Gluck Arias
The Mozartists
- Label
- Signum Classics
- Catalogusnummer
- SIGCD 921
- EAN / barcode
- 0635212092125
- Verschijningsdatum
- 25 september 2025
- Type
- Album
Meer info
The celebrated Swedish mezzo-soprano Ann Hallenberg is a two-time winner of the ‘Best Operatic Recital’ Award at the International Opera Awards, while Ian Page’s previous Gluck recording with The Mozartists (‘Blessed Spirit – a Gluck retrospective’) was selected by Gramophone magazine among the top 10 Gluck recordings of all time. Following previous partnerships in the opera house and the concert hall, Hallenberg and Page are now collaborating in the recording studio for the first time on a new recital disc of Gluck arias. The backbone of the programme is provided by three arias from Il trionfo di Clelia (Bologna, 1763) that were written for the renowned castrato Giovanni Manzuoli (1720-1782) – one of the greatest singers of his day – and the album also includes previously unrecorded arias from Ipermestra (Venice, 1744 and Le nozze d’Ercole e d’Ebe (Dresden, 1747). Also featured is Gluck’s revised version of the exquisite “Che puro ciel” from Orfeo ed Euridice (written for Parma in 1769), and the popular “O del mio dolce ardor” from the last of the composer’s three so-called ‘reform’ operas, Paride ed Elena. "In an age where so much music of the past is being explored and made available, Gluck nevertheless remains one of the most neglected and undervalued of the great composers, a name that continues to crop up more often in textbooks than in opera houses or concert halls. We very much hope that you will find this music to be of far more than merely historical interest, and that you enjoy listening to this recording." - Ian Page
Tracklist
- 01 Il trionfo di Clelia, Wq. 31, Act I Scene 5: Aria. Resta, o cara (Orazio)
- 02 Paride ed Elena, Wq. 39, Act I Scene 2: O del mio dolce ardor (Paride)
- 03 Ipermestra, Wq. 7, Act I Scene 11: Recitativo. No, che torni sì presto (Linceo)
- 04 Ipermestra, Wq. 7, Act I Scene 11: Aria. Io non pretendo, o stelle (Linceo)
- 05 Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30, Act II Scene 2 (1762 Version): Dance of the Blessed Spirits
- 06 Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30, Scene 4 (1769 Version): Recitativo. Che puro ciel [Orfeo]
- 07 Ezio, Wq. 15, Act III Scene 10 (1750 Version): Recitativo. Misera, dove son! [Fulvia]
- 08 Ezio, Wq. 15, Act III Scene 10 (1750 Version): Aria. Ah, non son io che parlo [Fulvia]
- 09 Il trionfo di Clelia, Wq. 31, Act I Scene 10: Aria. Saper ti basti, o cara (Orazio)
- 10 Il Parnaso confuso, Wq. 33: Aria. Di questa cetra in seno (Erato)
- 11 La Semiramide riconosciuta, Wq. 13, Act I Scene 6: Aria. Maggior follia non v’è (Ircano)
- 12 Le nozze d’Ercole e d’Ebe, Wq. 12: Aria. L’augellin da’ lacci sciolto (Ebe)
- 13 Il trionfo di Clelia, Wq. 31, Act III Scene 8: Aria. De’ folgori di Giove (Orazio)
Bron: MusicBrainz
Ook bij Signum Classics
Beethoven The Complete Sonatas for Violin and fortepiano
Viktoria Mullova
Signum Classics
·
2026
·
4 cd's
Reaching Farther
Choir of Clare College Cambridge
Signum Classics
·
2026
i breathe Choral music of Nathan James Dearden
The Choir of Royal Holloway
Signum Classics
·
2026
The Complete Alkan Organ Works Volume 2
Joseph Nolan
Signum Classics
·
2026