MONTEVERDI

L’Orfeo

 

CD1

ACT I

 1 Toccata 1’51

 2 Ritornello – LA MUSICA : “Dal mio Permesso amato” 5’11

 3 PASTORE, CORO, NINFA: “In questo lieto e fortunate…”3’35       

 4 CORO, PASTORE: “Lasciate i monti” 2’47

 5 ORFEO, EURIDICE, CORO: “Rosa del ciel” 3’50

 6 CORO DI NINFE: “Vieni, Imeneo” 2’07

 7 Ritornello – CORO: “Alcun non sia che disperato in preda” 3’49

 

ACT II

 8 Sinfonia 1’18

 9 DUE PASTORI, CORO, ORFEO: “In questo prato adorno” 4’00

10 MESSAGGIERA, PASTORI, ORFEO: “Ahi caso acerbo!” 3’12

11 MESSAGGIERA, PASTORI: “In un fiorito prato” 3’41

12 ORFEO: “Tu se’ morta, mia vita, ed io respiro” 2’26

13 CORO, MESSAGGIERA: “Ahi caso acerbo” 2’46

14 Sinfonia 1’19

15 PASTORI, CORO: “Chi ne consola, ahi lassi?” 5’37

 

CD2

ACT III

 1 Sinfonia 1’18

 2 ORFEO: “Scorto da te, mio Nume” 1’18

 3 SPERANZA, ORFEO, CARONTE: “Ecco l’altra palude” 4’58

 4 Sinfonia 0’51

 5 ORFEO: “Possente spirto” 4’17

 6 Ritornello (arpa) – ORFEO: “Orfeo son io” 4’17

 7 CARONTE: “Ben mi lusinga alquanto” 1’47

 8 Sinfonia – ORFEO: “Ei dorme” 2’50

 9 Sinfonia – CORO DI SPIRITI INFERNALI 3’07

ACT IV

10 PROSERPINA, PLUTONE, SPIRITI: “Signor quel infelice” 7’48

11 ORFEO, SPIRITI, EURIDICE: “Qual onor di te sia degno” 5’32

12 Sinfonia – CORO DI SPIRITI: “È la virtute un raggio” 2’12

13 Sinfonia 0’42

ACT V

14 Ritornello – ORFEO, ECHO: “Questi i campi di Tracia” 7’28

15 Sinfonia – APOLLO, ORFEO: “Perch’a lo sdegno 4’13

16 APOLLO & ORFEO: “Saliam cantando al cielo” 1’02

17 Ritornello – CORO: “Vanne, Orfeo, felice a pieno” 0’59

18 Moresca 1’07

 

La Musica: Monica Piccinini - soprano                              

Orfeo: Furio Zanasi - tenor  

Euridice: Anna Simboli - soprano                                    

Messaggiera & speranza: Sara Mingardo - contralto  

Caronte: Sergio Foresti - bass                            

Proserpina: Anna Simboli - soprano  

Plutone: Antonio Abete - bass                             

Apollo: Luca Dordolo - tenor  

 

Concerto Italiano  / Rinaldo Alessandrini

 

The year 2007 represents the 400th anniversary Monteverdi’s “Orfeo”, a work which is generally considered to be the first true opera in musical history. Rinaldo Alessandrini is one of the world’s leading experts on Monteverdi’s music and his biography of the composer is regarded as definitive. He is also the official editor of the composer’s scores and his recordings of Monteverdi’s works have reaped countless awards over the years from the international press. For this his first recording of Orfeo, Alessandrini has prepared a new version based on original scores which sheds new light on this great work. It will be given its first performance under his baton next year at La Scala in Milan. The singers in the production, all of them experienced in this area of the repertoire, are exceptional and include Furio Zanasi, who is probably today’s greatest interpreter of the role of Orpheus.

 

This initial release is presented as a luxurious limited edition of the 2CD set incorporated into a book with a very rich introductory text by Rinaldo Alessandrini in which he explains the music of Monteverdi and his interpretation as well as the mythology contained in the opera’s libretto. The book also incorporates a wonderful range of iconographic images of the many faces of Orpheus as seen through the eyes of artists throughout the centuries, including many of the greatest painters of the Italian renaissance.

 

Naive 2cds OP30439