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Graun - Cleopatra e Cesare (René Jacobs, Concerto Köln) [1996]

Posted By: Sowulo

Date: 17 Aug 2016 05:28:11

Carl Heinrich Graun was court composer to Frederick the Great of Prussia, and this opera was chosen to open the new opera house in Berlin in 1742. It was a great success, but Handel's opera on the same subject had appeared less than two decades before, and had anyone been familiar with that one, Graun's might have come as a disappointment. Handel gets under his characters' skins–Cleopatra's eight arias tell us everything we have to know about her, for instance–while Graun (merely) offers some beautiful, well-orchestrated, at-times exciting music. Any composer would have been proud to compose Cesare's heart-stoppingly vengeful last-act aria "Voglio strage", and any Read more mezzo (or castrato or countertenor) would be happy to sing it. Here, Iris Vermillion is spectacular, and elsewhere in the opera she's as heroic, romantic, and colorful as our hero ought to be.

Her Cleopatra, Janet Williams, is a fine singer we've heard little from. On the basis of this recording her voice is handsome, stunningly flexible, and capable of fine shadings. Tenor Robert Gambill is a fierce Tolomeo, whose coloratura holds no fears for him–and the same might be said for Jeffrey Francis as Lentulo, Caesar's confidant. Lynne Dawson is touching as Cornelia and the others are good, with Ralf Popken's wacky countertenor a bit off base as the Arab prince, Arsace. The singers embellish their vocal lines in the da capo sections of their arias. René Jacobs clearly believes in this music and his Concerto Köln plays splendidly, embellishing the instrumental lines with vigor. If this opera lacks the probing of Handel's, so what? It's a joy to hear, and this performance is excellent. Robert Levine

Performer:
Cleopatra – Janet Williams
Cesare – Iris Vermillion
Cornelia – Lynne Dawson
Tolomeo – Robert Gambill
Arsace – Ralf Popken
Lentulo – Jeffrey Francis
Achilla – Klaus Häger
Cneo – Elisabeth Scholl
Sesto – Maria-Cristina Kiehr
Rias-Kammerchor
Concerto Köln
Direction – René Jacobs

Tracklisting:
CD1
01. Ouverture
02. Atto I. Scena 1. Coro: Qual' un giorno
03. Recitativo: Basta, Amici, fin quì (Cesare)
04. Aria: Sopportar non devo in pace (Tolomeo)
05. Scena 2. Recitativo. Verrò in breve, fellon (Cesare)
06. Aria: Vidi io stessa, Oh Dei (Cornelia)
07. Scena 3. Recitativo: Sommi Dei (Cesare)
08. Aria: S'avvien che si posi (Cleopatra)
09. Scena 4. Recitativo: Numi! Deluso son, ma pur la frode (Arsace)
10. Scena 6. Aria: Quel che lontano (Cesare)
11. Scena 7. Recitativo: Pera Cesare dunque (Achilla)
12. Aria: Strappare al nemico (Achilla)
13. Scena 8. Recitativo: Ecco la mia crudel (Arsace)
14. Aria: Tra le procelle assorto (Cleopatra)
15. Scena 9. Recitativo: Barbara, vanne pur (Arsace)
16. Aria: Guerrier forte non perdona (Arsace)
17. Scena 10. Recitativo: Deh Madre! (Cneo)
18. Aria: Se c'abbandoni (Sesto)
19. Recitativo: Son risoluta e vo' marir (Cornelia)
20. Scena 13. Aria: Parto qual navigante(Lentulo)
CD2
01. Atto II. Scena 1. Recitativo: Gia scoperti noi siam (Tolomeo)
02. Sinfonia
03. Scena 2. Recitativo: Sull'orme del furor, perfidi, vengo (Cesare)
04. Scena 3-4. Sinfonia
05. Recitativo: Cedi l'acciaro (Cesare)
06. Scena 5. Aria: Se mi vuole oppresso il fato (Tolomeo)
07. Scena 6. Recitativo: Con quai risolti (Cleopatra)
08. Scena 7. Recitativo: Cleopatra mio Ben, godi che vinti (Cesare)
09. Aria: Sento mio dolce amore (Cleopatra)
10. Scena 8. Recitativo: Lentulo amico, e chi può mai d'amore (Cesare)
11. Scena 9. Aria: Anime innamorate (Lentulo)
12. Scena 10. Recitativo: L'apporsi (Arsace)
13. Aria: Cortese il cielo (Arsace)
14. Scena 11. Recitativo: Non t'affliger di più (Sesto)
15. Scena 12. Aria: L'ombra amata del mio sposo (Cornelia)
16. Scena 13. Recitativo: Dimmi, come potesti, delle genti (Cesare)
17. Scena 14. Aria: Santi Numi che vedete (Cneo)
18. Scena 15. Recitativo: Al fin il mio desio (Cleopatra)
19. Recitativo: Deh Santo Imeneo (Cesare)
20. Scena 16-19. Recitativo: Ah non fia ver, che Arsace (Arsace)
21. Scena 20. Tutti: All'armi, al cimento
CD3
01. Atto III. Scena 1. Recitativo: V'abusate (Cesare)
02. Aria: Voglio strage, e sangue voglio (Cesare)
03. Scena 2. Recitativo: Amico, con fortezza (Arsace)
04. Aria: Qui regnai, quì vinto ancora (Tolomeo)
05. Scena 3. Recitativo: Io prigioniera al Tebro? (Cleopatra)
06. Scena 4. Aria: Ah dirti non posso io (Cleopatra)
07. Scena 5-6. Recitativo: Ecco al fin dagli amanti (Cornelia)
08. Aria: Ben vedo ch'un'alma (Cornelia)
09. Scena 7. Recitativo: Ecco di tua perfidia (Cleopatra)
10. Scena 8. Aria: Sentir che me chiama (Cesare)
11. Scena 9. Recitativo: Ah Numi! che sarà? (Lentulo)
12. Scena 10. Aria: Colla frode chi pretende (Lentulo)
13. Scena 11. Recitativo: Mi concede, Regina al fine il cielo (Cesare)
14. Duetto: Ecco mio Ben l'istante (Cesare, Cleopatra)
15. Scena ultima. Recitativo: A liete feste (Cesare)
16. Coro: Lieta viva la sposa amorosa

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