Claudio Monteverdi – Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria – Boston Baroque, Martin Pearlman (2015) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

Claudio Monteverdi – Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria – Boston Baroque, Martin Pearlman (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 02:56:10 minutes | 3,69 GB | Genre: Classical
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Recorded at Mechanics Hall, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA 27-30 April 2014

Il ritorno d’Ulisse is unquestionably one of the three pillars that place Monteverdi among the greatest of opera composers; this recording marks the premiere of a new performing version by Martin Pearlman.

Best Opera Recording and Best Engineered Album (Classical)
GRAMMY nominee
Boston Baroque
(Martin Pearlman, Jennifer Rivera, Fernando Guimarães & Boston Baroque)

Classical Album of the Week: ‘The strength of this issue is in its strong, youthful cast. The Penelope of Jennifer Rivera…with a limpid low mezzo of comparable beauty and expressive power, while Fernando Guimaraes’s Ulysses is heartbreaking…‘ The Sunday Times

‘…undoubted integrity and many sterling assets. It unquestionably earns a place among the better recordings of the opera.’ Early Music Review

‘Mezzo Jennifer Rivera is a lovely, modest Penelope and her voice is beautiful, much in the Janet Baker mold… Fernando Guimarães sings Ulisse with feeling, intelligence, and an appealing light baritone-based on their vocal colorations, this Ulisse and Penelope make a fine couple.’ ClassicsToday.com

‘The most impressive performance comes from Aaron Sheehan whose light lyrical voice delivers the music with utter naturalness.’BBC Music Magazine

Tracklist:
Claudio Monteverdi: Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria
Prologue
Act I Scene 1: Di misera regina
Act I Scene 2: Duri e penosi
Act I Scene 4: Sinfonia
Act I Scene 5: Superbo è l’huom
Act I Scene 6: In questo basso mondo
Act I Scene 7: Dormo ancora
Act I Scene 8: Cara e lieta gioventù
Act I Scene 9: Tu, d’Aretusa al fonte
Act I Scene 10: Donate un giorno
Act I Scene 11: Oh come mal si salva
Act I Scene 12: Pastor d’armento può
Act I Scene 13: Ulisse generoso!
Act II Scene 1: Lieto cammino
Act II Scene 2: O gran figlio d’Ulisse
Act II Scene 3: Che veggio, ohimè, che miro?
Act II Scene 4: Eurimaco, la donna insomma
Act II Scene 5: Sono l’altre Regine
Act II Scene 7: Apportator d’alte novelle
Act II Scene 8: Compagni, udiste
Act II Scene 9: Perir non può
Act II Scene 10: Io vidi, o pellegrin
Act II Scene 11: Del mio lungo viaggio
Act II Scene 12: Sempre villano Eumete
Act II Scene 12: Tu vincitor
Act II Scene 12: Ecco l’arco d’Ulisse
Act III Scene 1: O dolor, o martir
Act III Scene 3: E quai nuovi rumori
Act III Scene 4: Forza d’occulto affetto
Act III Scene 5: È saggio Eumete
Act III Scene 6: Fiamma è l’ira, o gran Dea
Act III Scene 7: Gran Giove
Act III Scene 8: Ericlea, che vuoi far
Act III Scene 9: Ogni nostra ragion
Act III Scene 10: O delle mie fatiche

Personnel:
Christopher Lowrey, countertenor
João Fernandes, bass
Sonja DuToit Tengblad, soprano
Owen McIntosh, tenor
Fernando Guimarães, tenor
Aaron Sheehan, tenor
João Fernandes, bass
Abigail Nims, mezzo-soprano
Jennifer Rivera, mezzo-soprano
Krista River, mezzo-soprano
Leah Wool, mezzo-soprano
Sara Heaton, soprano
Marc Molomot, tenor
Daniel Shirley, tenor
Jonas Budris, tenor
Daniel Auchincloss, tenor
Ulysses Thomas, bass-baritone
Boston Baroque
Martin Pearlman, conductor