Opéra baroque - Limited Edition (17 COMPLETE OPERAS, 42 (39 CD + 3 DVD) + 1 CD-Rom) (2013)

Works on This Recording
1. L'Orfeo by Claudio Monteverdi
Performer: Graciela Oddone (Soprano), Simon Keenlyside (Baritone), Juanita Lascarro (Soprano),
Martina Dike (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: René Jacobs
Orchestra/Ensemble: Ghent Collegium Vocale, Concerto Vocale
Period: Baroque
Written: 1607; Mantua, Italy
2. L'Incoronazione di Poppea by Claudio Monteverdi
Performer: Christoph Homberger (Tenor), Dominique Visse (Countertenor), Lena Lootens (Soprano),
Michael Schopper (Bass), Axel Köhler (Countertenor), Danielle Borst (Soprano),
Jennifer Larmore (Mezzo Soprano), Guillemette Laurens (Mezzo Soprano), Guy de Mey (Tenor),
Martina Bovet (Soprano)
Conductor: René Jacobs
Orchestra/Ensemble: Concerto Vocale
Period: Baroque
Written: 1642; Venice, Italy
3. Calisto by Pier Francesco Cavalli
Performer: Simon Keenlyside (Baritone), Graham Pushee (Countertenor), Allesandra Mantovani (Soprano),
Sonia Theodoridou (Soprano), Gilles Ragon (Tenor), Barry Banks (Tenor),
David Pittsinger (Bass), Judith Vindevogel (Soprano), Marcello Lippi (Baritone),
Maria Bayo (Soprano), Dominique Visse (Countertenor)
Conductor: René Jacobs
Orchestra/Ensemble: Concerto Vocale
Period: Baroque
Written: 1652; Italy
4. La Griselda by Alessandro Scarlatti
Performer: Lawrence Zazzo (Countertenor), Veronica Cangemi (Soprano), Dorothea Röschmann (Soprano),
Silvia Tro Santafe (Mezzo Soprano), Kobie van Rensburg (Tenor), Bernarda Fink (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: René Jacobs
Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin
Period: Baroque
Written: 1721; Rome, Italy
5. Atys, LWV 53 by Jean-Baptiste Lully
Performer: Guy de Mey (Tenor), Guillemette Laurens (Mezzo Soprano), Agnès Mellon (Soprano),
Jean-Francois Gardeil (Baritone)
Conductor: William Christie
Orchestra/Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants
Period: Baroque
Written: 1676; France
6. Idoménée by André Campra
Performer: Marie Boyer (Mezzo Soprano), Jérôme Corréas (Bass), Richard Dugay (Tenor),
Marie Saint-Palais (Soprano), Anne Pichard (Soprano), Anne Mopin (Soprano),
Jean-Claude Saragosse (Bass), Jérôme Corréas (Baritone), Jean-Paul Fouchécourt (Tenor),
Monique Zanetti (Soprano), Sandrine Piau (Soprano), Bernard Delétré (Bass)
Conductor: William Christie
Orchestra/Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants
Period: Baroque
Written: 1712; France
7. Les Indes galantes by Jean-Philippe Rameau
Performer: Claron McFadden (Soprano), Isabelle Poulenard (Soprano), Howard Crook (Tenor),
Jean-Paul Fouchécourt (Tenor), Bernard Delétré (Bass), Nicolas Rivenq (Baritone),
Jérôme Corréas (Baritone), Miriam Ruggeri (Soprano), Noémi Rime (Soprano),
Sandrine Piau (Soprano)
Conductor: William Christie
Orchestra/Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants
Period: Baroque
Written: 1735/1761; France
Date of Recording: 01/1991
Length: 193 Minutes 7 Secs.
Language: French
8. Médée, H 491 by Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Performer: Gilles Ragon (Tenor), Agnès Mellon (Soprano), Jacques Bona (Bass),
Sophie Boulin (Soprano), Philippe Cantor (Bass), Jill Feldman (Soprano)
Conductor: William Christie
Orchestra/Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants
Period: Baroque
Written: 1693; France
Length: 170 Minutes 5 Secs.
Language: French
9. Le malade imaginaire, H 495 by Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Performer: Jean-Francois Gardeil (Baritone), Dominique Visse (Countertenor), Howard Crook (Tenor),
Jérôme Corréas (Bass), Alain Trétout (Spoken Vocals), Isabelle Desrochers (Soprano),
Noémi Rime (Soprano), Monique Zanetti (Soprano), William Christie (Spoken Vocals),
Howard Crook (Spoken Vocals), Claire Brua (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: William Christie
Orchestra/Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants
Period: Baroque
Written: 1672-1673; France
10. Dido and Aeneas, Z 626 by Henry Purcell
Performer: Gerald Finley (Baritone), Lynne Dawson (Soprano), Gerald Finley (Bass),
Maria Cristina Kiehr (Soprano), Rosemary Joshua (Soprano), Susan Bickley (Soprano),
Dominique Visse (Countertenor), Stephen Wallace (Countertenor), Robin Blaze (Countertenor),
John Bowen (Tenor)
Conductor: René Jacobs
Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Clare College Choir
Period: Baroque
Written: 1689; England
11. Rinaldo, HWV 7 by George Frideric Handel
Performer: Vivica Genaux (Mezzo Soprano), Christophe Dumaux (Countertenor), James Rutherford (Baritone),
Miah Persson (Soprano), Lawrence Zazzo (Countertenor), Inga Kalna (Soprano),
Dominique Visse (Countertenor)
Conductor: René Jacobs
Orchestra/Ensemble: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
Period: Baroque
Written: by 1711; London, England
Date of Recording: 08/2002
Venue: Live Congress Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
Length: 193 Minutes 0 Secs.
Language: Italian
12. Flavio, Rè di Longobardi, HWV 16 by George Frideric Handel
Performer: Gian Paolo Fagotto (Tenor), Jeffrey Gall (Countertenor), Christina Högman (Soprano),
Lena Lootens (Soprano), Bernarda Fink (Mezzo Soprano), Ulrich Messthaler (Bass),
Derek Lee Ragin (Countertenor)
Conductor: René Jacobs
Orchestra/Ensemble: Ensemble 415
Period: Baroque
Written: by 1723; London, England
Date of Recording: 1989
Length: 155 Minutes 38 Secs.
Language: Italian
13. Giulio Cesare, HWV 17 by George Frideric Handel
Performer: Furio Zanasi (Bass), Jennifer Larmore (Mezzo soprano), Bernarda Fink (Contralto (Female alto)),
Marianne Rorholm (Contralto (Female alto)), Barbara Schlick (Soprano), Dominique Visse (Alto),
Derek Lee Ragin (Alto), Olivier Lallouette (Bass)
Conductor: René Jacobs
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cologne Concerto Orchestra
Period: Baroque
Written: 1724; London, England
Date of Recording: Cologne Radio Studio
14. Cesare e Cleopatra by Carl Heinrich Graun
Performer: Iris Vermillion (Mezzo Soprano), Lynne Dawson (Soprano), Robert Gambill (Tenor),
Ralf Popken (Countertenor), Jeffrey Francis (Tenor), Klaus Häger (Baritone),
Elisabeth Scholl (Soprano), Janet Williams (Soprano), Maria Cristina Kiehr (Soprano)
Conductor: René Jacobs
Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin RIAS Chamber Chorus, Concerto Cologne
Period: Baroque
Written: 1742; Berlin, Germany
Length: 198 Minutes 27 Secs.
15. Croesus by Reinhard Keiser
Performer: Dorothea Röschmann (Soprano), Roman Trekel (Baritone), Johannes Mannov (Bass),
Werner Güra (Tenor), Klaus Häger (Bass), Markus Schäfer (Tenor),
Salome Haller (Soprano), Kwangchul Youn (Bass), Graham Pushee (Countertenor),
Brigitte Eisenfeld (Soprano), Kurt Azesberger (Tenor), Jörg Gottschick (Bass),
Johanna Stojkovic (Soprano)
Conductor: René Jacobs
Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin RIAS Chamber Chorus, Academy for Ancient Music Berlin, Hanover Boys' Choir Members
Period: Baroque
Written: 1710/1730; Germany
Language: German
16. Orpheus, TV 21 no 18 by Georg Philipp Telemann
Performer: Ruth Ziesak (Soprano), Werner Güra (Tenor), Maria Cristina Kiehr (Soprano),
Isabelle Poulenard (Soprano), Axel Köhler (Countertenor), Hanno Müller-Brachmann (Bass Baritone),
Dorothea Röschmann (Soprano), Roman Trekel (Baritone)
Conductor: René Jacobs
Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin RIAS Chamber Chorus, Academy for Ancient Music Berlin
Period: Baroque
Written: by 1726; Hamburg, Germany
Date of Recording: 10/1996
Venue: Christuskirche, Berlin, Germany
Length: 159 Minutes 24 Secs.
Language: German
17. Ludovicus Pius: Suite by Georg Caspar Schürmann
Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin
Period: Baroque
Written: 1726; Lüneburg, Germany
Date of Recording: 02/2004
Venue: Teldex Studio, Berlin, Germany
Length: 19 Minutes 45 Secs.
18. Der lächerliche Prinz Jodelet: Overture by Reinhard Keiser
Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin
Period: Baroque
Written: 1726; Hamburg, Germany
Date of Recording: 02/2004
Venue: Teldex Studio, Berlin, Germany
Length: 4 Minutes 15 Secs.
19. Almira, HWV 1: Suite by George Frideric Handel
Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin
Period: Baroque
Written: by 1705; Germany
Date of Recording: 02/2004
Venue: Teldex Studio, Berlin, Germany
Length: 14 Minutes 34 Secs.
20. Musikalische Concerte (12): Suite no 1 in A minor by Johann Schieferdecker
Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin
Period: Baroque
Written: by 1713; Hamburg, Germany
Date of Recording: 02/2004
Venue: Teldex Studio, Berlin, Germany
Length: 11 Minutes 0 Secs.
21. Ouvertures (6): Suite no 4 in D minor by Philipp Heinrich Erlebach
Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin
Period: Baroque
Written: 1693; Germany
Date of Recording: 02/2004
Venue: Teldex Studio, Berlin, Germany
Length: 16 Minutes 15 Secs.
22. Venus and Adonis by John Blow
Performer: Gerald Finley (Baritone), Robin Blaze (Countertenor), Maria Cristina Kiehr (Soprano),
Christopher Josey (Countertenor), Rosemary Joshua (Soprano), John Bowen (Tenor),
Jonathan Brown (Bass)
Conductor: René Jacobs
Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Clare College Choir
Period: Baroque
Written: ?1681; England
Date of Recording: 10/1998
Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London, England
Length: 51 Minutes 0 Secs.
Language: English