[ Decca Music Group / CD ]
Release Date: Monday 14 December 2009
"Porpora's opening aria reveals just what has made Bartoli unique in this field - a stupefying range, fearless vocal leaps and the sort of relentless passagework that makes you suspect the singer might be on a heart-lung machine."
(William Dart NZ Herald)
Deluxe 2 CD Limited Edition in hard backed book cover
Araia:
Cadrò, ma qual si mira
Caldara:
Profezie, di me diceste
Quel buon pastor son io
Graun, C H:
Misero pargoletto
Deh, tu bel Dio d'amore … Ov'è il mio bene?
Leo:
Qual farfalla
Porpora:
Come nave in mezzo all'onde
Parto, ti lascio, o cara
Usignolo sventurato
In braccio a mille furie
Nobil onda (Adelaïde)
Vinci:
Chi temea Giove regnante
Bonus CD: Three Legendary Castrato Arias
Riccardo Broschi: Son Qual Nave (Artaserse)
Georg Fredrich Handel: Ombra Mai Fu (Serse)
Geminiano Giacomelli: Sposa Non Mi Conosci (Merope)