L’Orfeo

Album by Claudio Monteverdi & New London Consort & Philip Pickett

L'Orfeo is an early Baroque opera by Claudio Monteverdi, first performed in 1607. Combining expressive solo vocal writing, choral passages, instrumental ritornelli and basso continuo, it exemplifies the shift from Renaissance to Baroque musical language and marks a foundational moment in the early history of opera and in Monteverdi's development as a composer.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    L’Orfeo: Toccata
    1:27
  2. 2.
    L’Orfeo: Prologue. Ritornello “Dal mio Permesso amato” (La Musica)
    5:10
  3. 3.
    L’Orfeo: Act I. “In questo lieto e fortunato giorno” (Pastore I)
    1:47
  4. 4.
    L’Orfeo: Act I. “Vieni Imeneo, deh vieni” (Choro)
    1:52
  5. 5.
    L’Orfeo: Act I. “Lasciate i monti” (Choro)
    2:37
  6. 6.
    L’Orfeo: Act I. “Rosa del Ciel, vita del mondo” (Orfeo)
    2:58
  7. 7.
    L’Orfeo: Act I. “Lasciate i monti” (Choro)
    2:45
  8. 8.
    L’Orfeo: Act I. Ritornello “Alcun non sia che disperato” (Pastori I, II)
    4:25
  9. 9.
    L’Orfeo: Act II. Sinfonia “Ecco pur ch’a voi ritorno” (Orfeo)
    3:13
  10. 10.
    L’Orfeo: Act II. Ritornello “Vi ricorda o boschi ombrosi” (Orfeo)
    2:23
  11. 11.
    L’Orfeo: Act II. “Mira, deh mira Orfeo” (Pastore I)
    2:14
  12. 12.
    L’Orfeo: Act II. “Donde vieni? Ove vai?” (Orfeo)
    4:52
  13. 13.
    L’Orfeo: Act II. “Tu se’ morta” (Orfeo)
    2:22
  14. 14.
    L’Orfeo: Act II. “Ahi caso acerbo” (Choro)
    2:49
  15. 15.
    L’Orfeo: Act II. Sinfonia “Chi ne consola, ahi lassi?” (Pastori I, III)
    7:24

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    L’Orfeo: Act III. Sinfonia
    1:31
  2. 3.
    L’Orfeo: Act III. “Scorto da te mio Nume” (Orfeo)
    1:24
  3. 4.
    L’Orfeo: Act III. “Ecco l’atra palude” (Speranza)
    3:20
  4. 5.
    L’Orfeo: Act III. “O tu ch’innanzi morte” (Caronte)
    2:18
  5. 6.
    L’Orfeo: Act III. “Possente spirto” (Orfeo)
    6:13
  6. 7.
    L’Orfeo: Act III. “Orfeo son io” (Orfeo)
    3:05
  7. 8.
    L’Orfeo: Act III. “Ben mi lusinga alquanto” (Caronte)
    2:33
  8. 9.
    L’Orfeo: Act III. “Ei dorme” (Orfeo)
    2:17
  9. 10.
    L’Orfeo: Act III. Sinfonia “Nulla impresa per huom” (Choro di spiriti infernali)
    3:58
  10. 11.
    L’Orfeo: Act IV. “Signor quell’infelice” (Proserpina)
    1:55
  11. 12.
    L’Orfeo: Act IV. “Benché severo ed immutabil fato” (Plutone)
    3:14
  12. 13.
    L’Orfeo: Act IV. “Quali grazie ti rendo” (Proserpina)
    1:49
  13. 14.
    L’Orfeo: Act IV. “Ecco il gentil cantore” (Spirito I)
    3:02
  14. 15.
    L’Orfeo: Act IV. “O dolcissimi lumi io pur vi veggio” (Orfeo)
    2:52
  15. 16.
    L’Orfeo: Act IV. Sinfonia “È la virtute un raggio” (Choro di spiriti)
    3:27
  16. 17.
    L’Orfeo: Act V. Ritornello “Questi i campi di Tracia” (Orfeo)
    4:54
  17. 18.
    L’Orfeo: Act V. “Ma tu, anima mia, se mai ritorna” (Orfeo)
    2:54
  18. 19.
    L’Orfeo: Act V. Sinfonia “Perch’a lo sdegno ed al dolor” (Apollo)
    2:50
  19. 20.
    L’Orfeo: Act V. “Troppo, troppo gioisti” (Apollo)
    2:59
  20. 21.
    L’Orfeo: Act V. Ritornello “Vanne Orfeo felice a pieno” (Choro)
    1:10
  21. 22.
    L’Orfeo: Act V. Moresca
    1:31

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