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| 1. Sinfonia | |||
| 2. Scena 1. Recitativo (Alfin Cessate) | |||
| 3. Scena 2. Recitativo (O Tu, Che Baldazoso) | |||
| 4. Scena 2. Aria Tancrede (Non E Vilta) | |||
| 5. Scena 3. Rcitativo (E Tu, Che Tanta Hai Cura) | |||
| 6. Scena 4. Aria Eerminia (Da Quel Primiero Islante) | |||
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| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. Scena 11. Recitativo Accompagnato (Addio. M'ascolta) | |||
| 2. Scena 11. Duetto (Ah! Tornate) | |||
| 3. Scena 1. Recitativo (In Quiesta Guisa) | |||
| 4. Scena 2. Recitativo (Dunque Del Mio Potere) | |||
| 5. Scena 2. Aria Erminia (Cercar Fra I Perigli) | |||
| 6. Scena 3. Recitativo (Oh Dio! Chi Sa Chi Giunse) | |||
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| Disc: 3 | |||
| 1. Scena 10. Recitativo Accompagnato (Lo Gia Ti Lascio) | |||
| 2. Scena 10. Cavatina Rinaldo (Guarda Chi Lascio) | |||
| 3. Scena 11. Recitativo (Oh Dio!) | |||
| 4. Scena 12. Recitativo (Di Rinaldo Il Partir) | |||
| 5. Scena 12. Recitativo Accompagnato (Misera Armida) | |||
| 6. Scena 12. Aria (Odio, Furor, Dispetto) | |||
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I was hesitant to open an account as reviewer - English is not my mother tongue and usually have not much to say. But in this case I felt I just had to it. This is an amazingly good account of a forgotten gem at a bargain price (at the time I am sending this post). Wonderful music, great orchestra and conductor, and magnificent soloists - a pure long-lasting delight. Plus, the box set is luxurious and full of details. Get it before it gets too expensive.
8 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I HAD a copy of this on CD and then I LOST it. THEN the company which released it took it out of the catalogue. And the people who HAD the copies were certainly not going to part with them. THEN it was re-released and I have just ordered another copy online.
It is a remarkable recording of what must be the most exhibitionistic opera EVER. Jommelli and the conductor Rousset take the singer, put them on the edge of a cliff, pushes them, and we get to hear them scream all the way down. Malas-GOdzlewska has an ice cold but musical voice, capable of some pretty savage coloratura. Brua is either a low soprano or a high high mezzo but either way she is stunning, very fluent in the coloratura but even throughout the range. The 'supporting' cast is starry, with Veronique Gens and Patricia Petibon almost stealing the show.
The chances of seeing a performance of this piece live with a cast like this are remote to say the least, but this recording is as good as we're gonna get,
BUY it.
It is a remarkable recording of what must be the most exhibitionistic opera EVER. Jommelli and the conductor Rousset take the singer, put them on the edge of a cliff, pushes them, and we get to hear them scream all the way down. Malas-GOdzlewska has an ice cold but musical voice, capable of some pretty savage coloratura. Brua is either a low soprano or a high high mezzo but either way she is stunning, very fluent in the coloratura but even throughout the range. The 'supporting' cast is starry, with Veronique Gens and Patricia Petibon almost stealing the show.
The chances of seeing a performance of this piece live with a cast like this are remote to say the least, but this recording is as good as we're gonna get,
BUY it.
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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful
A-not-to-be-missed-recording
27 Oct 2005
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In his time Niccolo Jommelli was as famous and important a composer as Handel or Gluck. The reasons for his neglect in the XXth Century have nothing to do with his considerable ability as an opera composer. Even at the time Rossini was working in Naples and composing his own Armida for the Teatro San Carlo, Jommelli's was still regarded as a gem, and it certainly is: it is a compelling, inspired and magnificently orchestrated score, one that demands to be known. This recording was made by the French record stores FNAC some 12 years ago, it was a very expensive project, and every care was taken to do it full justice. The soprano Ewa Malas-Godlewska gives a terrific performance as the sorceress Armida, and the rest of the cast includes now famous names like Veronique Gens, Patricia Petibon and Gilles Ragon, they all are splendid, as are Christoph Rousset and his orchestra Les Talens Lyriques. It's good to have back this recording in the catalogue, and if you missed it when first issued make sure you get it this time. It is an important opera well served by a marvelous recording.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Superlative opera wonderfully performed - where Mozart's operas began
25 Aug 2008
Format:Audio CD
Niccolo Jommelli was born in 1714. Mozart was born in 1756. However in 1770 Mozart was lucky enough to be in Naples, and heard the first performance of Jommelli's opera seria Armida Abbandonata. It was also lucky for all of us who love Mozart's operas, because Jommelli was the model for Mozart the operatist, even more than Gluck (see also Gluck's Les Pelerins de la Mecque which was the model for Il Seraglio).
As well as being a superlative opera, this recording of Armida Abbandonata is superlatively performed by some artists who are now well known. The music is extraordinarily expressive, wild and virtuosic. I suggest as a party trick that you buy this opera, invite over some friends who are opera buffs and play them some tracks from Armida Abbandonata. Then ask them which Mozart opera they have been listening to. Few will guess that the composer they have been listening to was born 42 years before Mozart.
As well as being a superlative opera, this recording of Armida Abbandonata is superlatively performed by some artists who are now well known. The music is extraordinarily expressive, wild and virtuosic. I suggest as a party trick that you buy this opera, invite over some friends who are opera buffs and play them some tracks from Armida Abbandonata. Then ask them which Mozart opera they have been listening to. Few will guess that the composer they have been listening to was born 42 years before Mozart.
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