Beauty of the baroque.

Author/creator De Niese, Danielle performer.
Format Audio (CD)
PublicationLondon, England : Decca, [2011]
Copyright Date℗2011
Description1 audio disc (56 min., 50 sec.) : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
Subjects

Other author/creatorBicket, Harry, conductor, performer.
Other author/creatorScholl, Andreas, performer.
Other author/creatorBennett, Mark (Trumpeter), performer.
Other author/creatorSpreckelsen, Katharina, performer.
Included WorkDowland, John, 1563?-1626. Songs or ayres, 1st book. Come againe sweet love doth now envite.
Included WorkDowland, John, 1563?-1626. Songs or ayres, 3rd book. What if I never speede.
Included WorkHandel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Serse. Ombra mai fù.
Included WorkHandel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Samson. Let the bright seraphim.
Included WorkPurcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Dido and Aeneas. When I am laid in earth.
Included WorkHandel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a. Heart, the seat of soft delight.
Included WorkFerrari, Benedetto, approximately 1603-1681. Pastor regio. Pur ti miro, pur ti godo.
Included WorkMonteverdi, Claudio, 1567-1643. Scherzi musicali (1632). Quel sguardo sdegnosetto.
Included WorkHandel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Rodelinda. Io t'abbraccio.
Included WorkHandel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Triumph of Time and Truth. Guardian angels, oh, protect me.
Included WorkPergolesi, Giovanni Battista, 1710-1736. Stabat Mater, P. 77, F minor. Stabat Mater.
Included WorkBach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten. Sich üben im Lieben, in Scherzen sich herzen.
Included WorkBach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Jagdkantate. Schafe können sicher weiden.
Other author/creatorEnglish 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 noteCompact disc.
General noteProgram 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 noteRecorded: 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).
LanguageSung in English, German, Italian, or Latin.
LCCN 2013618707
UPC 028947822608
Publisher numberB0015869-02 Decca