Ian Bostridge - Tormento D'amore (Italian Baroque Arias) - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

With the 10 arias on Tormento d'amore, Ian Bostridge demonstrates the important place that the tenor voice held in Italian opera from the mid-17th to the mid-18th century - often thought of as the era of the castrato. At this time, there were two main centres of opera in Italy Venice, where such composers as Cavalli, Vivaldi, Cesti, Stradella, Sartorio and Legrenzi were active, and Naples, home to Provenzale, Caresana, Vinci and Fago. In addition to arias - two of them in world premiere recordings - the album offers five instrumental sinfonie and a traditional Neapolitan song, 'Lu cardillo', or 'The Goldfinch', a songbird closely associated with Naples. Bostridge is partnered by conductor Antonio Florio and his ensemble Cappella Neapolitana. Album Tracks 1. L'Orfeo Sinfonia 2. Eliogabalo, Act 1 InchIo resto solo?...Misero, così va' aria di EliogabaloInch 3. Il corispero, Act 1 InchSoffrirà, spereràInch 4. Il tito, Act 1 InchBerenice, ove sei?Inch 5. L'Argia Sinfonia 6. Le avventure di una fede InchTien ferma FortunaInch 7. La Stellidaura, Act 1 InchDeh rendetemi ombre careInch 8. Il schiavo di sua moglie Sinfonia 9. Il schiavo di sua moglie, Act 1 InchChe speri o mio coreInch 10. Il totila Sinfonia 11. Siroe, Act 1 InchSe il mio paterno amoreInch 12. Siroe, Act 1 InchGelido in ogni venaInch 13. Il faraone sommerso Sinfonia 14. Il Faraone sommerso, Act 1 InchNuove straggi e spaventiInch 15. Farnace, RV 711, Act 2 InchGelido in ogni venaInch (Farnace) 16. Lu cardillo