Blessed Spirit - A Gluck Retrospective

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Label: Wigmore Hall Live
Catalog: WHLIVE0037
Format: CD

Classical Opera Company with Ailish Tynan, Sophie Bevan, soprano Anna Stéphany, mezzo-soprano Ian Page, conductor

1 Aria 'Il Ciel mi vuol oppresso' from La Semiramide riconosciuta / 2 Aria 'Se povero il ruscello' from Ezio / 3 Aria 'Se mai senti spirarti sul volto' from La clemenza di Tito / 4 Recitative 'Berenice, che fai?' / 5 Aria 'Perché, se tanti siete' from Antigono / 6 Recitative 'Ombre tacite e chete' / 7 Aria 'Dall' orrido soggiorno' from Telemaco / 8 Recitative 'Elisa? Aminta? È sogno?' / 9 Duet 'Vanne a regnar, ben mio' from Il re pastore / 10 Aria 'Non jamais un tel époux' from L'ivrogne corrigé from Act Three of Orfeo ed Euridice / 11 Recitative 'Qual vita è questa mai' / 12 Aria 'Che fiero momento' / 13 Recitative 'Ecco un nuovo tormento!' / 14 Aria 'Che farò senza Euridice?' / 15 Recitative 'Figli, diletti figli!' / 16 Aria 'Ah, per questo già stanco' from Alceste / 17 Aria 'O del mio dolce ardor' from Paride ed Elena / 18 Recitative 'Dieux puissants que j'atteste' / 19 Aria 'Jupiter, lance la foudre' from Iphigénie en Aulide / 20 Aria 'On s'étonnerait moins que la saison nouvelle' from
Armide
22 Trio 'Ah, lo veggo' from Paride ed Elena

The Classical Opera Company was founded in 1997 by conductor Ian Page. It specialises in the music of Mozart and his contemporaries, performing with its own period-instrument orchestra, and is emerging as one of Britain's most exciting and highly regarded young arts organisations. It has attracted considerable critical and public acclaim, not only for the high quality of its performances but also for its imaginative programming and, in particular, its ability to discover and nurture outstanding young singers.

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