Anne Sofie Von Otter – Handel, Monteverdi, Telemann (1983/2016) [HighResAudio DSF DSD64/2.82MHz]

Anne Sofie Von Otter – Handel, Monteverdi, Telemann (1983/2016)
DSF Stereo DSD64, 1 bit/2,82 MHz | Time -41:09 minutes | 1,63 GB | Genre: Classical
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time – 41:09 minutes | 901 MB
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download – Source: highresaudio.com | Booklet, Front Cover | © 2xHD / Naxos Right US, Inc.
Recorded: 28th of february to 2nd of March, 1983 at S:ta Gertrud Church, Stockholm

Listen to this young Swedish voice: a warm and proprius rich mezzosoprano — just about to embark on her grand international career. She will introduce you to the world of the Baroque, full of Myth and Fantasy and populated by the great figures of classical history and drama.

Although this disc only now makes its first established presence in the UK, accompanied by the 2005 Proprius catalogue, it was recorded over 20 years ago. Anne Sofie von Otter has subsequently been greatly in demand in 17th- and 18th-century repertoire of which the present recital offers something of a conspectus. Monteverdi is represented by two pieces from his earlier collection of Scherzi musicali and by the well-known Lament from his otherwise lost opera Arianna. These are charmingly sung, though von Otter seems less naturally at home with the idiom than with that of Handelian opera and oratorio. Dejaneira’s accompanied recitative ‘Where shall I fly?’ from Hercules offers a foretaste of von Otter’s fine account of the role in a much more recent complete recording of the oratorio (DG Archiv), while the celebrated aria ‘Piangerò, la sorte mia’, from Giulio Cesare, reveals the full allure of her warmly coloured vocal timbre. The air from Semele, ‘Where’er you walk’, was a less happy choice since Handel wrote it for Jupiter, a tenor role. The short piece in siciliano rhythm from Johann Helmich Roman’s beautiful Swedish Mass is the only number to have been borrowed from an earlier complete recording of the work on Proprius. It has recently been reissued and is well worth getting to know. The remaining item is Telemann’s bittersweet Funeral Music for a Canary, whose tragic fate draws from the composer in his concluding aria as heart-rending a piece as any to be found in his oratorios and sacred cantatas. -Nicholas Anderson, Classical-music.com

Tracklist:
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Hercules, HWV 60
1. Act III: Accompagnato: Where shall I fly? 05:24
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17
2. Act III: E pur cosi in giorno … Piangero la sorte mia 06:23
Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
Scherzi musicali, SV 230-245
3. O rosetta, che rosetta, SV 237 01:48
4. La violetta ch’en su l’herbetta, SV 240 03:06
Lamento d’Arianna, SV 22
5. 1a parte – Lasciatemi morire03:47
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
6. Trauer-Music eines kunsterfahrenen Canarienvogels, TWV 20:37 15:39
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Semele, HWV 58
7. Act II: Aria: Where’er you walk 04:10

Personnel:
Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano
Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble
Additional:
Anders Öhrwall, cymbal
Anders-Per Jonsson, Clas Pehrsson, flute
Åke Hedlund, viola
Alexandra Kramer, Bertil Orsin, Elisabeth Bodén, Marit Bergman, violin

DSD64:

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mqs.link_AnneSfieVntterHndelMnteverdiTelemann19832016HRADSD64.part2.rar

FLAC 24bit/96kHz

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