Philippe Jaroussky - Caldara in Vienna

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... Philippe Jaroussky continues his rediscovery of long-forgotten arias for high male voice with this collection of music by Antonio Caldara, a contemporary of Bach, Handel and Vivaldi, who was the first composer to set many librettos by the great Metastasio and Zeno.

"When you are discovering music that has not been recorded before, it's like your own treasure," Philippe Jaroussky told Early Music Today, when discussing his last Virgin Classics recital, La dolce fiamma, a programme of arias by Johann Christian Bach. With this new album, he revives a number of forgotten works by a contemporary of Johann Sebastian Bach, Handel and Vivaldi -- the Venetian-born Antonio Caldara, who made his career in Mantua, Barcelona, Rome and, finally, Vienna.

All the arias -- several recorded for the very first time -- come from operas with librettos by Metastasio (1698 --1782), whose noble texts defined the genre of opera seria. Both Mozart's La clemenza di Tito, first performed in 1791, and Caldara's opera of the same name, first performed nearly 60 years previously, were settings of Metastasio, while the writer's text for Caldara's Demofoonte, first performed in 1733, went on to inspire more than 70 stage works, including operas by Gluck, Paisiello, Piccinni, Graun and Cherubini. As usual, Jaroussky has done his own musicological research for this album.

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[apfrois1966]

Delicioso.Um festim para os sentidos. A.Mira

[baroquequeen]

I saw the concert saturday night to Caldara, it was fantastic and overwhalming!!!!

[yclyzjohn]

OMG, ALTO MAN?

[Ennah08]

In case you don't know, her name is Emmanuelle Haïm and she is conducting this from the harpsichord.

She has her own baroque ensemble, Le Concert d’Astrée, but here she is with Concerto Köln.

[briarcliffbaron]

nice harpsichordist

[litoboy5]

amazing !!!

[Violamuza]

I am very fond of Philip and all he does. Incredibly talented, intelligent and "thin" singer. With an excellent sense of taste.

[tuffy942]

I already did directly to France and I had it on the 2nd. It is indescribable!!!Not surprised it is n.1!!Bravo Philippe!!!

Maria E