Artist: Cecilia Bartoli

Title: Armida

Condition:

Format: CD

Release Date: 2013

Label: Das Alte Werk

UPC: 825646604715

Genre: Classical Composers

Album Tracks

DISC 1:
1. Armida, Opera, H. 28/12: Sinfonia
2. Armida, Opera, H. 28/12: Act I: Recitativo; Amici, Il Fiero Marte
3. Armida, Opera, H. 28/12: Act I: Aria; Vado a Pugnar Contento
4. Armida, Opera, H. 28/12: Act I: Recitativo; Armida, Ebben, Che Pensi?
5. Armida, Opera, H. 28/12: Act I: Aria; Se Dal Suo Braccio Oppresso
6. Armida, Opera, H. 28/12: Act I: Recitativo Accompagnato; Partã- Rinaldo
7. Armida, Opera, H. 28/12: Act I: Aria; Se Pietade Avete, Oh Numi
8. Armida, Opera, H. 28/12: Act I: Marcia
9. Armida, Opera, H. 28/12: Act I: Recitativo Accompagnato; Valorosi Compagni
10. Armida, Opera, H. 28/12: Act I: Aria; Dove Son? Che Miro Intorno? - Recitativo Accompagnato; Qual Turbamento Ignoto - Recita
11. Armida, Opera, H. 28/12: Act I: Recitativo; Ah, Si Scenda Per Poco
12. Armida, Opera, H. 28/12: Act I: Aria; Se Tu Seguir Mi Vuoi
13. Armida, Opera, H. 28/12: Act I: Recitativo; Della Mia Fede
14. Armida, Opera, H. 28/12: Act I: Recitativo Accompagnato; Oh Amico! Oh Mio Rossor!
15. Armida, Opera, H. 28/12: Act I: Duetto; Cara, Sarò Fedele

DISC 2:
1. Armida, Opera, H. 28/12: Act II: Recitativo; Odi, E Serba Il Segreto
2. Armida, Opera, H. 28/12: Act II: Aria; Tu Mi Sprezzi, E Mi Deridi
3. Armida, Opera, H. 28/12: Act II: Recitativo; No, Non Mi Pento
4. Armida, Opera, H. 28/12: Act II: Aria; Ah, Si Plachi Il Fiero Nume
5. Armida, Opera, H. 28/12: Act II: Recitativo; Va Pur, Folle
6. Armida, Opera, H. 28/12: Act II: Aria; Teco Lo Guida Al Campo
7. Armida, Opera, H. 28/12: Act II: Recitativo; Ben Simulati Io Credo
8. Armida, Opera, H. 28/12: Act II: Recitativo Accompagnato; Armida... Oh Affanno!
9. Armida, Opera, H. 28/12: Act II: Aria; Cara, È Vero, Io Son Tiranno
10. Armida, Opera, H. 28/12: Act II: Recitativo Accompagnato; Barbaro! E Ardisci Ancor
11. Armida, Opera, H. 28/12: Act II: Aria; Odio, Furor, Dispetto
12. Armida, Opera, H. 28/12: Act II: Recitativo; Eccoti Alfin, Rinaldo, Reso
13. Armida, Opera, H. 28/12: Act II: Aria; Prence Amato, in Questo Amplesso
14. Armida, Opera, H. 28/12: Act II: Terzetto; Partirò, Ma Pensa, Ingrato
15. Armida, Opera, H. 28/12: Act III: Recitativo Accompagnato; Questa Dunque È la Selva
16. Armida, Opera, H. 28/12: Act III: Aria; Torna Pure Al Caro Bene
17. Armida, Opera, H. 28/12: Act III: Recitativo Accompagnato; Qual Tumulto D'idee M'eccita in Seno
18. Armida, Opera, H. 28/12: Act III: Aria; Ah, Non Ferir: T'arresta
19. Armida, Opera, H. 28/12: Act III: Recitativo Accompagnato; Che Inopportuno Incontro!
20. Armida, Opera, H. 28/12: Act III: [Presto; Oh Dio! Dove Mi Trovo?]
21. Armida, Opera, H. 28/12: Act III: Aria; Dei Pietosi, in Tal Cimento - Recitativo Accompagnato; Ed Io M'arresto?
22. Armida, Opera, H. 28/12: Act III: Marcia
23. Armida, Opera, H. 28/12: Act III: Finale; Astri Che in Ciel Splendete

Haydn: Armida / Harnoncourt, Bartoli, Concentus Musicus Wien, Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn, Performer: Cecilia Bartoli (Mezzo Soprano), Christoph Prégardien (Tenor), Patricia Petibon (Soprano), Scot Weir (Tenor), Oliver Widmer (Baritone), Markus Schäfer (Tenor) Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna Concentus Musicus Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt Date of Recording: 06/2000 Venue: Live Vienna, Austria. Thanks to his omnivorous curiosity, conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt has revived an authentic masterpiece. Several opera composers-Lully, Handel, and Gluck-had already availed themselves of the amorous and stormy adventures of the knight Rinaldo and the enchantress Armida, drawn from Tasso's Jerusalem Liberated. Composed in 1784, Haydn's Armida was his the final opera he wrote for his patron Prince Esterházy, but it was also the composer's debut opera seria. Even so-and just like Mozart-Haydn knew how to free himself from the rigid and monotonous alternation of aria and recitative that customarily governed this genre. Thus the final act, which unfolds in an enchanted forest, offers us a half-hour of nearly uninterrupted music, even prefiguring the romantic shape of things to come in the 19th century. This recording was made from a concert performance in June 2000 in Vienna's sumptuous Musikverein under the blazing baton of Harnoncourt. The cast is impeccable-including Christoph Prégardien and Patricia Petibon and dominated by the stunning Cecilia Bartoli, who can swerve within a few bars from boiling anger to the most overwhelming amorous pleading.