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Opera Proibita

Composer
Handel
Scarlatti
Caldara

Artists
Cecilia Bartoli
Les Musiciens du Louvre
Marc Minkowski

Catalogue Number
475 6924 4 DH

International Release Date
September 2005

TRACKLISTING

1. Alessandro Scarlatti
All'arme si accesi guerrieri (Pace)
Cantata per la Notte del Santissimo Natale

2. Alessandro Scarlatti
Mentre io godo in dolce oblio (Speranza)
Il Giardino di Rose (La Santissima Vergine del Rosario)

3. George Frideric Handel
Un pensiero nemico di pace (Bellezza)
Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno

4. Antonio Caldara
Vanne pentita a piangere (Santa Eugenia)
Il Trionfo dell'Innocenza

5. Antonio Caldara
Sparga il senso lascivo veleno (Flavia)
La Castità al Cemento (Il Trionfo della Castità)

6. Alessandro Scarlatti
Caldo sangue (Ismaele)
Sedecia Re di Gerusalemme

7. George Frideric Handel
Come nembo che fugge col vento (Piacere)
Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno

8. Alessandro Scarlatti
Ecco negl'orti tuoi...Che dolce simpatia (Caritá)
Il Giardino di Rose (La Santissima Vergine del Rosario)

9. Alessandro Scarlatti
Qui resta...L'alta Roma (Caritá)
San Filippo Neri

10. George Frideric Handel
Lascia la spina cogli la rosa (Piacere)
Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno

11. Alessandro Scarlatti
Ahi! qual cordoglio...Doppio affetto (Ismaele)
Sedecia Re di Gerusalemme

12. Antonio Caldara
Si piangete pupille dolente (Santa Francesca)
Santa Fracesca Romana

13. Antonio Caldara
Ahi quanto cieca...Come foco alla sua sfera (Imperatrice Faustina)
Il Martirio di Santa Caterina

14. George Frideric Handel
Disserratevi oh porte d'Averno (Angelo)
La Resurrezione di Nostro Signor Gesu Cristo

15. George Frideric Handel
Notte funesta...Ferma l'ali (Maddalena)
La Resurrezione di Nostro Signor Gesu Cristo

RECORDING INFORMATION

Rome at the dawn of the 18th Century...

The eagerly anticipated new album from Cecilia Bartoli

The rediscovery of a lost musical world of arias from the 'Forbidden Operas' of Handel, Scarlatti and Caldara

Cecilia Bartoli celebrates a unique period in the musical history of her home City of Rome

Showpiece arias from three of the most acclaimed composers of the Baroque

8 World Premiere Recordings of arias by Alessandro Scarlatti and Antonio Caldara

Outstanding accompaniment from Marc Minkowski and Les Musiciens du Louvre

When the young Handel arrived in Rome in the early years of the 18th Century he was one of many outstanding musicians and artists who made their home in the Holy City.

On this long awaited new album, Cecilia Bartoli uncovers the glories of oratorios written in Rome at a time when opera performance was forbidden by the Church.

Although many of these arias are written for female characters, public performances by female singers were also forbidden, so the roles were often sung by male castrati.

See the e-card and listen to more music clips here.

 

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