Rossini - Semiramide / Россини - Семирамида 2018

Rossini - Semiramide / Россини - Семирамида

Жанр: Classical opera
Страна-производитель диска: Made in England
Год издания диска: 2018
Издатель (лейбл): Opera Rara
Номер по каталогу: ORC57
Дата записи: 2017
Аудиокодек: FLAC
Тип рипа: image+.cue
Битрейт аудио: (lossy + lossless)
Продолжительность: 03:50:44
Источник: релизер
-источник/ник/другое: Roy Morvich, подарок; Caterina Sforza - доп. сканы (cue не трогал)
: да, авторские сканы jpeg и tif + web pdf буклет

Треклист

CD1

Act 1

1-1 Sinfonia 12:32

1-2 'Sì, Gran Nume, T'intesi' (Oroe) 3:05

1-3 Belo si celebri, Belo s'onori' (Chorus) 3:30

1-4 Là Dal Gange A Te Primiero' (Idreno, Assur, Oroe, Chorus) 6:16

1-5 Di Plausi Clamor Giulivo Echeggia' (Chorus) 2:14

1-6 'Di Tanti' (Oroe, Semiramide, Idreno, Assur) 4:01

1-7 'Regina All'ara, E Giura' (Assur, Semiramide, Idreno, Oroe, Chorus) 1:12

1-8 'Ah! Già Il Sacro Foco è Spento' (Semiramide, Idreno, Oroe, Assur, Chorus) 3:28

1-9 'O Tu De' Magi Venerabil Capo' (Semiramide, Oroe, Idreno, Assur) 3:48

1-10 'Eccomi Alfine In Babilonia' (Arsace) 5:26

1-11 'Ah! Quel Giorno Ognor Rammento' (Arsace) 5:51

1-12 'Ministri, Al Gran Pontefice Annunziate' (Arsace, Oroe, Assur) 4:24

1-13 'Bella Imago Degli Dei' (Arsace, Assur) 3:35

1-14 'D'un Tenero Amore, Costante, Verace' (Arsace, Assur) 3:03

1-15 'Io Tremar? di Te? M'avvio' (Arsace, Assur) 4:1

CD2

2-1 'O Me Felice!' (Azema, Idreno) 1:47

2-2 'Ah Dov'è, Dov'è Il Cimento' (Idreno) 3:54

2-3 'E Se Ancor Libero - E Il Tuo Bel Core' (Idreno) 3:59

2-4 'Se Non Avesse E Meritasse Arsace' (Azema) 0:21

2-5 'Serena I Vaghi Rai' (Chorus, Semiramide) 6:22

2-6 'Dolce Pensiero' (Chorus, Semiramide) 2:55

2-7 'Ne Viene Ancor!' (Semiramide, Mitrane, Arsace) 4:27

2-8 'Serbami Ognor Sì Fido Il Cor' (Semiramide, Arsace) 8:20

2-9 'Oroe Dal Tempio Nella Reggia' (Assur, Oroe) 2:55

2-10 'Ergi Omai la Fronte Altera' (Idreno, Oroe, Assur, Azema, L'ombra di Nino) 5:35

2-11 'I Vostri Voti Omai' (Idreno, Oroe, Assur, Azema, L'ombra di Nino) 1:06

2-12 'Giuri Ognuno A' Sommi Dèi' (Idreno, Oroe, Assur, Azema, L'ombra di Nino) 5:35

2-13 'L'alto Eroe, Che Dell'Assiria' (Idreno, Oroe, Assur, Azema, L'ombra di Nino) 4:16

2-14 'Qual Mesto Gemito' (Idreno, Oroe, Assur, Azema, L'ombra di Nino) 6:24

2-15 'D'un Semidio Che Adoro' (Idreno, Oroe, Assur, Azema, L'ombra di Nino) 4:09

2-16 'Ah! Sconvolta Nell'ordine Eterno' (Idreno, Oroe, Assur, Azema, L'ombra di Nino) 3:17

CD3

Act 2

3-1 'Alla Reggia D'intorno Cauto' (Mitrane, Semiramide, Assur) 4:51

3-2 'Se la Vita Ancor T'è Cara' (Semiramide, Assur) 4:01

3-3 'Quella Ricordati Notte di Morte' (Semiramide, Assur) 4:14

3-4 'Ma Implacabile di Nino' (Semiramide, Assur) 1:40

3-5 'La Forza Primiera Ripiglia Il Mio Core' (Semiramide, Assur) 3:56

3-6 'In Questo Augusto Soggiorno Arcano' (Chorus, Oroe) 5:43

3-7 'Ebben, Compiasi Omai' (Arsace, Oroe) 2:59

3-8 'In Si Barbara Sciagura' (Arsace, Chorus, Oroe) 2:59

3-9 'Su, Ti Scuoti, Rammenta Chi Sei' (Arsace, Chorus, Oroe) 2:28

3-10 'Al Gran Cimento T'affretta Ardito' (Arsace, Chorus, Oroe) 3:24

3-11 'Calmati, Principessa' (Mitrane, Azema, Idreno) 2:01

3-12 'La Speranza Più Soave' (Mitrane, Azema, Idreno) 2:02

3-13 'Tu Mia Sposa, A Questo Seno' (Mitrane, Azema, Idreno) 5:18

3-14 'No, Non Ti Lascio' (Semiramide, Arsace) 3:28

3-15 'Ebbene, A Te, Ferisci' (Semiramide, Arsace) 5:17

3-16 'Giorno D'orrore! E di Contento' (Semiramide, Arsace) 4:32

3-17 'Madre, Addio' (Semiramide, Arsace) 0:57

3.18 'Tu Serena Intanto Il Ciglio' (Semiramide, Arsace) 3:22

CD4

4-1 'Il Dì Già Cade' (Assur, Chorus) 4:43

4-2 'Ah! la Sorte Ci Tradì' (Assur, Chorus) 2:36

4-3 'Sì, Vi Sarà Vendetta' (Assur, Chorus) 1:26

4-4 'Deh! Ti Ferma, Ti Placa, Perdona' (Assur, Chorus) 3:17

4-5 'Ah! Signore ... Assur!' (Assur, Chorus) 1:38

4-6 'Quei Numi Furenti' (Assur, Chorus) 2:44

4-7 'Oh Nero Eccesso' (Mitrane) 1:07

4-8 'Un Traditor. Con Empio Ardir' (Chorus, Arsace, Oroe, Assur, Semiramide, L'ombra di Nino) 5:33

4-9 'Qual Densa Notte!' (Chorus, Arsace, Oroe, Assur, Semiramide, L'ombra di Nino) 3:09

4-10 'Al Mio Pregar T'arrendi' (Chorus, Arsace, Oroe, Assur, Semiramide, L'ombra di Nino) 2:44

4-11 'Dei! Qual Sospiro' (Chorus, Arsace, Oroe, Assur, Semiramide, L'ombra di Nino) 0:33

4-12 'L'usato Ardir ... Il Mio Valore Dovè?' (Chorus, Arsace, Oroe, Assur, Semiramide, L'ombra di Nino) 2:21

4-13 'Ninia, Ferisce' (Chorus, Arsace, Oroe, Assur, Semiramide, L'ombra di Nino) 2:39

4-14 'Vieni, Arsace, Al Trionfo' (Chorus, Arsace, Oroe, Assur, Semiramide, L'ombra di Nino) 1:49

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Исполнители

Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
SEMIRAMIDE
Tragic melodrama in two acts
Libretto by Gaetano Rossi after Voltaire’s Sémiramis
Semiramide, Queen of Babylon - Albina Shagimuratova (soprano)
Arsace, Commander of the Army - Daniela Barcellona (mezzo)
Assur, an Assyrian Prince - Mirco Palazzi (bass)
Idreno, an Indian King - Barry Banks (tenor)
Oroe, High Priest of the Magi - Gianluca Buratto (bass)
Azema, an Assyrian Princess - Susana Gaspar (soprano)
Mitrane, Captain of the Royal Guards - David Butt Philip (tenor)
L’ombra di Nino, Nino’s Ghost - James Platt (bass)
[u]Opera Rara Chorus[/u]
Madeleine Venner, chorus master
[u]Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment[/u]
Matthew Truscott, leader
Sir Mark Elder, conductor
Recording Date: August, 2016 & September, 2016
Recording Location: Henry Wood Hall
Audio CD (7 Sept. 2018)

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Review

AllMusic Review by James Manheim [-]
Semiramide, based on a play by Voltaire about an ancient Assyrian queen, was Rossini's last Italian opera. Some five hours long in performance, it has always been subject to cuts from producers worried that it was a butt-breaker, but Rossini insisted that it be performed as written. He was right: its massive two acts have a logic and flow that do not flag. Despite its size and difficulty (check the hefty list of sponsors and patrons in the booklet), the opera is being revived increasingly often. The work has been called the last Baroque opera, with its tragic plot from antiquity encrusted with glittering, highly ornamented arias, and you might suppose that a performance stands or falls with the singers. This version certainly offers strong ones, including the superb pair of sopranos Albina Shagimuratova in the title role and Daniela Barcellona in the travesti or cross-dressing role of the commander Arsace. The latter singer has long specialized in such roles, and one has the feeling that her performance here is a career culmination. Start sampling with her scene with Oroe, Act II, scene 4. But equally important is the work of conductor Sir Mark Elder with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Even if it was clear by 1823 that the Enlightenment had not quite panned out, the orchestra sets the dimensions of the work right from the big overture, unusual in that it is built from melodies from the opera in the manner of a musical theater overture. Everything clicks here in a way that's rare for operas of any composer.

Synopsis

15 years have passed since Semiramide Queen of Babylon and her erstwhile lover Prince Assur murdered her husband King Nino and plotted to kill her child Ninia, the future king. Unbeknown to them, the child survived. Named Arsace by his foster-father, he is now a gifted young commander on the country’s Caucasian border. Dazzled by Arsace’s exploits, the queen has summoned him back to court, though it is Arsace’s love from the Babylonian Princess Azema, rather than the queen’s summons, that has caused his return.
ACT1
Scene 1
A magnificent temple, erected to the worship of Baal, festively adorned. Crowds await the naming of a male successor to the throne which Semiramide has occupied since the late king’s death; Oroe, High Priest of the Magi, stands before the altar awaiting a sign. Also within the sanctuary are Prince Assur and Idreno King of Indus, aspirants to the throne and to the hand of Princess Azema. Semiramide arrives in state. Privately troubled by Arsace’s absence, she appears reluctant to name the new king. As she approaches the altar a blinding