Altus: From Castrato to Countertenor

Various Artists

Release Date:

01/12/2008

Record Label:

Warner Classics

  1. £9.49
  2. £12.49

Disc 1 of 3

Track NumberTrack TitleTrack LengthTrack Price/Buy Link
1

Giustino, RV 717, Act 1: "Vedrò con mio diletto" (Anastasio)

by Philippe Jaroussky

5:12
2

Serse, HWV 40, Act 1, Scene 1: Accompagnato. "Frondi tenere" - Arioso. "Ombra mai fù" (Serse)

by Gérard Lesne - Il Seminario Musicale

3:20
3

Stabat Mater in F Minor, RV 621: I. Stabat Mater dolorosa

by David Daniels/Europa Galante/Fabio Biondi

3:24
4

Aria: Es ist vollbracht (St John Passion BWV 245)

by Michel Corboz/Andreas Scholl/Ensemble Vocal & Instrumental de Lausanne

5:06
5

Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust, BWV 170: No. 1, Aria. "Vergnügte Ruh beliebte Seelenlust"

by René Jacobs, Linde Consort & Hans-Martin Linde

6:56
6

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 1: Aria. "He Was Despised and Rejected of Men"

by Margaret Cable

11:49Not available separately
7

Fernando, rè di Castiglia, HWV 30, Act 3, Scene 4: Aria. "Sincero affetto dolce preghiere" (Sancio)

by Alan Curtis

5:18
8

Amadigi di Gaula, HWV 11, Act 2: Aria. "Minacciami, non ho timor" (Amadigi)

by William Christie

8:39
9

Serse, HWV 40, Act 3, Scene 4: Aria. "Amor, tiranno Amor" (Arsamene)

by William Christie/Choeurs et Orchestre des Arts Florissants/Lawrence Zazzo

4:27
10

Weihnachtsoratorium, BWV 248, Pt. 1: No. 4, Aria. "Bereite dich, Zion, mit zärtlichen Trieben"

by Philippe Herreweghe

5:43
11

Saul, HWV 53, Act 1, Scene 5: Aria. "O Lord, Whose Mercies Numberless" (David)

by Sir Philip Ledger

3:34
12

Conservate, raddopiate, HWV 185

by Emmanuelle Haïm

4:28
13

L'Incoronazione di Poppea, SV 308, Act 3: "Pur ti moro, pur ti godo" (Poppea, Nerone)

by Stephen Stubbs

3:54
14

Greensleeves

by Alfred Deller

3:15

Disc 2 of 3

Track NumberTrack TitleTrack LengthTrack Price/Buy Link
1

Stabat Mater: I. Stabat mater dolorosa

by Véronique Gens/Gérard Lesne/Il Seminario Musicale

4:46
2

Salve Regina in F Minor: II. Ad te clamamus

by Gérard Lesne

1:03
3

Nisi Dominus in G Minor, RV 608: IV. Cum dederit

by David Daniels/Europa Galante/Fabio Biondi

3:51
4

O qui coeli terraeque serenitas, RV 631: IV. Alleluia

by David Daniels/Europa Galante/Fabio Biondi

2:17
5

Sentimenti devoti espressi con la musica, Book 2, Op. 6: No. 4, Ave Regina coelorum

by Philippe Jaroussky

3:27
6

Pianti, sospiri e demandar mercede, RV 676: "Cor ingrato dispietato"

by Philippe Jaroussky

3:23
7

Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243: VI. Duet. "Et misericordia"

by Emmanuelle Haïm

3:25
8

Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17, Act 1: Recitativo. "Madre! Mia vita!" - Duetto. "Son nata a lagrimar" (Sesto, Cornelia)

by Stephanie Blythe/David Daniels/Emmanuelle Haïm/Martin Isepp/John Nelson/Ensemble Orchestral de Paris

2:32
9

Admeto, HWV 22, Act 2: Aria. "Chi è nato alle sventure" (Trasimede)

by Alan Curtis

2:34
10

Fernando, rè di Castiglia, HWV 30, Act 3, Scene 7: Aria. "M'opporrò da generoso" (Fernando)

by Alan Curtis

4:21
11

Leçon de ténèbres du Mercredi saint, H. 120: Troisième Répons - Ecce Quomodo

by Gérard Lesne

4:06
12

Aria: Venga pur (Mitridate, re di Ponto)

by David Daniels/Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/Harry Bicket

6:59
13

Semiramide, Act 1 Scene 5: No. 2, Recitativo e Cavatina, "Eccomi alfine in Babilonia … Ah! quel giorno ognor rammento" (Arsace)

by Max Emanuel Cencic/Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne/Michael Hofstetter

11:09Not available separately
14

A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64, Act 1: "Welcome Wanderer!" (Oberon)

by Richard Hickox

5:04

Disc 3 of 3

Track NumberTrack TitleTrack LengthTrack Price/Buy Link
1

Oedipus, Z. 583: No. 2, Song. "Musick for a While" (Version for Voice and Guitar)

by David Daniels/Craig Ogden

3:48
2

Come Ye Sons of Art, Z. 323 "Ode for Queen Mary's Birthday": No. 3, Duet. "Sound the Trumpet"

by Gustav Leonhardt

2:26
3

Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: Agnus Dei

by Philippe Herreweghe

5:27
4

Malinconia, ninfa gentile

by David Daniels/Craig Ogden

1:41
5

Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30, Act 3: "Ahimè! Dove trascorsi? ... Che faro senza Euridice" (Orfeo)

by David Daniels

5:07
6

Ave Maria, CG 89a (Version for Voice and Guitar)

by David Daniels/Craig Ogden

4:31
7

2 Lieder, Op. 43: No. 2, Nacht und Träume, D. 827

by David Daniels/Martin Katz

4:03
8

Plainte sur la mort de Monseur Lambert: "O mort, affreuse mort! Quelle est ta barbarie!"

by Gérard Lesne/Il Seminario Musicale

5:21
9

Les Nuits d'été, Op. 7, H 81b: III. Sur les lagunes, H 84b

by David Daniels/Ensemble Orchestral de Paris/John Nelson

6:19
10

Carmina Burana, Pt. 2 "In taberna": Olim lacus colueram

by David Hill

3:50
11

Silent Night

by Derek Lee Ragin/Bridget Bazile/Moses Hogan Singers/Moses Hogan

3:54
12

Duetto buffo di due gatti

by Rockwell Blake

2:55
13

Maladresse

by Gérard Lesne - Gilles Bioteau - Jean Luc Carminati - Serge Eymard - Loic Gautier - Yvon Kerampran - Marc Le Devedec - Richard Myron - Bobby Rangell - Benoit Weeger

3:59
14

Shenandoah

by David Daniels/Craig Ogden

4:30
15

Plaisir d'amour

by David Daniels/Craig Ogden

3:50
16

Petite messe solennelle: Crucifixus

by Alessandro Moreschi

3:01
Duration:
3:18:44
Genres:
Classical, Compilation
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© As shown. The copyright in these sound recordings is owned by EMI Records Ltd./Virgin Classics except where otherwise stated. This compilation (P) 2008 EMI Records Ltd.