1 audio disc : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in 4 3/4 in digital optical 1.4 m/s stereo digital recording
Other Title:
3 baroque tenors [CD]
Notes:
Subtitle from container Compact disc Principally opera arias "In these 15 arias, Ian Bostridge inhabits the strikingly diverse music personalities of three tenors who in the Baroque era challenged castrato supremacy, the sterling Englishman John Beard and two brilliant Italians, the athletic Francesco Borosini and the cultivated Anniable Po Fabri."--Container Program notes by Berta Joncus in English with French and German translations and texts with English, French and German translations (57 p. : ports.) in container Ian Bostridge, tenor ; the English Consort ; Bernard Labadie, conductor Recorded Nov. 16-19, 2009, and February 20-22, 2010, the Church of St. Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead, London Sung in Italian and English
Contents:
Don Chisciotte. Qui sto appeso / Francesco Conti (2:03) Hercules. Where congeal'd the northern streams (2:01) ; From celestial seats descending (5:57) / George Frideric Handel Arsilda. La tiranna e avversa sorte / Antonio Vivaldi (5:25) Il Bajazet. Forte e lieto a morte andrei / Francesco Gasparini (4:09) Tamerlano. Forte e lieto / George Frideric Handel (5:09) Rosamond. Rise, glory, rise / Thomas Arne (6:28) Joaz. Lo so, lo so: con periglio (5:13) ; Poro. D'un barbaro scortese (3:26) / Antonio Caldara Marco Attilo Regolo. Se non sa qual vento / Alessandro Scarlatti (3:06) Giulio Cesare. Scorta siate a passi miei / George Frideric Handel (4:06) L'Atenaide. Ti stringo in quest'amplesso (5:18) ; Ipermestra. Sazierò col morir mio (4:11) / Antonio Vivaldi Solomon. Softly rise, o southern breeze / William Boyce (4:38) The royal chace. With early horn / John Galliard (4:44)
