Anna Prohaska: Enchanted Forest

Anna Prohaska (soprano) Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen

Cavalli: Restino imbalsamate (from La Calisto) O piu d'ogni ricchezza (from Gli Amori d'Apollo e di Dafne) Handel: Combattuta da due venti (from Giova in Argo) Felicissima quest'alma from Apollo e Dafne Come in ciel benigna stella (from Apollo e Dafne) Furie terribili (from Rinaldo) Tornami a vagheggiar (from Alcina) Monteverdi: Lamento della Ninfa (Book 8) Purcell: The Fairy Queen: Hornpipe in D minor Raise, raise the voice, Z334: Mark how readily each pliant string Curtain Tune from Timon of Athens Z632 The Fairy Queen: Hornpipe in G minor Plainte - O, Let Me Weep (from The Fairy Queen, Z629) See, even Night herself is here (from King Arthur, Z628) Vivaldi: Alma oppressa (from La Fida Ninfa)

Anna Prohaska possesses a beautiful voice, perfect technique, interpretive originality, and genuine charisma and character. Singing Baroque arias by Cavalli, Handel, Monteverdi, Morley, Purcell, and Vivaldi – Anna Prohaska vividly brings life to all the fairy-like characters who inhabit this extraordinary music. Favoured by such maestri as Claudio Abbado, Daniel Barenboim, and Pierre Boulez – Anna Prohaska, with Enchanted Forest, demonstrates a mature mastery of coloratura and cantilena singing.

Price: $15.98