Richard Hickox, City of London Baroque Sinfonia - Claudio Monteverdi: L'Incoronazione di Poppea (1990)
Richard Hickox, City of London Baroque Sinfonia, Arleen Augér, Della Jones - Claudio Monteverdi: L'Incoronazione di Poppea (1990)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 897 Mb | Total time: 72:27+78:32+43:31 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Virgin | # 353 468-234 | Recorded: 1989
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 897 Mb | Total time: 72:27+78:32+43:31 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Virgin | # 353 468-234 | Recorded: 1989
There’s not much cruelty, corruption or ruthlessness in Arleen Auger’s exquisitely sung portrayal of the manipulative Poppea, but this hardly detracts from her otherwise radiantly expressive performance. This welcome reissue is not just exhilaratingly played by the City of London Baroque Sinfonia with a spareness and verve that keeps the drama taut, but impressively cast. James Bowman is an elegantly spurned Ottone; Gregory Reinhart a noble Seneca; and the wonderful Della Jones a spirited, quite convincingly masculine Nero. The only snag is Linda Hirst’s unlovely, rather hectoring Ottavia; it doesn’t do, somehow, to sympathise with Nero’s decision to dump her.
Its chief rival is John Eliot Gardiner’s even starrier live recording from 1996, with Sylvia McNair, Anne Sofie von Otter, Michael Chance, Bernarda Fink and Catherine Bott. It’s a difficult choice. Gardiner’s has tremendous energy, and the advantage of a male Nero (Dana Hanchard). But Hickox has greater authenticity (Gardiner uses new ritornellos and a modified version of the text), and by basing his account on a series of staged rather than concert performances, has the edge dramatically.– Claire Wrathall
Performer:
Poppea - Arleen Augér
Nerone - Della Jones
Ottavia - Linda Hirst
Seneca - Gregory Reinhart
Ottone - James Bowman
Drusilla - Sarah Leonard
Arnalta - Adrian Thompson
Nutrice - Catherine Denley
City of London Baroque Sinfonia
Conductor - Richard Hickox
Track List:
CD1:
01. Prologo. Sinfonia - 'Deh, nasconditi, o Virtù' (Fortuna, Virtù, Amore)
02. Atto Primo. Scena I. 'E pur'io torno qui' (Ottone)
03. Scena II. 'Chi parla? chi parla?' (Primo e Secondo Soldato, Ottone)
04. Scena III. 'Signor, deh, non partire!' (Poppea, Nerone)
05. Scena IV. 'Speranza, tu mi vai il cor accarezzando' (Poppea, Arnalta)
06. Scena V. 'Disprezzata Regina' (Ottavia, Nutrice)
07. Scena VI. 'Ecco la sconsolata donna' (Seneca, Ottavia, Valletto)
08. Scena VII. 'Le porpore regali' (Seneca)
09. Scena VIII. 'Seneca, io miro in cielo' (Pallade, Seneca)
10. Scena IX. 'Son risoluto alfine, o Seneca' (Nerone, Seneca)
11. Scena X. 'Come dolci, Signor, come soavi' (Poppea, Nerone)
CD2:
01. Scena XI. 'Ad altri tocca in sorte' (Ottone, Poppea)
02. Scena XII. 'Otton, torna in te stesso' (Ottone)
03. Scena XIII. 'Pur sempre di Poppea' (Drusilla, Ottone)
04. Atto Secondo. Scena I. 'Solitudine amata' (Seneca, Mercurio)
05. Scena II. 'Il comando tiranno' (Liberto, Seneca)
06. Scena III. 'Amici, e giunta l'hora' (Seneca, Famigliari)
07. Scena V. 'Sento un certo non so che' (Valletto, Damigella)
08. Scena VI. 'Hor che Seneca e morto' (Nerone, Lucano)
09. Scena VIII. 'I miei subiti sdegni' (Ottone)
10. Scena IX. 'Tu che dagli avi miei' (Ottavia, Ottone)
11. Scena X. 'Felice cor mio' (Drusilla, Valletto, Nutrice)
12. Scena XI. 'Io non so dov'io vada' (Ottone, Drusilla)
13. Scena XII. 'Hor che Seneca e morto' (Poppea, Arnalta)
14. Scena XIII. 'Dorme, l'incauta dorme' (Amore)
15. Scena XIV. 'Eccomi trasformato' (Ottone, Amore, Poppea, Arnalta)
CD3:
01. Atto Terzo. Scena I. 'O felice Drusilla' (Drusilla)
02. Scena II. 'Ecco la scelerata' (Arnalta, Littore)
03. Scena III. 'Signor, ecco la rea' (Arnalta, Nerone, Drusilla, Littore)
04. Scena IV. 'No, no, questa sentenza cada sopra di me' (Ottone, Drusilla, Nerone)
05. Scena V. 'Signor, hoggi rinasco' (Poppea, Nerone)
06. Scena VI. 'Hoggi sara Poppea di Roma imperatrice' (Arnalta)
07. Scena VII. 'A Dio, Roma!' (Ottavia)
08. Scena VIII. 'Ascendi, o mia diletta' (Nerone, Poppea)
09. Scena VIII. Sinfonia - 'A te sovrana augusta' (Consuli e Tribuni) - Sinfonia
10. Scena VIII. 'Io mi compiacio' (Venere)
11. Scena VIII. 'Pur ti miro' (Nerone, Poppea)
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Richard Hickox, City of London Baroque Sinfonia - Claudio Monteverdi: L'Incoronazione di Poppea (1990)
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