Altus: From Castrato to Countertenor

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Giustino, RV 717: Act 1: "Vedrò con mio diletto" (Anastasio)
    5:12
  2. 2.
    Serse: Acte I: Récit "Frondi tenere e belle" / Aria "Ombra mai fu"
    3:19
  3. 3.
    Stabat Mater, RV 621: I. "Stabat Mater dolorosa" (Alto)
    3:23
  4. 4.
    St John Passion BWV 245: Aria "Es ist vollbracht"
    5:06
  5. 5.
    Cantata "Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust", BWV 170: No. 1. Aria "Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust" (Alto)
    6:55
  6. 6.
    Messiah HWV56: Part 2: "He was despised" (alto)
    11:48
  7. 7.
    Fernando, rè di Castiglia, HWV 30: Act 3: "Sincero affetto dolce preghiere" (Sancio)
    5:18
  8. 8.
    Amadigi di Gaula, HWV 11: Act 2: "Minacciami, non ho timor" (Amadigi)
    8:38
  9. 9.
    Serse, HWV 40: Act 3, Scene 4, no. 46: Aria "Amor, tiranno Amor" (Arsamene)
    4:26
  10. 10.
    Weihnachtsoratorium, BWV 248: Pt. 1: IV. "Bereite dich, Zion, mit zärtlichen Trieben" (Alto)
    5:42
  11. 11.
    Saul, HWV 53: Act 1: "O Lord, whose mercies numberless" (David)
    3:34
  12. 12.
    Cantata IX: Conservate, raddoppiate, HWV 185: "Conservate, raddoppiate"
    4:27
  13. 13.
    L'Incoronazione di Poppea, SV 308: Act 3: "Pur ti moro, pur ti godo" (Poppea, Nerone)
    3:53
  14. 14.
    Greensleeves
    3:15

Disc 2

  1. 1.
    Stabat mater: Opening duet
    4:46
  2. 2.
    Salve Regina in C minor: II. "Ad te clamamus" (Alto)
    1:02
  3. 3.
    Nisi Dominus, RV 608: IV. "Cum dederit delectis suis somnun" (Alto)
    3:51
  4. 4.
    Longe mala, umbrae, terrores (Motet), RV 629: IV. "Alleluia"
    2:17
  5. 5.
    Sentimenti devoti espressi con la musica, Book 2, op. 6: No. 4. "Ave Regina coelorum"
    3:26
  6. 6.
    Pianti, sospiri e dimandar mercede, RV 676: IV. "Cor ingrato dispietato" (Allegro molto)
    3:22
  7. 7.
    Magnificat in D major, BWV 243: VI. "Et misericordia"
    3:24
  8. 8.
    Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17: Act 1, Scene 11: Recitativo "Madre! Mia vita!" / No. 16a. Duetto "Son nata a lagrimar" (Sesto, Cornelia)
    8:21
  9. 9.
    Admeto, rè di Tessaglia, HWV 22: Act 2, Scene 10: No. 26. Aria "Chi è nato alle sventure" (Trasimede)
    2:34
  10. 10.
    Fernando, rè di Castiglia, HWV 30: Act 3, Scene 7: No. 27. Aria "M'opporro da generoso" (Fernando)
    4:21
  11. 11.
    Leçon de ténèbres du Mercredi saint, H. 120: Troisième Répons: "Ecce Quomodo"
    4:05
  12. 12.
    Mitridate, re di Ponto: Aria "Venga pur"
    6:59
  13. 13.
    Semiramide: Act 1, Scene 5: No. 2. Recitativo e Cavatina "Eccomi alfine in Babilonia … Ah! quel giorno ognor rammento" (Arsace)
    11:09
  14. 14.
    A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 64: Act 1: "Welcome wanderer!" (Oberon)
    5:04

Disc 3

  1. 1.
    Music for a While, Z. 583
    3:48
  2. 2.
    Come, Ye Sons of Art Away, Z. 323: III. Sound the Trumpet, Sound, Till Around (First Counter-Tenor, Second Counter-Tenor)
    2:26
  3. 3.
    Mass in B minor, BWV 232: IV. "Osanna" / "Agnus Dei" (Alto)
    5:27
  4. 4.
    Malinconia, ninfa gentile
    1:41
  5. 5.
    Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30: Act 3: "Ahimè! Dove trascorsi? ... Che faro senza Euridice" (Orfeo)
    5:06
  6. 6.
    Ave Maria
    4:31
  7. 7.
    Nacht und Träume, D 827
    4:02
  8. 8.
    Plainte sur la mort de Monseur Lambert: "O mort, affreuse mort! Quelle est ta barbarie!"
    5:21
  9. 9.
    Les Nuits d'été, op. 7: III. "Sur les Lagunes"
    6:19
  10. 10.
    Carmina Burana: Part 2 "In Taberna": No. 12 "Olim lacus colueram" (Tenor, Chorus of Men)
    3:49
  11. 11.
    Silent Night
    3:54
  12. 12.
    Duetto buffo di due gatti (Comic Duet for Two Cats)
    2:54
  13. 13.
    Maladresse
    3:59
  14. 14.
    Shenandoah
    4:30
  15. 15.
    Plaisir d'amour
    3:50
  16. 16.
    Petite messe solennelle: "Crucifixus"
    3:00

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