Gluck: Demofoonte; Il Complesso Barocco, Alan Curtis (3CD)

GLUCK

Demofoonte

Dramma per musica in three acts

Libretto by Pietro Metastasio 1698–1782

Setting: Thrace

Demofoonte, king of Thrace .....................COLIN BALZER

Dircea, secretly married to Timante ............. SYLVIA SCHWARTZ

Creusa, princess of Phrygia ...................ANN HALLENBERG

Timante, secretly married to Dircea ......ARYEH NUSSBAUM COHEN

Cherinto, in love with Creusa ....................ROMINA BASSO

Matusio, a nobleman of the court ................VITTORIO PRATO

Adrasto, captain of the royal guards ............NEREA BERRAONDO

Il Complesso Barocco

Violins 1Maria Krestinskaya, Agnes Stadler, Daniela Nuzzoli

Violins 2Isabella Bison, Laura Corolla, Lorenzo Gugole

ViolasRosario Di Meglio, Massimo Percivaldi

CellosCatherine Jones, Ludovico Minasi

Double BassDavide Nava

Transverse FlutesLuigi Lupo, Laura Lovisa

OboesVinciane Baudhuin, Aviad Gershoni

BassoonCarles Cristobal

HornsHector McDonald, Daniel Palkovi

TimpaniAlberto Macchini

HarpsichordAndrea Perugi

ArchlutePier Luigi Ciapparelli

ContinuoCatherine Jones, Andrea Perugi, Pier Luigi Ciapparelli

Alan Curtis

CD1                                                                                                                                                                                73’27

Sinfonia

1 I. Allegro                                                                                                                                                                     1’50

2 II. Andante                                                                                                                                                                  1’46

3 III. Presto                                                                                                                                                                    1’05

Atto primo

4 Scena I ‘Credimi, o padre’ … (Dircea · Matusio)                                                                                                         1’53

5 ‘O più tremar non voglio’ (Matusio)                                                                                                                          5’16

6 Scena II ‘Se il mio principe almeno’ … (Dircea · Timante)                                                                                          4’50

7 ‘In te spero, o sposo amato’ (Dircea)                                                                                                                         8’04

8 Scena III ‘Ma viene il real genitor’ … (Timante · Demofoonte · Adrasto)                                                                  3’56

9 ‘Per lei fra l’armi’ (Demofoonte)                                                                                                                                4’29

10 Scena IV ‘Ma che vi fece, o stelle’ …                                                                                                                        0’38

11 ‘Sperai vicino al lido’ (Timante)                                                                                                                               8’00

12 Scena V Marcia                                                                                                                                                         1’10

13 ‘Ma che t’affanna, o prence?’ … (Creusa · Cherinto)                                                                                               2’02

14 ‘T’intendo, ingrata’ (Cherinto)                                                                                                                                 3’50

15 ‘Dove? Ferma’ (Creusa · Cherinto)

Scena VI ‘Dimmi Cherinto. È questa la frigia principessa?’ (Timante · Cherinto · Creusa)

Scena VII ‘Numi! A Creusa?’ … (Creusa · Cherinto)                                                                                                       2’56

16 ‘Non curo l’affetto’ (Creusa)                                                                                                                                    4’06

17 Scena VIII ‘Oh dei! Perché tanto furor!’ …                                                                                                               0’43

18 ‘Il suo leggiadro viso’ (Cherinto)                                                                                                                              5’02

19 Scena IX ‘Olà ministri’ … (Adrasto · Matusio · Timante · Dircea)                                                                             0’35

20 ‘Padre, perdona… oh pene!’ (Dircea)                                                                                                                       4’23

21 Scena X ‘Appresso a lei’ … (Timante · Matusio)                                                                                                       0’31

22 ‘Gemo in un punto e fremo’ (Timante)                                                                                                                   6’09

CD2                                                                                                                                                                                66’21

Atto secondo

1 Scena I ‘Creusa intendo’ … (Demofoonte · Creusa · Adrastro)                                                                                  0’58

2 ‘Tu sai chi son’ (Creusa)                                                                                                                                              6’04

3 Scena II ‘Che alterezza ha costei!’ … (Demofoonte · Timante)                                                                                  3’56

4 ‘Prudente mi chiedi?’ (Timante)                                                                                                                                3’16

5 Scena III ‘Dunque m’insulta ognun?’ …                                                                                                                      0’25

6 ‘Se tronca un ramo’ (Demofoonte)                                                                                                                            7’13

7 Scena IV ‘È l’unica speranza…’ … (Matusio · Timante)                                                                                               0’35

8 ‘È soccorso d’incognita mano’ (Matusio)                                                                                                                   3’42

9 Scena V ‘Ah principessa’ … (Dircea · Creusa)                                                                                                             1’15

10 ‘Se tutti i mali miei’ (Dircea)                                                                                                                                     6’46

11 Scena VI ‘Che incanto è la beltà!’ (Creusa · Cherinto)                                                                                             1’40

12 ‘No, non chiedo, amate stelle’ (Cherinto)                                                                                                                5’16

13 Scena VII ‘Se immaginar potessi’ …                                                                                                                          0’20

14 ‘Felice età dell’oro’ (Creusa)                                                                                                                                    5’05

15 Scena VIII ‘Santi numi del cielo’ … (Dircea · Timante)

Scena IX ‘Indegno. Non fuggirmi. T’arresta’ …                                                                                                              4’18

(Demofoonte · Timante · Dircea)

16 ‘Perfidi! Già che in vita’ (Demofoonte)                                                                                                                    2’52

17 Scena X ‘Sposo’/‘Consorte’ …                                                                                                                                   3’00

18 ‘La destra ti chiedo’ (Dircea · Timante)                                                                                                                    9’32

CD3                                                                                                                                                                                52’29

Atto terzo

1 Scena I ‘Taci’ … (Timante · Adrasto)                                                                                                                           0’53

2 ‘Non odi consiglio?’ (Adrasto)                                                                                                                                    4’02

3 Scena II ‘Perché bramar la vita?’ … (Timante · Cherinto)                                                                                           3’42

4 ‘Nel tuo dono io veggo assai’ (Cherinto)                                                                                                                    6’31

5 Scena III ‘Oh figlio, oh sposa’ … (Timante · Matusio)                                                                                                 3’03

6 ‘Ah che né mal verace’ (Matusio)                                                                                                                              3’16

7 Scena IV ‘Misero me!’ (Timante)                                                                                                                               2’24

8 Scena V ‘Timante’/‘Ah, principessa’ …                                                                                                                       1’46

(Creusa · Timante · Demofoonte · Adrasto · Dircea)

9 ‘Misero pargoletto’ (Timante)                                                                                                                                   6’37

10 Scena VI ‘Sieguilo, Adrasto’ …                                                                                                                                  0’44

11 ‘Odo il suono de’ queruli accenti’ (Demofoonte)                                                                                                    4’53

12 Scena VII ‘E tu Dircea, che fai?’ … (Creusa)                                                                                                              0’40

13 ‘Che mai risponderti’ (Dircea)                                                                                                                                  4’01

14 Scena VIII ‘Qual terra è questa!’ …                                                                                                                           0’31

15 ‘Non dura una sventura’ (Creusa)                                                                                                                            5’45

16 Scena IX ‘Il re per tutto ti ricerca’ (Adrasto · Timante · Matusio · Dircea)

Scena X ‘Non t’ingannan, Timante’ (Demofoonte · Timante · Matusio · Dircea)

Scena XI ‘Signor, veraci sono’ …                                                                                                                                    2’56

(Creusa · Demofoonte · Cherinto · Timante)

17 ‘Par maggiore ogni diletto’ (Coro)                                                                                                                            0’37