Altus: From Castrato to Countertenor

• Booklet languages: German, English, French
• Time: 205:11
• Release Date: 2008

Performances

Composer	Title	Time
Antonio Vivaldi	Giustino, opera in 3 acts, RV 717 (Vedrò con mio diletto)	5:13
George Frederick Handel	Serse (Xerxes), opera, HWV 40 (Frondi tenere...Ombra mai fu)	3:20
Antonio Vivaldi	Stabat Mater, hymn for voice, strings & continuo in F minor, RV 621 (Stabat Mater dolorosa)	3:21
Johann Sebastian Bach	St. John Passion (Johannespassion), BWV 245 (BC D2) (Es ist vollbracht)	5:06
Johann Sebastian Bach	Cantata No. 170, "Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust," BWV 170 (BC A106)	6:59
George Frederick Handel	Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56 (He was despised)	11:49
George Frederick Handel	Work(s) (Fernando: Sincero affetto)	5:21
George Frederick Handel	Amadigi di Gaula, opera, HWV 11 (Minacciami, non ho timor)	8:40
George Frederick Handel	Largo in F major, instrumental arrangement ("Ombra mai fu" from the opera Serse) (Amor, tiranno Amor)	4:30
Johann Sebastian Bach	Weihnachtsoratorium (Christmas Oratorio), in six parts, BWV 248 (BC D7) (Bereite dich, Zion, mit zärtlichen Trieben)	5:42
George Frederick Handel	Saul, oratorio, HWV 53 (O Lord, whose mercies numberless)	3:34
George Frederick Handel	Conservate, raddopiate, duet for soprano, alto & continuo, HWV 185	4:27
Claudio Monteverdi	L'incoronazione di Poppea, opera in 3 acts, SV 308 (Pur ti miro, pur ti godo)	3:56
English Traditional	Greensleeves, folk song	3:15
Giovanni Pergolesi	Stabat mater, for soprano, alto, strings & organ in F major (Stabat Mater dolorosa)	4:45
Giovanni Pergolesi	Salve regina, for (mezzo-)soprano, strings & organ in C minor (Ad te clamamus)	1:07
Antonio Vivaldi	Nisi Dominus (Psalm 126), for voice, viola d'amore, strings & continuo in G minor, RV 608 (Cum dederit dilectis)	3:53
Antonio Vivaldi	Longe mala, umbrae, terrores, introduzione to Gloria for voice, strings & continuo in G minor, RV 629 (Alleluia)	2:17
Giovanni Legrenzi	Ave Regina coelorum, for 2 voices & continuo (from Sentimenti devoti, libro secondo, Op. 6)	3:26
Antonio Vivaldi	Pianti, sospiri e demandar mercede, cantata for voice & continuo, RV 676 (Cor ingrato dispietato)	3:23
Johann Sebastian Bach	Magnificat, for 5 voices, 5-part chorus, orchestra & continuo in D major, BWV 243 (BC E14) (Et misericordia)	3:24
George Frederick Handel	Giulio Cesare in Egitto, opera, HWV 17 (Madre...Son nata a lagrimar)	8:25
George Frederick Handel	Admeto, Rè di Tessaglia, opera, HWV 22 (Chi è nato alla sventure)	2:37
George Frederick Handel	Work(s) (Fernando: M'opporrò da generoso)	4:24
Marc-Antoine Charpentier	Ecce quomodo moritur justus, 3e répons après la 3e leçon du 2 nocturne du vendredi, motet for alto & strings, H. 131	4:05
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Mitridate, rè di Ponto, opera, K. 87 (K. 74a) (Venga pur, minacci e frema)	7:02
Gioachino Rossini	Semiramide, opera (Eccomi alfine in Babilonia...Ah, quel giorno)	11:10
Benjamin Britten	A Midsummer Night's Dream, opera, Op. 64 (Welcome, wanderer... I know a bank where the wild thyme blows)	5:04
Henry Purcell	Music for a While (from "Oedipus"), song, Z. 583/2	3:50
Henry Purcell	Come ye sons of art away (Birthday ode for Queen Mary), for soloists, chorus & instruments, Z. 323 (Sound the trumpet, sound, till around)	2:30
Johann Sebastian Bach	Mass in B minor, for soloists, chorus & orchestra, BWV 232 (BC E1) (Agnus Dei)	5:28
Vincenzo Bellini	Malinconia, ninfa gentile for voice & piano (6 ariette da camera)	1:43
Christoph Willibald Gluck	Orfeo ed Euridice (Italian version), opera in 3 acts, Wq. 30 (Ahimè! Dove trascorsi?...Che faro senza Euridice?)	5:06
Franz Schubert	Ellens Gesang III ("Ave Maria"), song for voice & piano, D. 839 (Op. 52/6)	4:32
Franz Schubert	Nacht und Träume (Heil'ge Nacht, du sinkest nieder!"), song for voice & piano, D. 827 (Op. 43/2)	4:02
Du Buisson	Plainte sur la mort de Monsieur Lambert	5:18
Hector Berlioz	Les Nuits d'été, song cycle for voice & piano (or orchestra), H. 81 (Op. 7) (Sur les lagunes)	6:19
Carl Orff	Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra (Olim lacus colueram)	3:55
Franz Gruber	Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht (Silent Night)	3:55
Gioachino Rossini	Duetto buffo di due gatti (Cat Duet), for 2 voices & piano (spurious), QR iv/1	2:54
Gerard Lesne	Maladresse, song	4:00
American Traditional	Shenandoah, folk song	4:31
Jean-Paul-Gilles Martini (aka J.P. Schwarzendorf)	Plaisir d'amour, for voice & piano (or orchestra)	3:53
Gioachino Rossini	Petite messe solennelle, for soloists, 2 pianos, harmonium & choir (Crucifixus [Bonus Track])	3:00

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