Cappella Neapolitana - Tormento D'amore (Italian Baroque Arias) (CD)

With the 10 arias on Tormento d'amore, Ian Bostridge demonstrates the important place that the tenor voice held in Italian opera from the mid-17th to the mid-18th century - often thought of as the era of the castrato. At this time, there were two main centres of opera in Italy: Venice, where such composers as Cavalli, Vivaldi, Cesti, Stradella, Sartorio and Legrenzi were active, and Naples, home to Provenzale, Caresana, Vinci and Fago. In addition to arias - two of them in world premiere recordings - the album offers five instrumental sinfonie and a traditional Neapolitan song, 'Lu cardillo', or 'The Goldfinch', a songbird closely associated with Naples. Bostridge is partnered by conductor Antonio Florio and his ensemble Cappella Neapolitana.

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. L'orfeo: Sinfonia
2. Eliogabalo, Act 1: "Io Resto Solo?... Misero, Così Va' Aria Di Eliogabalo"
3. Il Corispero, Act 1: "Soffrirà, Spererà"
4. Il Tito, Act 1: "Berenice, Ove Sei?"
5. L'argia: Sinfonia
6. Le Avventure Di Una Fede: "Tien Ferma Fortuna"
7. La Stellidaura, Act 1: "Deh Rendetemi Ombre Care"
8. Il Schiavo Di Sua Moglie: Sinfonia
9. Il Schiavo Di Sua Moglie, Act 1: "Che Speri O Mio Core"
10. Il Totila: Sinfonia
11. Siroe, Act 1: "Se Il Mio Paterno Amore"
12. Siroe, Act 1: "Gelido in Ogni Vena"
13. Il Faraone Sommerso: Sinfonia
14. Il Faraone Sommerso, Act 1: "Nuove Straggi E Spaventi"
15. Il Farnace, RV 711, Act 1: "Gelido in Ogni Vena"
16. Lu Cardillo