Performer: Vivica Genaux, Lawrence Zazzo
Orchestra: Lautten Compagney
Conductor: Wolfgang Katschner
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Deutsche Harmonia Mundi
Release: 2019
Size: 1.68 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Johann Adolf Hasse:
Siroe, re di Persia, Sinfonia
01. I. Allegro
02. II. Adagio
03. III. Allegro
Baldassare Galuppi:
04. Siroe: Rendimi l’idol mio
Giovanni Battista Lampugnani:
Semiramide riconosciuta
05. Crudel morir mi vedi
06. Tu mi disprezzi
Nicola Antonio Porpora:
07. Il pastor si torna aprile
Georg Friedrich Händel:
08. Serse, HWV 40: Cagion son io
Siroe, re di Persia, HWV 24
09. Son stanco, ingiusto numi (Rec. accompagnato)
10. Deggio morire, o stelle
Antonio Vivaldi:
Orlando furioso, RV 728
11. Insolito coraggio (Rec.)
12. Orlando, allora il ciel (Rec. accompagnato)
13. Nel profondo cieco mondo
Baldassare Galuppi:
14. Siroe: Ah non fuggirmi, ingrato
Georg Friedrich Händel:
Siroe, re di Persia, HWV 24, Overtura
15. I. Allegro
16. II. Giga
17. Serse, HWV 40: Gran pena è gelosia
18. Alcina, HWV 34: È gelosia
19. Serse, HWV 40: Se bramate d’amar chi vi sdegna
Georg Christoph Wagenseil:
20. Siroe: La sorte mia tiranna
Johann Adolf Hasse:
21. Achille in Sciro: Risponderti vorrei
Georg Christoph Wagenseil:
22. Siroe: Esci, crudel, d’affanno
Tommaso Traetta:
23. Siroe: Che furia, che mostro
Georg Friedrich Händel:
24. Deidamia, HWV 42: Nell’armi e nell’amar
This is a fascinating concept on several levels if you’ve even a passing interest in the highways and byways of eighteenth-century opera: as well as offering an opportunity to compare and contrast various composers’ responses to two of Metastasio’s ‘most fortunate children’ (Semiramide and Siroe), the programme explores the fluidity of gender-identity on the baroque stage and occasionally plays fast and loose on its own terms (Zazzo, for instance, taking on an aria for Handel’s Bradamante).
Wolfgang Katschner and Lautten Compagney provide lean, skilfully balanced and astute theatrical support. Clever artistic programming means that each half starts with a striking overture and culminates in an engaging duet, via a series of vividly contrasting musical styles, orchestral colours, speeds and moods.