1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in 4 3/4 in digital optical 1.4 m/s stereo digital recording
Notes:
Chiefly excerpts from operas Program notes in English, German and French, and texts with English, German and French translations (43 p. ; ports.) in container Patrizia Ciofi, Natalie Dessay, Véronique Gens, sopranos ; Joyce diDonato, mezzo-soprano ; Marie-Nicole Lemieux, contralto ; Philippe Jaroussky, countertenor ; Topi Lehtipuu, Rolando Villazón, Simon Wall, tenors ; Laurent Naouri, Christopher Purves, bass-baritones ; Le Concert d'Astrée ; Emmanuelle Haïm, harpsichord, organ, conductor Recorded Feb. 4-6, 2007 and May 26-27, 2008, Chapelle de L'Hôpital Notre Dame du Bon Secours, Paris Compact disc Sung in Italian
Contents:
Egisto. D'Hipparco e di Climene ospiti miei... Lasso io vivo / Cavalli (3:50) Lamento della Ninfa / Monteverdi (5:15) Eraclito amoroso / Strozzi (5:59) Lamento d'Arianna / Monteverdi (7:12) Superbe colli, e voi, sacre ruine / Landi (5:46) Incoronazione di Poppea. Addio Roma / Monteverdi (4:09) Didone. Acate, Ilioneo, compagni, amici... Dormi, cara Didone / Cavalli (6:52) Lamento di Maria Stuarda / Carissimi (9:13) Argia. Dure noie, che rendete / Cesti (5:39) Didone. Alle ruine del mio regno adunque... Tremulo spirito / Cavalli (8:06) Orfeo. Tu se' morta mia vita / Monteverdi (2:19)
