| Other author/creator | Bicket, Harry, conductor, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Scholl, Andreas, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Bennett, Mark (Trumpeter), performer. |
| Other author/creator | Spreckelsen, Katharina, performer. |
| Included Work | Dowland, John, 1563?-1626. Songs or ayres, 1st book. Come againe sweet love doth now envite. |
| Included Work | Dowland, John, 1563?-1626. Songs or ayres, 3rd book. What if I never speede. |
| Included Work | Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Serse. Ombra mai fù. |
| Included Work | Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Samson. Let the bright seraphim. |
| Included Work | Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Dido and Aeneas. When I am laid in earth. |
| Included Work | Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a. Heart, the seat of soft delight. |
| Included Work | Ferrari, Benedetto, approximately 1603-1681. Pastor regio. Pur ti miro, pur ti godo. |
| Included Work | Monteverdi, Claudio, 1567-1643. Scherzi musicali (1632). Quel sguardo sdegnosetto. |
| Included Work | Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Rodelinda. Io t'abbraccio. |
| Included Work | Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Triumph of Time and Truth. Guardian angels, oh, protect me. |
| Included Work | Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista, 1710-1736. Stabat Mater, P. 77, F minor. Stabat Mater. |
| Included Work | Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten. Sich üben im Lieben, in Scherzen sich herzen. |
| Included Work | Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Jagdkantate. Schafe können sicher weiden. |
| Other author/creator | English Concert (Musical group), performer. |
| Contents |
Come again, sweet love doth now invite (2:42) ; What if I never speed? (2:31) / Dowland -- Serse. Ombra mai fù (2:54) ; Samson. Let the bright seraphim (with Mark Bennett, trumpet) (5:34) / Handel -- Dido and Aeneas. Thy hand, Belinda. When I am laid in earth (Dido's lament) / Purcell (5:07) -- Acis and Galatea. Heart, the seat of soft delight / Handel (4:10) -- L'incoronazione di Poppea. Pur ti miro / Monteverdi [i.e. Ferrari] (4:35) -- Scherzi musicali. Quel sguardo sdegnosetto / Monteverdi (3:01) -- Rodelinda. Io t'abbraccio (6:53) ; The triumph of Time and Truth. Guardian angels, oh, protect me (5:59) / Handel -- Stabat Mater. Stabat Mater / Pergolesi (3:56) -- Cantata: "Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten": BWV 202. Sich üben im Lieben (with Katharina Spreckelsen, oboe) (4:38) ; Cantata: "Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!": BWV 208. Schafe könnnen sicher weiden (4:46) / Bach. |
| Abstract |
With her third solo album, soprano Danielle de Niese embodies Beauty of the Baroque with an album of favourite arias from the English, German, and Italian traditions, accompanied by the leading European Baroque orchestra The English Concert under Harry Bicket. Favourite arias including Handel's "Ombra mai fu" and highlights from Bach Cantatas are contrasted with solo songs by Purcell and Dowland, much loved Italian arias and sacred works. Since her earlier successes in the operas of Mozart, Danielle de Niese has become most closely associated with the music of the Baroque. The New York Times commented: "A voice seductive enough to woo gods as well as mortals". Decca's star countertenor Andreas Scholl joins Danielle de Niese for duets including Monteverdi's ravishing duet "Pur ti miro" |
| General note | Compact disc. |
| General note | Program notes in English, and texts with English translation (17 pages : illustrations, portraits) inserted in container. |
| Performer |
Danielle De Niese (soprano) ; Andreas Scholl, countertenor (7th, 9th, and 11th works) ; the English Concert ; Harry Bicket, conductor, harpsichord, organ. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded: St. Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, August 12-16, 2010 (1st-6th, 8th-13th works) and Les Dominicains de Haute-Alsace, France, January 24, 2011 (7th work). |
| Language | Sung in English, German, Italian, or Latin. |
| LCCN | 2013618707 |
| UPC |
028947822608 |
| Publisher number | B0015869-02 Decca |