Boston Baroque/pearlman - Classic Operas [CD]

Experience the timeless beauty of classic operas with Boston Baroque and conductor Martin Pearlman on this captivating CD. Renowned for their historically informed performances, Boston Baroque brings a fresh and authentic interpretation to beloved works by composers such as Handel, Monteverdi, and Gluck. Featuring exceptional vocalists and instrumentalists, this album showcases the exquisite artistry and emotional depth of opera in its purest form. Immerse yourself in the rich tapestry of Baroque music with this exceptional collection of arias and ensembles, meticulously curated to transport listeners to a bygone era of elegance and passion.

Purcell: Dido and Aeneas: Overture

Overture

Overture

Introduction and Chorus: "Grands Dieux! soyez-nous secourables"

Recitative: "Je cede a vos desirs" / Aria: "D'une image, helas!"

Mozart: The Impresario: Overture

Purcell: Dido and Aeneas: (Belinda) - Shake the cloud from off your brow / (Chorus) - Banish sorrow

Introduction : "Ihr Madchen! Ihr Junglinge!"

Chorus with Solo and Recitative: "Ach, Astromonte"

Recitative: "Iphigenie, o ciel!"

Recitative: "Voici ces captifs malheureux"

Mozart: The Impresario: Arietta: "Da schlagt die Abschiedsstunde"

Purcell: Dido and Aeneas: (Dido) - Ah! Belinda, I am prest with torment

Dialogue

Dialogue

Chorus: "O songe affreux!" / Recitative: "O race de Pelops"

Recitative: "O joie inattendue!"

Mozart: The Impresario: Rondo: "Bester Jungling!"

Purcell: Dido and Aeneas: (Belinda, Dido) - Grief increases by concealing / (Chorus) - When monarchs unite

Aria: "Alle Wetter! O ihr Gotter!"

Aria: "Den Madchen trauet nicht zu viel"

Aria: "O toi, qui prolongeas mes jours"

Trio: "Je pourrais du tyran tromper la barbarie"

Mozart: The Impresario: Trio: "Ich bin die erste Sangerin!"

Purcell: Dido and Aeneas: (Dido, Belinda) - Whence could so much virtue spring

Dialogue

Dialogue

Chorus: "Quand verrons-nous tarir nos pleurs?"

Recitative: "O moment trop heureux!"

Mozart: The Impresario: Vaudeville: "Jeder Kunstler strebt nach Ehre"

Purcell: Dido and Aeneas: (Belinda, Second Woman, Chorus) - Fear no danger to ensue

Aria: "So ein schones Weibchen"

March

Recitative: "Dieux! le malheur en tous lieux suit mes pas"

Duet: "Et tu pretends encore que tu m'aimes?" / Recitative: "Quoi! je ne vaincrai pas ta constance funeste?"

Mozart: The Beneficent Dervish: Sinfonia

Purcell: Dido and Aeneas: (Belinda, Aeneas, Dido) - See your royal guest appears / (Chorus) - Cupid only throws the dart

Dialogue

Dialogue

Aria: "De noirs pressentiments"

Duet: "Ah! mon ami"

Mozart: Erster Akt: Duet: "Hier mussen wir uns beide trennen"

Purcell: Dido and Aeneas: (Aeneas, Dido) - If not for mine, for empire's sake

Chorus and Solo: "Welch reizende Musik"

Duet: "Nun, liebes Weibchen"

Chorus: "Les Dieux apaisent leur courroux" / Recitative: "Malheureuse!" / Chorus: "Les Dieux apaisent leur courroux" / Recitative: "Dieux! etouffez en moi le cri de la nature!"

Recitative: "Maigre toi, je saurai t'arracher" / Recitative: "Quoi? toujours a mes voeux"

Mozart: Erster Akt: Aria: "Welche nie empfund'ne Freude"

Purcell: Dido and Aeneas: (Chorus) - To the hills and the vales / The Triumphing Dance

Dialogue

Dialogue

Chorus: "Il nous fallait du sang"

Recitative: "Puisque le Ciel a vos jours s'interesse"

Mozart: Erster Akt: Duet: "Liebes Weib"

Purcell: Dido and Aeneas: Prelude for the Witches / (Sorceress, First witch, Chorus) - Wayward sisters

Duet: "Tralleralara! Tralleralla!"

Aria: "Nadir, du siegst"

Ballet

Aria: "Divinite des grandes ames"

Mozart: Erster Akt: Aria: "Der Drache ist den armen Mannern gut"

Purcell: Dido and Aeneas: (Two witches, Sorceress, First witch, Chorus) - Ruin'd ere the set of sun?

Dialogue

Dialogue

Recitative: "Malheureux, quel dessein"

Recitative: "Non, cet affreux devoir" / Aria: "Je t'implore et je tremble"

Mozart: Erster Akt: Chorus: "O Abdallah"

Purcell: Dido and Aeneas: (Two witches) - But ere we this perform

Recitative: "Du bist erhort"

Aria: "Ihr gutigen Gotter"

Chorus: "Il nous falait du sang"

Chorus: "O Diane, sois-nous propice!" / Recitative: "La force m'abandonne"

Mozart: Erster Akt: March

Purcell: Dido and Aeneas: (Chorus in the manner of an echo) -In our deep vaulted cell / Echo Dance of the Furies

Aria: "In finstrer Hohlenkluft"

Dialogue

Recitative: "Quel silence effrayant!"

Hymn: "Chaste fill de Latone" / Recitative: "Quel moment! Dieux puissants" / Aria: "Ah! laissons la ce souvenir funeste"

Mozart: Zweiter Akt: Chorus: "Die Manner zu fesseln"

Purcell: Dido and Aeneas: Ritornelle / (Belinda, Chorus) - Thanks to these lonesome vales

Chorus and Solo: "Seht doch! Mit gold'nem Geweih"

Chorus: "Astromont' stirbt durch uns"

Aria: "Dieux! qui me poursuivez" / Recitative: "Quel langage accablant"

Recitative: "Tremblez! tremblez! on sait tout le mystere"

Mozart: Zweiter Akt: Wind Music

Purcell: Dido and Aeneas: (Second woman) - Oft she visits this lone mountain

Dialogue

Dialogue

Aria: "Unis des la plus tendre enfance"

Aria: "De tes forfaits la trame est decouverte" / Recitative: "Qu'oses-tu proposer, barbare?"

Mozart: Zweiter Akt: Aria: "Sofrano, fuhltest du mein Leiden"

Purcell: Dido and Aeneas: (Aeneas, Dido) - Behold, upon my bending spear / (Belinda, Chorus) Haste, haste to town

Aria: "Ein Madchen, die von Liebe HeiB"

Aria: "Die Lieb ist wohl ein narrisch Ding"

Recitative: "Etrangers malheureux"

Chorus: "Vengeons le sang de notre Roi!"

Mozart: Zweiter Akt: March

Purcell: Dido and Aeneas: (Spirit, Aeneas) - Stay, Prince, and hear

Dialogue

Dialogue

Recitative: "Dieux! protecteurs de ces affreux rivages"

Recitative: "Arretex! ecoutez mes decrets eternels"

Mozart: Zweiter Akt: Ballad: "Ein Jungling frisch wie Milch"

Purcell: Dido and Aeneas: Ritornelle

Recitative: "Das wirst du nie"

Aria: "Mein einziger, liebster Nadir!"

Aria: "Le calme rentre dans mon coeur"

Recitative: "Ta soeur! qu'ai-je entendu?" / Aria: "Dans cet objet touchant"

Mozart: Zweiter Akt: The Sea Battle

Purcell: Dido and Aeneas: Prelude / (Sailor, Chorus) - Come away, fellow sailors / The Sailor's Dance

Finale: "Wohin Nadine"

Dialogue

Ballet-Pantomime

Final Chorus: "Les Dieux, longtemps en courroux"

Mozart: Dritter Akt: Aria: "So bald der Mann ist allzu Gut"

Purcell: Dido and Aeneas: (Sorceress, Witches) - See the flags and streamers curling

O liebster Vater

Finale: "Miau! Miau!"

Chorus and Dance: "Vengeons et la nature"

Martin Pearlman discusses Iphigenie en Tauride

Mozart: Zweiter Akt: Duet: "Ach, die Teure liebet mich!"

Purcell: Dido and Aeneas: (Sorceress) - Our next motion / (Chorus) - Destruction's our delight

Seht doch! Mit gold'nem Geweih

Fuhl' meine Macht

Recitative: "Je vois toute l'horreur"

Mozart: Zweiter Akt: Recitative: "Sofrano! Mein Sohn!"

Purcell: Dido and Aeneas: The Witches' Dance

Ihr Freunde, ihr Madchen

O Astromonte hore mich!

Chorus: "Patrie infortunee"

Mozart: Zweiter Akt: Chorus: "Vino pani"

Purcell: Dido and Aeneas: (Dido, Belinda, Aeneas) - Your counsel all is urged in vain

Erhebet eure Haupter

Jungling, Nadine ist tot

Aria: "O malheureuse Iphigenie!" / Recitative: "Honorez avec moi"

Mozart: Zweiter Akt: Duet: "DaB Manner unsre Sklaven sind"

Purcell: Dido and Aeneas: (Dido) - But death, alas, I cannot shun / (Chorus) - Great minds against themselves conspire

Wut und Verzweiflung

Fort, armer Jungling

Chorus: "Contemplez ces tristes apprets"

Mozart: Zweiter Akt: Aria: "Bald wird auch dieser Traum"

Purcell: Dido and Aeneas: (Dido) - Thy hand Belinda / When I am laid in earth

Ich muB Nadine eilig nach

Du schwarzer Teufe!

Mozart: Zweiter Akt: Duet: "Wir sind die zwei lustigen Bauern vom Land"

Purcell: Dido and Aeneas: (Chorus) - With drooping wings ye Cupids come

So kommt denn, ohne zu verweilen

Nadir, ermord' erst diesen hier

Mozart: Zweiter Akt: Final Chorus: "Ihr Undankbaren lebet wohl"

Purcell: Overture (from Abdelazer, or The Moor's Revenge)

Nadir! Nadir, der Sieg ist dein

Purcell: Rondeau (Abdelazer)

Herr Astromonte, wir danken euch"

Purcell: Air (Abdelazer)

Purcell: Minuet (The Gordian Knot Unty'd)

Purcell: Air (The Gordian Knot Unty'd)

Purcell: Curtain Tune on a Ground (Timon of Athens)

Purcell: Rondeau (The Fairy Queen)

Purcell: Hornpipe (The Fairy Queen)

Purcell: Overture (The Fairy Queen)

Purcell: Dance for the Fairies (The Fairy Queen)

Purcell: Chaconne (The Fairy Queen)

Purcell: Hornpipe on a Ground (The Married Beau)

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