Warner Asu: CD-levy Vuosi: 2021, 24.09.2021 Kieli: Englanti
Lea Desandre (mezzo), Jupiter, Thomas Dunford
Provenzale: Lo schiavo di sua moglie: "Non posso far" (Lucillo)
Cavalli: Ercole amante, Act 1: Sinfonia
Provenzale: Lo schiavo di sua moglie: "Lasciatemi morir, stelle crudeli" (Menalippa)
Viviani: Mitilene, regina delle amazzoni: "Muove il piè, furia d'Averno" (Mitilene)
Giuseppe De Bottis: Mitilene, regina delle amazzoni: "Io piango" - "Io peno" (Mitilene, Armidoro)
Schürmann, G C: Die getreue Alceste: Sinfonia pour la tempête (1719 Hamburg Version)
Carlo Pallavicino: L'Antiope. "Vieni, corri, volami in braccio" (Antiope), "Sdegni, furori barbari" (Celinda)
Philidor, A: Les Amazones: "Venez, troupe guerrière" - "Puisque tout est tranquille" - "Combattons, courrons à la gloire" (Thalestris, Hippolyte)
Couperin, L: Couperin, L: Passacaille in C Major
Destouches, A: Marthésie, première reine des amazones: "Faible fierté, gloire impuissante" (Thalestris)
Marais, M: Pièces de viole, Livre IV, Suitte d'un goût étranger: No. 68, L'Amériquaine
Destouches, A: Marthésie, première reine des amazones: "Ô mort ! Ô triste mort" (Thalestris)
Couperin, F: Couperin, F: Second Livre de pièces de clavecin, Dixième Ordre: VI. L'Amazône
Destouches, A: Marthésie, première reine des amazones: "Quel coup me réservait la colère céleste ?" (Marthésie)
Vivaldi: Ercole sul Termodonte, RV 710, Sinfonia: I. Allegro
Giuseppe De Bottis: Mitilene, regina delle amazzoni: "Che farai misero core" (Mitilene)
Schürmann, G C: Die getreue Alceste: "Non ha fortuna il pianto mio" (Hyppolite)
Vivaldi: Ercole sul Termodonte, RV 710, Sinfonia: II. [Andante]
Giuseppe De Bottis: Mitilene, regina delle amazzoni. "Lieti fiori, erbe odorose" (Mitilene), "Sdegno all'armi, alle vendette" (Mitilene)
Vivaldi: Ercole sul Termodonte, RV 710, Sinfonia: III. Allegro
Vivaldi: Ercole sul Termodonte. "Onde chiare che sussurrate" (Ippolita), "Scenderò, volerò, griderò" (Antiope)
Dunford: Amazones
• The original concept of Lea Desandre’s Amazone is based on music of the Baroque period written specifically on the subject of the Amazons, the mythical race of female warriors
• Amazone has been recorded with the magnificent ensemble Jupiter and conductor Thomas Dunford
• Lea Desandre explores the fascinating ways that composers treat their Amazonian characters, particularly interesting figures in that they embody a “male/female” duality
• Gender ambiguity, which plays a role in so many operatic plots, provides an infinite source of dramatic and musical inspiration
• Amazone has three special guests, true stars in the world of Baroque music: Cecilia Bartoli and Véronique Gens appear in separate duets with Lea, and William Christie features on harpsichord in a piece by Couperin
• Amazone features compositions of Vivaldi, Cavali, Provenzale, Couperin, Rameau, and more
