Special offer. Graun, C H: Montezuma
Conchita Julian (Tezeuco), Encarnacion Vazquez (Montezuma), Dorothea Wirtz (Eupaforice), Maria Luisa Tamez (Ferdinando Cortes), Lourdes Ambriz (Pilpatoè), Ana Caridad Acosta (Narvès)
Kammerchor Cantica Nova & Deutsche Kammeracademie, Johannes Goritzki
Special offer. Graun, C H: Montezuma
Conchita Julian (Tezeuco), Encarnacion Vazquez (Montezuma), Dorothea Wirtz (Eupaforice), Maria Luisa Tamez (Ferdinando Cortes), Lourdes Ambriz (Pilpatoè), Ana Caridad Acosta (Narvès)
Kammerchor Cantica Nova & Deutsche Kammeracademie, Johannes Goritzki
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an enjoyable performance of a rewarding score.
About
This eighteenth-century opera tells the tale of the fate of the last ruler of the Aztecs. The text is by King Frederick II, a close friend of the composer Carl Heinrich Graun. This is a world premiere recording.
Contents and tracklist
- Encarnacion Vazquez (mezzo-soprano), Conchita Julian (soprano), Lourdes Ambriz (soprano), Dorothea Wirtz (soprano), Luz Angelica Uribe Sanchez (soprano), Ana Caridad Acosta (alto), Maria Luisa Tamez (soprano)
- German Chamber Academy Neuss, Cantica Nova Chamber Choir
- Johannes Goritzki
Act I Scene 1: Recitative: Si, mio Tezeuco, il Messico e felice (Montezuma, Tezeuco)
Track length3:21
Act III Scene 2: Recitative: Ah scoperti, o Regina (Erissena, Montezuma, Eupaforice)
Track length0:24
Act III Scene 3: Recitative: Ahime! tutto, o Regina, che barbaro destin! (Tezeuco, Eupaforice, Montezuma)
Track length1:35
Awards and reviews
CD Review 9th July 2011
an enjoyable performance of a rewarding score.