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Cieco Amor: Opera Arias written for Giuseppe Maria Boschi | Challenge Classics CC72875

Cieco Amor: Opera Arias written for Giuseppe Maria Boschi

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Label: Challenge Classics

Cat No: CC72875

Barcode: 0608917287523

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Opera

Release Date: 21st May 2021

Contents

Works

Ariosti, Attilio

Caio Marzio Coriolano
» Quella calma che a noi viene
Vespasiano
» Su fieri guerrieri

Bononcini, Antonio Maria

La presa di Tebe
» Torna Demetrio al figlio... Rimbomba la tromba

Bononcini, Giovanni Battista

Etearco
» Cieco amor
Griselda
» Timor e speme

Caldara, Antonio

L'inimico generoso
» Guerrieri invitti... Al suon delle Trombe

Fiore, Andrea Stefano

Sesostri, re d'Egitto
» Mira l'onda furibonda

Handel, George Frideric

Muzio Scevola, HWV13
» Sulla riva del Tebro in men d'un'ora
» Volate piu dei venti
Rinaldo, HWV7
» Sibilar gli angui d'Aletto
Siroe, re di Persia, HWV24
» Ove son? Che m'avvenne?... Gelido in ogni vena

Heinichen, Johann David

Flavio Crispo: opera in 3 acts
» Servi, il bagno chiudete... Vostre imagini

Lotti, Antonio

Il vincitor generoso
» Eterni Dei
Polidoro
» Bella non piangere
Teofane
» Del minacciar del vento

Orlandini, Giuseppe Maria

Arsace
» So ben che nel tuo petto

Porpora, Nicola

Ezio
» Ah, perfida! Conosco che vuoi... Va' dal furor portata

Artists

Sergio Foresti (baritone)
Abchordis Ensemble

Conductor

Andrea Buccarella

Works

Ariosti, Attilio

Caio Marzio Coriolano
» Quella calma che a noi viene
Vespasiano
» Su fieri guerrieri

Bononcini, Antonio Maria

La presa di Tebe
» Torna Demetrio al figlio... Rimbomba la tromba

Bononcini, Giovanni Battista

Etearco
» Cieco amor
Griselda
» Timor e speme

Caldara, Antonio

L'inimico generoso
» Guerrieri invitti... Al suon delle Trombe

Fiore, Andrea Stefano

Sesostri, re d'Egitto
» Mira l'onda furibonda

Handel, George Frideric

Muzio Scevola, HWV13
» Sulla riva del Tebro in men d'un'ora
» Volate piu dei venti
Rinaldo, HWV7
» Sibilar gli angui d'Aletto
Siroe, re di Persia, HWV24
» Ove son? Che m'avvenne?... Gelido in ogni vena

Heinichen, Johann David

Flavio Crispo: opera in 3 acts
» Servi, il bagno chiudete... Vostre imagini

Lotti, Antonio

Il vincitor generoso
» Eterni Dei
Polidoro
» Bella non piangere
Teofane
» Del minacciar del vento

Orlandini, Giuseppe Maria

Arsace
» So ben che nel tuo petto

Porpora, Nicola

Ezio
» Ah, perfida! Conosco che vuoi... Va' dal furor portata

Artists

Sergio Foresti (baritone)
Abchordis Ensemble

Conductor

Andrea Buccarella

About

The programme of this recording, made in honour of Giuseppe Maria Boschi and performed by Sergio Foresti, is largely unpublished and constitutes a very small selection of some of the most beautiful pages of music written for him between 1708 and 1728.

Giuseppe Maria Boschi was undoubtably one of the most famous and virtuosic baritones of the 18th century. He had a brilliant and intense career on a par with those of renowned contemporary castrati and sopranos, including Farinelli, Senesino, Faustina Bordoni, Margherita Durastanti, Francesca Cuzzoni and Nicolini. He was one of the leading baritones throughout London from 1720 to 1728, sought after by Georg Frederich Handel, Giovanni Bononcini, and Attilio Ariosti. Warrior, father, lover, tyrant: many were the roles to show the nuances of his vocality which, judging by the music written for him, was of exceptional range and well-suited for dramatic roles.

“Nowadays, baroque music is often perceived merely as light, cheerful music. This image is superficial when you consider the abundant variety of the 83 roles written specifically for Giuseppe Maria Boschi. He was indeed a great singer, working with the greatest voices and composers of his time. His voice, his technique, and his ability to express drama in music must all have been spectacular. This is, above all, theatre music.

“The arias of this program are expressions of interior states of mind. The words have a meaning, as do the ways in which they are set to music by the various composers. The singer had to convey these meanings and add their own ornaments to the music. I have done my best to honour this great tradition.”

– Sergio Foresti

Sergio Foresti (1968) is a virtuoso Italian baritone. He first graduated in both opera singing and piano at the conservatory of Modena (Italy) and a decade later also in vocal chamber music in Florence (Italy). From the start of his career, he explored several musical styles in depth. In polyphonic music, for about 15 years he took the bass part in many concerts and recordings of renaissance madrigals with Concerto Italiano. He has also worked with the Italian medieval group LaReverdie. As a soloist he performed sacred music from the early nineties on. His debut in opera in 1998 was as Alcandro in Vivaldi’s L’Olimpiade. Since then he has worked with important conductors like René Jacobs, Rinaldo Alessandrini, Fabio Biondi, and Jordi Savall. He has performed on many stages all over Europe.

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