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Opera Proibita

~ Cecilia Bartoli

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Performer: Cecilia Bartoli
Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre
Conductor: Marc Minkowski
Composer: Alessandro Scarlatti, Antonio Caldara, George Frideric Handel
Audio CD (31 Oct 2005)
SPARS Code: DDD
Number of Discs: 1
Label: Decca
ASIN: B0009YSGDA
Other Editions: Audio CD

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1. (Alessandro Scarlatti) All'arme si accesi guerrieri (Pace)Cantata per la Notte del Santissimo Natale

2. (Alessandro Scarlatti)Mentre io godo in dolce oblio (Speranza) Il Giardino di Rose (La Santissima Vergine del Rosario)

3. (George Frideric Handel) Un pensiero nemico di pace (Bellezza) Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno

4. (Antonio Caldara) Vanne pentita a piangere (Santa Eugenia) Il Trionfo dell'Innocenza

5. (Antonio Caldara) Sparga il senso lascivo veleno (Flavia) La Castit� al Cemento (Il Trionfo della Castit�)

6. (Alessandro Scarlatti) Caldo sangue (Ismaele) Sedecia Re di Gerusalemme

7. (George Frideric Handel) Come nembo che fugge col vento (Piacere) Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno

8. (Alessandro Scarlatti) Ecco negl'orti tuoi...Che dolce simpatia (Carit�) Il Giardino di Rose (La Santissima Vergine del Rosario)

9. (Alessandro Scarlatti) Qui resta...L'alta Roma (Carit�) San Filippo Neri

10. (George Frideric Handel) Lascia la spina cogli la

11. (Alessandro Scarlatti) Ahi! qual cordoglio...Doppio affetto (Ismaele) Sedecia Re di Gerusalemme

12. (Antonio Caldara) Si piangete pupille dolente (Santa Francesca) Santa Fracesca Romana

13. (Antonio Caldara) Ahi quanto cieca...Come foco alla sua sfera (Imperatrice Faustina) Il Martirio di Santa Caterina

14. (George Frideric Handel)Disserratevi oh porte d'Averno (Angelo) La Resurrezione di Nostro Signor Gesu Cristo

15. (George Frideric Handel)Notte funesta...Ferma l'ali (Maddalena) La Resurrezione di Nostro Signor Gesu Cristo

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Voice of Opera, 25 Feb 2008

By	Mart Music (Essex, UK) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

Opera Proibita (prohibited opera) continues Cecilia Bartoli's trend for producing `themed' albums, but this time instead of concentrating on a single composer - so far we've had Rossini, Mozart, Vivaldi, Gluck and Salieri - we have a collection of 15 baroque vocal pieces by Handel, Scarlatti and Caldara which all share the common, and perhaps unfortunate claim for those composers, of being written during the period around 1700 during which opera music was banned in much of Europe.

The album song list is an alternation between slow and fast arias and recitatives, and the style is pure Bartoli throughout, from the opening `All'arme si accesi guerrieri' (Attention fierce warriers) sung at such breakneck speed that the orchestra can barely - and to my ears the brass section don't - keep up, to the slow and beautiful aria `Vanne pentita a piangere' (go now, repent and weep).

This album perhaps more than any other by the singer shows off her virtuoso style of singing and astonishing vocal control, no better demonstrated than in Handel's `Un pensiero nemico di pace' (A thought inimical to peace) during which her voice achieves an almost unbelievable vibrato speed and pitch which defies belief. It really is a case of you won't believe your ears.

This flamboyance, combined with the restrained beauty of songs such as `Lascia la spina , cogli la rosa' (Leave the thorn, pluck the rose), makes this my top Cecilia Bartoli recommendation. For those accustomed to the lush tones of other mezzo-sopranos like Katherine Jenkins or the gentle singing of baroque girl Elin Manahan Thomas, this album will be like an adrenaline-fuelled rollercoaster ride around the exciting world of opera music.

Like many of her other albums, this one comes with hard backed CD size 60 page booklet with full track details, background information on the prohibited opera period, and illustrated with some nice Cecilia photographs.

An essential item for every opera lover and admirer of true virtuoso singing.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Cecilia Bartoli: simply devine, 19 Feb 2006

By	Klaus van Amelrode "kmcva" - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

Usually I do not write reviews on music, but I got "Opera Proibita" when I was quite sick and for the first time in several weeks I could manage a smile as I heart this devine voice.

The music is fantastic: Handel, Scarlatti and Caldara - an utterly gorgeous programme. My favorite are Scarlatti's Cantata per la Notte del SS.mo Natale and Che dolce simpatia. But I have to admit that I always had a weakness for
Scarlatti! The Musiciens du Louvre under Marc Minkowski are a perfect match for Cecilia Bartoli.

And Cecilia Bartoli - well just devine. Nothingelse will do!

The more often to this CD, the more I like it.

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5.0 out of 5 stars This is a treasure., 1 May 2006

By	R. Lawrence (Queensland, Australia) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This recording is both stunning and mesmerizing. It is a must-have for anyone who loves the human voice, even if baroque music is not your favourite. Every time I listen to this, I come away amazed by the beauty of Bartoli's voice, and her astonishing ability to make it do exactly what she wants it to do. Don't pass this one up - you'll be enjoying it for the rest of your life.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Opera Proibita
This is the recording that introduced me to Bartoli's voice. It has remained a firm favourite of mine, since I purchased it. Read more

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5.0 out of 5 stars Viva La Diva!
Cecilia Bartoli doesn't just sing, she uses her voice as an instrument and her technique is absolutely stunning. Read more

Published 21 months ago by Baroque Babe

5.0 out of 5 stars Fllawless beauty
If you listen to this CD a 1000 times it will still be as exciting as the first time. Every track a gem. Impossible to pick a favourite one. Read more

Published 23 months ago by Mr. B. Harvey

5.0 out of 5 stars brilliant
as Bartoli always is. Love that she's advocating Caldara's music. I only recognized one of the songs, it's always such a gift to get to know new great music.

Published on 1 Oct 2005 by J�n L�rus Stef�nsson

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