Alan Curtis, Il Complesso Barocco - Christoph Willibald Gluck: Demofoonte (2020)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 1.10 Gb | Total time: 192:17 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Brilliant Classics | 95283 | Recorded: 2014, 2015
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 1.10 Gb | Total time: 192:17 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Brilliant Classics | 95283 | Recorded: 2014, 2015
Demofoonte dates from the early Milan years of Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787), long before the radical reform operas for which he is most famous and his break with opera seria and the librettos of Pietro Metastasio. Gluck arrived in the northern Italian city in 1737 and was mentored there by composer Giovanni Battista Sammartini. Though Sammartini primarily composed symphonies and music for the church, Milan boasted a vibrant opera scene, and Gluck soon formed an association with one of the city's up-and-coming opera houses, the Teatro Regio Ducal. His first opera, Artaserse, on a libretto by Metastasio, premiered there on 26 December 1741 and opened the Milanese Carnival of 1742. Gluck went on to compose an opera for each of the next four Carnivals at Milan, Demofoonte being the second of these and his third opera overall, premiering on 6 January 1743. In celebration of Glucks 300th birthday, the early music scholar and harpsichordist Alan Curtis (1934-2015), founder of Il Complesso Barocco and leader of the period music ensemble for nearly four decades, prepared Demofoonte for performance. All of the arias had been preserved, but nearly all of the secco recitatives were lost. Curtis composed new recitatives in Gluck's style, using Glucks earliest fully extant opera, Ipermestra, written less than two years after Demofoonte, as a model. This modern revival was given its first performance on 23 November 2014 in Vienna and was recorded with the same excellent cast of singers the week before, in Northern Italy.
Performer:
Demofoonte - Colin Balzer
Dircea - Sylvia Schwartz
Creusa - Ann Hallenberg
Timante - Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen
Cherinto - Romina Basso
Matusio - Vittorio Prato
Adrasto - Nerea Berraondo
Il Complesso Barocco
Conductor - Alan Curtis
Tracklist:
Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787)
Demofoonte
CD1:
01. Sinfonia: I. Allegro
02. Sinfonia: II. Andante
03. Sinfonia: III. Presto
04. Atto I. Scena 1: Credimi, o padre … (Dircea · Matusio)
05. Scena 1: O più tremar non voglio (Matusio)
06. Scena 2: Se il mio principe almeno … (Dircea · Timante)
07. Scena 2: In te spero, o sposo amato (Dircea)
08. Scena 3: Ma viene il real genitor … (Timante · Demofoonte · Adrasto)
09. Scena 3: Per lei fra l’armi (Demofoonte)
10. Scena 4: Ma che vi fece, o stelle …
11. Scena 4: Sperai vicino al lido (Timante)
12. Scena 5: Marcia
13. Scena 5: Ma che t’affanna, o prence? … (Creusa · Cherinto)
14. Scena 5: T’intendo, ingrata (Cherinto)
15. Scena 6: Dove? Ferma (Creusa · Cherinto) Dimmi cherinto. È questa la frigia principessa? (Timante · Cherinto · Creusa) / Scena 7: Numi! A Creusa?’ … (Creusa · Cherinto)
16. Scena 7: Non curo l’affetto (Creusa)
17. Scena 8: Oh dei! Perché tanto furor! …
18. Scena 8: Il suo leggiadro viso (Cherinto)
19. Scena 9: Olà ministri … (Adrasto · Matusio · Timante · Dircea)
20. Scena 9: Padre, perdona… oh pene! (Dircea)
21. Scena 10: Appresso a lei … (Timante · Matusio)
22. Scena 10: Gemo in un punto e fremo (Timante)
CD2:
01. Atto II. Scena 1. Creusa intendo … (Demofoonte · Creusa · Adrastro)
02. Scena 1: Tu sai chi son (Creusa)
03. Scena 2: Che alterezza ha costei! … (Demofoonte · Timante)
04. Scena 2: Prudente mi chiedi? (Timante)
05. Scena 3: Dunque m’insulta ognun? …
06. Scena 3: Se tronca un ramo (Demofoonte)
07. Scena 4: È l’unica speranza… … (Matusio · Timante)
08. Scena 4: È soccorso d’incognita mano (Matusio)
09. Scena 5: Ah principessa … (Dircea · Creusa)
10. Scena 5: Se tutti i mali miei (Dircea)
11. Scena 6: Che incanto è la beltà! (Creusa · Cherinto)
12. Scena 6: No, non chiedo, amate stelle (Cherinto)
13. Scena 7: Se immaginar potessi …
14. Scena 7: Felice età dell’oro (Creusa)
15. Scena 8: Santi numi del cielo … (Dircea · Timante) / Scena 9: Indegno. Non fuggirmi. T’arresta … (Demofoonte · Timante · Dircea)
16. Scena 9: Perfidi! Già che in vita (Demofoonte)
17. Scena 10: Sposo / Consorte …
18. Scena 10: La destra ti chiedo (Dircea · Timante)
CD3:
01. Atto III. Scena 1: Taci … (Timante · Adrasto)
02. Scena 1: Non odi consiglio? (Adrasto)
03. Scena 2: Perché bramar la vita? … (Timante · Cherinto)
04. Scena 2: Nel tuo dono io veggo assai (Cherinto)
05. Scena 3: Oh figlio, oh sposa … (Timante · Matusio)
06. Scena 3: Ah che né mal verace (Matusio)
07. Scena 4: Misero me! (Timante)
08. Scena 5: Timante / Ah, principessa …
09. Scena 5: Misero pargoletto (Timante)
10. Scena 6: Sieguilo, Adrasto …
11. Scena 6: Odo il suono de queruli accenti (Demofoonte)
12. Scena 7: E tu Dircea, che fai? … (Creusa)
13. Scena 7: Che mai risponderti (Dircea)
14. Scena 8: Qual terra è questa! …
15. Scena 8: Non dura una sventura (Creusa)
16. Scena 9: Il re per tutto ti ricerca (Adrasto · Timante · Matusio · Dircea) / Scena 10: Non t’ingannan, Timante (Demofoonte · Timante)
17. Scena 11: Par maggiore ogni diletto (Coro)
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