| Description |
1 audio disc : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
010554 |
| 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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stereo |
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digital recording |
| Note |
Principally opera arias. |
| Performer |
Ian Bostridge, tenor ; the English Concert ; Bernard Labadie, conductor. |
| Event |
Recorded Nov. 16-19, 2009 and Feb. 20-22, 2010 in the Church of St. Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead, London. |
| Note |
Compact disc. |
| Summary |
"In these 15 arias, Ian Bostridge inhabits the strikingly diverse musical personalities of three tenors who in the Baroque era challenged castrato supremacy: the sterling Englishman John Beard and two brilliant Italians, the athletic Francesco Borosini and the cultivated Annibale Pio Fabri."--Container. |
| Note |
Program notes by Berta Joncus in English with French and German translations, and texts with English, French and German translations (57 p. : ports.) in container. |
| Contents |
Don Chisciotte. Qui sto appeso / Francesco Conti (2:03) -- Hercules. Where congeal'd the northern streams (2:01) ; From celestial seats descending (5:57) / George Frideric Handel -- Arsilda. La tiranna e avversa sorte / Antonio Vivaldi (5:25) -- Il Bajezet. Forte e lieto a morte andrei / Francesco Gasparini (4:09) -- Tamerlano. Forte e lieto / George Frideric Handel (5:09) -- Rosamond. Rise, glory, rise / Thomas Arne (6:28) -- Joaz. Lo so, lo so: con periglio / Antonio Caldara (5:13) -- Poro. D'un barbaro scortese / George Frideric Handel (3:26) -- Marco Attilio Regolo. Se non sa qual vento / Alessandro Scarlatti (3:06) -- Giulio Cesare. Scorta siate a passi miei / George Frideric Handel (4:06) -- L'Atenaide. Ti stringo in quest'amplesso (5:18) ; Ipermestra. Sazierò col morir mio (4:11) / Antonio Vivaldi -- Solomon. Softly rise, O southern breeze / William Boyce (4:38) -- The royal chace. With early horn / John Galliard (4:44). |
| Language |
Sung in Italian and English. |
| Subject |
Operas -- Excerpts.
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Operas -- Excerpts. |
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Oratorios -- Excerpts.
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Oratorios -- Excerpts. |
| Genre/Form |
Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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Excerpts.
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Excerpts.
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| Added Author |
Labadie, Bernard, 1963- conductor.
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Conti, Francesco, 1681 or 1682-1732.
Don Chisciotte in Sierra Morena. Qui sto appeso.
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Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759.
Hercules. Where congeal'd the northern streams.
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Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759.
Hercules. From celestial seats descending.
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Vivaldi, Antonio, 1678-1741.
Arsilda regina di Ponto. Tiranna e avversa sorte.
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Gasparini, Francesco, 1661-1727.
Bajazet. Forte e lieto a morte andrei.
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Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759.
Tamerlano. Forte e lieto a morte andrei.
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Arne, Thomas Augustine, 1710-1778.
Rosamond. Rise, glory, rise.
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Caldara, Antonio, 1670-1736.
Gioaz. Lo so, lo so: con periglio.
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Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759.
Poro. D'un barbaro scortese.
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Scarlatti, Alessandro, 1660-1725.
Marco Attilio Regolo. Se non sa qual vento.
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Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759.
Giulio Cesare. Scorta siate a passi miei.
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Vivaldi, Antonio, 1678-1741.
Atenaide. Ti stringo in quest'amplesso.
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Vivaldi, Antonio, 1678-1741.
Ipermestra. Sazierò col morir mio.
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Boyce, William, 1711-1779.
Solomon. Softly rise, O southern breeze.
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Galliard, John Ernest, -1747.
Royal chace. With early horn.
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English Concert (Musical group), performer.
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| Added Title |
3 baroque tenors |
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Baroque tenors |
| Standard No. |
5099962686426 |
| Music No. |
50999 6 26864 2 6 EMI Classics |
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6 26864 2 EMI Classics |
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