Art of the Countertenor

Art of the Countertenor
Kowalski, Zaeppfell, Esswood, Jacobs, Deller, Brett, Bowman, Chance, Visse, Raggin, Lesne
HMV Classics 5 73 451-2

Content:

    George Frideric Handel: Serse
  1. Frondi tenere...Ombra mai fu

    2. George Frideric Handel: The Choice of Hercules
  2. Lead goddess, lead the way

    3. George Frideric Handel: Saul
    O Lord, whose mercies numberless
    George Frideric Handel:
  3. Amor, qual nuova fiamma...La tigre arde di sdegno

    4. George Frideric Handel: Messiah
  4. He was despised

    5. Henry Purcell: The Fairy Queen
  5. Hark, how all things with one sound rejoice

    6. Henry Purcell: Birthday Ode for Queen Mary, 1692
  6. Sweetness of nature Love's Goddess Sure

    7. Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B minor
  7. Agnus Dei

    8. Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio
  8. Schliesse, mein Herze, dies selige Wunder

    9. Johann Adolf Hasse: Cleofide
  9. Se trove perdono

    10. Johann Adolf Hasse: Cleofide
  10. Dov'è? si affreti

    11. Antonio Caldara: Cantata
  11. Soffri, mio caro Alcino

    12. Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice
  12. Che farò senza Euridice

    13. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Mitridate, Re di Ponto
  13. Va, va, l'error mio palesa

Playing time: 64' 03"

Performers and date of original release:
[1] Jochen Kowalski [1987]
[2] Alain Zaeppfel [1984]
[3] Paul Esswood.[1981]
[4] René Jacobs [1978]
[5] Alfred Deller [1954], from HMV B 10682 [78 rpm] Handel: Messiah
[6] Alfred Deller [1954], from HMV C 4247 [78 rpm] Purcell: The Fairy Queen - King Richard II - Old Bachelor
[7] Charles Brett & James Bowman [1976]
[8] Charles Brett [19??]
[9] Michael Chance [1989]
[10] Dominique Visse [19??]
[11] Derek Lee Ragin [1987]
[12] Gérard Lesne [1991]
[13] Jochen Kowalski [1989]
[14] Jochen Kowalski [1987]

Date of release: 1999

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Comments:
Information kindly provided by Nancy Freudenthal from her owned CD; this is a re-issue of EMI 55 054-2 (or in France: EMI 191 384) Le temps des Castrats, released in 1994, less three tracks (one by James Bowman, the others by Aris Christofellis and Alessandro Moreschi)

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