Baroque Journey

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VIVALDI / PURCELL / BACH / HANDEL
Baroque Journey
Sumi Jo (soprano) / Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra

[ Warner Classics / CD ]

Release Date: Friday 30 November 2007

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"For her part, Jo sounds splendid on this whole recording, even in the ultra-difficult Vivaldi aria "Agitata da due venti" from the opera Griselda, nailed by labelmate Angelina Reaux in its equivalent version from the opera Bajazet in Fabio Biondi's set of that work for Virgin Classics."
(All Music)

Tracks:

Nulla in mundo pax sincera, solo motet for voice, strings & continuo in E major, RV 630 (1. Larghetto. Nulla in mundo paz sincera)
Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

Griselda, opera in 3 acts, RV 718 (Agitata da due venti)
Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

Bist du bei mir, for voice & continuo
Composer: Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel

L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato (Pastoral Ode), oratorio, HWV 55 (As steals the morn upon night)
Composer: George Frideric Handel

Semele, oratorio, HWV 58 (Where'er you walk)
Composer: George Frideric Handel

Cantata No. 211, "Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht," (Coffee Cantata), BWV 211 (BC G48) (Ei! wie schmeckt der Kaffee süße)

Music for a While (from "Oedipus"), song, Z. 583/2
Composer: Henry Purcell

Samson, oratorio, HWV 57 (Let the bright seraphim)
Composer: George Frideric Handel

Bajazet (Il Tamerlano), pasticcio opera ("tragedia per musica") in 3 acts, RV703 (Sposa son disprezzata)
Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

Fairest Isle (from "King Arthur"), aria for soprano, Z. 628/38
Composer: Henry Purcell

Rinaldo, opera, HWV 7 (Lascia ch'io pianga)
Composer: George Frideric Handel

Cantata No. 21, "Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis," BWV 21 (BC A99) (Seufzer, Tränen, Kummer, Not)
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56 (I know that my Redeemer liveth)
Composer: George Frideric Handel