| Description |
5 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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1.4 m/s |
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digital recording |
| Series |
Pathways of Baroque music
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Pathways of baroque music.
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| Note |
Harmonia Mundi: HMX 2908001.5 E (HMX 2908001 E--HMX 2908005 E). |
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Principally madrigals and opera excerpts. |
| Performer |
Various performers. |
| Event |
Originally recorded 1970-1996. |
| Note |
Compact discs; in container (26 cm.). |
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Program notes and texts with English translations of the Italian selections (86 p.) inserted in container. |
| Contents |
1. The madrigal: Anchor che col partire / Rore. Allala, pia Calia / Lassus. So ben mi ch'a ben tempo / Bottrigari. Amarilli, mia bella / Caccini. Vezzosi augelli ; Crudele acerba / Marenzio. Mercè grido piangendo / Gesualdo. Occhi del pianto mio ; T'amo mia vita / Luzzaschi. Quella vermiglia rosa / D'India. Luci serene a chiare ; T'amo mia vita ; O come sei gentile, caro augellino ; Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda ; Zefiro torna / Monteverdi. O dolcezze amarissimi d'amore / Schütz. Cantata "Amanti, io vi disfido" / Cesti. Cantata "Il mio core è un mar di pianti" / Carissimi -- 2. The birth of the opera. L'Amfiparnaso [excerpts] / Vecchi. Orfeo [excerpts] ; Lamento d'Arianna ; Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria [excerpts] ; L'incoronazione di Poppea [excerpts] / Monteverdi. Orfeo. Lagrime, dove sete / Rossi. Giasone. Stanza degli incanti di Medea ; La Calisto [excerpts] / Cavalli -- 3. England in the 17th century: Oyez! has any found a lad? / Tomkins. We be soldiers three / anonymous. Come to be, grief, forever / Byrd. The three ravens ; Barbara Allen / anonyme. Flow, my tears ; Go from my window ; Sorrow, stay / Dowland. Packington's pound ; They were three ravens / anonyme. She weepeth sore in the night / Lawes. Venus and Adonis [excerpts] / Blow. Dido & Aeneas. Dido's death ; Timon of Athens. Hark, how the songsters ; King Arthur [excerpts] ; The fairy queen [excerpts] ; If music be the food of love ; Music for a while / Purcell -- 4. A century of French opera: Admirons notre jeune et charmante Déesse / Lambert. Atys [excerpts] ; Armide [excerpts] / Lully. Médée [excerpts] / Charpentier. Idoménée [excerpts] / Campra. Castor et Pollux [excerpts] / Rameau. Le malade imaginaire [excerpts] / Charpentier. Les Indes galantes. Dans les abîmes / Rameau. Les troqueurs [excerpts] / Dauvergne -- 5. The reign of the opera seria: L'incoronazione di Dario [excerpts] / Vivaldi. Radamisto. Ombra cara di mia sposa ; Ottone, re di Germania. Ben a raggion/Vieni, o figlio ; Giulio Cesare [excerpts] ; Flavio [excerpts] ; Ariodante [excerpts] / Handel. Cleopatra e Cesare [excerpts] / Graun. |
| Language |
Sung in Italian, English, and French. |
| Subject |
Madrigals, Italian.
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Madrigals, Italian. |
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Madrigals, English.
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Madrigals, English. |
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Operas -- 17th century -- Excerpts.
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Operas. |
| Chronological Term |
17th century |
| Genre/Form |
Excerpts.
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| Subject |
Operas -- 18th century -- Excerpts.
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| Chronological Term |
18th century |
| Genre/Form |
Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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Excerpts.
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| Standard No. |
794881404223 |
| Music No. |
HMX 2908001.5 E Harmonia Mundi |
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HMX 2908001 E--HMX 2908005 E Harmonia Mundi |
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