Altus: From Castrato to Countertenor – Various Artists

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Giustino, RV 717, Act 1: "Vedrò con mio diletto" (Anastasio) (feat. Ensemble Matheus)

Philippe Jaroussky & Antonio Vivaldi

5:13

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Serse, HWV 40, Act 1: Accompagnato. "Frondi tenere" - Arioso. "Ombra mai fù" (Serse)

Gérard Lesne, Il Seminario Musicale & George Frideric Handel

3:20

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Stabat Mater in F Minor, RV 621: I. Stabat Mater dolorosa

David Daniels, Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi & Antonio Vivaldi

3:24

4

Johannes-Passion, BWV 245, Pt. 2: No. 30, Aria. "Es ist vollbracht" (feat. Andreas Scholl & Ensemble Instrumental de Lausanne)

Michel Corboz & Johann Sebastian Bach

5:07

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Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust, BWV 170: No. 1, Aria. "Vergnügte Ruh beliebte Seelenlust"

René Jacobs, Linde Consort, Hans-Martin Linde & Johann Sebastian Bach

6:56

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Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Aria. "He Was Despised and Rejected of Men" (feat. Margaret Cable & Taverner Players)

Andrew Parrott & George Frideric Handel

11:49

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Fernando, rè di Castiglia, HWV 30, Act 3: Aria. "Sincero affetto dolce preghiere" (Sancio) (feat. Il Complesso Barocco & Max Emanuel Cenčić)

Alan Curtis & George Frideric Handel

5:19

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Amadigi di Gaula, HWV 11, Act 2: Aria. "Minacciami, non ho timor" (Amadigi)

Les Arts Florissants, William Christie & George Frideric Handel

8:39

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Serse, HWV 40, Act 3: Aria. "Amor, tiranno Amor" (Arsamene) (feat. Lawrence Zazzo)

Les Arts Florissants, William Christie & George Frideric Handel

4:27

10

Weihnachtsoratorium, BWV 248, Pt. 1: No. 4, Aria. "Bereite dich, Zion, mit zärtlichen Trieben" (feat. Collegium Vocale Gent & Michael Chance)

Philippe Herreweghe & Johann Sebastian Bach

5:43

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Saul, HWV 53, Act 1: Aria. "O Lord, Whose Mercies Numberless" (David)

Paul Esswood, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Philip Ledger & George Frideric Handel

3:35

12

Conservate, raddopiate, HWV 185 (feat. Le Concert d'Astrée)

Emmanuelle Haïm & George Frideric Handel

4:28

13

L'incoronazione di Poppea, SV 308, Act 3: "Pur ti moro, pur ti godo" (Poppea, Nerone) (feat. Derek Lee Ragin, Suzie Leblanc & Teatro Lirico)

Stephen Stubbs & Claudio Monteverdi

3:54

14

Greensleeves

Alfred Deller & Desmond Dupré

3:16

15

Stabat Mater: I. Stabat mater dolorosa

Véronique Gens, Gérard Lesne, Il Seminario Musicale & Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

4:47

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Salve Regina in F Minor: II. Ad te clamamus

Gérard Lesne, Il Seminario Musicale & Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

1:03

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Nisi Dominus in G Minor, RV 608: IV. Cum dederit

David Daniels, Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi & Antonio Vivaldi

3:52

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O qui coeli terraeque serenitas, RV 631: IV. Alleluia

David Daniels, Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi & Antonio Vivaldi

2:18

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Sentimenti devoti, Op. 6: No. 4, Ave Regina coelorum (feat. Marie-Nicole Lemieux)

Philippe Jaroussky & Artaserse

3:27

20

Pianti, sospiri e demandar mercede, RV 676: "Cor ingrato dispietato" (feat. Artaserse)

Philippe Jaroussky & Antonio Vivaldi

3:23

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Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243: VI. Duet. "Et misericordia" (feat. Le Concert d'Astrée, Philippe Jaroussky & Toby Spence)

Emmanuelle Haïm & Johann Sebastian Bach

3:25

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Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17, Act 1: Recitativo. "Madre! Mia vita!" - Duetto. "Son nata a lagrimar" (Sesto, Cornelia) (feat. David Daniels, Emmanuelle Haïm, Ensemble Orchestral de Paris & Martin Isepp)

John Nelson & George Frideric Handel

2:32

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Admeto, HWV 22, Act 2: Aria. "Chi è nato alle sventure" (Trasimede) (feat. Il Complesso Barocco & James Bowman)

Alan Curtis & George Frideric Handel

2:35

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Fernando, rè di Castiglia, HWV 30, Act 3: Aria. "M'opporrò da generoso" (Fernando) (feat. Il Complesso Barocco & Lawrence Zazzo)

Alan Curtis & George Frideric Handel

4:22

25

Troisième répons apres la troisème leçon du Vendredi saint, H. 131 "Ecce quomodo" (feat. Il Seminario Musicale)

Gérard Lesne

4:06

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Mitridate re di Ponto, K. 87, Act 1: Aria. "Venga pur" (Farnace)

David Daniels, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Harry Bicket & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

7:00

27

Semiramide, Act 1: Recitativo. "Eccomi alfine in Babilonia" - Cavatina. "Ah! Quel giorno ognor rammento" (Arsace)

Max Emanuel Cenčić & Gioachino Rossini

11:10

28

A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64, Act 1: "Welcome Wanderer!" (Oberon) (feat. James Bowman)

Richard Hickox

5:04

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Oedipus, Z. 583: No. 2, Song. "Musick for a While" (Version for Voice and Guitar)

David Daniels, Craig Ogden & Henry Purcell

3:49

30

Come Ye Sons of Art, Z. 323 "Ode for Queen Mary's Birthday": No. 3, Duet. "Sound the Trumpet" (feat. Christopher Robson & James Bowman)

Gustav Leonhardt & Henry Purcell

2:27

31

Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: Agnus Dei (feat. Charles Brett & Collegium Vocale Gent)

Philippe Herreweghe & Johann Sebastian Bach

5:27

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6 Ariette da camera: No. 1, Malinconia, ninfa gentile

David Daniels, Craig Ogden & Vincenzo Bellini

1:42

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Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30, Act 3: "Ahimè! Dove trascorsi?" - "Che farò senza Euridice" (Orfeo)

David Daniels, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Harry Bicket & Christoph Willibald Gluck

5:07

34

Ave Maria, Op. 52 No. 6, D. 839 (Version for Voice and Guitar)

David Daniels, Craig Ogden & Franz Schubert

4:32

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2 Lieder, Op. 43: No. 2, Nacht und Träume, D. 827

David Daniels, Martin Katz & Franz Schubert

4:03

36

Airs sérieux et à boire, Livre IX: Plainte sur la mort de Monseur Lambert

Gérard Lesne & Il Seminario Musicale

5:21

37

Les Nuits d'été, Op. 7, H 81b: III. Sur les lagunes, H 84b

David Daniels, Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, John Nelson & Hector Berlioz

6:20

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Carmina Burana, Pt. 2 "In taberna": Olim lacus colueram (feat. Bournemouth Symphony Chorus & James Bowman)

David Hill

3:50

39

Silent Night

Derek Lee Ragin/Moses Hogan/Moses Hogan Singers

3:55

40

Duetto buffo di due gatti (Also Attributed to Pearsall) (feat. Antonio Pappano & Gérard Lesne)

Rockwell Blake & Gioachino Rossini

2:55

41

Maladresse

Gérard Lesne

4:00

42

Shenandoah

David Daniels & Craig Ogden

4:31

43

Plaisir d'amour

David Daniels & Craig Ogden

3:51

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Petite messe solennelle: X. Crucifixus (Version for Voice and Piano)

Alessandro Moreschi & Gioachino Rossini

3:01