8, 1668 -- February 5, 1705)
Work: Requiem (1697)
Mov.I: Introït 00:00
Mov.II: Kyrie 14:58
Mov.III: Graduel 17:02
Mov.IV: Offertoire 21:24
Mov.V: Sanctus - Benedictus 30:02
Mov.VI: Agnus Dei 33:34
Mov.VII: Post-Communion 37:23
Soloists: Howard Crook, Peter Kooy, Herve Lamy, Agnes Mellon, Veronique Gens, Tom Phillips
Chorus & Orchestra: La Chapelle Royale
Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe
129. Vincenzo Bellini
Work: Beatrice di Tenda, tragedia lirica in two acts, first performance 16 March 1832, Teatro la Fenice,
Venice.
Libretto: Felice Romani
Duetto: Sì: rivale... rival regnante
Agnese del Maino: Josephine Veasey
Orombello, Signore di Ventimiglia: Luciano Pavarotti
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Richard Bonynge
130. Juan Francés de Iribarren (Sangüesa, 1699 - Málaga, 2 September 1767)
Work: Villanico - Ezta noche lo neglillo
María Espada, soprano
David Sagastume, alto
Chorus: Coro Barroco de Andalucía
Orchestra: Orquesta Barroca de Sevilla
Conductor: Diego Fasolis
131. Francesco Corselli
Work: Farnace, dramma per musica in three acts, first performance 1739, Buen Retiro, Madrid.
Libretto: Antonio Maria Lucchini
Aria di Farnace: S'arma il cielo di tuoni e di lampi
Farnace: Furio Zanasi
Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations
Conductor: Jordi Savall
132. Charles Gounod
Work: Roméo et Juliette, opéra in five acts, first performance 27 April 1867, Théâtre-Lyrique, Paris.
Libretto: Jules Barbier / Michel Carré after Shakespeare
Duo: Mon père! tout m'accable!
Air de Juliette: Amour, ranime mon courage
Frère Laurent: Robert Lloyd
Juliette: Leontina Vaduva
Orchestra: The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Conductor: Charles Mackerras
133. Giovanni Simone Mayr
Work: Medea in Corinto, melodramma tragico in two acts, first performance 28 November 1813, Teatro S.
Carlo, Napoli.
Libretto: Felice Romani after Domenico Morosini Medea in Corinto
Finale I, chorus: Dolce figliuol d'Urania 00:00
Quintetto: Cara figlia! prence amato! (Creonte, Giasone, Creusa, Medea, Egeo) 03:22
Stretta: Stretta: Scendi Imene... Vanne a terra... (Medea, Chorus, Giasone, Creusa, Egeo, Creonte) 11:08
Medea: Jane Eaglen
Creonte: Alastair Miles
Giasone: Bruce Ford
Creusa: Yvonne Kenny
Egeo: Raul Giménez
Chorus: Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
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| Leopold Kozeluch |
Work: Moisè in Egitto ossia la Liberazione degl'Israeliti dalla servitù Egizia, oratorio in two parts, first
performance 22 December 1787, Vienna.
Libretto: Unknown
Aria di Merime: Colpo di vento alpestro
Merime: Simone Kermes, soprano
Orchestra: Das Kleine Konzert
Conductor: Hermann Max
135. Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
Work: Il Flaminio, commedia per musica in three acts, first performance autumn 1735, Teatro nuovo, Napoli.
Libretto: Gennaro Antonio Federico
Aria di Flaminio: Scuote e fa guerra
Flaminio: Anna Bonitatibus (Alto)
Orchestra: Accademia Bizantina
Conductor: Ottavio Dantone
136. Christoph Willibald Gluck
Work: Ezio, dramma per musica in three acts, first performance 26 December 1763, Burgtheater, Wien.
Libretto: Pietro Metastasio
Aria di Ezio: Se il fulmine sospendi, se ottengo il tuo perdono
Ezio: Franco Fagioli (alto)
Orchestra: Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele
Conductor: Michael Hofstetter
137. André Ernest Modeste Grétry
Work: La Caravane du Caire, opéra-ballet in three acts, first performance 30 October 1783, Fontainebleau.
Libretto: Etienne Morel de Chédeville
Ariette de Saint-Phar: Vas, cruel
Saint-Phar: Guy de Mey, tenor
Orchestra: Ricercar Consort
Conductor: Marc Minkowski
138. Maria Antonia Walpurgis (Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria)
Work: Talestri, Regina delle Amazzoni, opera seria, first performance 6 February 1760, Nymphenburg
Palace.
Libretto: Maria Antonia Walpurgis
Aria: Da me ti dividi
Soprano: Oleg Bezinskikh
Orchestra: Batzdorfer Hofkapelle
139. Antonio Sacchini
Work: Renaud, tragédie lyrique in three acts, first performance 28 February 1783, opéra, Paris.
Libretto: Jean-Joseph Lebœuf & Simon-Joseph Pellegrin
Air d'une coryphée: Que l'éclat de la victoire se répande sur vos jours
Une coryphée: Kareen Durand, soprano
Orchestra: Le parlement de Musique
Conductor: Martin Gester
140. André Cardinal Destouches
Work: Callirhoé, tragédie en musique in a prologue and five acts, first performance 27 December 1712,
Académie royale de musique, Paris.
Libretto: Pierre-Charles Roy
Air de Corésus: Redoutable enfant du tonnerre
Corésus: João Fernandes, bass
Orchestra: Concert spirituel
Conductor: Hervé Niquet
141. Egidio Romualdo Duni
Work: Giuseppe riconosciuto, oratorio, 1736
Libretto: Pietro Metastasio
Aria: E legge di natura
Tenor: Nicola Sette
Orchestra: Orchestra barocca del festival duni di matera
Conductor: Vito Paternoster
142. Gian Francesco de Majo
Work: Alessandro, dramma per musica in three acts, first performance 1766, Hoftheater, Mannheim.
Libretto: Mattia Verazi after Pietro Metastasio, Alessandro nell'Indie
Aria di Erissena: Di rendermi la calma
Erissena: Iris Kupke
Orchestra: Nationaltheaterorchester Mannheim
Conductor: Tito Ceccherini
143. Ignaz Holzbauer
Work: Il figlio delle Selve, favola pastorale per musica in three acts, first performance 15 June 1753,
Schwetzingen.
Libretto: Carlo Sigismondo Capece
Aria: Il Vento, l'onda e il mar
Soprano: Melba Ramos
Orchestra: Das Neue Orchester
Conductor: Christoph Spering
144. Ignaz Holzbauer
Work: Il figlio delle Selve, favola pastorale per musica in three acts, first performance 15 June 1753,
Schwetzingen.
Libretto: Carlo Sigismondo Capece
Aria: Son qual nocchiero
Soprano: Maria Rodriguez
Orchestra: Das Neue Orchester
Conductor: Christoph Spering
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| The german composer Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (1739-1799) (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
(2 November 1739 -- 24 October 1799)
Work: Giob, oratorio in two parts, first performance 1786, Wien.
Aria di Zara: E follia d'un alma stolta
Zara: Romelia Lichtenstein (soprano)
Orchestra: Das Kleine Konzert
Conductor: Hermann Max
146. Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf
Work: Giob, oratorio in two parts, first performance 1786, Wien.
Aria di Zara: Si, vorrei dall'alma scotere
Zara: Romelia Lichtenstein (soprano)
Orchestra: Das Kleine Konzert
Conductor: Hermann Max
147. Joseph Schuster
Work: Demofoonte, dramma per musica in three acts, first performance 1776, Forlì.
Libretto: Pietro Metastasio
Aria di Creusa: Tu sai chi son
Soprano: Marie Melnitzki
Orchestra: La ciaccone
Conductor: Ludger Rémy
148. Joseph Schuster
Work: Demofoonte, dramma per musica in three acts, first performance 1776, Forlì.
Libretto: Pietro Metastasio
Aria di Creusa: Da questo istante
Soprano: Marie Melnitzki
Orchestra: La ciaccone
Conductor: Ludger Rémy
149. Georg Friedrich Händel - Alcina - Aria di Ruggiero - Stà nell'Ircana
Susan Graham
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| Jacques Offenbach |
Work: La belle Hélène, opéra-bouffe in three acts,
first performance 17 December 1864, Variétés, Paris.
Libretto: Henri Meilhac / Ludovic Halévy
Air de Paris: Au mont Ida / Uti en skog på berget Ida
Paris: Jussi Björling
Orchestra: Kungliga Hovkapellet
Conductor: Nils Grevillius
151. Georg Joseph Vogler
Work: Erwin und Elmire, Singspiel in one act, first performance 1781?
Aria: Sono sposa e sono amante (insertation aria for soprano, clarinet and strings)
Soprano: Isolde Siebert
Clarinet: Dieter Klöcker
Orchestra: Sinfonieorchester des Südwestfunks
Conductor: Klaus Donath
152. Luigi Rossi
Work: Orfeo, tragicomedia per musica in three acts, first performance 2 March 1647, Palais Royal, Paris.
Libretto: Francesco Buti
Coro: Amor vero e salda fé
Orfeo: Agnès Mellon
Euridice: Monique Zanetti
Aristeo: Sandrine Piau
Nutrice/Bacco: Dominique Favat
Augure/Plutone: Bernard Deletré
Vecchia/Giove: Jean-Paul Fouchécourt
Caronte/Momo: Jean-Marc Salzmann
Endimione: Jérôme Corréas
Orchestra: Les Arts Florissants
Conductor: William Christie
153. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Opera: La finta giardiniera, dramma giocoso in three acts, 13 January 1775, München, Salvatortheater.
Libretto: Giuseppe Petrosellini?
Finale: Numi! Che incanto questo
Don Anchise, Podestà di Lagonero: Stuart Kale
Arminda: Eva Pilat
Belfiore: Richard Croft
Don Ramiro: Annika Skoglund
Roberto / Nardo: Petteri Salomaa
La Marchesa Violante Onesti (Sandrina): Britt-Marie Aruhn
Serpetta: Ann-Christine Biel
Orchestra: Orchester des Drottningholm Court Theatre
Conductor: Arnold Östman
154. Domenico Cimarosa
Work: Il Maestro di Cappella, intermezzi giocoso in one act, first performance 2 July 1793, Berlin.
Il Maestro di Cappella: Christian Tschelebiew
Orchestra: Putbus Festival Orchestra
Conductor: Wilhelm Keitel
155. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Opera: La finta giardiniera, dramma giocoso in three acts, 13 January 1775, München, Salvatortheater.
Libretto: Giuseppe Petrosellini?
Finale: Fra quest'ombre
Don Anchise, Podestà di Lagonero: Stuart Kale
Arminda: Eva Pilat
Belfiore: Richard Croft
Don Ramiro: Annika Skoglund
Roberto / Nardo: Petteri Salomaa
La Marchesa Violante Onesti (Sandrina): Britt-Marie Aruhn
Serpetta: Ann-Christine Biel
Orchestra: Orchester des Drottningholm Court Theatre
Conductor: Arnold Östman
156. Johann Heinrich Rolle
Work: Thirza und Ihre Söhne, Musical Drama in three acts, first performance 1779
Libretto: August Hermann Niemeyer
Final Chorus: O selig, wer mit seinem Blute
Chorus: Rheinische Kantorei
Orchestra: Das Kleine Konzert
Conductor: Hermann Max
157. Johann Christian Bach
Work: Concert Aria - Sventurata, in van mi lagno (1773) composed for Bach's wife the soprano Cécilia
Grassi. Also one of the horn parts was written for the famous horn-player Giovanni Punto.
Soprano: Hiroko Kouda
Horns: Rudolf Linner & Viliam Vojcík
Orchestra: Solamente Naturali
Conductor: Didier Talpain
158. Antonio Vivaldi
Work: Griselda, dramma per musica in three acts, first perfomance 18 May 1735, Teatro S. Samuele, Venice.
Libretto: Apostolo Zeno / Carlo Goldoni
Aria di Ottone: Dopo un'orrida procella
Ottone: Roberta Invernizzi
Orchestra: La Risonanza
Conductor: Fabio Bonizzoni
159. Georg Philipp Telemann
Work: Der Herr ist König, TWV 8:6, cantata
Aria di Tenore: Prahlet, ihr Völker
Tenor: Wilfried Jochens
Orchestra: Das Kleine Konzert
Conductor: Hermann Max
160. Niccolò Piccinni
Work: Le donne vendicate, intermezzo in two acts, first performance carnevale 1763, Teatro Valle, Rome.
Libretto: Giuseppe Petrosellini after Carlo Goldoni
Aria di Conte Bellezza: Sono bello, io già lo so
Conte Bellezza: Vincenzo Di Donato, tenor
Orchestra: I Barocchisti
Conductor: Diego Fasolis
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| Español: Litografía del compositor inglés Thomas Augustine Arne (1710-1778). Por Johann Zoffany (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
Thomas Arne: Artaxerxes
162. Christopher Ainslie
Thomas Arne: Artaxerxes
163. Elizabeth Watts
Thomas Arne: Artaxerxes
164. Johann Christian Bach
Work: Endimione, opera seria in two acts, first performance 1772
Libretto: Pietro Metastasio
Chorus: Dea de'Boschi
Chorus: Vokalensemble Köln
Orchestra: Capella Coloniensis
Conductor: Bruno Weil
165. Johann Christian Bach
Work: Endimione, opera seria in two acts, first performance 1772
Libretto: Pietro Metastasio
Duetto: Non so dir se sono
Endimione: Jörg Hering
Diana: Vasiljka Jevovsek
Orchestra: Capella Coloniensis
Conductor: Bruno Weil
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| Johann Christian Bach |
Work: Endimione, opera seria in two acts, first performance 1772
Libretto: Pietro Metastasio
Cavatina di Endimione: Grato Sonno
Endimione: Jörg Hering
Orchestra: Capella Coloniensis
Conductor: Bruno Weil
167. Johann Christian Bach
Work: Endimione, opera seria in two acts, first performance 1772
Libretto: Pietro Metastasio
Aria di Endimione: Vado per un momento
Endimione: Jörg Hering
Orchestra: Capella Coloniensis
Conductor: Bruno Weil
168. Johann Christian Bach
Work: Endimione, opera seria in two acts, first performance 1772
Libretto: Pietro Metastasio
Aria di Amore: Se s'accende in fiamme ardenti
Amore: Jörg Waschinski
Orchestra: Capella Coloniensis
Conductor: Bruno Weil
169. Johann Christian Bach
Work: Endimione, opera seria in two acts, first performance 1772
Libretto: Pietro Metastasio
Final Chorus: Viva Amor, che dolce e lento
Chorus: Vokalensemble Köln
Orchestra: Capella Coloniensis
Conductor: Bruno Weil
170. Anonymous / Johann Christian Bach (arr.)
Work: The Broom of Cowdenknows - How blyth was I each morn to see
Soprano: Catherine Bott
Orchestra: The Parley of Instruments
Conductor: Peter Holman
171. James Hook
Work: The Lass of Richmond Hill (On Richmond Hill there lives a lass)
Tenor: Joseph Cornwell
Orchestra: The Parley of Instruments
Conductor: Peter Holman
172. William Shield
Work: The Plough Boy / The Milkmaid
Tenor: Joseph Cornwell
Soprano: Catherine Bott
Orchestra: The Parley of Instruments
Conductor: Peter Holman
173. Leopold Kozeluch
Work: Moisè in Egitto ossia la Liberazione degl'Israeliti dalla servitù Egizia, oratorio in two parts, 1787
Libretto: Unknown
Chorus: Quando que lieti istanti
Israelites: Rheinische Kantorei
Orchestra: Das Kleine Konzert
Conductor: Hermann Max
174. Jacopo Foroni
Work: Cristina Regina di Svezia, dramma storico-lirico in three acts and five scenes, first performance 1849,
Stockholm.
Libretto: Gian Carlo Casanova
Oath: Giungemmo inosservati
Gabriele: Daniel Johansson
Carlo: Fredrik Zetterström
Orchestra & Chorus: The Göteborg Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Conductor: Tobias Ringborg
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| Étienne Méhul in 1799, portrait by Antoine Gros, at the Musée Carnavalet (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
Work: Stratonice, comédie-héroïque in one act. first performance 3 May 1792, Comédie-Italienne, Paris.
Libretto: François-Benoît Hoffmann
Recitative: Insensé, je forme des souhaits...
Air de Antiochus: Oui, c'en est fait!
Antiochus: Yann Beuron
Orchestra: Capella Coloniensis
Conductor: William Christie
176. Étienne-Nicolas Méhul
Work: Stratonice, comédie-héroïque in one act. first performance 3 May 1792, Comédie-Italienne, Paris.
Libretto: François-Benoît Hoffmann
Recitative: Quelle funeste envie!
Air de Séleucus: Versez tous vos chagrins
Séleucus: Etienne Lescroart
Orchestra: Capella Coloniensis
Conductor: William Christie
177. Étienne-Nicolas Méhul
Work: Stratonice, comédie-héroïque in one act. first performance 3 May 1792, Comédie-Italienne, Paris.
Libretto: François-Benoît Hoffmann
Duo: Parlez, parlez. Achevez de m'apprendre (Erasistrate, Antiochus) 00:00
Trio: Je ne puis résister à mon impatience (Séleucus, Erasistrate, Antiochus) 05:25
Quatuor: Je tremble, mon cœur palpite (Stratonice, Erasistrate, Antiochus, Séleucus) 09:35
Erasistrate: Karl Morgan Daymond
Séleucus: Etienne Lescroart
Antiochus: Yann Beuron
Stratonice: Patricia Petibon
Orchestra: Capella Coloniensis
Conductor: William Christie
178. Étienne-Nicolas Méhul
Work: Stratonice, comédie-héroïque in one act. first performance 3 May 1792, Comédie-Italienne, Paris.
Libretto: François-Benoît Hoffmann
Recitative: Sur le sort de son fils...
Air de Erasistrate: Ô des amants déité tutélaire
Erasistrate: Karl Morgan Daymond
Orchestra: Capella Coloniensis
Conductor: William Christie
179. Baldassare Galuppi
Work: L'oracolo del Vaticano, cantata in two parts.
Libretto: Carlo Goldoni
Aria di Giustizia: No che non basta
Giustizia: Edit Károly
Orchestra: Savaria Baroque Orchestra
Conductor: Fabio Pirona
180. William Vincent Wallace
Work: Lurline, grand romantic opera in three acts, first performance 23 February 1860, Theatre Royal,
Covent Garden, London.
Libretto: Edward Fitzball
Air of Rhineberg: Idle Spirit
Rhineberg: David Soar
Orchestra: Victorian Opera Chorus and Orchestra
Conductor: Richard Bonynge
181. Leopold Kozeluch
Work: Moisè in Egitto ossia la Liberazione degl'Israeliti dalla servitù Egizia, oratorio in two parts, 1787
Libretto: Unknown
Aria di Faraone: Voi, che il scettero, e il mio potere
Faraone: Tom Sol, bass
Orchestra: Das Kleine Konzert
Conductor: Hermann Max
182. Leopold Kozeluch
Work: Moisè in Egitto ossia la Liberazione degl'Israeliti dalla servitù Egizia, oratorio in two parts, 1787
Libretto: Unknown
Aria di Faraone: Voi, che il scettero, e il mio potere
Faraone: Tom Sol, bass
Moisè: Markus Schäfer, tenor
Merime: Simone Kermes, soprano
Aaronne: Linda Perillo, soprano
Israelites: Rheinische Kantorei
Orchestra: Das Kleine Konzert
Conductor: Hermann Max
183. Giacomo Meyerbeer
Work: L'esule di Granata, melodramma serio in two acts, first performance 12 March 1822, Teatro alla Scala, Milan.
Libretto: Felice Romani
Introduction: Sempre tacer! Soffrire! (chorus, Ali) 00:00
Eccovi il duce (Alamar, chorus, Ali) 06:08
Allegro: Si, vendetta... pera... cada ? (Tutti) 08:23
Romanza: Ma silenzio... Dio degli avi (Alamar, chorus, Azema, girls) 09:57
Stretta: Fragor lontan si ascolta (Azema, Alamar, Omar, Sulemano, chorus, Fatima) 16:15
Ali: Brindley Sherratt
Alamar: Paul Austin Kelly
Azema: Laura Claycomb
Omar: Ashley Catling
Chorus: Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Orchestra: Academy of St.Martin in the Fields
Conductor: Giuliano Carella
184. Giacomo Meyerbeer
Work: L'esule di Granata, melodramma serio in two acts, first performance 12 March 1822, Teatro alla Scala, Milan.
Libretto: Felice Romani
Finale I
Quintetto: Miei pensieri, in tal cimento (Almanzor, Azema, Alamar, Sulemano, Ali)
Stretta: Vieni e lascia al suo rimorso (Alamar, Sulemano, Azema, Almanzor, Ali, chorus)
Ali: Brindley Sherratt
Alamar: Paul Austin Kelly
Azema: Laura Claycomb
Almanzor: Manuela Custer
Sulemano: Mirco Palazzi
Chorus: Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Orchestra: Academy of St.Martin in the Fields
Conductor: Giuliano Carella
185. Giacomo Meyerbeer
Work: L'esule di Granata, melodramma serio in two acts, first performance 12 March 1822, Teatro alla Scala, Milan.
Libretto: Felice Romani
Finale II
Aria finale: Oh! Come rapida (Almanzor, Omar, Azema, Sulemano, Alamar) 00:00
Scene: Cedi alla sorte e stringimi (Sulemano, Almanzor, Azema, women, men) 03:46
Rondò: Più bella vittoria (Almanzor, chorus) 07:25
Almanzor: Manuela Custer
Ali: Brindley Sherratt
Alamar: Paul Austin Kelly
Azema: Laura Claycomb
Sulemano: Mirco Palazzi
Omar: Ashley Catling
Chorus: Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Orchestra: Academy of St.Martin in the Fields
Conductor: Giuliano Carella
186. Giacomo Meyerbeer
Work: Margherita d'Anjou, melodramma semiserio in two acts, first performance 14 November 1820, Teatro alla Scala, Milan.
Libretto: Felice Romani after Réné-Charles Guilbert de Pixérécourt
Introduction: Quattro! Cinque! (Bellapunta, Orner, soldiers, a soldier, vivandières, Carlo) 00:00
Cavatina: Miei fedeli, queste prove (Margherita, chorus, Carlo) 05:43
Cabaletta: O speme d'un regno, mio solo sostegno (Margherita, Carlo) 07:53
Chorus: Ma qual suono da lunge si ascolta? (soldiers, vivandières, a soldier, Margherita, chorus) 10:00
Stretta: Il contento e il piacer di vittoria (Margherita, chorus, Carlo) 11:42
Bellapunta: Colin Lee
Orner: Roland Wood
Carlo: Alastair Miles
Margherita: Annick Massis
Chorus: Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
187. Giacomo Meyerbeer
Work: Margherita d'Anjou, melodramma semiserio in two acts, first performance 14 November 1820, Teatro alla Scala, Milan.
Libretto: Felice Romani after Réné-Charles Guilbert de Pixérécourt
Aria di Lavarenne: E riposta in questi accenti 00:00
Andantino: Da cosi bell' impresa (Lavarenne, Isaura, Michele, Margherita, chorus) 01:57
Allegro moderato: Per noi di gloria già splende un raggio (Lavarenne, Margherita, chorus, Isaura, Michele)
06:31
Lavarenne: Bruce Ford
Isaura: Daniela Barcellona
Michele Gamautte: Fabio Previati
Margherita: Annick Massis
Chorus: Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
188. Giacomo Meyerbeer
Work: Margherita d'Anjou, melodramma semiserio in two acts, first performance 14 November 1820, Teatro alla Scala, Milan.
Libretto: Felice Romani after Réné-Charles Guilbert de Pixérécourt
Finale I
Finale: Fra quest'ombre, e queste rupi (Isaura, Lavarenne, Michele, chorus) 00:00
Scene: Ciel m'assisti ? (Margherita, Carlo, Lavarenne, Michele) 09:32
Quintetto: Crudel cimento! (Isaura, Margherita, Lavarenne, Carlo, Michele) 12:03
Allegro con spirito: Fissami gli occhi in fronte (Carlo, Margherita, Lavarenne, Michele, Isaura, chorus, Highlanders, Bellapunta) 15:04
Stretta: Ma più d'appresso squilla la tromba (tutti) 22:12
Lavarenne: Bruce Ford
Isaura: Daniela Barcellona
Michele Gamautte: Fabio Previati
Margherita: Annick Massis
Carlo: Alastair Miles
Bellapunta: Colin Lee
Chorus: Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
189. Giacomo Meyerbeer
Work: Margherita d'Anjou, melodramma semiserio in two acts, first performance 14 November 1820, Teatro alla Scala, Milan.
Libretto: Felice Romani after Réné-Charles Guilbert de Pixérécourt
Sestetto: Ecco, Alterzza, a voi davanti (Carlo, Glocester, Margherita, Michele, Lavarenne) 00:00
Andante sostenuto: Oh! Rabbia! Oh furore! (Lavarenne, Isaura, Margherita, Carlo, Glocester, Michele,
highlanders) 04:11
Allegro alla breve: Piomba il fulmine del cielo (Margherita, Isaura, Lavarenne, Carlo, Michele, Glocester,
chorus) 08:27
Lavarenne: Bruce Ford
Isaura: Daniela Barcellona
Michele Gamautte: Fabio Previati
Margherita: Annick Massis
Carlo: Alastair Miles
Riccardo: Pauls Putnins
Chorus: Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
190. Giacomo Meyerbeer
Work: Margherita d'Anjou, melodramma semiserio in two acts, first performance 14 November 1820, Teatro alla Scala, Milan.
Libretto: Felice Romani after Réné-Charles Guilbert de Pixérécourt
Aria finale
Scene: O ciel! Qual mai contrasto 00:00
Aria: Mio pianto rasciuga (Isaura, chorus, Michele, Margherita, Lavarenne) 02:02
Rondò: Ah! Sposo adorabile (Isaura, chorus) 09:01
Lavarenne: Bruce Ford
Isaura: Daniela Barcellona
Michele Gamautte: Fabio Previati
Margherita: Annick Massis
Chorus: Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
191. Federico Ricci
Work: La prigione di Edimburgo, melodramma semiserio in three acts, first performance 13 March 1838,
Teatro grande, Trieste.
Libretto: Gaetano Rossi after Walter Scott, The Heart of Midlothian.
Scene: La pazza! (Chorus, Fanny) 00:00
Cavatina: Oh, come e vago, amabile (Giovanna, Fanny, chorus) 00:59
Cabaletta: Chi di voi conosce amore ... (Giovanna, chorus) 06:50
Giovanna: Nuccia Focile
Fanny: Rebecca von Lipinski
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: Gabriele Bellini
192. Federico Ricci
Work: La prigione di Edimburgo, melodramma semiserio in three acts, first performance 13 March 1838,
Teatro grande, Trieste.
Libretto: Gaetano Rossi after Walter Scott, The Heart of Midlothian.
Barcarolla di Tom: Sulla poppa del mio brich
Tom: Christopher Purves
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: Gabriele Bellini
193. Marianna Martines (1744 - 1812)
Work: Scene & Aria "Scelta d'Arie composte per suo diletto da Marianna Martines aria Berenice, ah che fai?" (1767)
Libretto: Pietro Metastasio
Recitative: Berenice, ah che fai? 00:00
Aria: Non partir, bell'idol mio 03:40
Recitative: Me infelice! 04:45
Aria: Perché, se tanti siete 05:19
Berenice: Nuria Rial
Orchestra: La Floridiana
Conductor: Nicoleta Paraschivescu
194. Jean-Philippe Rameau
Work: Naïs, ballet héroïque in a prologue and three acts, first performance 22 April 1749, Académie royale
de musique.
Libretto: Louis de Cahusac
Chorus: Attaquons les cieux
Chorus: English Bach Festival Singers
Orchestra: English Bach Festival Baroque Orchestra
Conductor: Nicholas McGegan
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| Leonardo Vinci |
Work: Artaserse, dramma per musica in three acts,
first performance 4 February 1730, Teatro delle dame,
Roma.
Libretto: Pietro Metastasio
Aria di Megabise: Sogna il guerrier le schiere
Megabise: Yuriy Mynenko
Orchestra: Concerto Köln
Conductor: Diego Fasolis
196. Leonardo Vinci
Work: Artaserse, dramma per musica in three acts, first performance 4 February 1730, Teatro delle dame,
Roma.
Libretto: Pietro Metastasio
Aria di Arbace: Vo solcando un mar crudele
Arbace: Franco Fagioli
Orchestra: Concerto Köln
Conductor: Diego Fasolis
197. Leonardo Vinci
Work: Artaserse, dramma per musica in three acts, first performance 4 February 1730, Teatro delle dame,
Roma.
Libretto: Pietro Metastasio
Aria di Artabano: Amalo e se al tuo sguardo
Artabano: Daniel Behle
Orchestra: Concerto Köln
Conductor: Diego Fasolis
198. Leonardo Vinci
Work: Artaserse, dramma per musica in three acts, first performance 4 February 1730, Teatro delle dame,
Roma.
Libretto: Pietro Metastasio
Final Chorus: Giusto re, la Persia adora
Chorus: Coro della radiotelevisione svizzera
Orchestra: Concerto Köln
Conductor: Diego Fasolis
199. Michael Haydn
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| Michael Haydn |
first performance 27 April 1768, Salzburg.
Libretto: Florian Reichssiegel
Aria di Polidor: Wer kann als ein Wildbretschütz lustiger sein
Polidor: Markus Förster, countertenor
Orchestra: Salzburger Hofmusik
Conductor: Wolfgang Brunner
200. Michael Haydn
Work: Die Hochzeit auf der Alm, interludium,
first performance 27 April 1768, Salzburg.
Libretto: Florian Reichssiegel
Aria di Phyllis: Auf! Es kommt der Frühling an
Phyllis: Dorothee Mields, soprano
Orchestra: Salzburger Hofmusik
Conductor: Wolfgang Brunner
