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The Baroque period covered 150 years, give or take a few, and programs covering much of the span are risky: few are the artists who can cover the multiplicity of styles with equal facility in each. German soprano Anna Prohaska comes to this release on the revived Archiv imprint with a very strong program: the enchanted forest is a realm of the supernatural that underlies many Baroque opera plots drawn from myth; it is an effective device for connecting arias across time, and it presents a refreshing change of pace from the usual heroic, romantic, or tragic fare. The orchestral accompaniment from the adequately sized historical-performance group Arcangelo is lively and clean. And in the lighter material from Italy and England in the 17th century, Prohaska succeeds in creating a charmed mood with a variety of vocal textures and timbres; the final Lamento della ninfa of Monteverdi is quiet and bewitching, and she is also an effective Purcell soprano. What stops one from recommending the release wholeheartedly is the group of arias by Handel (and one by Vivaldi), where Prohaska's agile but slender voice is forced into more muscular territory. The results are not unpleasant, but any number of other singers have more command over this material. Still, there's much to like here, and Prohaska has a combination of boldness and charisma that will attract many to this release.
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La Fida Ninfa, RV 714 / Act 1 Scene 9 (Antonio Vivaldi)
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Neil Hutchinson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Anna Prohaska, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jonathan Stokes, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sid McLauchlan, Producer, Recording Producer - Arcangelo, Ensemble, MainArtist - Jonathan Cohen, Conductor, MainArtist - Andrew Halifax, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Angelika Meissner, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2013 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Giove in Argo, HWV A14 / Act 3 (Georg Friedrich Händel)
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Neil Hutchinson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Anna Prohaska, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jonathan Stokes, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sid McLauchlan, Producer, Recording Producer - Antonio Maria Lucchini, Author - Arcangelo, Ensemble, MainArtist - Jonathan Cohen, Conductor, MainArtist - Andrew Halifax, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Angelika Meissner, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2013 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
The Fairy Queen Z 629 (Henry Purcell)
William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Henry Purcell, Composer - Neil Hutchinson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jonathan Stokes, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sid McLauchlan, Producer, Recording Producer - Elkanah Settle, Author - Arcangelo, Ensemble, MainArtist - Jonathan Cohen, Conductor, MainArtist - Andrew Halifax, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Angelika Meissner, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2013 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Raise The Voice, Z 334 / Movement 4 (Henry Purcell)
Anonymous, Author - Henry Purcell, Composer - Neil Hutchinson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Anna Prohaska, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jonathan Stokes, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sid McLauchlan, Producer, Recording Producer - Ashley Riches, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Arcangelo, Ensemble, MainArtist - Jonathan Cohen, Conductor, MainArtist - Sam Boden, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew Halifax, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Angelika Meissner, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2013 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Apollo e Dafne, HWV 122 (Georg Friedrich Händel)
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Neil Hutchinson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Anna Prohaska, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jonathan Stokes, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sid McLauchlan, Producer, Recording Producer - Ovid, Author, Original Text Author - Arcangelo, Ensemble, MainArtist - Jonathan Cohen, Conductor, MainArtist - Andrew Halifax, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Angelika Meissner, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2013 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Neil Hutchinson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Anna Prohaska, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jonathan Stokes, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sid McLauchlan, Producer, Recording Producer - Ovid, Author, Original Text Author - Arcangelo, Ensemble, MainArtist - Jonathan Cohen, Conductor, MainArtist - Andrew Halifax, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Angelika Meissner, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2013 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Timon of Athens Z 632 / The Masque (Henry Purcell)
Henry Purcell, Composer - Neil Hutchinson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jonathan Stokes, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sid McLauchlan, Producer, Recording Producer - Thomas Shadwell, Author - Arcangelo, Ensemble, MainArtist - Jonathan Cohen, Conductor, MainArtist - Andrew Halifax, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Angelika Meissner, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2013 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Rinaldo HWV 7a/7b (Georg Friedrich Händel)
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Neil Hutchinson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Giacomo Rossi, Author - Anna Prohaska, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Torquato Tasso, Author, Original Text Author - Jonathan Stokes, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sid McLauchlan, Producer, Recording Producer - Arcangelo, Ensemble, MainArtist - Jonathan Cohen, Conductor, MainArtist - Andrew Halifax, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Aaron Hill, Author, Original Text Author - Angelika Meissner, Producer
℗ 2013 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Alcina, HWV 34 / Act 1 (Georg Friedrich Händel)
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Neil Hutchinson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Anna Prohaska, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jonathan Stokes, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sid McLauchlan, Producer, Recording Producer - Ludovico Ariosto, Author, Original Text Author - Arcangelo, Ensemble, MainArtist - Jonathan Cohen, Conductor, MainArtist - Andrew Halifax, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Angelika Meissner, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2013 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
The Fairy Queen Z 629 (Henry Purcell)
William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Henry Purcell, Composer - Neil Hutchinson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jonathan Stokes, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sid McLauchlan, Producer, Recording Producer - Elkanah Settle, Author - Arcangelo, Ensemble, MainArtist - Jonathan Cohen, Conductor, MainArtist - Andrew Halifax, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Angelika Meissner, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2013 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
The Fairy Queen Z 629 / Act 5 / Epithalamium - Thrice happy Lovers (Henry Purcell)
William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Henry Purcell, Composer - Neil Hutchinson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Anna Prohaska, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jonathan Stokes, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sid McLauchlan, Producer, Recording Producer - Elkanah Settle, Author - Arcangelo, Ensemble, MainArtist - Jonathan Cohen, Conductor, MainArtist - Andrew Halifax, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Angelika Meissner, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2013 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
The Fairy Queen Z 629 / Act 2 (Henry Purcell)
William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Henry Purcell, Composer - Neil Hutchinson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Anna Prohaska, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jonathan Stokes, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sid McLauchlan, Producer, Recording Producer - Elkanah Settle, Author - Arcangelo, Ensemble, MainArtist - Jonathan Cohen, Conductor, MainArtist - Andrew Halifax, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Angelika Meissner, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2013 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
La Calisto / Act 3 / Scene 2 (Francesco Cavalli)
Neil Hutchinson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Francesco Cavalli, Composer - Anna Prohaska, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jonathan Stokes, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sid McLauchlan, Producer, Recording Producer - Arcangelo, Ensemble, MainArtist - Jonathan Cohen, Conductor, MainArtist - Giovanni Faustini, Author - Andrew Halifax, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Angelika Meissner, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2013 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Gli Amori d'Apollo e di Dafne / Act 1 / Scene 4 (Francesco Cavalli)
Neil Hutchinson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Francesco Cavalli, Composer - Anna Prohaska, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jonathan Stokes, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sid McLauchlan, Producer, Recording Producer - Giovanni Francesco Busenello, Author - Arcangelo, Ensemble, MainArtist - Jonathan Cohen, Conductor, MainArtist - Andrew Halifax, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Angelika Meissner, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2013 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Eighth Book Of Madrigals (Claudio Monteverdi)
Claudio Monteverdi, Composer - Neil Hutchinson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Anna Prohaska, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gian Francesco Malipiero, Contributor, Work Editor - Jonathan Stokes, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sid McLauchlan, Producer, Recording Producer - Ashley Riches, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Ottavio Rinuccini, Author - Arcangelo, Ensemble, MainArtist - Jonathan Cohen, Conductor, MainArtist - Sam Boden, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Fats Thomas Walker, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew Halifax, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Angelika Meissner, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2013 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Album review
The Baroque period covered 150 years, give or take a few, and programs covering much of the span are risky: few are the artists who can cover the multiplicity of styles with equal facility in each. German soprano Anna Prohaska comes to this release on the revived Archiv imprint with a very strong program: the enchanted forest is a realm of the supernatural that underlies many Baroque opera plots drawn from myth; it is an effective device for connecting arias across time, and it presents a refreshing change of pace from the usual heroic, romantic, or tragic fare. The orchestral accompaniment from the adequately sized historical-performance group Arcangelo is lively and clean. And in the lighter material from Italy and England in the 17th century, Prohaska succeeds in creating a charmed mood with a variety of vocal textures and timbres; the final Lamento della ninfa of Monteverdi is quiet and bewitching, and she is also an effective Purcell soprano. What stops one from recommending the release wholeheartedly is the group of arias by Handel (and one by Vivaldi), where Prohaska's agile but slender voice is forced into more muscular territory. The results are not unpleasant, but any number of other singers have more command over this material. Still, there's much to like here, and Prohaska has a combination of boldness and charisma that will attract many to this release.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 01:08:24
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Anna Prohaska Arcangelo Jonathan Cohen
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Archiv Produktion
- Genre: Classical
© 2013 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin, Under exclusive license to Deutsche Grammophon & Decca Classics, U.S., a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 2013 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin, Under exclusive license to Deutsche Grammophon & Decca Classics, U.S., a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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