Terry Wey - Pace e guerra (2017) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Terry Wey was the leading soprano soloist of the Vienna Boys’ Choir. He has worked under some of the leading conductors in the world today & has been invited to perform at some of the most important venues in the world such as Musikverein Wien, Barbican Centre, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Lincoln Centre New York & more. In this album, Wey appears with the Bach Consort Wien – one of the most prominent baroque ensembles in Austria and founded by director Ruben Dubrovsky in 1999. In recent years, the orchestra has distinguished itself as an opera orchestra and performed in the Austrian premiere of Porporas Polifemo as well as performing for the first time in Vienna, Mozart’s ‘La clemenza di Tito’ on original instruments. Countertenor Terry Wey selects the most beautiful arias written for one for one of the leading castratos of the early 18th-Century - Antonio Maria Bernacchi (1685-1756). As well as 3 well-known Handel arias, the album features x7 world premiere recordings of works by Pietro Torri (1650-1737), Domenico Sarros (1679-1744), Johann Adolf Hasse (1699-1783), Carlo Francesco Pollarolo (1653-1723) & Leonardo Vinci (1690-1730).

TRACKLIST

Pietro Torri (1650 - 1737)

1 Lucio Vero: Pace e guerra 03:19

Domenico Natalesarro (1679 - 1744)

2 L'Arsace: Quell'usignuolo 05:05

Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759)

3 Partenope, HWV 27: Rosmira, ove ti guida 01:48
4 Partenope, HWV 27: Ch'io parta 04:15
5 Partenope, HWV 27: Furibondo spira il vento 03:58

Johann Adolf Hasse (1699 - 1783)

6 Demetrio: Dal mio ben che tanto amai 08:46

Carlo Francesco Pollarolo (1658 - 1723)

7 Ariodante: Già mi par 04:05

Georg Friedrich Händel

8 Lotario, HWV 26: Non disperi peregrino 06:10

Leonardo Vinci (1690 - 1730)

9 Il Medo, HelN 72: Pria che sposarlo 00:35
10 Il Medo, HelN 72: Taci o di morte 08:07
11 Il Medo, HelN 72: Sento scherzar 07:29

Pietro Torri

12 Amadis di Grecia: La cara tua favella 07:04

Francesco Gasparini (1661 - 1727)

13 Il Bajazet: A dispetto 03:53

Pietro Torri

14 Venceslao: Parto, non ha costanza 10:06

PERSONNEL
Terry Wey, countertenor
Valer Sabadus, countertenor
Vivica Genaux, mezzo-soprano
Bach Consort Wien
Ruben Dubrovsky, conductor