Gluck: Demofoonte / Alan Curtis, Il Complesso Barocco

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January 1, 2021
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      GLUCK, CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD
    • PERFORMER
      Il Complezzo Barocco, Curtis
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 01, 2021
    • UPC
      5028421952833
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BRI95283
    • LABEL
      Brilliant Classics
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      3
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Sinfonia: I. Allegro

      Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck

      Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

      Conductor: Alan Curtis

    2. Sinfonia: II. Andante

      Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck

      Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

      Conductor: Alan Curtis

    3. Sinfonia: III. Presto

      Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck

      Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

      Conductor: Alan Curtis

    4. Act I Scene 1: Credimi, o padre (Dircea, Matusio)

      Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck

      Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

      Performer: Sylvia Schwartz, Vittorio Prato

      Conductor: Alan Curtis

    5. Act I Scene 1: O più tremar non voglio (Matusio)

      Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck

      Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

      Performer: Vittorio Prato

      Conductor: Alan Curtis

    6. Act I Scene 2: Se il mio principe almeno … (Dircea, Timante)

      Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck

      Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

      Performer: Sylvia Schwartz, Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen

      Conductor: Alan Curtis

    7. Act I Scene 2: In te spero, o sposo amato (Dircea)

      Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck

      Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

      Performer: Sylvia Schwartz

      Conductor: Alan Curtis

    8. Act I Scene 3: Ma viene il real genitor … (Timante, Demofoonte, Adrasto)

      Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck

      Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

      Performer: Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, Colin Balzer, Nerea Berraondo

      Conductor: Alan Curtis

    9. Act I Scene 3: Per lei fra l'armi (Demofoonte)

      Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck

      Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

      Performer: Colin Balzer

      Conductor: Alan Curtis

    10. Act I Scene 4: Ma che vi fece, o stelle … (Timante)

      Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck

      Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

      Performer: Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen

      Conductor: Alan Curtis

    11. Act I Scene 4: Sperai vicino al lido (Timante)

      Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck

      Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

      Performer: Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen

      Conductor: Alan Curtis

    12. Act I Scene 5: Marcia

      Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck

      Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

      Conductor: Alan Curtis

    13. Act I Scene 5: Ma che t'affanna, o prence? … (Creusa, Cherinto)

      Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck

      Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

      Performer: Ann Hallenberg, Romina Basso

      Conductor: Alan Curtis

    14. Act I Scene 5: T'intendo, ingrata (Cherinto)

      Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck

      Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

      Performer: Romina Basso

      Conductor: Alan Curtis

    15. Act I Scene 5: Dove? Ferma - Scene 6: Dimmi, Cherinto - Scene 7: Numi! A Creusa? (Creusa, Cherinto, Timante)

      Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck

      Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

      Performer: Ann Hallenberg, Romina Basso, Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen

      Conductor: Alan Curtis

    16. Act I Scene 7: Non curo l'affetto (Creusa)

      Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck

      Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

      Performer: Ann Hallenberg

      Conductor: Alan Curtis

    17. Act I Scene 8: Oh dei! Perché tanto furor! … (Cherinto)

      Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck

      Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

      Performer: Romina Basso

      Conductor: Alan Curtis

    18. Act I Scene 8: Il suo leggiadro viso (Cherinto)

      Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck

      Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

      Performer: Romina Basso

      Conductor: Alan Curtis

    19. Act I Scene 9: Olà ministri (Adraasto, Matusio, Timante, Dircea)

      Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck

      Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

      Performer: Nerea Berraondo, Vittorio Prato, Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, Sylvia Schwartz

      Conductor: Alan Curtis

    20. Act I Scene 9: Padre perdona … oh pene! (Dircea)

      Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck

      Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

      Performer: Sylvia Schwartz

      Conductor: Alan Curtis

    21. Act I Scene 10: Appresso a lei … (Timante, Matusio)

      Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck

      Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

      Performer: Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, Vittorio Prato

      Conductor: Alan Curtis

    22. Act I Scene 10: Gemo in un punto e fremo (Timante)

      Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck

      Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

      Performer: Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen

      Conductor: Alan Curtis

    23. Act II Scene 1: Creusa intendo … (Demofoonte, Creusa, Adrastro)

      Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck

      Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

      Performer: Colin Balzer, Ann Hallenberg, Nerea Berraondo

      Conductor: Alan Curtis

    24. Act II Scene 1: Tu sai chi son (Creusa)

      Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck

      Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

      Performer: Ann Hallenberg

      Conductor: Alan Curtis

    25. Act II Scene 2: Che alterezza ha costei! … (Demofoonte, Timante)

      Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck

      Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

      Performer: Colin Balzer, Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen

      Conductor: Alan Curtis

    26. Act II Scene 2: Prudente mi chiedi? (Timante)

      Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck

      Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

      Performer: Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen

      Conductor: Alan Curtis

    27. Act II Scene 3: Dunque m'insulta ognun? … (Demofoonte)

      Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck

      Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

      Performer: Colin Balzer

      Conductor: Alan Curtis

    28. Act II Scene 3: Se tronca un ramo (Demofoonte)

      Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck

      Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

      Performer: Colin Balzer

      Conductor: Alan Curtis

    29. Act II Scene 4: È l'unica speranza … (Matusio, Timante)

      Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck

      Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

      Performer: Vittorio Prato, Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen

      Conductor: Alan Curtis

    30. Act II Scene 4: È soccorso d'incognita mano (Matusio)

      Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck

      Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

      Performer: Vittorio Prato

      Conductor: Alan Curtis

    31. Act II Scene 5: Ah principessa … (Dircea, Creusa)

      Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck

      Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

      Performer: Sylvia Schwartz, Ann Hallenberg

      Conductor: Alan Curtis

    32. Act II Scene 5: Se tutti i mali miei (Dircea)

      Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck

      Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

      Performer: Sylvia Schwartz

      Conductor: Alan Curtis

    33. Act II Scene 6: Che incanto è la beltà! (Creusa, Cherinto)

      Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck

      Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

      Performer: Ann Hallenberg, Romina Basso

      Conductor: Alan Curtis

    34. Act II Scene 6: No, non chiedo, amate stelle (Cherinto)

      Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck

      Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

      Performer: Romina Basso

      Conductor: Alan Curtis

    35. Act II Scene 7: Se immaginar potessi … (Creusa)

      Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck

      Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

      Performer: Ann Hallenberg

      Conductor: Alan Curtis

    36. Act II Scene 7: Felice età dell’oro (Creusa)

      Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck

      Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

      Performer: Ann Hallenberg

      Conductor: Alan Curtis

    37. Act II Scene 8: Santi numi del cielo … (Dircea, Timante) - Scene 10: Indegno. Non fuggirmi. T'arresta … (Demofoonte, Timante, Dircea)

      Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck

      Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

      Performer: Sylvia Schwartz, Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, Colin Balzer

      Conductor: Alan Curtis

    38. Act II Scene 10: Perfidi! Già che in vita (Demofoonte)

      Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck

      Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

      Performer: Colin Balzer

      Conductor: Alan Curtis

    39. Act II Scene 11: Sposo. Consorte … (Dircea, Timante)

      Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck

      Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

      Performer: Sylvia Schwartz, Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen

      Conductor: Alan Curtis

    40. Act II Scene 11: La destra ti chiedo (Timante, Dircea)

      Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck

      Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

      Performer: Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, Sylvia Schwartz

      Conductor: Alan Curtis

    41. Act III Scene 1: Taci … (Timante, Adrasto)

      Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck

      Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

      Performer: Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, Nerea Berraondo

      Conductor: Alan Curtis

    42. Act III Scene 1: Non odi consiglio? (Adrasto)

      Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck

      Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

      Performer: Nerea Berraondo

      Conductor: Alan Curtis

    43. Act III Scene 2: Perché bramar la vita? … (Timante, Cherinto)

      Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck

      Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

      Performer: Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, Romina Basso

      Conductor: Alan Curtis

    44. Act III Scene 2: Nel tuo dono io veggo assai (Cherinto)

      Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck

      Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

      Performer: Romina Basso

      Conductor: Alan Curtis

    45. Act III Scene 3: Oh figlio, oh sposa … (Timante, Matusio)

      Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck

      Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

      Performer: Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, Vittorio Prato

      Conductor: Alan Curtis

    46. Act III Scene 3: Ah che né mal verace (Matusio)

      Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck

      Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

      Performer: Vittorio Prato

      Conductor: Alan Curtis

    47. Act III Scene 4: Misero me! (Timante)

      Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck

      Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

      Performer: Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen

      Conductor: Alan Curtis

    48. Act III Scene 5: Timante. Ah, principessa … (Creusa, Timante, Demofoonte, Adrasto, Dircea)

      Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck

      Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

      Performer: Ann Hallenberg, Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, Colin Balzer, Nerea Berraondo, Sylvia Schwartz

      Conductor: Alan Curtis

    49. Act III Scene 5: Misero pargoletto (Timante)

      Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck

      Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

      Performer: Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen

      Conductor: Alan Curtis

    50. Act III Scene 6: Sieguilo, Adrasto … (Demofoonte)

      Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck

      Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

      Performer: Colin Balzer

      Conductor: Alan Curtis

    51. Act III Scene 6: Odo il suono de queruli accenti (Demofoonte)

      Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck

      Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

      Performer: Colin Balzer

      Conductor: Alan Curtis

    52. Act III Scene 7: E tu Dircea, che fai? … (Creusa)

      Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck

      Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

      Performer: Ann Hallenberg

      Conductor: Alan Curtis

    53. Act III Scene 7: Che mai risponderti (Dircea)

      Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck

      Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

      Performer: Ann Hallenberg

      Conductor: Alan Curtis

    54. Act III Scene 8: Qual terra è questa! … (Creusa)

      Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck

      Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

      Performer: Ann Hallenberg

      Conductor: Alan Curtis

    55. Act III Scene 8: Non dura una sventura (Creusa)

      Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck

      Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

      Performer: Ann Hallenberg

      Conductor: Alan Curtis

    56. Act III Scene 9: l re per tutto ti ricerca (Adrasto, Timante, Matusio, Dircea) - Scene 11: Non t'ingannan, Timante (Demofoonte, Timante)

      Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck

      Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

      Performer: Nerea Berraondo, Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, Vittorio Prato, Sylvia Schwartz, Colin Balzer

      Conductor: Alan Curtis

    57. Act III Scene 12: Par maggiore ogni diletto (Coro)

      Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck

      Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

      Performer: Colin Balzer, Sylvia Schwartz, Ann Hallenberg, Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, Romina Basso, Vittorio Prato, Nerea Berraondo

      Conductor: Alan Curtis


Demofoonte dates from the early ‘Milan years’ of Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714–1787), long before the radical ‘reform operas’ for which he is most famous and his break with opera seria and the librettos of Pietro Metastasio. Gluck arrived in the northern Italian city in 1737 and was mentored there by composer Giovanni Battista Sammartini. Though Sammartini primarily composed symphonies and music for the church, Milan boasted a vibrant opera scene, and Gluck soon formed an association with one of the city's up-and-coming opera houses, the Teatro Regio Ducal. His first opera, Artaserse, on a libretto by Metastasio, premiered there on 26 December 1741 and opened the Milanese Carnival of 1742. Gluck went on to compose an opera for each of the next four Carnivals at Milan, Demofoonte being the second of these and his third opera overall, premiering on 6 January 1743. In celebration of Gluck’s 300th birthday, the early music scholar and harpsichordist Alan Curtis (1934–2015), founder of Il Complesso Barocco and leader of the period music ensemble for nearly four decades, prepared Demofoonte for performance. All of the arias had been preserved, but nearly all of the secco recitatives were lost. Curtis composed new recitatives in Gluck's style, using Gluck’s earliest fully extant opera, Ipermestra, written less than two years after Demofoonte, as a model. This modern revival was given its first performance on 23 November 2014 in Vienna and was recorded with the same excellent cast of singers the week before, in Northern Italy.