Ladies sing Baroque | Naive V5294

Ladies sing Baroque

Label: Naive

Cat No: V5294

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 2

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 1st May 2012

Contents

Works

Bach, Johann Sebastian

Mass in B minor, BWV232
» Agnus Dei
St Matthew Passion, BWV244
» Erbarme dich (Have Mercy, Lord)

Handel, George Frideric

Giulio Cesare, HWV17
» Se pieta
Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, HWV46a
» Fido specchio
» Se la bellezza
Ode for St Cecilia's Day, HWV76
» VIII The soft complaining flute
Radamisto, HWV12
» Vive in te
Theodora, HWV68
» To thee, thou glorious son of worth

Monteverdi, Claudio

Lamento della Ninfa
» Amor, dicea

Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista

Stabat Mater
» no.1 Stabat mater dolorosa

Porpora, Nicola

Polifemo
» Alto Giove

Purcell, Henry

Come ye Sons of Art, Z323
» Bid the virtues

Strozzi, Barbara

Arietta a voce sola: 'Miei pensieri'

Vivaldi, Antonio

Ercole sul Termodonte (Hercules in Thermodon), RV710
» Zeffiretti che sussurrate
In furore iustissimae irae, RV626
Judith triumphans, RV644
» Veni, sequere fida
L'Olimpiade, RV725
» Gemo in un punto e fremo
La verita in cimento, RV739
» Se l'acquisto di quell soglio
Orlando finto pazzo, RV727
» Andero, volero, gridero
Orlando furioso, RV728
» Nel profondo cieco mondo
Ottone in villa, RV729
» Gelosia, tu gia rendi l'alma mia (Act 1)

Artists

Marie-Nicole Lemieux
Patricia Petibon
Magdalena Kozena
Sandrine Piau
Sara Mingardo
Anna Caterina Antonacci
Sonia Prina
Julia Lezhneva
Veronica Cangemi
Lucy Crowe
Nathalie Stutzmann
Karina Gauvin
Ann Hallenberg

Works

Bach, Johann Sebastian

Mass in B minor, BWV232
» Agnus Dei
St Matthew Passion, BWV244
» Erbarme dich (Have Mercy, Lord)

Handel, George Frideric

Giulio Cesare, HWV17
» Se pieta
Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, HWV46a
» Fido specchio
» Se la bellezza
Ode for St Cecilia's Day, HWV76
» VIII The soft complaining flute
Radamisto, HWV12
» Vive in te
Theodora, HWV68
» To thee, thou glorious son of worth

Monteverdi, Claudio

Lamento della Ninfa
» Amor, dicea

Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista

Stabat Mater
» no.1 Stabat mater dolorosa

Porpora, Nicola

Polifemo
» Alto Giove

Purcell, Henry

Come ye Sons of Art, Z323
» Bid the virtues

Strozzi, Barbara

Arietta a voce sola: 'Miei pensieri'

Vivaldi, Antonio

Ercole sul Termodonte (Hercules in Thermodon), RV710
» Zeffiretti che sussurrate
In furore iustissimae irae, RV626
Judith triumphans, RV644
» Veni, sequere fida
L'Olimpiade, RV725
» Gemo in un punto e fremo
La verita in cimento, RV739
» Se l'acquisto di quell soglio
Orlando finto pazzo, RV727
» Andero, volero, gridero
Orlando furioso, RV728
» Nel profondo cieco mondo
Ottone in villa, RV729
» Gelosia, tu gia rendi l'alma mia (Act 1)

Artists

Marie-Nicole Lemieux
Patricia Petibon
Magdalena Kozena
Sandrine Piau
Sara Mingardo
Anna Caterina Antonacci
Sonia Prina
Julia Lezhneva
Veronica Cangemi
Lucy Crowe
Nathalie Stutzmann
Karina Gauvin
Ann Hallenberg

About

The baroque woman was confined to a strictly domestic role. She was either saintly (mother of Christ and the subject of religious allegory as in Handel’s Trionfo del tempo e del disinganno), a diva, a queen (Poppea, Cleopatra) or the inevitable victim in classical tragedies like Semiramis, Berenice, Rodelinda and Agrippina.

'Ladies sing Baroque' is shaped as a nod to those ladies who have enchanted jazz, but composed of music from two centuries earlier: hymns to emotion, the tunes that disturb for eternity!

Monteverdi's invention of opera, Vivaldi's music for the Pieta, Pergolesi and Bach bring the drama and emotion found in temples and churches. Highlights include the final duet from 'L'Incorronazione di Poppea' and Bach's sublime 'Erbarme dich' whilst two Canadians with strong characters, Marie-Nicole Lemieux and Karina Gauvin, successfully evoke the legendary association of Marilyn Horne and Montserrat Caballé.

Contents:
CD 1
1. Pergolesi: Stabat Mater, “Stabat Mater Dolorosa”
Sara Mingardo (contralto) Gemma Bertagnolli (soprano)
2. Vivaldi: In furore
Sandrine Piau (soprano)
3. Monteverdi: Lamento della Ninfa, “Amor, dicea”
Rosana Bertini (soprano)
4. Handel: A Song for St Cecilia’s day, “The Soft Complaining flute”
Lucy Crowe (soprano)
5. Vivaldi: Zeffiretti che sussurrate
Sandrine Piau (soprano) Ann Hallenberg MEZZO-SOPRANO
6. Vivaldi: Juditha Triumphans, “Veni, sequere fida”
Magdalena Kozena (soprano)
7. Handel: Il trionfo del tempo e del disinganno, “Fido Specchio”
Deborah York (soprano)
8. Handel: Il trionfo del tempo e del disinganno, “Se la bellezza”
Sara Mingardo (contralto)
9. Bach: Saint Matthew Passion, “Erbarme Dich”
Angela Kazimiercszuk (soprano)
10. Handel: Radamisto, “Vive in te”
Sandrine Piau (soprano) Sara Mingardo (contralto)
11. Vivaldi: La verità in cimento, “Se l’acquisto di quell soglio”
Nathalie Stutzmann (alto)
 
CD 2
1. Handel: Giulio Cesare in Egitto, “Se pieta”
Sandrine Piau (soprano)
2. Vivaldi: Orlando furioso, “Nel profondo”
Marie-Nicole Lemieux (contralto)
3. Vivaldi: Stabat Mater, “Stabat Mater dolorosa”
Marie-Nicole Lemieux (contralto)
4. Porpora: Polifemo, “Alto giove”
Verónica Cangemi (soprano)
5. Vivaldi: L’Olimpiade, “Gemo in un punto e fremo”
Sara Mingardo (contralto)
6. Vivaldi: Orlando finto pazzo, “Anderò, volerò, griderò”
Sonia Prina (contralto)
7. Strozzi: Lamento: Lagrime mie
Anna Caterina Antonacci (soprano)
8. Strozzi: Arietta a voce sola, “Miei pensieri”
Roberta Invernizzi (soprano)
9. Purcell: Bid the virtues
Patricia Petibon (soprano)
10. Handel: Theodora, “To thee, thou glorious son of worth”
Karina Gauvin (soprano) Marie-Nicole Lemieux (contralto)
11. Vivaldi: Ottone in villa, “Gelosia”
Julia Lezhneva (soprano)
12. Bach: Mass in B minor, “Agnus Dei”
Nathalie Stutzmann (alto)

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