Roy Goodman: The Brandenburg Consort
Release Date: 01 September 1997
Label: Hyperion Records Ltd
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 034571169507
Description
Seventeenth-century London was gripped by a passion for Italian opera. Two soprano divas held centre stageâFrancesca Cuzzoni and Faustina Bordoni, represented here by Catherine Bott and Emma Kirkby respectivelyâand both quickly won a fiercely partisan following among audiences. The Royal Academy of Music cynically exploited this rivalry by repeatedly engaging the two to sing roles which would bring them into conflict, in 'stage' and 'real life' personas. (The unfortunate result of this scheme, which could almost be said to have worked 'too well', was that over-enthusiastic audiences rioted, the Academy fell into disrepute and debt, and closed in 1728.)
In these operas we find Alessandro being fought over by his two wives; Admeto with a dead wife returned to disturb his courting of an old flame; Riccardo (Richard I of England) being harrassed by the daughter of the tyrant who has kidnapped his fiancée; Siroe attempting to court his father's enemy's daughter while being pursued by Laodice whom his father loves; Tolomeo looking for his wife who is being pursued by the King of Cyprus whose sister is after Tolomeo â¦
Hell hath no fury â¦
All of the music on this album is also available as part of the specially priced box set Handel: Opera Arias: âKirkbyâs talent for matching brilliant coloratura with dramatic urgency remains unparalleled ⦠a compelling interpretation of rarely heard masterpiecesâ (International Record Review).
Tracklisting
Roberto Prosseda, London Philharmonic Orchestra / Nir Kabaretti
The Brabant Ensemble / Stephen Rice
Steven Isserlis
The Nash Ensemble
MultiPiano Ensemble, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin / Ivor Bolton
Marc-Andre Hamelin
Marc-Andre Hamelin, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Andrew Litton
Gothic Voices / Christopher Page
Roy Goodman: The Brandenburg Consort
Roy Goodman: The Brandenburg Consort
Roy Goodman: The Brandenburg Consort
Roy Goodman: The Brandenburg Consort
Roy Goodman: The Brandenburg Consort
Roy Goodman: The Brandenburg Consort
Roy Goodman: The Brandenburg Consort
Roy Goodman: The Brandenburg Consort
