La storia di Orfeo Philippe Jaroussky

• Antonio Sartorio (1630-1680): L'Orfeo, SV 318:
• 1 Sinfonia 01:31
• 2 Act 1: "Cara e amabile catena" (Euridice, Orfeo) 02:17
• 3 Act 1: "Vieni, Imeneo... Lasciate i monti" (Chorus) 02:29
• Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643): L'Orfeo, SV 318, Act 1:
• 4 "Rosa del Ciel" (Euridice, Orfeo) 02:51
• 5 "Mio ben, teco il tormento" (Euridice) 04:00
• Luigi Rossi (1597-1653): L'Orfeo, Act 1:
• 6 "Che dolcezza è la certezza" (Euridice, Orfeo) 00:43
• 7 "Deh, più lucente" (Chorus) 01:12
• Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo, SV 318, Act 2:
• 8 "Vi ricorda, o boschi ombrosi" (Orfeo) 01:58
• 9 "Vieni, Imeneo" (Chorus) 00:50
• Luigi Rossi: L'Orfeo, Act 1:
• 10 "M'ami tu?... Se così dunque Amor fà... Deh, pietà!" (Euridice, Orfeo, Chorus) 04:13
• Act 2:
• 11 "A l'imperio d'Amore" (Chorus, Euridice) 01:18
• Antonio Sartorio: L'Orfeo, Act 2:
• 12 "Ahimè, Numi, son morta" (Euridice, Orfeo) 02:01
• Luigi Rossi: L'Orfeo, Act 2:
• 13 "Ah, piangete!" (Chorus) 01:02
• Act 3:
• 14 "Lagrime, dove sete?" (Orfeo) 03:42
• Antonio Sartorio: L'Orfeo, Act 3:
• 15 "È morta Euridice" (Orfeo) 02:50
• Luigi Rossi: L'Orfeo, Act 3:
• 16 "Dormite, begl'occhi, dormite" (Chorus) 02:23
• Antonio Sartorio: L'Orfeo, Act 3:
• 17 "Orfeo tu dormi?" (Euridice) 02:14
• 18 "Se desti pietà" (Euridice) 01:56
• 19 "Risvegliati, sù" (Euridice, Orfeo) - Monteverdi: Sinfonia (Orchestra) 02:17
• Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo, SV 318, Act 2:
• 20 "Possente spirto" (Orfeo) 08:42
• Act 4:
• 21 "Pietade oggi e Amore" (Chorus) 01:09
• Antonio Sartorio: L'Orfeo, Act 3:
• 22 "Numi, che veggio... Non ti volger " (Euridice, Orfeo) 03:17
• 23 "Chiuso, ahimè, di Cocito... Rendetemi Euridice" (Orfeo) 01:52
• Luigi Rossi: L'Orfeo, Act 3:
• 24 "Lasciate Averno" (Orfeo) 06:09
• 25 "Amor vero e salda fé" (Chorus) 01:00
• Total Runtime 01:03:56

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Dass die erste bedeutende Oper der Musikgeschichte von einem der legendärsten Musiker der antiken Mythologie handelt, ist sicher kein Zufall: In seinem Orfeo gab Claudio Monteverdi diesem großen Sänger eine Stimme, deren Klang sogar wilde Tiere be-sänftigen und Steine zum Weinen bringen konnte. Zum 450. Geburtstag des frühbarocken Genies im Mai 2017 stellt sich der Star-Countertenor Philippe Jaroussky der Herausforderung, wie Orpheus selbst zu singen – mit einem Album, das die Orfeo-Legenden der Monteverdi-Zeit beleuchtet.

Zusammen mit dem renommierten Ensemle I Barocchisti unter Diego Fasolis und der Sopranistin Emőke Baráth hat Jaroussky ein Album zusammengestellt, das nicht einfach nur Monteverdis berühmte Oper präsentiert. „Es war mein Traum, auch das Umfeld dieser Oper zum Klingen zu bringen“, sagt er und verweist damit auf die Entdeckungen dieses Albums: Die Komponisten Luigi Rossi (1597-1653) und Antonio Sartorio (1630-1681) setzten ihre eigenen Akzente in der tragischen Geschichte des antiken Sängers, der seine Geliebte Eurydike durch einen Schlangenbiss verliert, die Götter mit seinem Gesang die Erlaubnis abringt, sie aus der Unterwelt zurückzuholen und dann doch scheitert. „Während Monteverdi Orpheus‘ verzweifelte Suche inszeniert“, erklärt Jaroussky, „schildern seine jüngeren Kollegen die Dramatik von Eurydikes Tod.“ Monteverdis Arie Possente spirto erscheint übrigens hier zum ersten Mal in einer Countertenor-Aufnahme.

Philippe Jaroussky, Countertenor
Emőke Baráth, Sopran
I Barocchisti
Coro della Radiotelevisione svizzera
Diego Fasolis, Dirigent

Philippe Jaroussky
born in 1978 has established himself as the most admired countertenor of his generation, as confirmed by the French 'Victoires de la Musique' awards (‘Revelation Artiste Lyrique’ in 2004, ‘Artiste lyrique de l'année’ in 2007 and in 2010, CD of the Year 2009 ) and the Echo Klassik Awards in Germany in 2008.

Jaroussky's technique allows him the most audacious nuances and impressive pyrotechnics. He has explored a vast Baroque repertoire, from the refinement of the Italian Seicento with Monteverdi, Sances and Rossi, to the staggering brilliance of Handel and Vivaldi arias (singing more music by the latter composer than any other over the last few years). He has worked with renowned period-instrument orchestras such as L'Arpeggiata, Les Arts florissants, Ensemble Matheus, Les Musiciens du Louvre, Le Concert d'Astrée, Le Cercle de l'Harmonie and Europa Galante with conductors including Christina Pluhar, William Christie, Jean-Christophe Spinosi, Marc Minkowski, René Jacobs, Jérémie Rhorer, Emmanuelle Haïm, Jean-Claude Malgoire and Fabio Biondi. With pianist Jerôme Ducros, he has looked beyond the Baroque – to fin-de-siècle French song (the album Opium), as well as premiering contemporary vocal music composed for him by Marc-André Dalbavie (Sonnets de Louise Labé, which Jaroussky sang most recently at the 2014 Salzburg Festival).

He has been praised for performances in all the most prestigious concert halls in France (Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Théâtre du Châtelet, Salle Pleyel, Salle Gaveau, Opéra de Lyon, Opéra de Montpellier, Opéra de Nancy, Arsenal de Metz, Théâtre de Caen) and abroad (The Barbican Centre and Southbank Cente in London, the Palais des Beaux Arts in Brussels, Grand Théâtre du Luxembourg, the Konzerthaus in Vienna, the Staatsoper and Philharmonie in Berlin, Teatro Real in Madrid, Carnegie Hall and the Lincoln Center in New York).

Philippe Jaroussky is signed exclusively to Erato and has received numerous awards for his recordings with the label. With Heroes (Vivaldi opera arias) and La Dolce Fiamma he achieved Gold disc status; his tribute to Carestini (with le Concert d'Astrée and Emmanuelle Haim) won CD of the year at the Victoires de la Musique and the Midem Classical Awards in 2009; his Stabat Mater with soprano Julia Lezhneva and I Barocchisti picked up the 2014 International Classical Music Awards for best Baroque Vocal Album and Best Opera Album. Of the 2013 release Farinelli: Porpora Arias, Gramophone wrote: “Jaroussky's rapid passagework in quick heroic arias is precise...but the outstanding moments are slow arias that could have been tailor-made for Jaroussky's sweetly graceful melodic singing”.

In recent years he has collaborated with singers including Cecilia Bartoli and Nathalie Stutzmann. With Ensemble Artaserse, which he founded in 2002, he gave the spectacular modern revival of Vinci’s opera Artaserse, as one of five exceptional countertenors in the cast.

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