CAVALIERI: Rappresentatione di Anima e di Corpo

Emilio de’ Cavalieri enjoyed the patronage of the Medicis in Rome, providing music for a variety of occasions. His Rappresentatione di Anima e di Corpo has considerable historical significance as the first staged work set to music from beginning to end and can be regarded as the forerunner of opera as we know it.

Tracklist

Disc 1
Cavalieri, Emilio de'
Manni, Agostino - Lyricist
Frisani, Rosita (soprano)
Pennicchi, Marinella (soprano)
Vaccari, Patrizia (soprano)
Carmignani, Alessandro (tenor)
Pentasuglia, Giovanni (tenor)
Goethem, Michel van (counter-tenor)
Casari, Alessandro (counter-tenor)
Ghiringhelli, Gian Luigi Maria (counter-tenor)
Abbondanza, Roberto (baritone)
Lepore, Carlo (bass)
Vargetto, Marcello (bass)
Sarti, Gastone (bass)
Prague Philharmonic Children's Choir (Choir)
San Petronio Cappella Musicale Orchestra (Orchestra)
Vartolo, Sergio (Conductor)
Todesca, Tommaso (narrator)
Rippa, Maurizio (narrator)
San Petronio Cappella Musicale Chorus (Choir)
Musilová, Oldřiška (soprano)
1Prologue01:34
Frisani, Rosita (soprano)
Carmignani, Alessandro (tenor)
Goethem, Michel van (counter-tenor)
Abbondanza, Roberto (baritone)
Prague Philharmonic Children's Choir (Choir)
San Petronio Cappella Musicale Orchestra (Orchestra)
Vartolo, Sergio (Conductor)
San Petronio Cappella Musicale Chorus (Choir)
2Proemio09:59
Todesca, Tommaso (narrator)
Rippa, Maurizio (narrator)
3Act I Scene 1: Il tempo, il tempo fugge (Time)02:37
Lepore, Carlo (bass)
San Petronio Cappella Musicale Orchestra (Orchestra)
Vartolo, Sergio (Conductor)
4Act I Scene 2: Questa vita mortale (Chorus)03:09
San Petronio Cappella Musicale Orchestra (Orchestra)
Vartolo, Sergio (Conductor)
San Petronio Cappella Musicale Chorus (Choir)
5Act I Scene 3: Ogni cor ama il bene (Intellect)02:46
Goethem, Michel van (counter-tenor)
San Petronio Cappella Musicale Orchestra (Orchestra)
Vartolo, Sergio (Conductor)
6Act I Scene 4: Anima mia che pensi? (Body)06:14
Carmignani, Alessandro (tenor)
Frisani, Rosita (soprano)
San Petronio Cappella Musicale Orchestra (Orchestra)
Vartolo, Sergio (Conductor)
7Act I Scene 5: Il ciel clemente ogn'hor gratia e favore (Chorus)03:22
San Petronio Cappella Musicale Orchestra (Orchestra)
Vartolo, Sergio (Conductor)
San Petronio Cappella Musicale Chorus (Choir)
8Act I: Sinfonia02:39
San Petronio Cappella Musicale Orchestra (Orchestra)
Vartolo, Sergio (Conductor)
9Act II Scene 1: Benedite il Signore (Chorus)00:22
San Petronio Cappella Musicale Orchestra (Orchestra)
Vartolo, Sergio (Conductor)
San Petronio Cappella Musicale Chorus (Choir)
10Act II Scene 2: La nostra vita in terra (Counsel)02:25
Abbondanza, Roberto (baritone)
San Petronio Cappella Musicale Orchestra (Orchestra)
Vartolo, Sergio (Conductor)
11Act II Scene 3: Ahi caso acerbo (Chorus)02:20
San Petronio Cappella Musicale Orchestra (Orchestra)
Vartolo, Sergio (Conductor)
San Petronio Cappella Musicale Chorus (Choir)
12Act II Scene 4: Chi gioia vuol (Pleasure)07:38
Carmignani, Alessandro (tenor)
Frisani, Rosita (soprano)
Pentasuglia, Giovanni (tenor)
Vargetto, Marcello (bass)
San Petronio Cappella Musicale Orchestra (Orchestra)
Vartolo, Sergio (Conductor)
13Act II Scene 5: Non so s'e stato bene (Body)02:50
Carmignani, Alessandro (tenor)
Frisani, Rosita (soprano)
San Petronio Cappella Musicale Orchestra (Orchestra)
Vartolo, Sergio (Conductor)
14Act II Scene 6: Fortissimi guerrierri (Guardian Angel)01:45
Vaccari, Patrizia (soprano)
Frisani, Rosita (soprano)
Carmignani, Alessandro (tenor)
San Petronio Cappella Musicale Chorus (Choir)
San Petronio Cappella Musicale Orchestra (Orchestra)
Vartolo, Sergio (Conductor)
15Act II Scene 7: Io son, io son il Mondo (World)11:31
Lepore, Carlo (bass)
Carmignani, Alessandro (tenor)
Frisani, Rosita (soprano)
Vaccari, Patrizia (soprano)
Pennicchi, Marinella (soprano)
San Petronio Cappella Musicale Orchestra (Orchestra)
Vartolo, Sergio (Conductor)
San Petronio Cappella Musicale Chorus (Choir)
16Act II Scene 8: Al forte vincitore (Guardian Angel)02:29
Vaccari, Patrizia (soprano)
Frisani, Rosita (soprano)
Carmignani, Alessandro (tenor)
Prague Philharmonic Children's Choir (Choir)
San Petronio Cappella Musicale Orchestra (Orchestra)
Vartolo, Sergio (Conductor)
17Act II Scene 9: Dopo brevi sudori (Chorus)07:00
San Petronio Cappella Musicale Orchestra (Orchestra)
Vartolo, Sergio (Conductor)
San Petronio Cappella Musicale Chorus (Choir)
Disc 2
1Act III Scene 1: Salite pure al cielo (Intellect)04:59
Goethem, Michel van (counter-tenor)
Abbondanza, Roberto (baritone)
San Petronio Cappella Musicale Orchestra (Orchestra)
Vartolo, Sergio (Conductor)
2Act III Scene 2: Voi che siete laggiu (Counsel)01:24
Abbondanza, Roberto (baritone)
Casari, Alessandro (counter-tenor)
Ghiringhelli, Gian Luigi Maria (counter-tenor)
San Petronio Cappella Musicale Orchestra (Orchestra)
Vartolo, Sergio (Conductor)
Vargetto, Marcello (bass)
Sarti, Gastone (bass)
3Act III Scene 3: Alme ch'in ciel godete (Intellect)02:55
Goethem, Michel van (counter-tenor)
Frisani, Rosita (soprano)
Abbondanza, Roberto (baritone)
Carmignani, Alessandro (tenor)
Prague Philharmonic Children's Choir (Choir)
San Petronio Cappella Musicale Orchestra (Orchestra)
Vartolo, Sergio (Conductor)
San Petronio Cappella Musicale Chorus (Choir)
4Act III Scene 4: Animé sfortunate (Counsel)01:37
Abbondanza, Roberto (baritone)
Casari, Alessandro (counter-tenor)
Ghiringhelli, Gian Luigi Maria (counter-tenor)
Vargetto, Marcello (bass)
Sarti, Gastone (bass)
San Petronio Cappella Musicale Orchestra (Orchestra)
Vartolo, Sergio (Conductor)
5Act III Scene 5: Alme beate e belle (Intellect)03:01
Goethem, Michel van (counter-tenor)
Prague Philharmonic Children's Choir (Choir)
San Petronio Cappella Musicale Chorus (Choir)
San Petronio Cappella Musicale Orchestra (Orchestra)
Vartolo, Sergio (Conductor)
6Act III Scene 6: Alme, la pena e 'l danno (Counsel)01:24
Abbondanza, Roberto (baritone)
Casari, Alessandro (counter-tenor)
Ghiringhelli, Gian Luigi Maria (counter-tenor)
Vargetto, Marcello (bass)
Sarti, Gastone (bass)
San Petronio Cappella Musicale Orchestra (Orchestra)
Vartolo, Sergio (Conductor)
7Act III Scene 7: Alme la vostra gloria (Intellect)04:03
Goethem, Michel van (counter-tenor)
Abbondanza, Roberto (baritone)
Frisani, Rosita (soprano)
Carmignani, Alessandro (tenor)
Prague Philharmonic Children's Choir (Choir)
San Petronio Cappella Musicale Orchestra (Orchestra)
Vartolo, Sergio (Conductor)
8Act III Scene 8: Gloria sia a Dio (Angels, etc.)00:57
Frisani, Rosita (soprano)
Carmignani, Alessandro (tenor)
Goethem, Michel van (counter-tenor)
Abbondanza, Roberto (baritone)
Prague Philharmonic Children's Choir (Choir)
San Petronio Cappella Musicale Orchestra (Orchestra)
Vartolo, Sergio (Conductor)
9Act III Scene 9: O sinor santo e vero (All)06:57
Frisani, Rosita (soprano)
Carmignani, Alessandro (tenor)
Goethem, Michel van (counter-tenor)
Abbondanza, Roberto (baritone)
Prague Philharmonic Children's Choir (Choir)
San Petronio Cappella Musicale Chorus (Choir)
San Petronio Cappella Musicale Orchestra (Orchestra)
Vartolo, Sergio (Conductor)
10Act III Festa: Chiostri altissimi e stellati (All)02:40
Frisani, Rosita (soprano)
Pennicchi, Marinella (soprano)
Vaccari, Patrizia (soprano)
Carmignani, Alessandro (tenor)
Pentasuglia, Giovanni (tenor)
Goethem, Michel van (counter-tenor)
Casari, Alessandro (counter-tenor)
Ghiringhelli, Gian Luigi Maria (counter-tenor)
Abbondanza, Roberto (baritone)
Lepore, Carlo (bass)
Vargetto, Marcello (bass)
Sarti, Gastone (bass)
Prague Philharmonic Children's Choir (Choir)
San Petronio Cappella Musicale Orchestra (Orchestra)
Vartolo, Sergio (Conductor)
Musilová, Oldřiška (soprano)
Todesca, Tommaso (narrator)
Rippa, Maurizio (narrator)
San Petronio Cappella Musicale Chorus (Choir)

Total Playing Time: 01:40:37