Composer: Johann Christian Bach, Andrea Bernasconi, Giovanni Battista Ferrandini, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Johann Adolph Hasse, Niccolò Jommelli, Niccolò Piccinni, Tommaso Traetta
Performer: Philippe Jaroussky
Orchestra: Le Concert de la Loge
Conductor: Julien Chauvin
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Erato
Catalogue: 5419763388
Release: 2023
Size: 1.43 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Bernasconi: Siam navi all’onde algenti (from L’Olimpiade)
02. Gluck: Sol pur dir (from Il Re Pastore)
Piccinni: Catone in Utica, Act 1
03. “Che giurai? Che promisi?” (Arbace)
04. “Che legge spietata” (Arbace)
05. Ferrandini: Gelido in ogni vena (from Il Siroe)
Traetta: L’Olimpiade, Act 2
06. “Dove son? Che m’avenne?” (Licida)
07. “Gemo in un punto e fremo” (Licida)
Valentini: La clemenza di Tito, Act 2
08. “Se mai senti spirarti sul volto” (Sesto)
Hasse: Demofoonte, Sinfonia
09. I. Allegro
10. II. Andantino
11. III. Presto
Hasse: Demofoonte, Act 1
12. “Ma che vi fece, o stelle” (Timante)
13. “Sperai vicino il lido” (Timante)
14. Hasse: Misero pargoletto (from Demofoonte)
15. Bach: Per quel paterno amplesso (from Artaserse)
16. Jommelli: Fra centi affanni e cento (from Artaserse)
With Forgotten Arias countertenor Philippe Jaroussky pays tribute to composers of the late Baroque era and to the great librettist of the age, Pietro Metastasio. All ten arias on the album, written between 1748 and 1770 by nine composers, are heard in world premiere recordings. Metasasio’s librettos were set by multiple composers – Vivaldi, Handel, Gluck and Mozart among them – resulting in hundreds of operas. The more familiar names on the multi-faceted programme of Forgotten Arias are Gluck, Johann Christian Bach, Jommelli, Hasse and Piccinni. Less well-known are Bernasconi, Ferrandini, Traetta and Valentini. Jaroussky’s partners on the album are the conductor Julien Chauvin and his orchestra Le Concert de la Loge. All in all, Forgotten Arias looks set to be highly memorable.