Handel: Poro [Box set]

1. Poro, rè dell'Indie, opera, HWV 28
   Composed by George Frideric Handel
   with Sandro Naglia, Bernarda Fink, Rossana Bertini, Gerard Lesne, Gloria Banditelli, Europa Galante, Roberto Abbondanza
   
   

Handel: Poro,George Frideric Handel,Roberto Abbondanza,Gloria Banditelli,Rossana Bertini,Bernarda Fink,Gerard Lesne,Sandro Naglia,Fabio Biondi,Europa Galante,Opus III,Classical,Italian Baroque Opera,Opera,Opera / Operetta / Oratorio

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Average customer rating: Stellar Singing From still waters to fireworks in baroque singing - Duets sung exquisitely Supreme Handel Duets Lack Dramatic Context But Still Lovely A feast A sumptuous feast of Handel

Handel Operatic Duets ~ Amor e gelosia / Ciofi · Di Donato · Il Complesso Barocco · Curtis George Frideric Handel , Patricia Ciofi , Joyce Di Donato , Alan Curtis , and Il Complesso Barocco Manufacturer: EMI Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Handel | Handel, George Frideric | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Sandrine Piau - Handel Opera Seria Handel: Radamisto Handel - Arcadian Duets / Dessay, Gens, Petibon, Claycomb, Lascarro, Panzarella, Mijanovic, Mingardo, Asawa, Agnew, Le Concert d'Astrée, Haïm Vivaldi: Bajazet [Includes Bonus DVD] Cecilia Bartoli ~ Opera Proibita (Handel · Scarlatti · Caldara) / Les Musiciens du Louvre · Minkowski ASIN: B0001CTKD0 Release Date: 2004-06-01

Tracks:

1. Caro Amico Amplesso!
2. Scherzano Sul Tuo Volto
3. Non Ti Basto, Consorte/Io T'abbraccio
4. Mio Diletto, Che Pensi?/Sol Per Te, Bell'idol Mio
5. Per Le Porte Del Tormento
6. Del Destin Non MI Lagno/Caro, Tu M'accendi
7. Amarilli?/Amarilli? Oh Dei! Che Vuoi?
8. Vivo Senz'alma, O Bella
9. Finche Prendi
10. Perfidi! Ite Di Poro/Se Mai Piu Saro Geloso
11. Macedoni Guerrieri/Se Mai Turbo Il Tuo Riposo
12. Sinfonia To Act 3
13. Gran Pena E Gelosia!
14. Lode Agli Dei/Se Mai Turbo Il Tuo Riposo
15. Alma Mia, Dolce Ristoro
16. Ricordati, Mio Ben
17. Addio, Mio Caro Bene

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In baroque opera, the spotlight was usually reserved for the bravura arias, designed to show off the singers' brilliant coloratura and skill in improvising ornamentation. The ensembles, on the other hand, were left to languish in the shadows. This record aims to right that wrong in a program of 17 duets drawn from 13 mostly unfamiliar Handel operas. In an attempt to create some cohesion, these primarily short selections are arranged under the heading "Love and Jealousy," with love predominating and usually prevailing. If the title sounds a bit gimmicky, never mind: the music's the thing and it is wonderful. Expressed with Handel's inimitable dramatic intensity and deeply felt inwardness, it encompasses every amorous emotion from tenderness, ardent protestation and rapturous joy to fear of loss, anguish and mournful farewell, using an infinite variety of form, texture and character. Some duets begin with a recitative; the voices separate and unite, conversing, interweaving, joining in imitation or harmony. The orchestra, a period-instrument group of soloists, provides introductions, interludes and postludes which set mood and atmosphere and contribute greatly to contrast and diversity. The performances are splendid. The two singers prove that the duet is as fertile a vehicle for virtuosic display as any aria, and they find plenty of opportunities for ornamentation in the da capos. Their voices can blend and merge as well as remain distinctly individual in timbre and color, and they succeed in creating, or at least suggesting, situations and personalities even in the shortest selections. The playing is impeccable: rhythmically crisp and pungent, texturally transparent, and very expressive. The only cavil is that the selections often follow each other without a pause, making it difficult to be sure where one ends and the next begins. --Edith Eisler

Customer Reviews:

Stellar Singing.......2007-01-04

I must admit that, before becoming a dedicated Joyce DiDonato fan, I probably wouldn't have purchased a CD of Handel duets, or any Baroque duets for that matter. Like other reviewers have observed, the duets are performed out of dramatic context. I also prefer the full opera, particularly when it comes to Handel.

In the case of this CD, who cares? This is literally some of the loveliest Baroque ensemble singing I have ever heard. The pairing of Joyce DiDonato with Patrizia Ciofi was a stroke of brilliance. Their voices match perfectly. Their intonation is spot on, all the time. Their ornamentations, particularly the da capo ornamentations, are intelligently selected and brilliantly executed. The balance is just right between the singers and the chamber musicians.

I have a big thanks to give to Virgin Veritas and these two wonderful artists for this CD. It will get lots of play in my home.

Highly recommended.

From still waters to fireworks in baroque singing - Duets sung exquisitely.......2005-11-28

Handel was a master of his medium - his music paints with elegance and soul-stirring emotion upon the canvas of the human heart. His duets often exhibit particular indebtedness to Steffani (truly a genius of duet writing), and they are gorgeous duets indeed!

I note that some other reviewers quibble with a) duets only on this recording; and b) a sense of disjointedness.

Addressing both of those issues, let's admit that any recital disc is going to give some disjointedness in the absolute and literal sense. To take a portion of an opera out of its setting and perform it separately is a sort of amputation, be it an album of arias OR an album of duets. Should singers then avoid putting out solo recordings of Handel arias? I find no reason to come to THAT conclusion - and for the same reason, I have no quarrel at all with the recording of an album of Handel duets.

Of course, to enjoy Handel to the fullest degree, do get full recordings as well... but even in Handel's time, singers would pull specific bits of their roles out of context, perform them separately... so it's a time-honoured practice! Let us simply enjoy the high standard of the music without worrying about context in any recording of arias, duets, trios, or operatic scenes.

Handel's duets vary so much in their shape, melodies, harmonies, rhythms - there's plenty of variety. It comes down to a question of the singers involved having suitable voices, singing appropriately for the style, the playing of the orchestra, and the particular variety of duets chosen.

On all points, this album scores highly! Both Ms Ciofi and Ms Di Donato have beautiful voices, clearly trained in baroque singing, and they have equally clearly put in a lot of work to achieve a lovely blend and similar approach within these duets. What a joy to hear gifted singers perform these duets with such intelligence, emotional involvement and lovely, lovely tone!

This recording is a favourite of mine - not just because I perform many of the duets on this CD with another soprano, but because I am genuinely delighted to hear appropriately performed Handel singing in a duet album. I've found fault with some other duet albums because I consider them under-rehearsed, insufficiently blended, and inappropriately embellished - but this album shows none of those faults, and I am very happy to recommend it highly and without reservation. Beautiful singing, beautiful works - you can scarcely wish for more!

Supreme Handel Duets Lack Dramatic Context But Still Lovely.......2005-01-08

I was fortunate to see and hear Renée Fleming and the astounding David Daniels sing "Io t'abbraccio" together in the magnificent Stephen Wadsworth production of Handel's "Rodelinda" at the Metropolitan Opera last week. There is nothing here that can match the ethereal quality and overwhelming melancholy of that duet performance, but sometimes this recording comes pretty close under the masterful baton of Alan Curtis. Soprano Patrizia Ciofi and mezzo-soprano Joyce Di Donato blend quite well together with Ciofi's often fiery coloratura floating easily over the verses and Di Donato's contrasting darker, fuller tone.

It's a nice idea to make a disc of just Handel duets but also a bit risky since they usually represent the major dramatic highpoints of his operas, mostly coming at the end of an act or of the entire opera. Given that fact, one would think there would be plenty of exhausting dramatic fireworks by providing one duet after another. In fact, the higher profile duets, such as the aforementioned "Io t'abbraccio" and the equally famous "Scherzano sul tup volto" from "Rinaldo", feel a bit lackluster probably because their gorgeous music crowns the end of scenes full of tension and drama. The joy in hearing two characters sing together, especially after hearing each of them express their individual sentiments, acts as a catharsis. But here the duets become lovely moments partially robbed of their dramatic impact because the organic synthesis of character and music is lost. Certainly it's not easy to deliver a recital containing only music that Handel devised for key dramatic moments. Yet, it more often does work here perhaps because there are a treasure trove of little-known gems such as "Caro, tu m'accendi" from "Faramondo", "Se mai turbo il tuo riposo" from "Poro" and "Alma mia, dolce ristoro" from "Admeto". The performances really become more like chamber music pieces, almost understated and always tasteful. Toward that end, the singing is expressive and stylish as Ciofi and Di Donato play lovers who quarrel and console in these duets. Together they bring this recording to a consistently high level regardless of the dramatic shortcomings, and their emotional availability makes their unified voices all the more resonant as they get lost in each other.

A feast .......2004-09-28

The programme maybe disjointed, but it doesn't matter, because the singing is some of the most glorious I have EVER heard. A shining feast of articulation, phrasings and harmonies, heavenly executed by Ms Ciofi and Ms Di Donato.

Just buy it for an unparalleled vocal chord experience; marvel at the singing. Any other considerations are entirely oblivious.

A sumptuous feast of Handel.......2004-08-04

Alan Curtis has here chosen to bring to life some of the more memorable duets of Handel's many operas. Quite apart from chewing over some of the more well-known operas he has chosen some duets from Silla, Sosarme (Per le porte del tormento), Faramondo, Atalanta, Poro and Muzio Scevola, few of which have had decent recordings in the last number of years.

His band is small, one player per part, withe the resultant effect rather to make the duets seems like chamber music. There is a danger in that with duets such as Io t'abbraccio (end of Act 2 Rodelinda) taken out of context that the dramatic moment of the music would be lost. However, by arranging the duets in a sequence (as Curtis writes in the notes) from love's joy through self-doubt and jealousy, back to undying love, the duets out of context sound superb.

Both singers, Patrizia Ciofi (Soprano) and Joyce di Donato (Mezzo) sound thoroughly at home in the idiom of baroque opera, and in fact their cadenzas and ornamentation are delightfully understated, rather than the sort of shrieking 'I can go higher still' of some more lauded performers. I look forward to Curtis' forthcoming recordings of Lotario, Rodelinda and Radamisto, if these performers are to be retained.

In short this is a delightful enterprise showing the genious of Handel in dealing with the most basic of human emotions - love and jealousy. Well done Alan Curtis!

Average customer rating: A pioneering attempt at 'forming' the voice of a castrato singer An Interesting Performance Just beautiful The Fame Of Farinelli The Fame Of Farinelli

Farinelli Manufacturer: Travelling ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Handel | Handel, George Frideric | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Hasse | Hasse, Johann Adolf | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Pergolesi | Pergolesi, Gio Battista | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Porpora, Nicolo | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Cantatas | Romances Rousset, Christophe | ( R ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music | Cantatas | Romances German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Arias for Farinelli Farinelli The World of the Castrati: The History of an Extraordinary Operatic Phenomenon Moreschi - The Last Castrato Cecilia Bartoli ~ Opera Proibita (Handel · Scarlatti · Caldara) / Les Musiciens du Louvre · Minkowski ASIN: B000025T4I Release Date: 1995-03-21

Tracks:

1. Son Qual Nave Ch'agitata: Air De Arbace
2. Alto Giove: Air D'Acio
3. Se Al Labbro Mio Non Credi: Instrumental
4. Ombra Fedele Anch'io: Air De Dario
5. Artaserse: Ouverture
6. Lascia Ch'io Pianga: Air De Almirena
7. Cara Sposa: Air De Rinaldo
8. Rinaldo: Ouverture
9. Generoso Risuegliati O Core: Air De Poro
10. Salve Regina
11. Alto Giove: Instrumental

Customer Reviews:

A pioneering attempt at 'forming' the voice of a castrato singer.......2007-07-27

There is/are later attempt(s) for a single singer to attempt some of the arias included in this original soundtrack for the movie "Farinelli, Il Castrato". However, given that contemproary mezzo-sopranos like Bartoli, Fink, Kassarova (just to name a handful of the many) all strive to sing these 'castrato' pieces, there is really not much of a wonder for a mezzo rendition.
This soundtrack was made in the mid 1990's, and conducted by the then very young Rousset. Two singers are being involved - countertenor Derek Lee Ragin and high coloratura soprano Ewa Mallas-Godlewska.
I originally owned a laser disc of the film itself (Sony). I love the music so much that after I lost this laser disc, I purchased the original soundtrack, but discovered that some of the special effects of the soundtrack in the film aren't in this CD: the prolonged note in one of the opening arias composed by Riccardo Broschi, and the last high note in the Haendel aria "Lascia Chio Pianga".
It would have been much better if against each sung track, the accompanying CD pamphlet can list out the singer(s) that took part in the recording: I doubt if "Lascia Chio Pianga" requires a 'mixture' of Lee Ragin and Mallas-Godlewska's voices.
The instrumental "Alto Giove" does not seem to appear in the film, so is the religious piece "Salve Regina" by Pergolessi. So these are apparently added bonuses in this original soundtrack CD.
This is a very interesting soundtrack that really piloted the revival of baroque vocal music in the world of classical music.
I think one really should not take the promulgating power of these 'original soundtracks' for granted.

An Interesting Performance.......2007-06-14

This performance electronically blends the voices of a soprano and a counter tenor in an attempt to create a voice that might be like that of the famous castrato Farinelli, reputedly to have had a voice of great power and range. Technically it is successful, you certainly would not know it was a composite voice unless you were told. And musically, too, it is quite satisfying. But I must question if it were realy necessary, listen to Mezzo Soprano Vivica Genaux's CD, Arias for Farinelli, her performance is dazzling, with far more expression and fire than you get with the composite, a far more satisfying performance. Please try to hear it.

Just beautiful.......2004-06-24

I really don't know much of opera, but everytime when I listen to this album, i get goosebums. It's just so beautiful. Try it in your car with full volume. it will blow your mind away.

The Fame Of Farinelli.......2004-05-15

This album features music and operatic arias from the film Farinelli. The movie was a highly dramatized and untrue account of the life of Farinelli, the stage name of Carlo Broschi, the greatest castrato singer of all time. The castrati were castrated before puberty so as to preserve their soprano range and maintain awesome lung power of the male voice. In the film, Stefano Dionisi lip synched but the voices that were used were a combination in synthesizer of the tenor Derek Lee Regin and the soprano Ewa Mallas Godlewska. Their voices, though distinctly male and female, sounded very alike and director Gerard Corbiau decided to creatively edit their voices. The music is sublime. These obscure and rare Baroque classics are not performed today, not even in Europe. So many of the libretti have been lost in time and even with the libretti and music available, the castrati voice can never again be heard and much of the Baroque type of singing is difficult for most singers to undertake. Nowadays, the singers that come close to castrati are highly developed falsetto-singing countertenors or mezzo-sopranos with coloratura like Cecilia Bartoli or Vivica Genoux. On this album, we hear unique and rare composers, like Farinelli's brother Riccardo Broschi, and his operas. The aria "Son Qual Nave Agitata" and the more impressive "Ombra Fidele" are exquisite, full of lyrical grandeur and coloratura gymnastics. The rest are arias from long forgotten operas and even religious works for the Roman Catholic Church, like Palestrina, who thought the castrati voice was the closest thing to God. It's a great album to have if you are a fan of Farinelli and the msuic of his day.

The Fame Of Farinelli.......2004-05-15

This album contains music from the 1995 foreign film Farinelli. The film dealt with the life of Carlo Broschi, otherwise known by his stage name Farinelli. He was the great castrato singer who dazzled audiences with his amazing bravura and vocal virtuosity. He was supposedly able to hold a long note in a single minute. In the movie the actor Stefano Dionisi was lip-synching to the creative synthesized combination of tenor Derek Lee Ragin and soprano Ewa Mallas Godlewska. This blending of male and female voices is what the castrati voice must have been like.

The album is chalk-full of rare Baroque treasures. Although the music of Handel was prominent in the film, there is nothing by Handel here which is suprising because Handel wrote mostly for castrati voice. The composer Riccardo Broschi, Farinelli's brother, wrote many operas and specific arias for his voice alone. Here, we get the sublime lyrical aria "Son Qual Nave Agitata" from the opera Idaspe and the more impressive "Ombra Fedele Anchio" which is full of hair-raising coloratura gymnastics. The beauty and rarity of these arias alone is worth getting the album. The instrumental music, perfectly Baroque in structure, includes the Overture to Artaserses. The other vocal music even has a spiritually uplifting work by Palestrina who wrote vocal music in religious contexts for the Roman Catholic Church and who believed the castrati voice was the most divinely inspired voice and closest to God. This album is worth getting if you are a fan of the movie, a fan of the Baroque period and a fan of Farinelli in particular.

Average customer rating: Like a ride in a gondola italian music at it's best Excellent CD

Love and Death in Venice / LeBlanc, Ragin, Teatro Lirico, Stephen Stubbs Antonio Vivaldi , George Frideric Handel , Johann Adolf Hasse , Francesco Manelli , Antonio Sartorio , Pietro Francesco Cavalli , Tarquinio Merula , Giovanni Legrenzi , Claudio Monteverdi , Stephen Stubbs , Suzie LeBlanc , Derek Lee Ragin , Erin Headley , Peter Croton , Milso Valent , Susan Napper , André Fournier , Claron McFadden , Christoph Lehmann , Mimi Mitchell , Christine Moran , and David Sinclair Manufacturer: EMI Records [All429] ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Trios | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Handel | Handel, George Frideric | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Hasse | Hasse, Johann Adolf | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Monteverdi | Monteverdi, Claudio | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Vivaldi | Vivaldi, Antonio | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Trio Sonatas | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Sacred & Religious | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Cantatas | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Cantatas | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Handel: Le Cantate per il Cardinal Pamphili ASIN: B000002SR8 Release Date: 1997-02-18

Tracks:

1. La Treccha Trio Sonata
2. 'Ti Lascio Empia, Incostante' Duetto
3. Ciacona Trio Son
4. 'Se Mai Piu Saro Geloso' Duetto
5. 'Tanti Strali Al Sen' Duetto
6. 'Orfeo, Tu Dormi?' Aria
7. 'Lucidissima Face ...' Recitativo
8. 'Qual Sopor Repentino ... - Bella Quanto Crudele' Recitativo & Duetto
9. 'L'Ombre, L'Aure, E Ancora Il Rio' Aria
10. 'Gelosia, Tu Gia Rendi L'Alma Mia' Aria
11. Cantata 'Cessate, Omai Cessate', RV 684
12. La Pezzoli, Op. 4, No. 6 Trio Sonata
13. 'Pur Ti Miro, Pur Ti Godo' Duetto Finale

Customer Reviews:

Like a ride in a gondola.......2004-06-03

Suzie LeBlanc and Derek Lee Ragin are top-class singers with highly attractive voices, while Teatro Lirico directed by Stephen Stubbs is one of the finest period ensembles in the business. They all shine in this unusual selection of atmospheric Venetian early music. It would be hard to find fault in this delectable well-recorded album. Very engaging.

italian music at it's best.......2003-03-28

I have long been a fan of Derek Lee Ragin and I am a new fan
of the wonderful Suzie Leblanc. This is a beautiful, beautiful disc.

Excellent CD.......1999-03-05

I must have listened to this CD at least a hundred times and am still not tired of it.

Average customer rating: A Little Known Magnificent Recording A great Handel opera

Poros Manufacturer: Berlin Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Handel | Handel, George Frideric | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Opera & Vocal | Box Sets | Stores | Music Similar Items: Handel - Faramondo / Baird · Minter · Fortunato · Lane · Callahan · Castaldi · Brewer CO · Palmer Handel - Ezio / Fortunato Baird Lane N. Watson Urrey Pellerin Manhattan Chamber Orchestra (2 CDs) Handel - Riccardo Primo / Mingardo, Piau, Lallouette, Scaltriti, Brua, Bertin, Les talens lyriques, Rousset Händel: Arianna in Creta, HWV 32 Handel: Teseo ASIN: B00000G50P Release Date: 1999-01-19

Tracks:

1. Erkster Akt: Ov - Maria Vermes/Otto Kleist/Kurt Scharmacher
2. Erkster Akt. 1a. Rezitativ: Zuruck! Bleibt Stehn! - Gunther Leib/Hellmuth Kaphahn
3. Erkster Akt. 1b. Arie: Wer Konnte Zogern - Hellmuth Kaphahn
4. Erkster Akt. Rezitativ: Sieh Da, Ein Inder! - Franz Stumpf/Gunther Leib
5. Erkster Akt. 2. Arie: Wohlan! Du Ahnst Nicht - Gunther Leib
6. Erkster Akt. Rezitativ: Timagenes, Was Bringst Du? - Werner Enders/Franz Stumpf/Margarete Herzberg
7. Erkster Akt. 3. Arie: Deine Tranen Sind Mir Schmerzlich - Werner Enders
8. Erkster Akt. Rezitativ: Ist Er Denn So Zu Allen? - Margarete Herzberg/Franz Stumpf
9. Erkster Akt. 4. Arie: In Deinem Alter - Margarete Herzberg
10. Erkster Akt. Rezitativ: Ist Er Es? - Philine Fischer/Gunther Leib
11. Erkster Akt. 5. Arioso: Wie Die Hand Ich Jetzt Erhebe - Gunther Leib
12. Erkster Akt. Rezitativ: Nimbavati, Sieh Doch Selber! - Philine Fischer/Gunther Leib/Margarete Herzberg
13. Erkster Akt. 6. Arie: Lass Den Vorsatz Dir Nicht Truben - Philine Fischer
14. Erkster Akt. Rezitativ: Da Geht Sie! - Gunther Leib/Margarete Herzberg/Hellmuth Kaphahn
15. Erkster Akt. 7. Arie: Wer Einmal Vom Damon Der Liebe Verwundet - Gunther Leib
16. Erkster Akt. Rezitativ: Sag Mal, Mein Lieber - Margarete Herzberg/Hellmuth Kaphahn
17. Erkster Akt. 8. Arie: Du Glaubst Doch Nicht Im Ernste - Margarete Herzberg
18. Erkster Akt. Rezitativ: Sieh Doch! - Werner Enders
19. Erkster Akt: 9. Sinf - Maria Vermes/Otto Kleist/Kurt Scharmacher
20. Erkster Akt. Rezitativ: Was Ich Bringe - Philine Fischer/Werner Enders
21. Erkster Akt. Rezitativ: Mein Konig! - Franz Stumpf/Werner Enders
22. Erkster Akt. Rezitativ: (Dacht Ich's Doch!) - Gunther Leib/Philine Fischer/Werner Enders
23. Erkster Akt. 10. Arie: Wolle Mich Nicht Falsch Verstehen! - Werner Enders
24. Erkster Akt. Rezitativ: Gotter Und Geister - Gunther Leib/Philine Fischer
25. Erkster Akt. 11. Duetto: Lass Den Vorsatz Dir Nicht Truben - Gunther Leib/Philine Fischer

Tracks:

1. Zweiter Akt: 12. Sinf - Maria Vermes/Otto Kleist/Kurt Scharmacher
2. Zweiter Akt. Rezitativ: Eintflieh! - Lasse Mich! - Philine Fischer/Gunther Leib
3. Zweiter Akt. 13. Duetto E Recitativo: Ewig! So Spricht Die Seele - Philine Fischer/Gunther Leib
4. Zweiter Akt. Rezitativ: Sie Kommen, Dich Zu Holen - Philine Fischer/Gunther Leib
5. Zweiter Akt. Rezitativ: Zuruck! Du Schurke! - Werner Enders/Philine Fischer/Gunther Leib
6. Zweiter Akt. Rezitativ: Herr! Schaffe Wieder Ordnung! - Franz Stumpf/Gunther Leib/Philine Fischer/Werner Enders
7. Zweiter Akt. 14. Arie: Ein Schandliches Vergehen - Werner Enders
8. Zweiter Akt. Reziativ: Die Konigin Bleibt In Freiheit - Philine Fischer/Gunther Leib/Franz Stumpf
9. Zweiter Akt. 15. Arie: Sag Ihm, Er Soll Mir Glauben! - Philine Fischer
10. Zweiter Akt. Rezitativ: (Nein, Er Muss Es Ihm Nicht Sagen.) - Gunther Leib/Franz Stumpf
11. Zweiter Akt. 16. Arie: Nie Soll Des Schiffes Steuermann - Gunther Leib
12. Zweiter Akt. Rezitativ: Und Er Wollte Dich Toten? - Hellmuth Kaphahn/Philine Fischer
13. Zweiter Akt. Rezitativ: Aus Dem Feldlager Komm' Ich - Werner Enders/Philine Fischer/Hellmuth Kaphahn
14. Zweiter Akt. Rezitativ: Oh, Falscher 'Poros' - Philine Fischer/Hellmuth Kaphahn/Margarete Herzberg
15. Zweiter Akt. 17. Arie: Hast Du Mich Verlassen - Philine Fischer

Tracks:

1. Dritter Akt: 20. Sinf - Maria Vermes/Otto Kleist/Kurt Scharmacher
2. Dritter Akt. Rezitativ: Nimbavati! - Gunther Leib/Margarete Herzberg
3. Dritter Akt. 21. Arie: Vergiss Nicht Die Wunden - Gunther Leib
4. Dritter Akt. Rezitativ: Ach, Wie Soll Das Noch Enden! - Margarete Herzberg/Philine Fischer
5. Dritter Akt. Rezitativ: Hier Bin Ich! - Werner Enders/Philine Fischer/Margarete Herzberg
6. Dritter Akt. Rezitativ: Mahamaya! - Margarete Herzberg/Philine Fischer
7. Dritter Akt. 22. Arie: Wenn Segelnd Auf Den Wogen - Philine Fischer
8. Dritter Akt. Rezitativ: Ach, Auch Noch Dies - Margarete Herzberg/Werner Enders
9. Dritter Akt. Rezitativ: Sieh, Ein Wolf! - Werner Enders/Franz Stumpf
10. Dritter Akt. 24. Arie: Bessre Dich Und Lerne Treue! - Werner Enders
11. Dritter Akt. Rezitativ: Alles Vergebens - Gunther Leib/Hellmuth Kaphahn
12. Dritter Akt. Rezitativ: Horet Mich! - Margarete Herzberg/Gunther Leib/Hellmuth Kaphahn
13. Dritter Akt. 25. Arie: Lebt Wohl! - Gunther Leib
14. Dritter Akt. Rezitativ: Gandharta, Wenn Du Mich Wirklich Liebst - Margarete Herzberg/Hellmuth Kaphahn
15. Dritter Akt. 26. Arie: Komm, Nimbavati, Komm - Hellmuth Kaphahn
16. Dritter Akt. Rezitativ: Mein Redlicher Gandharta! - Margarete Herzberg
17. Dritter Akt. 27. Arie: Alle Haben Mich Verlassen - Margarete Herzberg
18. Dritter Akt: 28. Sinf - Maria Vermes/Otto Kleist/Kurt Scharmacher
19. Dritter Akt: Rezitativ - Philine Fischer/Werner Enders/Gunther Leib
20. Dritter Akt. 29. Arioso: Hort Mich Alle! - Philine Fischer
21. Dritter Akt. Rezitativ: Traum' Ich? Poros? - Philine Fischer/Werner Enders/Gunther Leib/Franz Stumpf
22. Dritter Akt. 30. Arioso, Duetto: Glucklich Wiedervereinigt - Philine Fischer/Gunther Leib
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Customer Reviews:

A Little Known Magnificent Recording .......2005-11-14

If you like Handel and opera, then get this recording. It's truly a gem.

A great Handel opera.......2004-12-04

First of all let me say that I don't think Handel (or for that matter Vivaldi, Bach, Mozart or Beethoven) ever wrote any music that isnt't worth at least five stars. I have heard music of these five composers, whom I put in a class by themselves, performed by rank amateurs in high schools and colleges, and it is still great. And that I think is a measure of the greatness of these five composers. Their music is so absolutely great that even the rawest amateur cannot do it harm. Having said all that I have added to my collection a number of works by Handel that are not generally known even to people interested in his works. All of them are great. Some are better than great, and I think Poros is one of those. Here is dynamic music brilliantly performed by an all German cast and issued by Berlin Classics very reasonably. I admit unabashedly that I am very price conscious. You might even say cheap. But there is more. While not knowing a word of the German language except for words like danke and gut morgen, I find the sung German language particularly in baroque music to be absolutely beautiful. I can and do listen for hours to works by Bach (both Johann Sebastian, CPE and other of their kin), Handel and Telemann, without understanding a word of what is being sung. The words themselves carry their own beauty. I have read somewhere in these Amazon pages a review by Robert Levine of a Handel work written by the composer in English but performed in German, by this group as I recall. Basically Mr. Levine's review boiled down to one word was "Yuck". I think very highly of Mr. Levine and depend heavily on his reviews. Here is only a difference in taste. He is a purist. I am not knowledgable enough in music to be so. I love the sung German language, and I prefer to hear any Handel work sung in German even though it may have been written in English. Which brings us finally back to Poros. It is thrilling music by one of the greatest composeers of them all. The voices are excellent, and in the Handel-Festspielorchester Halle under the direction of Horst-Tanu Margraf, you have an absolutely terrific performance of Handel's music. You can also find on the Berlin Classics label with other German orchestras and singers Semele, Salomo and Radimisto. They are uniformly excellent performance of truly exciting music. Anyone who loves Handel's operas and oratorios should add them to his or her collection.

Average customer rating: This is not enough! Poro Re dell'Inde El Sonido Majestuoso de Poro, Rè dell'Indie A great discovery!

Handel: Poro Rossana Bertini , Bernarda Fink , Gerard Lesne , Sandro Naglia , Fabio Biondi , and Europa Galante Manufacturer: Opus 111 ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Handel | Handel, George Frideric | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000260SG Release Date: 1995-01-17

Tracks:

1. Ov - Europa Galante/Fabio Biondi
2. Act I, Scena 1: Recitativo Fermatevi, Compagni! - Gloria Banditelli/Gerard Lesne
3. Act I, Scena 1: Aria E Prezzo Leggiero - Gerard Lesne
4. Act I, Scena 2: Recitativo Guerrier, T'arresta - Gloria Banditelli/Roberto Abbondanza/Sandro Naglia
5. Act I, Scena 2: Aria Vedrai Con Tuo Periglio - Gloria Banditelli
6. Act I, Scena 3: Recitativo Oh Sublime Ardimento! - Sandro Naglia/Bernarda Fink/Roberto Abbondanza
7. Act I, Scena 3: Aria Vl Trofeo D'un Alma Imbelle - Sandro Naglia
8. Act I, Scena 4: Recitativo Questo E Alessandro? - Bernarda Fink/Roberto Abbondanza
9. Act I, Scena 4: Aria Chi Vive Amante Sai Che Delira - Bernarda Fink
10. Act I, Scena 5: Recitativo Perfidi! Ite Di Poro A Ricercar Nel Campo - Rossana Bertini/Gloria Banditelli
11. Act I, Scena 5: Aria Se Mai Piu Saro Geloso - Gloria Banditelli
12. Act I, Scena 6: Recitativo Erissena, Che Veggo? - Rossana Bertini/Gloria Banditelli/Bernarda Fink
13. Act I, Scena 6: Aria Se Mai Turbo Il Tuo Riposo - Rossana Bertini
14. Act I, Scena 7: Recitativo Cleofide Va Al Campo - Bernarda Fink/Gloria Banditelli/Gerard Lesne
15. Act I, Scena 7: Aria Se Possono Tanto Due Luci Vezzose - Gloria Banditelli
16. Act I, Scena 8: Recitativo Dimmi: Vedesti In Su Gli Opposti Lidi - Bernarda Fink/Gerard Lesne
17. Act I, Scena 8: Aria Compagni Nell'amore Se Tolerar Non Sai - Bernarda Fink
18. Act I, Scena 9: Recitativo Ecco Vien La Cagion De' Miei Tormenti - Sandro Naglia/Roberto Abbondanza
19. Act I, Scena 9: Sinf - Europa Galante/Fabio Biondi
20. Act I, Scena 9: Recitativo Cio Che T'offro/Scena 10: Recitativo Monarca, Impaziente Il Duce Asbite.. - Rossana Bertini/Sandro Naglia/Roberto Abbondanza/Gloria Banditelli
21. Act I, Scena 11: Aria Se Amor A Questo Petto - Sandro Naglia
22. Act I, Scena 12: Recitativo Lode Agli Dei! - Rossana Bertini/Gloria Banditelli
23. Act I, Scena 12: Finale: Duetto Se Mai Turbo - Gloria Banditelli/Rossana Bertini

Tracks:

1. Act II, Scena 1: Sinf - Europa Galante/Fabio Biondi
2. Act II, Scena 1: Recitativo Signor, L'India Festiva Esulta Meco - Rossana Bertini/Sandro Naglia/Roberto Abbondanza
3. Act II, Scena 1: Sinf - Europa Galante/Fabio Biondi
4. Act II, Scena 1: Recitativo Seguitemi, Oh Compagni!/Scena2: Recitativo Mio Ben! - Gerard Lesne/Rossana Bertini/Gloria Banditelli
5. Act II, Scena 2: Duetto Caro Amico Amplesso! - Rossana Bertini/Gloria Banditelli
6. Act II, Scena 2: Recitativo Ah Ciel! Viene Il Nemico/Scena 3: Recitativo Crudel, T'arresta!... - Rossana Bertini/Gloria Banditelli/Sandro Naglia/Roberto Abbondanza
7. Act II, Scena 4: Aria D'un Barbaro Scortese - Sandro Naglia
8. Act II, Scena 5: Recitativo Macedoni, Alla Reggia Cleofide - Rossana Bertini/Gloria Banditelli/Roberto Abbondanza
9. Act II, Scena 5: Aria Digli Ch'io Son Fedele - Rossana Bertini
10. Act II, Scena 6: Recitativo Tenerezze Ingegnose! - Gloria Banditelli/Roberto Abbondanza
11. Act II, Scena 6: Aria Senza Procelle - Gloria Banditelli
12. Act II, Scena 7: Recitativo E Tento Di Svenarti?/Scena 8: Recitativo Per Salvarti, Oh Regina... - Rossana Bertini/Gerard Lesne/Sandro Naglia/Bernarda Fink
13. Act II, Scena 9: Aria Se Il Ciel Mi Divide - Rossana Bertini
14. Act II, Scena 10: Recitativo Adorata Erissena - Bernarda Fink/Gerard Lesne
15. Act II, Scena 10: Aria Se Viver Non Poss'io - Gerard Lesne
16. Act II, Scena 11: Recitativo E Pur, Chi'l Crederia? - Bernarda Fink
17. Act II, Scena 11: Aria Di Rendermi La Calma Prometti - Bernarda Fink

Tracks:

1. Act III: Sinf - Europa Galante/Fabio Biondi
2. Act III, Scena 1: Recitativo Erissena! - Gloria Banditelli/Bernarda Fink
3. Act III, Scena 1: Aria Risveglia Lo Sdegno - Gloria Banditelli
4. Act III, Scena 2: Recitativo Ah! Funesto Comando!/Scena 3: Recitativo Regina, E Dunque Vero... - Bernarda Fink/Rossana Bertini/Sandro Naglia
5. Act III, Scena 4: Aria Se Troppo Crede Al Ciglio - Rossana Bertini
6. Act III, Scena 5: Recitativo Giunge Alessandro - Bernarda Fink/Sandro Naglia
7. Act III, Scena 5: Aria Come Il Candore - Bernarda Fink
8. Act III, Scena 6: Recitativo Per Qual Via Non Pensata - Sandro Naglia/Roberto Abbondanza
9. Act III, Scena 6: Aria Serbati A Grandi Imprese - Sandro Naglia
10. Act III, Scena 7: Recitativo Ecco Spezzato Il Solo Filo/Scena 8: Recitativo Fermati! - Gloria Banditelli/Gerard Lesne
11. Act III, Scena 8: Aria Dov'e? - Gloria Banditelli
12. Act III, Scena 9: Recitativo Gandarte, In Questo Stato Non Lasciarlo - Bernarda Fink/Gerard Lesne
13. Act III, Scena 9: Aria Mio Ben, Ricordati - Gerard Lesne
14. Act III, Scena 10: Recitativo D'inaspettati Eventi - Bernarda Fink
15. Act III, Scena 10: Aria Son Confusa Pastorella - Bernarda Fink
16. Act III, Scena 11: Recitativo Tu Mi Contrasti/Scena 12: Sinf/Recitativo Nella Odorata Pira - Gloria Banditelli/Gerard Lesne/Sandro Naglia/Rossana Bertini
17. Act III, Scena 12: Aria Spirto Amato - Rossana Bertini
18. Act III, Scena Ultima: Recitativo Come! Poro? - Rossana Bertini/Sandro Naglia/Gloria Banditelli/Bernarda Fink/Gerard Lesne
19. Act III, Scena Ultima: Duetto Caro, Vieni - Rossana Bertini/Gloria Banditelli
20. Act III, Scena Ultima: Coro Dopo Tanto Penare - Rossana Bertini/Gloria Banditelli/Bernarda Fink/Gerard Lesne/Sandro Naglia/Roberto Abbondanza

Customer Reviews:

This is not enough!.......2001-05-06

I have listened to early music for several years now. I am myself a musician and I play the baroque cello and gamba proffesionally. I love the passionate attitude to baroque music that musicians such as Marc Minkowski, Reinhard Goebel and Giovanni Antonini presents in their recordings. After hearing many of the cds with Fabio Biondi I have seriously understood that he is not even close to their class of musicianship. There is though one big exception which is the Bach recording with Ian Bostridge. But I am convinced that the amazing music-making on that cd is more because of really good musicians and the outstanding Ian Bostridge, than Fabio Biondi himself. I think that most of his other recordings are pure crap. Compare his playing in Italian music with Enrico Onofri (Il Giardino) or his playing in french music with for example Monica Huggett or Francois Fernandez and you will soon get some perspectives. First of all, his tasteless use of the vibrato. And the fact that he hardly takes advantage of the fantastic abilities of the gut strings. Their dynamic possibilities and sonority. It's a shame how he treats the music of Castello and Vivaldi: slow tempos and hardly no dance character. Not especially convincing in my opinion. I bought this opera mostly because of the singers. Rosanna Bertini and Gerard Lesne are some of my absolute favourite singers. But already in the overture I felt dissapointed. The overall character of the opera feels somehow musically desperate. Where is the natural feeling that is typical for the brilliant productions with Marc Minkowski? For me, this is the final proof of the fact that Fabio Biondi should't conduct operas. And maybe he should pick up the modern violin instead! I think that would suit him a lot better...

Poro Re dell'Inde.......2000-08-01

Europa Galante expresa verdaderamente el sentido más puro del barroco en una interpretación maravillosa y colmada de estilo. Las cuerdas con un sonido seco y los staccato en colocaciones exactas, dan una idea clara de los deseos de Handel respetando las formas imperantes en la época. Los cantantes en una interpretación excelente gestan una ópera de extremada delicadeza y cuidadas formas estéticas. Destacable es la interpretación de Poro en los tres actos (Barditelli) y de Cleofide y Erisenna (Bertini y Fink, siendo algo más débiles (pero manteniendo el estilo) las de Alessandro y Timagenes. En resumen una ópera adorable que todo amante de Handel debería tener

El Sonido Majestuoso de Poro, Rè dell'Indie.......1999-08-24

Es difícil superar la interpretación y grabación de esta obra. La calidad en el balance de los solistas es tal, que no se puede notar diferencia entre el protagonista y el personaje de rol pequeño que sólo tiene recitativos, pues todos contribuyen con el argumento: Gloria Banditelli (el enamorado Poro), Rossana Bertini (la fiel Cleofide), Bernarda Fink (la amiga Erissena), El gran Gérard Lesne (el leal Gandarte), Sandro Naglia (El magnánimo Alessandro Il Grande) y Roberto Abbondanza (El traidor, después arrepentido Timagene). Todos ellos adornan esta hermosa obra de Haendel, sin personajes falsos, sino todos muy humanos. El Coro Final corona esta gran interpretación. Vaya para el Opus 111, Fabio Biondi, Europa Galante y los solistas mi más grande aplauso.

A great discovery!.......1999-04-29

We must be very grateful to Fabio Biondi and OPUS111 for recording this virtually unknown Handel opera. As usual, there is much fine music to hear, and the performance is predictably excellent, with wonderful singers including Gloria Banditelli and the great alto Gerard Lesne. Deffinitely worth trying!

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