822252227826

Monteverdi: L'orfeo

Taverner Consort and Players & Andrew Parrott

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Format: 2CD

Cat No: AV2278

Release Date:  13 May 2013

Label:  Avie

Packaging Type:  Brilliant Case (Jewel Case size, Holds 2 CDs)

No of Units:  2

Barcode:  822252227826

Genres:  Classical  Opera  

  • Description

    Celebrating their 40th anniversary, Andrew Parrott and his Taverner Consort & Players offer a magnificent recording of the world's first operatic masterpiece, Monteverdi's L'Orfeo. Befitting such an outstanding recording, the 2-CD set is luxuriously packaged with extensive notes and the complete libretto with English translations in a 52-page booklet.

    Andrew Parrott and the Taverner Consort & Players celebrate their 40th anniversary with a magnificent recording of the world's first operatic masterpiece, Monteverdi's L'Orfeo. As can be expected from Andrew Parrott, who has been at the centre of the early and baroque music scene for over four decades, his meticulous research results in a performance and stylistic approach that brings a fresh perspective to the myth of love lost and found through the art of music. His scholarship, combined with the collaborative nature of the Taverners, translates into a performance brought to life by the finest singers and instrumentalists in the early music world, including tenor Charles Daniels who is the superb Orfeo.



    Personnel: Taverner Consort & Players, Andrew Parrott (conductor)



    Critical acclaim for Andrew Parrott and the Taverner Players & Consort:


    "The Taverner Consort & Players...at the vanguard of stimulating research-driven concepts interpreted with enthralling musicality." - Gramophone, Critic's Choice 2011



    "Exceptional sensitivity and direction...beautifully performed." - BBC Music Magazine

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Toccata
      • 2. PROLOGO, Ritornello - Dal mio Permesso amato La Musica
      • 3. ATTO PRIMO, In questo lieto e fortunato giorno Pastore 2
      • 4. Vieni Imeneo, deh vieni Choro
      • 5. Muse, honor di Parnaso Ninfa
      • 6. Balletto - Lasciate i monti Choro
      • 7. Ma tu gentil cantor Pastore 1
      • 8. Rosa del Ciel, vita del Mondo Orfeo
      • 9. Io non dirò Euridice
      • 10. Balletto - Lasciate i monti Choro
      • 11. Vieni Imeneo, deh vieni Choro
      • 12. Ma s'il nostro gioir Pastore 3
      • 13. Ritornello - Alcun non sia Pastori
      • 14. ATTO SECONDO, Sinfonia - Ecco pur ch'a voi ritorno Orfeo
      • 15. Ritornello - Vi ricorda o boschi ombrosi Orfeo
      • 16. Mira, deh mira Orfeo Pastore 2
      • 17. Ahi caso acerbo Messaggiera
      • 18. In un fiorito prato Messaggiera
      • 19. Tu se' morta Orfeo
      • 20. Ahi caso acerbo Pastori
      • 21. Ma io Messaggiera
      • 22. Sinfonia - Chi ne consola ahi lassi? Pastori

      Disc 2

      • 1. ATTO TERZO, Sinfonia
      • 2. Scorto da te mio Nume Orfeo
      • 3. Ecco l'atra palude Speranza
      • 4. Dove, ah dove te n' vai Orfeo
      • 5. O tu ch'innanzi morte Caronte
      • 6. Sinfonia - Possente Spirto Orfeo
      • 7. Ben mi lusinga alquanto Caronte
      • 8. Ahi sventurato amante Orfeo
      • 9. Sinfonia - Ei dorme Orfeo
      • 10. Sinfonia - Nulla impresa per huom Choro
      • 11. ATTO QUARTO, Signor quell'infelice Proserpina
      • 12. Benchè severo & immutabil fato Plutone
      • 13. Quali grazie ti rendo Proserpina
      • 14. Ecco il gentil cantore Un Spirito
      • 15. O dolcissimi lumi Orfeo
      • 16. Sinfonia - È la virtute un raggio Choro
      • 17. ATTO QUINTO, Ritornello - Questi i campi di Tracia Orfeo
      • 18. Sinfonia - Perchè a lo sdegno & al dolor Apollo
      • 19. Saliam cantando al Cielo Apollo, Orfeo
      • 20. Ritornello - Vanne Orfeo felice a pieno Choro
      • 21. Moresca