Prologue - Aspromonte, Onofri
PentaTone Classics PTC 5186646
Stereo/Multichannel Hybrid
Classical - Opera
Claudio Monteverdi: Orfeo (Toccata & Prologo)
Giulio Caccini: Euridice (Prologo)
Francesco Cavalli: Didone (Sinfonia & Prologo), Eritrea (Prologo), Ormindo (Sinfonia & Prologo)
Stefano Landi: Il Sant Alessio (Sinfonia & Prologo)
Luigi Rossi: Il Palagio d'Atlante (Prologo)
Pietro Antonio Cesti: Il pomo d'oro (Sinfonia & Prologo), Argia (Sinfonia & Prologo)
Alessandro Stradella: Sinfonia a due violini e basso, La pace incatenata (Prologo per musica)
Alessandro Scarlatti: Rosaura (Sinfonia & Prologo)
Francesca Aspromonte (soprano)
Il pomo d'oro
Enrico Onofri (conductor)
The opera before the opera.
The prologue is a unique feature of early baroque opera: an opening scene where an allegorical figure enters the stage to prepare the audience for the musical drama to come. Thus Prologue is the musical introduction of Italian star soprano Francesca Aspromonte and her exclusive, long term engagement with Pentatone, promising great joy as well as drama in the years to come.
Prologue is a highly original album consisting of several prologues from early-baroque operas by Monteverdi, Caccini, Cavalli, Landi, Rossi, Cesti, Stradella and Scarlatti. Strung together, they form a representation in a single act, a theatre full of small, complete dramas: the opera before the opera.
Francesca Aspromonte is quickly establishing herself as a shining star in the Baroque firmament. She has curated this album together with musical director Enrico Onofri, who leads il pomo d’oro, one of the most important and successful period ensembles of today.
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- Giulio Caccini: Euridice
- Francesco Cavalli: Didone
- Francesco Cavalli: Eritrea
- Francesco Cavalli: Ormindo
- Pietro Antonio Cesti: Argia
- Pietro Antonio Cesti: Il pomo d'oro
- Stefano Landi: Il Sant Alessio
- Claudio Monteverdi: L’Orfeo, favola in musica, SV 318
- Luigi Rossi: Il Palagio d'Atlante
- Alessandro Scarlatti: Rosaura
- Alessandro Stradella: La pace incatenata
- Alessandro Stradella: Sinfonia for 2 Violins and Continuo No. 8 in A minor
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