Lava: Opera arias from 18th Century Naples
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PERGOLESI / PORPORA / HASSE / LEO / VINCI
Lava: Opera arias from 18th Century Naples
Simone Kermes (soprano) / Le Musiche Nove, Claudio Osele
[ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / CD ]
Release Date: Wednesday 20 October 2010
Possibly the wildest, most untamed singer in Baroque music today, Simone Kermes presents a disc of 18th century opera arias from Naples, most never recorded before: a disc of almost demented virtuosity and surprising tenderness and beauty as well. A favourite with Marbecks staff!
Possibly the wildest, most untamed singer in Baroque music today, Simone Kermes presents a disc of 18th century opera arias from Naples: a disc of almost demented virtuosity and surprising tenderness and beauty as well. A favourite with Marbecks staff!
"…a blazing reminder that sensitively attuned performances by musicians passionate about their chosen material can restore to blazing vitality a whole operatic era previously damned by history books as lifeless. Simone Kermes's… is…a fearless risk-taker of uncommon artistic range and technical prowess... all 12 of the disc's items are delightful." Five Stars BBC Music
"In roller-coaster moment Le Musiche Nove throw caution to the wind, and Kermes sails through difficult coloratura passages with admirable gusto… Porpora's "Morte amara" shows exactly what Kermes is best at in beautiful slow music… her tender performance of Leo's "Manca sollecita" is gorgeous." Gramophone
Tracks:
Pergolesi: Tu me da me dividi (from L'Olimpiade)
Porpora: Lucio Papirio: Morte Amara
Porpora: Flavio Anicio Olibrio: Se Non Dovesse Il Pie'
Vinci, Leonardo: Artaserse: Fra Cento Affanni E Cento
Leo: Il Demetrio: Manca Sollecita
Hasse, J A: Viriate: Come nave in mezzo all'onde
Pergolesi: Adriano In Siria: Lieto Così Talvolta
Hasse, J A: Antigono: Perché se tanti siete
Vinci, Leonardo: Artaserse: No! Che Non Ha La Sorte... Vo Solcando Un Mar Crudele
Porpora: Lucio Papirio: Tocco Il Porto
Hasse, J A: Didone Abbandonata: Tu Dici Ch'Io Non Speri... L'Augelletto In Lacci Stretto
Pergolesi: L'Olimpiade: Mentre Dormi Amor Fomenti
