Monteverdi: L'Orfeo

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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      MONTEVERDI, CLAUDIO
    • PERFORMER
      Cappella Mediterranea, Choeur De Chambre De Namur, Alarcon
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      September 24, 2021
    • UPC
      3760014197208
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      ALPHA720
    • LABEL
      Alpha
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Toccata

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea

      Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón

    2. Prologo: Dal mio Permesso amato à voi ne vengo (La Musica)

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea

      Performer: Mariana Florès

      Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón

    3. Act I: In questo lieto e fortunato giorno (Shepherd 1, Chorus, Nymph)

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Cappella Mediterranea

      Performer: Nicholas Scott, Julie Thyana Roset

      Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón

    4. Act I: Vieni Imeneo, deh vieni, e la tua face ardente (Chorus)

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Cappella Mediterranea

      Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón

    5. Act I: Muse, onor di Parnaso, amor del Cielo (Ninfa)

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea

      Performer: Julie Thyana Roset

      Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón

    6. Act I: Lasciate i monti (Chorus, Shepherd 2, Orfeo, Euridice, Shepherd 1)

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Cappella Mediterranea

      Performer: Carlo Vistoli, Nicholas Scott, Mariana Florès, Valerio Contaldo

      Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón

    7. Act I: Ritornello: Ma tu, gentil cantor, s'a tuoi lamenti (Shepherd, Orfeo)

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea

      Performer: Nicholas Scott, Valerio Contaldo

      Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón

    8. Act I: Rosa del ciel, vita del mondo e degna (Orfeo)

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea

      Performer: Valerio Contaldo

      Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón

    9. Act I: Io non diro qual sia nel tuo gioir (Euridice)

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea

      Performer: Mariana Florès

      Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón

    10. Act I: Lasciate i monti, lasciate i fonti (Chorus)

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Cappella Mediterranea

      Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón

    11. Act I: Ritornello

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea

      Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón

    12. Act I: Vieni Imeneo, deh vieni, e la tua face ardente (Chorus, Pastore)

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Cappella Mediterranea

      Performer: Nicholas Scott

      Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón

    13. Act I: Ma s'il nostro gioir dal ciel deriva (Shepherd)

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea

      Performer: Nicholas Scott

      Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón

    14. Act I: Ritornello

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea

      Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón

    15. Act I: Alcun non sia che disperato in preda (Shepherds 1 and 3, Nymph, Shepherds 2 and 4, Chorus)

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea

      Performer: Nicholas Scott, Alessandro Giangrande, Julie Thyana Roset, Carlo Vistoli, Matteo Bellotto

      Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón

    16. Act I: Ritornello

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea

      Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón

    17. Act I: Che poi che nembro rio (Ninfa, Pastore IV)

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea

      Performer: Julie Thyana Roset, Matteo Bellotto

      Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón

    18. Act I: Ritornello

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea

      Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón

    19. Act I Scene 1: Ritornello: E dopo l'aspro gel del verno ignudo (Chorus of Shepherds)

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea

      Performer: Nicholas Scott, Carlo Vistoli, Alessandro Giangrande, Matteo Bellotto

      Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón

    20. Act I: Ecco Orfeo, cui pur dianzi (Chorus)

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Cappella Mediterranea

      Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón

    21. Act II: Sinfonia

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea

      Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón

    22. Act II: Ecco pur ch'a voi ritorno (Orfeo, Shepherd 1, Shepherd 3, Chorus)

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Cappella Mediterranea

      Performer: Valerio Contaldo, Nicholas Scott, Alessandro Giangrande

      Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón

    23. Act II: Mira che se n'alletta (Shepherds 1 and 2)

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea

      Performer: Nicholas Scott, Carlo Vistoli

      Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón

    24. Act II: Ritornello

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea

      Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón

    25. Act II: In questo prato adorno (Shepherds 1 and 2)

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea

      Performer: Nicholas Scott, Carlo Vistoli

      Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón

    26. Act II: Qui le Napee vezzose (Shepherds 1 and 2)

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea

      Performer: Nicholas Scott, Carlo Vistoli

      Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón

    27. Act II: Dunque fa degni, Orfeo (Chorus)

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Cappella Mediterranea

      Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón

    28. Act II: Vi ricorda, ò boschi amorosi (Orfeo, Shepherd 1)

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea

      Performer: Valerio Contaldo, Nicholas Scott

      Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón

    29. Act II: Mira, deh mira Orfeo, che d'ogni intorno (Shepherd)

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea

      Performer: Nicholas Scott

      Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón

    30. Act II: Ahi, caso acerbo! (Messenger, Shepherd 3, Shepherd 2, Orfeo)

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea

      Performer: Giuseppina Bridelli, Alessandro Giangrande, Carlo Vistoli

      Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón

    31. Act II: Donde vieni? (Orfeo, Messaggiera)

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea

      Performer: Valerio Contaldo, Giuseppina Bridelli

      Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón

    32. Act II: In un fiorito prato con l'altre sue compagne (Messaggiera, Pastore)

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea

      Performer: Giuseppina Bridelli, Nicholas Scott

      Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón

    33. Act II: Ahi caso acerbo (Shepherds 1 and 2)

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea

      Performer: Nicholas Scott, Carlo Vistoli

      Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón

    34. Act II: Tu sei morta, mia vita, ed io respiro? (Orfeo)

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea

      Performer: Valerio Contaldo

      Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón

    35. Act II: Ahi caso acerbo, ahi Fat'empio e crudele (Chorus)

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Cappella Mediterranea

      Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón

    36. Act II: Ma io, ch'in questa lingua (Messaggiera)

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea

      Performer: Giuseppina Bridelli

      Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón

    37. Act II: Sinfonia

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea

      Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón

    38. Act II: Chi ne consola, ahi lassi? (Shepherds 1 and 2, Chorus)

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Cappella Mediterranea

      Performer: Nicholas Scott, Alessandro Giangrande

      Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón

    39. Act II: Ahi, caso acerbo! ahi fat'empio e crudele (Chorus)

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Cappella Mediterranea

      Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón

    40. Act II: Ma dove, ah dove hor sono de la misera Ninfa (Shepherds 1 and 2)

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea

      Performer: Nicholas Scott, Carlo Vistoli

      Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón

    41. Act II: Ahi, caso acerbo! ahi fat'empio e crudele (Chorus)

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Cappella Mediterranea

      Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón

    42. Act II: Ritornello

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea

      Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón

    43. Act III: Sinfonia

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea

      Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón

    44. Act III: Scorto da te, mio nume (Orfeo, Hope, Caronte)

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea

      Performer: Valerio Contaldo, Salvo Vitale

      Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón

    45. Act III: Ecco l'atra palude, ecco il nochiero (Speranza, Orfeo)

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea

      Performer: Ana Quintans, Valerio Contaldo

      Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón

    46. Act III: Dove, ah dove te'n vai (Orfeo)

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea

      Performer: Valerio Contaldo

      Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón

    47. Act III: O tu, ch'innanzi mort'a queste rive (Caronte)

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea

      Performer: Salvo Vitale

      Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón

    48. Act III: Sinfonia

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea

      Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón

    49. Act III: Possente spirto, e formidabil nume (Orfeo, Caronte)

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea

      Performer: Valerio Contaldo, Salvo Vitale

      Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón

    50. Act III: Ben mi lusinga alquanto dilettandomi il core (Caronte, Orfeo)

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea

      Performer: Salvo Vitale, Valerio Contaldo

      Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón

    51. Act III: Ahi, sventurato amante (Orfeo)

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea

      Performer: Valerio Contaldo

      Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón

    52. Act III: Sinfonia

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea

      Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón

    53. Act III: Ei dorme, e la mia cetra (Orfeo)

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea

      Performer: Valerio Contaldo

      Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón

    54. Act III: Sinfonia

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea

      Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón

    55. Act III: Nulla impressa per uom si tenta invano (Chorus of the Spirits of Hell)

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea

      Performer: Philippe Favette, Nicholas Scott

      Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón

    56. Act III: Sinfonia

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea

      Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón

    57. Act IV: Signor, quell'infelice (Proserpina, Plutone, Spirit 1, Spirit 2)

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea

      Performer: Ana Quintans, Alejandro Meerapfel, Philippe Favette, Nicholas Scott

      Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón

    58. Act IV: Benche severo ed immutabil fato (Plutone, Chorus of Spirits, Chorus of the Spirits of Hell, Prosepina)

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea

      Performer: Alejandro Meerapfel, Ana Quintans, Philippe Favette, Nicholas Scott

      Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón

    59. Act IV: O de gli habitator de l'ombre eterne (Spirit)

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea

      Performer: Philippe Favette

      Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón

    60. Act IV: Quali gratie ti rendo hor che si nobil dono (Proserpina)

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea

      Performer: Ana Quintans

      Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón

    61. Act IV: Tue soavi parole (Plutone)

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea

      Performer: Alejandro Meerapfel

      Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón

    62. Act IV: Pietate oggi e Amore (Spiriti Infernali)

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea

      Performer: Philippe Favette

      Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón

    63. Act IV: Ecco il gentil cantore che sua sposa conduce al ciel superno (Spirit)

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea

      Performer: Philippe Favette

      Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón

    64. Act IV: Ritornello … Qual honor di te fia degno (Orfeo)

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea

      Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón

    65. Act IV: Ma che odo? (Orfeo, Spirit, Chorus)

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Cappella Mediterranea

      Performer: Valerio Contaldo, Philippe Favette

      Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón

    66. Act IV: Ahi, vista troppo dolce e troppo amara! (Euridice, Chorus of Spirits)

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea

      Performer: Mariana Florès, Nicholas Scott, Philippe Favette

      Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón

    67. Act IV: Dove te n'vai, mia vita? Ecco, io ti seguo! (Orfeo)

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea

      Performer: Valerio Contaldo

      Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón

    68. Act IV: Sinfonia

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea

      Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón

    69. Act IV: E la virtute un raggio (Chorus)

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Cappella Mediterranea

      Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón

    70. Act IV: Sinfonia

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea

      Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón

    71. Act V: Ritornello

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea

      Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón

    72. Act V: Questi campi di Tracia (Orfeo, Echo)

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea

      Performer: Valerio Contaldo, Nicholas Scott

      Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón

    73. Act IV: S'hai del mio mal pietade (Orfeo)

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea

      Performer: Valerio Contaldo

      Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón

    74. Act V: Tu bella fusti e faggia, e in te rispose (Orfeo)

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea

      Performer: Valerio Contaldo

      Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón

    75. Act V: Hor l'altre donne son superbe e perfide (Orfeo)

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea

      Performer: Valerio Contaldo

      Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón

    76. Act V: Sinfonia

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea

      Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón

    77. Act V: Perch'a lo sdegno e al dolor in preda (Apollo, Orfeo)

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea

      Performer: Alessandro Giangrande, Valerio Contaldo

      Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón

    78. Act V: Saliam cantand'al Cielo (Apollo, Orfeo)

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea

      Performer: Alessandro Giangrande, Valerio Contaldo

      Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón

    79. Act V: Ritornello

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea

      Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón

    80. Act V: Vanne Orfeo, felice appieno (Chorus)

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Cappella Mediterranea

      Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón

    81. Act V: Moresca

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea

      Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón


Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo is naturally an iconic work for Leonardo García Alarcón. The Argentinian conductor has performed and matured his interpretation of Monteverdi’s masterpiece throughout his life. Together with his group of soloists, the Namur Chamber Choir and the Cappella Mediterranea ensemble, he now presents his vision of L’Orfeo: Monteverdi’s opera is as much the apotheosis of the Renaissance as a testimony to the nascent Baroque style. This is what strikes us when we listen to this new recording, which so eloquently emphasizes the contrasts between sometimes nostalgic glances towards the past and the most innovative expressions of operatic language. The printed score, published two years after the premiere in Mantua in 1607, offers contrasts too: is it the snapshot of a specific performance or a ‘blueprint’ intended for future performers? In fact, it is both, and that is where we find the tricky questions that must be answered by those who open this precious document; Leonardo García Alarcón does so here in a manner at once respectful, inventive and theatrical.