Cavalli: Ombra Mai Fu

Philippe Jaroussky releases Cavalli: Ombra Mai Fu, a new album of opera arias and symphonies by Francesco Cavalli. Francesco Cavalli (1602–76) is an important figure in the history of opera and his works, which first experienced a revival in the 1960s, have been growing in currency in recent years. The most prominent successor to Monteverdi, Cavalli was active in Venice at a time when opera was moving out of aristocratic palaces and into public theatres. Musically, his operas are notable for the fluid expression of their recitar cantando (“acting in song”), and dramatically for their variety of tone, combining noble, mythical or tragic drama with teasing or bawdy comedy. The album features Erato label mates Emoke Baráth and Marie-Nicole Lemieux and is the first time Philippe has recorded Cavalli since his guest appearances on Christina Pluhar’s album dedicated to Cavalli, L’Amore innamorato

Tracks

1~1~Il Xerse, Act 1: "Ombra Mai Fu" (Xerse)
1~2~Statira, Principessa Di Persia, Act 2: "All'armi, Mio Core" (Brimonte)
1~3~L'Erismena, Act 2: "Dove Mi Conducete? ... " (Idraspe)
1~4~L'Erismena, Act 2: "Uscitemi Dal Cor, Lacrime Amare" (Idraspe)
1~5~La Calisto, Act 1: "Interprete Mal Buona L'Uomo E Una Dolce Cosa" (Linfea)
1~6~La Calisto, Act 1: "Ninfa Bella" (Il Satirino, Linfea)
1~7~Eliogabalo, Act 1: Sinfonia
1~8~Elena, Act 3: "Ecco L'Idolo Mio ... Mio Diletto, Mio Sospiro" (Menelao, Elena)
1~9~Ercole Amante, Act 1: Sinfonia
1~10~Eliogabalo, Act 1: "Io Resto Solo? Misero, Cosi Va" (Alessandro)
1~11~L'Ormindo, Act 2: "Che Citta" (Nerillo)
1~12~Gli Amori D'Apollo E Di Dafne, Act 3: "Ohime, Che Miro?" (Apollo)
1~13~Gli Amori D'Apollo E Di Dafne, Act 3: "Misero Apollo" (Apollo)
1~14~L'Orione: Sinfonia
1~15~Eritrea, Act 1: "O Luci Belle" (Laodicea, Theramene)
1~16~Il Giasone, Act 1: "Delizie, Contenti" (Giasone)
1~17~Doriclea: Sinfonia
1~18~La Calisto, Act 2: "Erme, E Solinghe Cime ... Lucidissima Face" (Endimione)
1~19~La Virtu De' Strali D'Amore, Act 2: "Alcun Piu Di Me Felice Non E" (Clarindo)
1~20~Pompeo Magno, Act 2: "Cieche Tenebre" (Sesto)
1~21~Il Xerse, Act 2: "La Bellezza E Un Don Fugace" (Eumene)
1~22~La Virtu De' Strali D'Amore, Act 1: "Il Diletto Interrotto " (Erino)
1~23~La Virtu De' Strali D'Amore, Act 1: "Desia La Verginella" (Erino)
1~24~La Virtu De' Strali D'Amore, Act 3: "Che Pensi, Mio Core?" (Amore)

Details

Format: CD
Artist: Philippe Jaroussky
Release Date: 08 March 2019
Genre: Classical Music
Label: ERATO
Distributor: Inertia Music