8424562239043

Format: 2CD

Cat No: GCD923904

Release Date:  02 June 2023

Label:  Glossa

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

No of Units:  2

Barcode:  8424562239043

Genres:  Classical  Opera  

  • Description

    The birth of opera began around 1600 in Florence, where this new genre was used to accompany important political events. The court conductor Marco da Gagliano, who had also become acquainted with Monteverdi's new style during his time in Mantua, created a whole series of operas for the Medici house, but only two have survived.



    His opera La Flora, to a libretto by the Florentine court poet Andrea Salvadori, was written for the wedding celebrations of Margerita de' Medici to the Duke of Parma Odoardo Farnese in 1628.



    The mythological material has many political references and tells of the love between the wind Zeffiro and the nymph Clori, who changes her name to Flora when she marries and gives birth to many kinds of flowers. Botticelli had already pictorially realised this myth 40 years earlier in his "Birth of Venus" and "La Primavera".



    For this recording, more than a dozen solo singers, choristers and a large instrumental cast have come together to bring Gagliano's opera back to life almost 400 years after its premiere!


  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Marco Da Gagliano: La Flora: Ballo Delle Donne Turche
      • 2. La Flora: Prologue: Io, Che Con Aurea Face
      • 3. La Flora: Act I: Vedete, O Belle Ninfe
      • 4. Bell' Amorosa Diva
      • 5. Gioia Dell'universo
      • 6. Corilla Mia
      • 7. La Flora: Act II: O Campagne D'anfitrite
      • 8. E' Pur Gran Cosa, O Marte
      • 9. Lascia L'ira Pargoletto
      • 10. Lascia Amore

      Disc 2

      • 1. La Flora: Act III. Io Era Pargoletta
      • 2. Dive De' Monti
      • 3. Avventurosi Amanti
      • 4. Che Dì, Folle Che Sei?
      • 5. Fanciullo, Ardor Dell'alme
      • 6. E' Più Dolce Laggiù
      • 7. La Flora: Act Iv: O Miseri Mortali
      • 8. Aria, Per Dove Passa
      • 9. Togliti A Me Davanti!
      • 10. Suonino, Tuonino
      • 11. La Flora: Act V. Amore, Io Ti Rammento
      • 12. Eccoti Amore Innanzi
      • 13. Oimè, Che Questi Asconde
      • 14. M'è Forza Al Fin
      • 15. O Spettacol Giocondo!
      • 16. O Spettacol Giocondo
      • 17. Gioite Al Gioir Mio
      • 18. O Spettacol Giocondo
      • 19. Dal Dorso Altier Del Mio Famoso Monte
      • 20. O Spettacol Giocondo