| Other author/creator | Haym, Nicola Francesco, librettist. |
| Other author/creator | Lane, Jennifer, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Harris, Brenda (Soprano), performer. |
| Other author/creator | Matthews, Andrea, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Hart, Mary Ann, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Castaldi, Peter (Baritone), performer. |
| Other author/creator | Ostendorf, John, 1945- editor. |
| Other author/creator | Castaldi, Peter (Baritone), editor. |
| Other author/creator | Clark, Richard Auldon, conductor. |
| Other author/creator | Capece, Carlo Sigismondo, 1652-1728. Tolomeo et Alessandro. |
| Other author/creator | Manhattan Chamber Orchestra, performer. |
| Series | Vox classics Vox classics. UNAUTHORIZED |
| Contents |
Disc 1." Act one. Overture (3:36) -- Accompanied Recit: "Orgoglioso" (1:25) -- Recit: "Numi, pietà" (1:07) -- Aria:"Cielo" (Tolomeo) (4:28) -- Recit: "Ahi, Elisa" (1:33) -- Aria: "Non lo" (Alessandro) (1:45) -- Recit/Aria: "Quell'onda" (Elisa) (5:59) -- Recit: "Quest'e pur Cipro" (1:18) -- Aria: "Mi volgo" (Seleuce) (5:31) -- Recit: "O cari a gli occhi" (1:09) -- Aria: "Se talor miri" (Elisa) (8:29) -- Recit: "Conosco ben" (0:49) -- Arioso: "Tiranni" (Tolomeo) (1:40) -- Recit: "E dove mai" (0:43) -- Aria: "Fonti" (Seleuce) (5:14) -- Recit: "Ma quel pastor" (2:37) -- Aria: "Respira" (Araspe) (3:24) -- Recit: "V'è ancor" (0:45) -- Aria: "Torna" (Tolomeo) (3:42). |
| Contents |
Disc 2. Prelude (2:37) -- Allemande (4:26) -- Courante (3:04) -- Gigue (2:54) -- Act two. Accompanied Recit: "Voi dolci" (Elisa) (3:14) -- Recit: "Dov'è chi" (2:04) -- Recit/Aria: "Aure" (Seleuce) (4:17) -- Recit: "Delia, attendi" (1:29) -- Aria: "Se un solo" (Tolomeo) (5:23) -- Recit: "Disperato" (0:59) -- Aria: "Il mio core" (Elisa) (3:26) -- Recit: "Affetto che ragione" (0:28) -- Aria: "Pur" (Alessandro) (2:55) -- Duo: "Dite" (Seleuce/Tolomeo) (5:16) -- Recit: "Io ti cerco" (1:28) -- Aria: "Piangi pur" (Araspe) (2:46) -- Recit: "Seleuce, tu vivi" (0:25) -- Duo: "Se il" (Seleuce/Tolomeo) (4:55). |
| Contents |
Disc 3. Prelude (2:11) -- Allemande (5:26) -- Courante (1:42) -- Air: "Harmonious Blacksmith" (0:33) -- Variations on Air (2:59) -- Act three. Accompanied Recit: "Madre" (1:04) -- Recit: "Signor, se non" (0:34) -- Aria: "Se l'interno" (Alessandro) (2:57) -- Recit/Air: "Sarò giusto" (Araspe) (3:31) -- Recit: "Elisa, che ricerchi" (0:41) -- Aria: "Voglio amore" (Elisa) (4:15) -- Recit: "Eccolo" (2:03) -- Aria: "Ti pentirai" (Elisa) (3:54) -- Recit: "In questa più" (1:26) -- Aria: "Torna ormai" (Seleuce) (5:00) -- Accompanied Recit: "Che piu" (2:36) -- Aria: "Stille amare" (Tolomeo) (4:58) -- Recit: "Eccoti" (1:29) -- Duo: "Tutto" (Seleuce/Tolomeo) (4:18) -- Recit/Coro: "Applauda" (1:39). |
| Abstract |
Premiere recording of Handel's 1728 Italian opera or romantic intrigue set in ancient Cyprus. |
| General note | Italian opera in 3 acts; libretto by Nicola Francesco Haym. |
| General note | Adaptation of Carlo Sigismondo Capece's Tolomeo et Alessandro, a fictionalization of events in the life of Ptolemy IX Lathyros, King of Egypt. |
| General note | Digital recording. |
| General note | Compact discs. |
| General note | Notes by John Ostendorf and Peter Castaldi, and vocal text with English translation (23 pages : portraits) inserted in container. |
| Credits | John Ostendorf, producer; Stephen J. Epstein, engineering. |
| Performer |
Jennifer Lane (Tolomeo), Mary Ann Hart (Alessandro), mezzo-sopranos ; Brenda Harris (Seleuce), Andrea Matthews (Elisa), sopranos ; Peter Castaldi (King Araspe), baritone ; Manhattan Chamber orchestra ; Richard Auldon Clark, conductor. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded 1995 March St. Jean Baptiste Church, New York. |
| Language | Sung in Italian. |
| LCCN | 2015615659 |
| UPC |
047163753022 |
| Publisher number | VOX3 7530 Vox Classics |