L’Orfeo
Album by Claudio Monteverdi & Ensemble Lundabarock & Höör Barock & Ensemble Altapunta & Fredrik Malmberg
L'Orfeo is an opera by Claudio Monteverdi, first performed in 1607. It combines elements of Renaissance polyphony and emerging Baroque monody with expressive solo vocal writing, recitative and varied instrumental textures, and occupies a pivotal place in music history as one of the earliest operas that helped establish the operatic form and marked Monteverdi's move towards a more dramatic, text-driven style.
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Disc 1
- 1.L’Orfeo, SV 318: Toccata1:27
- 2.L’Orfeo, SV 318, Prologue: Ritornello. Dal mio Permesso amato5:36
- 3.L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act I: In questo lieto e fortunato giorno1:34
- 4.L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act I: Vieni Imeneo, deh vieni0:53
- 5.L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act I: Muse, honor di Parnaso0:55
- 6.L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act I: Lasciate i monti (Balletto)1:56
- 7.L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act I: Ma tu gentil cantor0:38
- 8.L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act I: Rosa del Ciel, vita del Mondo2:05
- 9.L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act I: Io non dirò0:50
- 10.L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act I: Lasciate i monti (Balletto)0:59
- 11.L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act I: Vieni Imeneo, deh vieni0:57
- 12.L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act I: Ma s’il nostro gioir0:49
- 13.L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act I: Ritornello – Alcun non sia4:27
- 14.L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act II: Sinfonia – Ecco pur ch’a voi ritorno5:45
- 15.L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act II: Ahi caso acerbo2:54
- 16.L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act II: In un fiorito prato3:48
- 17.L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act II: Tu se’ morta2:17
- 18.L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act II: Ahi caso acerbo1:03
- 19.L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act II: Ma io – Sinfonia2:30
- 20.L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act II: Chi ne consola ahi lassi?5:35
Disc 2
- 2.L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act III: Sinfonia1:28
- 3.L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act III: Scorto da te, mio Nume1:23
- 4.L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act III: Ecco l’atra palude2:36
- 5.L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act III: Dove, ah dove te’n vai0:49
- 6.L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act III: O tu ch’innanzi morte1:35
- 7.L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act III: Sinfonia – Possente Spirto8:06
- 8.L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act III: Sol tu, nobile Dio1:03
- 9.L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act III: Ben mi lusinga alquanto2:44
- 10.L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act III: Ei dorme2:08
- 11.L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act III: Sinfonia – Nulla impresa per huom3:30
- 12.L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act IV: Signor, quell’infelice2:28
- 13.L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act IV: Benchè severo e immutabil fato1:58
- 14.L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act IV: O degli habitator1:03
- 15.L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act IV: Quali grazie ti rendo1:35
- 16.L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act IV: Pietade oggi0:40
- 17.L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act IV: Ritornello – Qual honor3:38
- 18.L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act IV: Ahi vista troppo dolce2:04
- 19.L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act IV: Sinfonia – È la virtute un raggio3:14
- 20.L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act V: Ritornello0:41
- 21.L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act V: Questi i campi di Tracia7:05
- 22.L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act V: Sinfonia – Perchè a lo sdegno e al dolor2:04
- 23.L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act V: Padre cortese2:28
- 24.L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act V: Saliam cantando al Cielo1:16
- 25.L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act V: Ritornello – Vanne Orfeo felice a pieno1:20
- 26.L’Orfeo, SV 318, Act V: Moresca0:58







