Tolomeo / Handel.

Author/creator Handel, George Frideric composer.
Format Audio (CD)
PublicationEnglewood Cliffs : Vox Classics, [1996]
Copyright Date℗1996
Description3 audio discs (2 hr., 40 min., 14 sec.) ; 4 3/4 in.
Subjects

Other author/creatorHaym, Nicola Francesco, librettist.
Other author/creatorLane, Jennifer, performer.
Other author/creatorHarris, Brenda (Soprano), performer.
Other author/creatorMatthews, Andrea, performer.
Other author/creatorHart, Mary Ann, performer.
Other author/creatorCastaldi, Peter (Baritone), performer.
Other author/creatorOstendorf, John, 1945- editor.
Other author/creatorCastaldi, Peter (Baritone), editor.
Other author/creatorClark, Richard Auldon, conductor.
Other author/creatorCapece, Carlo Sigismondo, 1652-1728. Tolomeo et Alessandro.
Other author/creatorManhattan Chamber Orchestra, performer.
SeriesVox 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 noteItalian opera in 3 acts; libretto by Nicola Francesco Haym.
General noteAdaptation of Carlo Sigismondo Capece's Tolomeo et Alessandro, a fictionalization of events in the life of Ptolemy IX Lathyros, King of Egypt.
General noteDigital recording.
General noteCompact discs.
General noteNotes by John Ostendorf and Peter Castaldi, and vocal text with English translation (23 pages : portraits) inserted in container.
CreditsJohn 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 noteRecorded 1995 March St. Jean Baptiste Church, New York.
LanguageSung in Italian.
LCCN 2015615659
UPC 047163753022
Publisher numberVOX3 7530 Vox Classics