Altus : from castrato to countertenor.

Format:

Sound recording

Contributor:

Bowman, James, performer.

Daniels, David, 1966- performer.

Jaroussky, Philippe, performer.

Lesne, Gérard, performer.

Moreschi, Alessandro, 1858-1922, performer.

Spence, Toby, performer.

Series:

Classical music library.

Classical music library

Language:

Italian

Subjects (All):

Cantatas--Excerpts.

Cantatas.

Operas--Excerpts.

Operas.

Oratorios--Excerpts.

Oratorios.

Sacred vocal music.

Songs (High voice) with instrumental ensemble.

Songs (High voice) with orchestra.

Songs (High voice) with piano.

Genre:

Sacred vocal music.

Sound recordings.

Excerpts.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Virgin Classics, 2008.

Language Note:

Sung in Italian, Latin, German, and English.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Contents:

Part. 1. Giustino. Vedrò con mio diletto / Vivaldi (Philippe Jaroussky)

Serse. Frondi tenere

Ombra mai fu / Handel (Gérard Lesne)

Stabat Mater. Stabat Mater dolorosa / Vivaldi (David Daniels)

St. John Passion. Es ist vollbracht (Andreas Scholl) ; Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust : BWV 170 (René Jacobs) / Bach

Messiah. He was despised (James Bowman) ; Fernando. Sincero affetto (Max Emanuel Cencic) ; Amadigi di Gaula. Minacciami, non ho timor (Xavier Sabata) ; Serse. Amor, tiranno amor (Lawrence Zazzo) / Handel

Weihnachtsoratorium. Bereite dich, Zion / Bach (Michael Chance)

Saul. O Lord, whose mercies numberless (Paul Esswood) ; Cantata IX : HWV185. Conservate, raddoppiate (Brian Asawa, Juanita Lascarro) / Handel

L'incoronazione di Poppea. Pur ti miro, pur ti godo / Monteverdi (Suzie LeBlanc, Derek Lee Ragin)

Greensleeves / English traditional (Alfred Dellere).

Part. 2. Stabat mater. Stabat Mater dolorosa (Veronique Gens, Gérard Lesne) ; Salve regina. Ad te clamamus (Gérard Lesne) / Pergolesi

Nisi Dominus. Cum dederit dilectis ; Longe mala, umbrae, terrores. Alleluia / Vivaldi (David Daniels)

Ave Regina coelorum / Legrenzi (Philippe Jaroussky, Marie-Nicole Lemieux)

Pianti, sospiri e dimandar mercede. Cor ingrato dispietato / Vivaldi (Philippe Jaroussky)

Magnificat. Et misericordia / Bach (Toby Spence, Philippe Jaroussky)

Giulio Cesare in Egitto. Madre

Son nata a lagrimar (David Daniels) ; Admeto. Chi è nato alle sventure (James Bowman) ; Fernando. M'opporrò da generoso (Lawrence Zazzo) / Handel

Leçons de Ténèbres. Ecce quomodo moritur justus / Charpentier (Gérard Lesne)

Mitridate. Venga pur, minacci e frema / Mozart (David Daniels)

Semiramide. Eccomi alfine in Babilonia

Ah, quel giorno / Rossini (Max Emanuel Cencic)

A midsummer night's dream. Welcome, wanderer

I know a bank / Britten (James Bowman).

Part. 3. Oedipus. Music for a while (David Daniels) ; Birthday ode for Queen Mary : Come ye sons of art. Sound the trumpet, sound, till around (James Bowman, Christopher Robson) / Purcell

Mass in B minor. Agnus Dei / Bach (Charles Brett)

Malinconia, ninfa gentile / Bellini ; Orfeo ed Euridice. Ahimè! Dove trascorsi?

Che faro senza Euridice? / Gluck ; Ave Maria ; Nacht und Träume / Schubert (David Daniels)

Plainte sur la mort de Monsieur Lambert / Du Buisson (Gérard Lesne)

Les nuits d'été. Sur les lagunes / Berlioz (David Daniels)

Carmina Burana. Olim lacus colueram / Orff (James Bowman)

Silent night / Gruber (Derek Lee Ragin)

Duetto buffo di due gatti / Rossini (Rockwell Blake, Gérard Lesne)

Maladresse / Lesne (Gérard Lesne)

Shenandoah / American traditional ; Plaisir d'amour / Martini (David Daniels)

Bonus track Petite messe solennelle / Rossini (Alessandro Moreschi, castrato).

Notes:

Previously released as a compact disc.

Sacred and secular vocal music for countertenor.

Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 7, 2013).

Recorded in 2002.

Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2012. (Classical music library). Available via World Wide Web.

Other Format:

CD 98.476

5099923547650

OCLC:

854880480

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.