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Music : Cavalli - La Calisto / Bayo, Lippi, Keenlyside, Pushee, Ragon, Concerto Vocale, Jacobs

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by: Francesco Cavalli, René Jacobs, Maria Bayo, Marcello Lippi, Simon Keenlyside, Graham Pushee, Alessandra Mantovani, Gilles Ragon

: Cavalli - La Calisto / Bayo, Lippi, Keenlyside, Pushee, Ragon, Concerto Vocale, Jacobs
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0794881313327
Format: Import
Label: Harmonia Mundi Fr.
Manufacturer: Harmonia Mundi Fr.
Number Of Discs: 3
Publisher: Harmonia Mundi Fr.
Release Date: March 21, 1995
Studio: Harmonia Mundi Fr.
Sales Rank: 156511



Disc 1:
  1. Prologo. [Sinfonia] Lento. Presto
  2. Prologo. Alme pure e volanti
  3. Prologo. Gran madre, ottima duce
  4. Act 1. Scene 1. Sinfonia. Del foco fulminato
  5. Act 1. Scene 2. Piante ombrose
  6. Act 1. Scene 2. De l'offese del foco
  7. Act 1. Scene 2. Dunque, Giove immortale...Verginella io morir vo
  8. Act 1. Scene 3. Come scherne acerbetta
  9. Act 1. Scene 3. Sinfonia [reprise]
  10. Act 1. Scene 4. Sien mortali o divini
  11. Act 1. Scene 4. Non è maggior piacere
  12. Act 1. Scene 5. Chi non ti crederebbe...In ricovro più ombroso...A baciarsi andiam, sì sì
  13. Act 1. Scene 6. Va' pur, va'pur, va' seco...Se non giovano
  14. Act 1. Scene 7. Improvisi stupori
  15. Act 1. Scene 7. Serenati, o core...Scene 8. Pavide, sbigottite
  16. Act 1. Scene 8. Parto, e porto partendo...Scene 9. Non è crudel, ben mio
  17. Act 1. Scene 9. Come chiude nel petto...Scene 10
  18. Act 1. Scene 11. Piangete
  19. Act 1. Scene 12. Interprete mal buona
  20. Act 1. Scene 13. Ninfa bella
  21. Act 1. Scene 14. Numi selvatici
  22. Act 1. Scene 14. Ballo de Orsi. Chiacona
Disc 2:
  1. Act 2. Scene 1. Sinfonia. Grave...Erme e solinghi cime
  2. Act 2. Scene 2. Candidi corridori
  3. Act 2. Scene 2. Bella quanto crudele...Sinfonia
  4. Act 2. Scene 3. Alfin la tanto rigida
  5. Act 2. Scene 4. Da le gelose mie cure incessanti
  6. Act 2. Scene 5. Sporgate anco
  7. Act 2. Scene 6. Espirmerti non posso
  8. Act 2. Scene 6. Calisto, anima mia?...Scene 7
  9. Act 2. Scene 8. Chi condusse costei
  10. Act 2. Scene 9. Cor mio
  11. Act 2. Scene 9. Mercurio, chi disfoga
  12. Act 2. Scene 10. Se tu nol credi...Scene 11. Fermati o mobile
  13. Act 2. Scene 11. Oh Dio, così abbandoni
  14. Act 2. Scene 12. D'aver un consorte
  15. Act 2. Scene 12. Combattimento di ninfe e satiri
Disc 3:
  1. Act 3. Scene 1. Restino imbalsamate
  2. Act 3. Scene 2. Da le sponde
  3. Act 3. Scene 2. Ma si fa gelo il sangue
  4. Act 3. Scene 3. Racconsolata e paga
  5. Act 3. Scene 4. Perfide, ancora osate
  6. Act 3. Scene 4. O re de l'universo
  7. Act 3. Scene 4. Mio foco fatale / Beata mi sento
  8. Act 3. Scene 5. Che non l'ami volete?...Scene 6...Scene 7. Ti segua questo dardo
  9. Act 3. Scene 7. Vivo per te pietosa
  10. Act 3. Scene 7. Tanto, dunque, tu m'ami?
  11. Act 3. Scene 7. Dolcissimi baci
  12. Act 3. Scena ultima. Le stelle più belle
  13. Act 3. Scena ultima. Mio tonante / Vaga amante
  14. Act 3. Scena ultima. Chiacona
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Fake reconstruction
La Calisto is truly a masterpiece and this is revealed in Jacobs recording, which shows very good taste and excellent singers. Nevertheless, it is not Cavalli's score. Venetian opera was normally written for voices and continuo with seldom use of violins in ritornelli and a few accompagnati arias. Jacobs, as Leppard did twenty years earlier, seems not to trust Cavalli's music because he has completely re-orchestrated the original score. The result does not sound like Venetian opera at all. It is ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - THOROUGHLY ENJOYABLE
I purchased this recording after reading the recommendation here and I must say that I agree whole-heartedly. The music is undoubtedly indebted to Monteverdi, especially Poppea, but still has an individual stamp. I find myself finding these early Baroque works suprisingly fresh and accessable.

The singers are quite fine across the board, although Montovani's Diana could have been a little steadier. Especially good are Kennylside and Bayo. But everyone sings with style and dramatic imagination. ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - A gem of an Opera
La Calisto is such a great masterpiece that I can't understand why it's not better known, it's a delicious comedy about a lusty Jupiter in love with la Calisto a novice of the cult of Minerva. The music is exquisite, the performance admirable. If you want to investigate post Monteverdi opera, start here. You will certainly enjoy the sensuous Calisto of Maria Bayo, and a tour-de-force performance from Marcello Lippi singing as baritone (when roaming as Jupiter) and countertenor (when impersonating Minerva ... Read More


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