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Porpora Arias

Karina Gauvin (soprano)

Il Complesso Barocco, Alan Curtis

Porpora Arias
Historians and musicians have assumed than Porpora was an also-ran but such dismissive judgements are in need of some reconsideration. There is no reason why we cannot appreciate and enjoy...

Gramophone Magazine, March 2010

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Porpora Arias

Karina Gauvin (soprano)

Il Complesso Barocco, Alan Curtis

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Historians and musicians have assumed than Porpora was an also-ran but such dismissive judgements are in need of some reconsideration. There is no reason why we cannot appreciate and enjoy...

Gramophone Magazine, March 2010

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With her enchanting voice, profound musicality and extraordinary vocal range, the Canadian soprano Karina Gauvin has been seducing audiences and critics around the world. Following the immense success of her CD Handel Arias, she returns with a new recording of arias, most never recorded, from the operas of Nicola Porpora (1686-1768).

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Porpora: Adelaïde, Act III, Scene 2: "Nobil onda" (Adelaïde)
Work length7:24
Porpora: Adelaïde, Act III: "Non sempre invendicata" (Adelaïde)
Work length3:15
Porpora: Ezio, Act III, Scene 9: "Misera, dove son?" (Fulvia)
Work length1:31
Porpora: Ezio, Act III: "Non son io che parlo" (Fulvia)
Work length7:22
Porpora: Polifemo, Act III
Work length12:09
"Recitativo: Aci, amato mio bene" (Galatea)
Track length3:45
"Smanie" (Galatea)
Track length8:24
Porpora: Imeneo, Act I, Scene 7: "Mi chiederesti meno" (Imeneo)
Work length7:41
Porpora: Angelica, Act I: "Mentre rendo a te la vita" (Angelica)
Work length6:00
Porpora: Arianna in Naxo: "Ouverture"
Work length8:11
Porpora: Arianna in Naxo, Act I, Scene 1: "Achi che langue" (Arianna)
Work length6:51
Porpora: Arianna in Naxo, Act I, Scene 7: "Il tuo dolce mormorio" (Arianna)
Work length3:23
Porpora: Arianna in Naxo Recitative, Act II: "Misera, e che farò?" (Arianna)
Work length2:02
Porpora: Arianna in Naxo, Act II, Scene 4: "Misera sventurata" (Arianna)
Work length7:19
Porpora: Arianna in Naxo, Act III, Scene 5: "Si caro ti consola" (Arianna)
Work length6:13

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March 2010

Historians and musicians have assumed than Porpora was an also-ran but such dismissive judgements are in need of some reconsideration. There is no reason why we cannot appreciate and enjoy Porpora's music on its own terms - not least when the singer is the marvellous Karina Gauvin. The disc ends with just over half an hour of highlights from Arianna in Nasso: Gauvin's singing is spellbinding in the climactic scene in which poor Ariadne awakes and gradually realises to her horror that Theseus has abandoned her...
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