Treasures of Baroque Opera

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1L'Orfeo: Toccata
orchestra:
New London Consort
conductor:
Philip Pickett (musician)
recording of:
L’Orfeo: Toccata
composer:
Claudio Monteverdi (Italian renaissance and baroque composer, choirmaster and string player)
part of:
L’Orfeo, SV 318
Claudio Monteverdi1:30
2L'Orfeo: Prologue. Ritornello "Dal mio Permesso amato" (La Musica)
soprano vocals [La Musica]:
Catherine Bott (soprano)
orchestra:
New London Consort
conductor:
Philip Pickett (musician)
recording of:
L’Orfeo: Prologo, Dal mio Permesso (La Musica)
composer:
Claudio Monteverdi (Italian renaissance and baroque composer, choirmaster and string player)
librettist:
Alessandro Striggio (The Younger, c. 1573-1630)
part of:
L’Orfeo: Prologo
Claudio Monteverdi5:16
3Rosamond: Rise, Glory, Rise
recording engineer:
Timothy Bull and Jonathan Stokes (engineer) (from 1991-09-23 until 1991-09-25)
producer:
Peter Wadland (producer)
creative direction:
Christopher Hogwood (conductor, harpsichordist)
soprano vocals:
Emma Kirkby (soprano) (from 1991-09-23 until 1991-09-25)
orchestra:
Academy of Ancient Music (from 1991-09-23 until 1991-09-25)
conductor:
Christopher Hogwood (conductor, harpsichordist) (from 1991-09-23 until 1991-09-25)
balance engineer:
Jonathan Stokes (engineer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Limited (not a release label; for copyrights use only) (in 1993)
recorded at:
Walthamstow Assembly Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1991-09-23 until 1991-09-25)
recording of:
Rosamond: Rise, Glory, Rise (from 1991-09-23 until 1991-09-25)
composer:
Thomas Arne (composer)
part of:
Rosamond
Thomas Arne6:39
4Dido and Aeneas: But Death, alas!
harpsichord:
Thurston Dart (conductor and keyboard player)
choir vocals:
St. Anthony Singers
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Dame Janet Baker (mezzo‐soprano and alto)
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Sir Anthony Lewis (conductor and composer)
chorus master:
John McCarthy (British choral conductor, scholar, composer and arranger)
recording of:
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III, 34. Recitative “But death, alas! I cannot shun” (Dido)
composer:
Henry Purcell (Baroque composer) (in 1689)
part of:
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III
recording of:
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III, 34. Recitative “But death, alas! I cannot shun” (Dido)
composer:
Henry Purcell (Baroque composer) (in 1689)
part of:
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III
recording of:
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III, 37. Ground, Aria and Ritornello “When I am laid in earth” (Dido)
composer:
Henry Purcell (Baroque composer) (in 1689)
librettist:
Nahum Tate
part of:
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III
recording of:
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III, 37. Ground, Aria and Ritornello “When I am laid in earth” (Dido)
composer:
Henry Purcell (Baroque composer) (in 1689)
librettist:
Nahum Tate
part of:
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III
recording of:
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III, 38. “With drooping wings” (Chorus)
composer:
Henry Purcell (Baroque composer) (in 1689)
librettist:
Nahum Tate
part of:
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III
recording of:
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III, 38. “With drooping wings” (Chorus)
composer:
Henry Purcell (Baroque composer) (in 1689)
librettist:
Nahum Tate
part of:
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III
Henry Purcell9:07
5Artaxerxes: The Soldier Tir'd
engineer:
Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer) (in 1960-08)
producer:
James Walker (ballet/opera conductor, classical recordings producer for Decca)
soprano vocals:
Joan Sutherland (soprano) (in 1960-08)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (in 1960-08)
conductor:
Francesco Molinari‐Pradelli (conductor) (in 1960-08)
recording of:
Artaxerxes: Act III, No. 28. Air: The soldier, tir’d of war’s alarms (in 1960-08)
composer:
Thomas Arne (composer)
part of:
Artaxerxes: Act III
Thomas Arne4:06
6Hippolyte et Aricie: Ah! Qu'on daigne du moins
vocals:
John Shirley‐Quirk (bass-baritone)
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Anthony Lewis (conductor and composer)
partial recording of:
Hippolyte et Aricie: Acte II
composer:
Jean‐Philippe Rameau (French composer of the Baroque era)
librettist:
Simon‐Joseph Pellegrin
part of:
Hippolyte et Aricie
Jean‐Philippe Rameau4:02
7Le Temple de la Gloire: Overture
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra (in 1966)
conductor:
Raymond Leppard (conductor and harpsichordist) (in 1966)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1966)
recording of:
Le Temple de la gloire – Suite no. 1: Ouverture (in 1966)
composer:
Jean‐Philippe Rameau (French composer of the Baroque era)
part of:
Le Temple de la gloire – Suite no. 1
Jean‐Philippe Rameau5:51
8Les Indes falantes: Soleil, on a detruit tes superbes asiles
baritone vocals:
Gérard Souzay (baritone)
orchestra:
New Symphony Orchestra of London (often referred to as just The New Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Paul Bonneau
partial recording of:
Les Indes galantes: Acte II "Les Incas du Pérou"
composer:
Jean‐Philippe Rameau (French composer of the Baroque era)
librettist:
Louis Fuzelier
part of:
Les Indes galantes
Jean‐Philippe Rameau7:30
9La buona figliuola: Furia di donna
harpsichord:
Hubert Dawkes (organist/harpsichordist)
soprano vocals:
Joan Sutherland (soprano)
orchestra:
New Symphony Orchestra of London (often referred to as just The New Symphony Orchestra) (in 1963)
conductor:
Richard Bonynge (conductor and pianist)
recording of:
La Cecchina ossia La buona figliola: Atto I: “Furia di donna irata”
composer:
Niccolò Piccinni
part of:
La Cecchina ossia La buona figliola: Atto I
Niccolò Piccinni3:10
10La Calisto: Ardo, sospiro e piango
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Dame Janet Baker (mezzo‐soprano and alto)
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra)
conductor:
Raymond Leppard (conductor and harpsichordist)
partial recording of:
La Calisto
composer:
Francesco Cavalli (Baroque composer)
librettist:
Giovanni Faustini
Francesco Cavalli4:40
11La serva padrona: Stizzoso, mio stizzoso
vocals:
Teresa Berganza (mezzo-soprano)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
conductor:
Sir Alexander Gibson (conductor)
recording of:
La Serva Padrona: Atto I. Aria: "Stizzoso, mio stizzoso!" (Serpina)
composer:
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (composer)
arranger:
Marco Remondini
part of:
La serva padrona
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi3:26
12Rinaldo: March & Battle
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Richard Bonynge (conductor and pianist)
partial recording of:
Rinaldo, HWV 7b (1731 revised version)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
librettist:
Giacomo Rossi
premiered at:
King’s Theatre (Haymarket, London) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1731-04-06)
part of:
Händel-Werke-Verzeichnis (number: HWV 7b)
revision of:
Rinaldo, HWV 7a (1717 revised version)
George Frideric Handel2:39
13Rinaldo: Armida dispietata!..Lascia ch'io pianga
vocals:
Bernadette Greevy (Irish mezzo-soprano)
orchestra:
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
conductor:
Raymond Leppard (conductor and harpsichordist)
recording of:
Rinaldo, HWV 7a: Atto II, Scene IV, no. 22. Aria “Lascia ch’io pianga mia cruda sorte” (Almirena)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1711)
librettist:
Giacomo Rossi
part of:
Rinaldo, HWV 7a: Atto II
George Frideric Handel4:54
14Rodelinda: Vivi tiranno
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Marilyn Horne (American operatic mezzo-soprano)
orchestra:
Vienna Cantata Orchestra
conductor:
Henry Lewis (conductor)
recording of:
Rodelinda, regina de' Longobardi, HWV 19: Atto III, no. 66. "Vivi, tiranno!" (Bertarido)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
librettist:
Nicola Francesco Haym
part of:
Rodelinda, regina de' Longobardi, HWV 19: Atto III
George Frideric Handel6:06
15Atalanta: Care selve
recording engineer and balance engineer:
Colin Moorfoot (engineer)
producer:
Ray Minshull (record producer)
tenor vocals:
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) (in 1973-07)
orchestra:
Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna (in 1973-07)
conductor:
Richard Bonynge (conductor and pianist) (in 1973-07)
arranger:
Douglas Gamley (film composer)
recorded at:
Teatro Comunale di Bologna in Bologna, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy (in 1973-07)
live recording of:
Atalanta, HWV 35: Atto I. "Care selve, ombre beate" (in 1973-07)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
part of:
Atalanta, HWV 35: Atto I
George Frideric Handel3:23
16Alcina: Tornami a Vagheggiar
soprano vocals [Alcina]:
Joan Sutherland (soprano) (from 1962-03 until 1962-04)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (from 1962-03 until 1962-04)
conductor:
Richard Bonynge (conductor and pianist) (from 1962-03 until 1962-04)
recording of:
Alcina, HWV 34: Atto I, Scena XIV. Aria “Tornami a vagheggiar” (Morgana) (from 1962-03 until 1962-04)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
part of:
Alcina, HWV 34: Atto I
George Frideric Handel4:11