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L'Orfeo SV 318

Libretto: Alessandro Striggio the Younger
Sir John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, Mark Tucker (Tenor), Nancy Argenta (Soprano), Michael Chance (Countertenor), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Tenor), Julianne Baird (Soprano), Nigel Robson (Tenor), Simon Birchall (Baritone), Anne Sofie von Otter (Mezzo Soprano), Mary Nichols-Worrall (Mezzo Soprano), John Tomlinson (Baritone), Diana Montague (Mezzo Soprano), Sir Willard White (Bass), Howard Milner (Tenor), Nicolas Robertson (Tenor), Lynne Dawson (Soprano)
1985, London, Abbey Road Studios
26 Tracks, 1:45:38
    • Toccata
      01:38
    • 1. Ritornello - 'Dal mio Permesso amato a voi ne vegno' (Music)
      05:44

  • Act I

    • 1. 'In questi lieto fortunato giorno' - 'Vieni Imeneo, deh vieni' - 'Muse, onor di Parnaso' (Nymph, First shepherd)
      03:28
    • 2. 'Lasciate i monti' - 'Ma tu, gentil cantor' (Third shepherd)
      02:34
    • 3. 'Rosa del ciel' - 'Io non dirò qual sia' - 'Lasciate i monti' - 'Vieni, Imeneo' (Orpheus, Euridyce, Nymph)
      04:27
    • 4. 'Ma se il nostro gioir' - 'Ecco Orfeo' (Nymph, First shepherd, Second shepherd, Third shepherd, Fourth shepherd)
      05:09

  • Act II

    • 1. Sinfonia - 'Ecco pur ch'a voi ritorno' (Orpheus)
      00:49
    • 2. 'Mira che sè n'alletta' - 'Dunque fa degni, Orfeo' (First shepherd, Second shepherd, Third shepherd, Fourth shepherd, Nymph)
      02:15
    • 3. Ritornello – 'Vi ricorda, o boschi ombrosi' (Orfeo)
      02:51
    • 4. 'Ahi, caso acerbo' - 'In un fiorito prato' (Orpheus, Apollo, The Messenger, First shepherd, Third shepherd)
      09:28
    • 5. 'Ahi, caso acerbo' - 'Ma io, che in questa lingua' (Nymph, The Messenger)
      02:49
    • 6. 'Chi ne consola, ahi lassi?' - 'Ahi, caso acerbo' (First shepherd, Second shepherd, Third shepherd, Fourth shepherd, Nymph)
      07:09

  • Act III

    • 1. 'Scorto da te, mio nume' - 'Ecco l'atra palude' - 'Dove, ah, dove te'n vai' (Orpheus, Hope)
      06:29
    • 2. 'O tu, ch'innanzi morte' (Charon)
      02:13
    • 3. 'Possente spirto' (Orpheus)
      08:23
    • 4. 'Ben mi lusinga' - 'Ahi, sventurato amante' - Sinfonia - 'Ei dorme' (Charon, Orpheus)
      05:21
    • 5. Sinfonia - 'Nulla impresa per uom' (First Spirit, Second Spirit)
      02:48

  • Act IV

    • 1. 'Signor, quell'infelice' - 'Benché severo' - 'O de gli abitator' - 'Quali grazie tirendo' - 'Tue soavi parole' (Proserpine, Pluto, First Spirit, Second Spirit)
      06:54
    • 2. 'Pietade, oggi, e amore' - 'Ecco il gentil cantore' (First Spirit)
      00:40
    • 3. 'Qual onor di te' - 'O dolcissimi lumi' - 'Rott' hai la legge' (Orpheus, Charon, Second Spirit)
      03:15
    • 4. 'Ahi, vista troppo dolce' - 'Torna a L'ombre di morte' - 'Dove te'n vai, ma vita' (Euridyce, Orpheus, First Spirit)
      02:34
    • 5. Sinfonia - 'È la virtute un raggio' (First Spirit, Second Spirit)
      02:27

  • Act V

    • 1. Ritornello - 'Questi i campi di Tracia' (Orpheus, Echo)
      08:09
    • 2. Sinfonia - 'Perché a lo sdegno' (Apollo, Orpheus)
      05:47
    • 3. Ritornello - 'Vanne Orfeo' (Chorus)
      00:59
    • 4. Moresca
      01:18