VA — Harmonia Mundi — Opéra Baroque [39CD Box Set] (2013) MP3

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This luxurious set containing 39 CDs, 3 DVDs, 1 CD-Rom and four detailed booklets will tell you the full story of Baroque opera in Italy, France, England, and Germany. No fewer than 17 complete operas (including two on DVD) and two supplementary CDs (the dawn of opera, overtures for the Hamburg Opera) provide the most comprehensive overview of the genre ever attempted! The finest performers are assembled here under the direction of René Jacobs and William Christie to offer you 47 hours of music. An opportunity to discover or to hear again the masterpieces of Baroque opera, some of which have been unavailable on CD for many years.1 Italia — Vecchi, Rore, Monteverdi, Cavalli, A.Scarlatti [10cd] — 10:23:00
CD 01 Comédie madrigalesque & madrigaux florentins — 01:18:15

Orazio Vecchi (1550-1605) — L\’Amfiparnaso:
Ensemble Clément Janequin/Dominique Visse (1-14)
Cipriano de Rore (1516-1565) — Anchor che col partire
The Hilliard Ensemble/Paul Hillier (15)
Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) — Il combatnto di Tancredi e Clorinda
Concerto Vocale/René Jacobs (16-18)

CD 02-04 Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) — L\’incoronazione di Poppea — 03:17:20

Danielle Borst (Poppea)
Guillemette Laurens (Nerone)
Axel Köhler (Ottone)
Jennifer Larmore (Ottavia)
Michael Schopper (Seneca)
Lena Lootens (Drusilla)
Dominique Visse (Nutrice)
Christoph Homberger (Arnalta)
Maria-Cristina Kiehr (Damigella/Virtù)
Concerto Vocale/René Jacobs

CD 05-07 Francesco Cavalli (1602-1676) — La Calisto — 02:45:40

Marcello Lippi (Giove)
Simon Keenlyside (Mercurio)
Maria Bayo (Calisto)
Graham Pushee (Endimione)
Alessandro Mantovani (Diana)
Gilles Ragon (Linfea)
Dominique Visse (Il Satirino/Furia)
Barry Banks (Pane)
David Pittsinger (Silvano)
Sonia Theodoridou (Giunone)
Judith Vindevogel (Furia)
Concerto Vocale/René Jacobs

CD 08-10 Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725) — Griselda — 03:01:45

Dorothea Roschmann (Griselda)
Lawrence Zazzo (Gualtiero)
Veronica Cangemi (Costanza)
Bernard Fink (Roberto)
Silvia Tro Santafe (Ottone)
Kobie van Rensburg (Corrado)
Akad für Alte Musik Berlin/René Jacobs

2 France — Lully, Charpentier, Campra, Rameau [13cd] — 13:12:00

CD 01-03 Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687) — Atys — 02:50:35

Atys — Guy de Mey
Idas — Jacques Bona
Iris / Sangaride — Agnès Mellon
Doris — Françoise Semellaz
Cybèle — Guillemette Laurens
Mélisse — Noémi
Célénus — Jean-François Gardeil
Le Sommeil — Gilles Ragon
Morphée — Jean-Paul Fouchécourt
Le Temps / Phobétor — Bernard Deletré
Phantase — Michel Laplénie
Un Songe funeste — Stephan Maciejewski
Sangar — Bernard Deletré
Flore — Monique Zanetti
Zéphirs — Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, Gilles Ragon
Melpomène — Arlette Steyer
Trio — Isabelle Desrochers, Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, Véronique Gens
Les Arts Florissants
William Christie

CD 04-06 Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704) — Médée — 03:02:39

Médée — Jill Feldman
Créon — Jacques Bona
Nérine — Sophie Boulin
Oronte — Philippe Cantor
Créuse — Agnes Mellon
Jason — Gilles Ragon
Chef du peuple — Françoise Fauché
La Victoire — Marie-Claude Vallin
Un Berger — Dominique Visse
Les Arts Florissants
William Christie

CD 07 Marc-Antoine Charpentier — Le Malade imaginaire — 01:18:58

Flore — Monique Zanetti
Daphné — Claire Brua
Climène — Noémi
Tircis / Spacamond — Howard Crook
Dorilas — Jean-François Gardeil
Pan — Jérôme Correas
La Vieille — Dominique Visse
Polichinelle — Alain Trétout
Les Arts Florissants
William Christie

CD 08-10 André Campra (1660-1744) — Idoménée — 02:46:41

Idoménée — Bernard Deletré
Electre — Sandrine Piau
Ilione — Monique Zanetti
Idamante — Jean-Paul Fouchécourt
Vénus — Maria Boyer
Eole/Neptune/La Jalousie/Nemesis — Jérôme Corréas
Arcas — Richard Duguy
Arbas/Protée — Jean-Claude Sarragosse
Une crétoise — Kary Saint-Palais
Une Troyenne/Deuxième Bergère — Anne Mopin
Première Bergère — Anne Pichard
Les Arts Florissants
William Christie

CD 11-13 Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764) — Les Indes galantes — 03:13:07

Hébé, Zima — Claron McFadden
Zaïre — Sandrine Piau
L\’Amour, Phani — Isabelle Poulenard
Fa — Noémi
Émilie — Miriam Ruggeri
Valère, Damon — Howard Crook
Don Carlos, Tacmas — Jean-Paul Fouchécourt
Bellone, Ali — Jérôme Corréas
Huascar, Don Alvar — Bernard Delétré
Osman, Asario — Nicolas Rivenq
Les Arts Florissants
William Christie

3 England — Blow, Purcell, Handel [7cd] — 07:39:09

CD 01 John Blow (1649-1708) — Venus and Adonis — 00:51:00

Venus — Rosemary Joshua
Adonis — Gerald Finley
Cupid — Robin Blaze
Shepherdess — Maria Cristina Kiehr
Shepherds — Christopher Josey, John Bowen, Jonathan Brown
Graces — Maria Cristina Kiehr, Robin Blaze, Jonathan Brown
Huntsman — Christopher Josey
Clare College Chapel Choir
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
René Jacobs

CD 02 Henry Purcell (1659-1695) — Dido and Aeneas — 00:59:35

Dido — Lynne Dawson
Belinda — Rosemary Joshua
Aeneas — Gerald Finley
Second Woman — Maria Cristina Kiehr
Sorceress — Susan Bickley
First Witch — Dominique Visse
Second Witch — Stephen Wallace
Spirit — Robin Blaze
First Sailor — John Bowen
Clare College Chapel Choir
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
René Jacobs

CD 03-05 George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) — Rinaldo — 03:12:51

Rinaldo — Vivica Genaux
Almirena — Miah Persson
Armida — Inga Kalna
Goffredo — Lawrence Zazzo
Argante — James Rutherford
Eustazio — Christophe Dumaux
Mago cristiano — Dominique Visse
Freiburger Barockorchester
René Jacobs

CD 06-07 George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) — Flavio — 02:35:43

Flavio — Jeffrey Gall
Guido — Derek Lee Ragin
Emilia — Lena Lootens
Teodata — Bernarda Fink
Vi — Christina Högman
Ugone — Gianpaolo Fagotto
Lotario — Ulrich Messthaler
Ensemble 415
René Jacobs

4 Deutschland — Keiser, Telemann, Graun [9cd] — 10:11:38
CD 01 Ouvertures pour l\’opéra de Hambourg — 01:06:26

Akad für Alte Musik Berlin

CD 02-04 Reinharg Keiser (1674-1739) — Croesus — 03:07:36

Elmira, Prinzessin aus Medien — Dorothea Röschmann
Atis, Croesus Sohn — Werner Güra
Croesus, König von Lydien — Roman Trekel
Orsanes, Lydischer Fürst — Klaus Häger
Cyrus, König von Persien — Johannes Mannov
Eliates, Lydischer Fürst — Markus Schäfer
Clerida, Lydischer Prinzessin — Salomé Haller
Solon, Griechischer Welt-Weiser — Kwangchul Youg
Halimacus, Hofmeister des Atis — Graham Pushee
Elcius, Diener des Atis — Kurt Azesberger
Tsta, Dienerin der Elmira — Brigitte Eisenfeld
Nerillus, Page des Atis — Johanna Stojkovic
Hauptmann — Jörg Gottschick
RIAS-Kammerchor
Akad für Alte Musik
René Jacobs

CD 05-06 Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) — Orpheus — 02:39:17

Orasia, verwitwete Königin von Thrakien — Dorothea Röschmann
Orpheus, der erst ganz neulich vermähltet worden — Roman Trekel
Eurydice, dressen neuvermählte Frau — Ruth Ziesak
Eudes, ein Freund vom Orpheus — Werner Güra
Ismene, ein vertrautes Hoffräulein der Orasia — Maria Cristina Kiehr
Pluto, der Herr der Unterwelt — Hanno Müller-Brachmann
Cephisa, eine Nymphe von Orasia — Isabelle Poulenard
Ascalax, Bedienter des Pluto — Axel Köhler
RIAS-Kammerchor
Akad für Alte Musik
René Jacobs

CD 07-09 Carl Heinrich Graun (c.1703-1759) — Cleopatra e Cesare — 03:18:19

Cleopatra — Janet Williams
Cesare — Iris Vermillion
Cornelia — Lynne Dawson
Tolomeo — Robert Gambill
Arsace — Ralf Popken
Lentulo — Jeffrey Francis
Achilla — Klaus Häger
Cneo — Elisabeth Scholl
Sesto — Maria-Cristina Kiehr
RIAS-Kammerchor
Concerto Köln
René Jacobs