Tropirollo, Vol. 15

Track Listings

 
1. Rollo Tropifiesta: El Ladron/Mayonesa/SShh!/La Negra Tiene Tumbao/Asi E
2. Rollo Tropiromantico: Me Volvia Acordar de Ti/Que Levante la Mano/Quita

Tropirollo, Vol. 15,Various Artists,Balboa,Latin,Mexican


Handel Arias for Cuzzoni / Saffer · PBO · McGegan
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  • Full of Handelian Esprit
Handel Arias for Cuzzoni / Saffer · PBO · McGegan
George Frideric Handel , Nicholas McGegan , Lisa Saffer , and Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
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ASIN: B0000007CS
Release Date: 1992-12-14

Tracks:

  1. Rodelinda - Act II, Scene 3: Spietati
  2. Rodelinda - Act I, Scene 7: Ombre, piante, urne funeste!
  3. Riccardo I - Act III, 8: Il volo cosi fido
  4. Guilio Cesare - Act II, 8: Se pieta di me non senti
  5. Guilio Cesare - Act III, 3: Piangero la sorte mia
  6. Guilio Cesare - Act III, Scene 6: Da tempeste il legno infranto
  7. Scipione - Act II, Scene 8: Scoglio d'immota fronte
  8. Ottone - Act I, Scene 3: Falsa immagine
  9. Ottone - Act I, Scene 10: Affanni del pensier
  10. Tamerlano - Act I, Scene 5: Se non mi vuol amar
  11. Alessandro - Act III, Scene 4: L'Amor che per te sento
  12. Flavio - Scene I, Act 13: Amante stravagante

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Full of Handelian Esprit.......2006-06-18

George Frideric Handel (1685 -1759), Arias for Cuzzoni. Lisa Saffer, soprano; Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, conducted from the harpsichord by Nicholas McGegan. Recorded November 1990 at Skywalker Sound, Nicasio, California. Released as Harmonia Mundi HMU 907036; also available on HMX 2907171.74. Total time: 72'19".

Francesca Cuzzoni (d. 1770) was one of two Italian soprano “prima donnas” that Handel kept busy at his opera houses in London during the 1720’s and 1730’s. As one can well imagine, the two of them were not on the best of terms, and it is said that it came to blows on stage, something that was made fun of a little later in Gay’s “Beggar’s Opera”. But despite the shortcomings in her character, Cuzzoni appears to have been a wonderful singer, eliciting from some bright spark the memorable phrase: “Damme, she has a nest of nightingales in her belly.” Handel penned a large number of his finest arias with Cuzzoni in mind, and the most difficult decision facing Lisa Saffer and Nic McGegan when they planned this CD of “Arias for Cuzzoni” must have been, which ones to leave out. In the end they made, I think, a fair choice, with two arias each from “Rodelinda” and “Ottone”, three of Cleopatra’s airs from “Giulio Cesare in Egitto”, and single numbers from “Ricardo Primo”, “Scipione”, “Tamerlano”, “Alessandro” and “Flavio.” A further great decision they made was to include the preceding recitative before each aria, thus creating a little bit of context: Handel’s da capo arias were not really intended for a 72 minute recital by a single singer, and the recitatives provide small breaks and introduce the listener at the same time to the situation and the emotions involved in the following aria.

As with David Thomas on his “Arias for Montagnana”, there have been differences of opinion concerning Lisa Saffer’s performance here; and as there, I think this is probably just a matter of taste: personally, I enjoyed Lisa Saffer’s singing greatly, although I did detect some hardness of timbre in exposed passages. Ms Saffer is technically brilliant, but her voice is relatively small, so that I felt she had to replace emotional intensity with brilliant modulation and ornamentation. I compared the “Giulio Cesare” arias on the disc with Roberta Alexander’s performance with the Concentus Wien under Harnoncourt, recorded a couple of years earlier, and came to the conclusion that Lisa Saffer could not match Ms Alexander’s emotional expressivity. On the other hand, Saffer’s voice seems to be more appropriate to the “early music” style – and the McGegan disc is, from the standpoint of both orchestra and engineering, at least head and shoulders better than the Harnoncourt.

Even those who are not enamoured of Ms Saffer’s voice tend to admit that the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra gives a marvellous performance on this CD. The music is full of Handelian esprit and is captured more or less perfectly, including solos by Stephen Schulz, transverse flute, and Judith Linsenberg, recorder, and not to forget Nic McGegan himself at the harpsichord providing great continuo and sometimes more. It is a measure of the quality of the disc that I have just listened to it three times in a row and found myself loving it more each time.
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    Ferrero Recordings 1930 - 1953

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    ASIN: B00000196U
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    Tracks:

    1. Sinf No.1 in C Op.21: Adagio Molto - Allegro Con Brio
    2. Sinf No.1 in C Op.21: Andante Cantabile Con Moto
    3. Sinf No.1 in C Op.21: Minuetto
    4. Sinf No.1 in C Op.21: Adagio - Allegro Molto Vivace
    5. Primo Preludio Per Archi
    6. Secondo Preludio Per Archi
    7. Preludio in B flat
    8. Momento Musicate No.3
    9. Traumerei
    10. Khovanscina Interludio Atto IV
    11. Il Volo Del Calabrone
    12. Kikimora Op.63
    13. Notturno Op.76 No.1
    14. Manon Lescaut Intermezzo Atto IV - Orch Del Teatro Alla Scala Di Milano/Willy Ferrero
    15. Fetes (Da Nocturnes)

    Tracks:

    1. Bolero
    2. Daphnis Et Chole 2a Ste
    3. Danza Da 'La Vida Breve' - Orch Stabile Dell'Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia/Willy Ferrero
    4. Pantomima Da 'El Amor Brujo'
    5. Danza Rituale Del Fuoco Da 'El Amor Brujo'
    6. Danza Del Mugnaio Da 'El Sombrero De Tres Picos'
    7. Danza Della Mugnaia Da 'El Sombrero De Tres Picos'
    8. Till Eulenspiegels Lustige Streiche Op.28
    9. Valse Triste
    10. L'Ottobrata Da Feste Romane
    Iacobus Handl-Gallus: Moralia; Harmoniae Morales (Box Set)
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      Iacobus Handl-Gallus: Moralia; Harmoniae Morales (Box Set)

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      ASIN: B00005YJPX
      Release Date: 2002-01-29

      Tracks:

      1. I. Diversos Diversa Iuvant
      2. II. Tempore Felici Multi Numerantur Amici
      3. III. Usibus Edocto Si Quicqam Credis Amico
      4. IV. Cede Repugnanti
      5. V. Quid Mihi, Livor Edax
      6. VI. Nec Veneris, Nec Tu Vini Capiaris Amore
      7. VII. Sperne Lucrum
      8. VIII. Quid Petitur Sacris
      9. IX. Adeste Musae, Maximi Proles Iovis
      10. X. Quod Latet, Ignotum Est
      11. XI. Nescio Quid Sit Amor
      12. XII. Qui Sermone Placet
      13. XIII. Cui Bene Succedit
      14. XIV. Noli Laudari
      15. XV. Si Vitare Velis
      16. XVI. Cui Sunt Multa Bona
      17. XVII. Carmina Laudantur
      18. XVIII. Omnia Vincit Amor
      19. XIX. Odi Et Amo
      20. XX. Gaudia Principium
      21. XXI. Turpe Sequi Casum
      22. XXII. Qui Capit Uxorem
      23. XXIII. Oderunt Hilarem Tristes
      24. XXIV. Principibus Placuisse Viris
      25. XXV. Qui Cito Dat
      26. XXVI. Qui Cantum Corvi Cras Imitatur
      27. XXVII. Permultos Liceat Cuculus
      28. XXVIII. Musica Noster Amor

      Tracks:

      1. XXIX. Musica Musarum Germana
      2. XXX. Multum Deliro
      3. XXXI. Inveni Portum
      4. XXXII. Diligitur Nemo
      5. XXXIII. Turpe Referre Pedem
      6. XXXIV. Omnis Homo Nihil Est
      7. XXXV. Qui Leviter Credit
      8. XXXVI. Tempore Felici Non Cognoscuntur Amici
      9. XXXVII. Conscia Mens Recti
      10. XXXVIII. Pauperiem Modico Contentus
      11. XXXIX. Nobile Vincendi Genus
      12. XL. Heu, Quam Difficile Est
      13. XLI. Semper Pauper Eris
      14. XLII. Quam Bene Apud Memores
      15. XLIII. Dulces Exuviae
      16. XLIV. Cum Moritum Dives
      17. XLV. Tu Ne Cede Malis
      18. XLVI. Usus Amicorum Bonus
      19. XLVII. Plus Laudatori
      20. I. Dii Tibi, Si Qua Pios Respectant Nimina
      21. II. O Fortuna Potens
      22. III. Currit Parvus Lepulus
      23. IV. Qui Fugat Intrepidos
      24. V. Casta Novenarum Iacet Aula
      25. VI. Gallus Amat Venerem
      26. VII. Quam Gallina Suum Parit Ovum
      27. VIII. Ergo Mihi Uxorem Qualem Ducam?
      28. IX. Anna Soror, Soror Anna
      29. X. Heu, Crucior Certe
      30. XI. Nusquam Tuta Fides
      31. XII. Heroes, Pugnate Viri Fortissimi
      32. XIII. Proditor Est Ut Hypocrita
      33. XIV. Cogitate Miseri
      34. XV. Si Vis Laudari
      35. XVI. Si Tibi Gratia
      36. XVII. Nil Est Asperius Misero
      37. XVIII. Hanc Volo, Quae Non Vult
      38. XIX. Uxor, Amice, Tibi Est Semper Mala

      Tracks:

      1. XX. Quod Licet, Ingratum Est
      2. XXI. Dulcis Amica, Veni
      3. XXII. Si Vox Est, Canta
      4. XXIII. Perfer Et Obdura
      5. XXIV. Si Prolixa Facit Sapientem Barba
      6. XXV. Quisquis Amat Dictis
      7. XXVI. Ne Iactes
      8. XXVII. Vos, Qui Nulla Datis
      9. XXVIII. O Homo, Si Scires
      10. XXIX. Nemo Placet Stultis
      11. XXX. Vitam Quae Faciunt Beatiorem
      12. XXXI. Libertas Animi Cibus
      13. XXXII. Barbara, Celarent
      14. XXXIII. Vivite Felices
      15. XXXIV. In Terra Summus Rex
      16. XXXV. Cui Dolus Est Gratus
      17. XXXVI. Archipoeta Facit Versus
      18. XXXVII. Doctus Ait
      19. XXXVIII. Quod Vitae Sectabor Iter
      20. XXXIX. O, Quam Dura Premit Miseros Conditio Vitae
      21. XL. Sunt Tibi Vitandi Sermones
      22. XLI. Quid Sis, Quid Fueris
      23. XLII. O Mors
      24. XLIII. En Ego Campana
      25. XLIV. Nunquam Bella Bonis
      26. XLV. Clare Vir
      27. XLVI. Linquo Coax Ranis
      28. XLVII. Anseris Est Giga
      29. XLVIII. Scilicet Extremis
      30. XLIX. Linguarum Non Est Praestantior Ulla Latina
      31. L. Livide, Quare Tibi Mea Musica Displicet Uni?
      32. LI. Lex Et Natura
      33. LII. Opto Placere Bonis
      34. LIII. Pascitur In Vivis Livor
      Handel Arias for Cuzzoni, Durastanti, Senesino & Montagnana / Saffer · Hunt-Lieberson · Minter · Thomas · PBO · McGegan
      Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
      • Do not miss it!
      • A must-have for Handelians
      Handel Arias for Cuzzoni, Durastanti, Senesino & Montagnana / Saffer · Hunt-Lieberson · Minter · Thomas · PBO · McGegan
      George Frideric Handel , Nicolas McGegan , Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra , Lisa Saffer , Lorraine Hunt , Drew Minter , and David Thomas
      Manufacturer: Harmonia Mundi
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      ASIN: B0000007HV
      Release Date: 1996-07-10

      Tracks:

      1. Arias For Cuzzoni: Spietati, io vi giurai (Rodelinda II, 3)
      2. Arias For Cuzzoni: Ombre, piante, urne funeste! (Rodelinda I, 7)
      3. Arias For Cuzzoni: Il volo cosi fido (Riccardo Primo III, 8)
      4. Arias For Cuzzoni: Accomp.: Che sento? - Aria: Se pieta (Guilio Cesare II, 8)
      5. Arias For Cuzzoni: Recit.: E pur cosi - Aria: Piangero (Guilio Cesare III, 3)
      6. Arias For Cuzzoni: Da tempeste il legno infranto (Guilio Cesare III, 6)
      7. Arias For Cuzzoni: Scoglio d'immota fronte (Scipione II, 8)
      8. Arias For Cuzzoni: Recit.: E tale Otton? - Aria: Falsa immagine (Ottone I, 3)
      9. Arias For Cuzzoni: Recit.: Guinge Otton? - Aria: Affanni del pensier (Ottone I, 10)
      10. Arias For Cuzzoni: Recit.: Serve Asteria - Aria: Se non mi vuol amar (Tamerlano I, 5)
      11. Arias For Cuzzoni: L'Amor che per te sento (Alessandro III, 4)
      12. Arias For Cuzzoni: Recit.: Chi mai l'intende - Aria: Amante stravagante (Flavio I, 13)

      Tracks:

      1. Arias For Durastanti: Recit.: Favorevol la sorte - Aria: Ogni vento (Agrippina II, 20)
      2. Arias For Durastanti: Pensieri, voi mi tomentate (Agrippina II, 13)
      3. Arias For Durastanti: Ombra cara di mia sposa (Radamisto II, 2)
      4. Arias For Durastanti: Recit.: Oh Dio! parte Zenobia - Aria: Qual nave (Radamisto III, 1)
      5. Arias For Durastanti: Accopm.: Io d'altro regno - Aria: Dimmi, crudele Amore (Muzio Scevola III, 3)
      6. Arias For Durastanti: Recit.: Ben a raggion - Aria: Vieni, o figlio (Ottone II, 4)
      7. Arias For Durastanti: Recit.: Vani sono i lamenti - Aria: Svegliatevi nel core (Guilio Cesare I, 4))
      8. Arias For Durastanti: Cara speme (Guilio Cesare I, 8)
      9. Arias For Durastanti: Recit.: Figlio non e - Aria: L'angue offenso mai riposa (Guilio Cesare II, 6)
      10. Arias For Durastanti: L'aure che spira (Guilio Cesare II, 11)
      11. Arias For Durastanti: La giustizia (Guilio Cesare III, 5)
      12. Arias For Durastanti: Mirami altero in volto (Arianna I, 2)
      13. Arias For Durastanti: Qual leon (Arianna II, 6)

      Tracks:

      1. Arias For Senesino: Va tacito (Guilio Cesare I, 9)
      2. Arias For Senesino: Non e si vago e bello (Guilio Cesare I, 7)
      3. Arias For Senesino: Vivi, tiranno (Rodelinda III, 4)
      4. Arias For Senesino: Recit.: Che piu si tarda omai - Accomp.: Inumano fratel - Aria: Stille amare (Tolomeo III, 6)
      5. Arias For Senesino: Recit.: Nube, che il Sole - Aria: Si fugge il duol (Riccardo Primo II, 7)
      6. Arias For Senesino: Agitato da fiere tempeste (Riccardo Primo I, 6)
      7. Arias For Senesino: Accomp.: Ah! stigie larve - Arioso: Gia latra Cerbero - Accomp.: Ma la furia - Aria: Vaghe pupille (Orlando II, 11)
      8. Arias For Senesino: Accomp.: Gia per la man - Arioso: Gia l'ebro mio ciglio (Orlando III, 8)
      9. Arias For Senesino: Recit.: T'ubbidiro, crudele - Aria: Fammi combattere (Orlando I, 9)
      10. Arias For Senesino: Recit.: E questa la Mercede - Aria: Cielo! (Orlando II, 3)
      11. Arias For Senesino: Amor, nel mio penar (Flavio III, 4)

      Tracks:

      1. Arias For Montagnana: Recit.: Perche tanto tormento? - Aria: Se un bell'ardire (Ezio I, 6)
      2. Arias For Montagnana: Accomp.: Folle e colui - Aria: Nasce al bosco Ezio II, 8)
      3. Arias For Montagnana: Recit.: Che indegno! - Aria: Giisonar (Ezio III, 13)
      4. Arias For Montagnana: Recit.: Addio, principe scrupoloso - Aria: Fra l'ombre e gli orrori (Sosarme I, 5)
      5. Arias For Montagnana: Recit.: Quanto piu Melo - Aria: Sento il cor (Sosarme II, 7)
      6. Arias For Montagnana: Recit.: Tanto s'eseguira - Aria: Tiene Giove (Sosarme II, 9)
      7. Arias For Montagnana: Recit.: I'll Hear No More - Aria: Pluck Root And Branch (Esther I, 3)
      8. Arias For Montagnana: Turn Not, O Queen (Esther II, 6)
      9. Arias For Montagnana: How Art Thou Fall'n (Esther III, 6)
      10. Arias For Montagnana: Recit.: Avampo - Aria: Ferito son d'Amore (Acis & Galatea Second Part)
      11. Arias For Montagnana: Piangi pur (Tolomeo II, 7)
      12. Arias For Montagnana: Recit.: Mira, e prendi l'esempio - Aria: Lascia Amor (Orlando I, 2)
      13. Arias For Montagnana: Recit.: Impari ognun da Orlando - Accomp.: Accomp.: O voi del mio poter - Aria: Sorge infausta una procella (Orlando III, 6)
      14. Arias For Montagnana: Recit.: Barak, My Son - Aria: Awake The Ardour (Deborah I, 3)
      15. Arias For Montagnana: Recit.: Thy Ardours Warm - Aria: Swift Inundation (Deborah II, 2)
      16. Arias For Montagnana: Tears, Such As Tender Fathers Shed (Deborah III, 2)
      17. Arias For Montagnana: Ah, Canst Thou But Prove Me! (Athalia II, 1)

      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars Do not miss it!.......2004-12-20

      As some really interesting McGegan recordings silently disappear, buy it NOW, without hesitation.

      The concept is lavish. We see how Handel's pen was controlled by the artists' personality. David Thomas, e.g., flies down to the abyss opened by Handel's music to the possibly plutonian Montagnana -nobody, never could sing it better, "fly deeper". The ladies are lecherously "aviatic" to the opposite direction. Those who miss it miss a universe.

      5 out of 5 stars A must-have for Handelians.......2004-08-04

      This bargain-priced box set is a must-have for anyone who loves Handel's operas. Whilst Nicholas McGegan has had his critics over some of his Goettingen recordings, it cannot be denied that he has rescued some of Handel's finest arias and operas from the dustbin of History. And here (87 arias later), he has a fine cast of singers all re-living the repertoire of some of the best singers of the 18th century - Lisa Saffer sings arias by Cuzzoni, Drew Minter arias by Senesino, David Thomas arias for Montagnana, and Lorraine Hunt Lieberson arias by Durastanti.

      The excellent Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra provide superb accompaniment for each singer, and the sound quality is very good across all four discs. The whole comes with a very informative and exhaustive booklet containing introductory essays for each singer, as well as full libretti.

      Highlights include Lisa Saffer's ravishing account of Falsa Imagine (Ottone) which Cuzzoni allegedly refused to sing as it was too plain - until Handel threatened to throw her out of the window..! Lorraine Hunt's re-enaction of Durastanti's Sesto role from Giulio Cesare sees a committed 'L'angue offenso mai riposa'. Drew Minter's coppery and languid countertenor gives delight in little-known arias from Riccardo Primo (Agitato da fiere tempeste) and Tolomeo (Stille Amare). Whilst David Thomas' cavernous bass voice ranges across opera and oratorio roles for Montagnana.

      In all this is a superb collection that illustrates what a genius Handel was at characterisation and word-painting. No Handel lover will want to miss it.

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      Classical Healing

      Blood, Sweat & Tears