Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Orchestra: The Mozartists
Conductor: Ian Page
Audio CD
Number of Discs: 1
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Signum
Release: 2019
Size: 4.94 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Andrew Kennedy, tenor
Klara Ek, soprano
Sophie Bevan, soprano
Lawrene Zazzo, countertenor
Christophe Ainslie, countertenor
Marcus Farnsworth, baritone
David Shipley, bass
01. No 1: Intrada
02. No 2. Recitativo. Amice! Iam parata sunt omnia (Hyacinthus/Zephyrus/Oebalus/Melia)
03. No 3. Chorus. Numen o Latonium (Chorus/Oebalus)
04. No 4. Recitativo. Heu me! Periimus! (Melia/Oebalus/Hyacinthus/Zephyrus)
05. No 5. Aria. Saepe terrent Numina (Hyacinthus)
06. No 6. Recitativo. Ah Nate! Vera loqueris (Oebalus/Apollo/Hyacinthus/Melia/Zephyrus)
07. No 7. Aria. Iam pastor Apollo (Apollo)
08. No 8. Recitativo. Amare numquid Filia (Oebalus/Melia)
09. No 9. Aria. Laetari, iocari (Melia)
10. No 10. Recitativo. Rex! De salute Filii (Zephyrus/Oebalus/Melia)
11. No 11. Aria. En! Duos conspicis (Zephyrus)
12. No 12. Recitativo. Heu! Numen! Ecce! (Zephyrus/Melia/Apollo)
13. No 13. Duetto. Discede crudelis! (Melia/Apollo)
14. No 14. Recitativo accompagnato: Non est – Quis ergo Nate! (Hyacinthus/Oebalus)
15. No 15. Aria. Ut navis in aequore luxuriante (Oebalus)
16. No 16. Recitativo. Quocumque me converto (Melia, Oebalus)
17. No 17. Duetto. Natus cadit, atque Deus (Oebalus/Melia)
18. No 18. Recitativo. Rex! Me redire cogit (Apollo/Oebalus/Melia)
19. No 19. Terzetto. Tandem post turbida fulmina (Apollo/Melia/Oebalus)
Following its successful full length opera, Artaxerxes, Classical Opera return with the first in an epic series of Mozart operas, Apollo et Hyacinthus. Named in The Guardian as one of ‘The Best Classical albums of 2012’.
Classical Opera has mounted two staged productions of Mozart’s Apollo et Hyacinthus (1998 and 2006), with both receiving wide critical acclaim; The Independent stated, “Classical Opera’s polished debut in Apollo et Hyacinthus proved a pearl beyond price. Here was a work of staggering beauty riddled with sweet noises like Caliban’s enchanted isle.”