Jommelli - Didone Abbandonata / Röschmann, Borst, W. Kendall, M. Bach, D. Taylor, Raunig, Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Bernius [Box set, Import]

Niccolò Jommelli (Artist), Frieder Bernius (Artist), Dorothea Röschmann (Artist), Martina Borst (Artist), William Kendall (Artist), Mechthild Bach (Artist), Daniel Taylor (Artist), Arno Raunig (Artist), Stuttgarter Kammerorchester (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 19, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 3
• Format: Box set, Import
• Note on Boxed Sets: During shipping, discs in boxed sets occasionally become dislodged without damage. Please examine and play these discs. If you are not completely satisfied, we'll refund or replace your purchase.
• Label: Orfeo
• ASIN: B0000059DX
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #514,399 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Didone Abbandonata, opera: Overture

2. Didone Abbandonata, opera: Act 1, scene 1: 'No, Principessa, amico, sdegno non è'

3. Didone Abbandonata, opera: Act 1, scene 2: 'Enea d'Asia splendore'

4. Didone Abbandonata, opera: Act 1, scene 3: 'Parte così, così mi lascia Enea?'

5. Didone Abbandonata, opera: Act 1, scene 3: 'Dirò, che fida sei'

6. Didone Abbandonata, opera: Act 1, scene 4: 'Venga Arbace qual vuole'

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Disc: 2

1. Didone Abbandonata, opera: Act 2, scene 1: 'Chi fu, che all'inumano'

2. Didone Abbandonata, opera: Act 2, scene 1: 'D'atre nubi è il sol ravvolto'

3. Didone Abbandonata, opera: Act 2, scene 2: 'Già so che si nasconde'

4. Didone Abbandonata, opera: Act 2, scene 3: 'Come! Ancor non partisti?'

5. Didone Abbandonata, opera: Act 2, scene 3: 'Ah non lasciarmi, no'

6. Didone Abbandonata, opera: Act 2, scene 4: 'Io sento vacillar la mia costanza'

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Disc: 3

1. Didone Abbandonata, opera: Act 3, scene 1: 'Compagni invitti, a tollerare avvezzi'

2. Didone Abbandonata, opera: Act 3, scene 2: 'Per un momento il legno'

3. Didone Abbandonata, opera: Act 3, scene 3: 'Già di Iarba in difesa'

4. Didone Abbandonata, opera: Act 3, scene 4: 'Seguitemi, o compagni: Alla reggia!'

5. Didone Abbandonata, opera: Act 3, scene 5: 'Siam tutti alfin raccolti'

6. Didone Abbandonata, opera: Act 3, scene 6: 'Principessa, ove corri?'

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Customer Reviews

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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars La Didone ritrovata, July 31, 2000

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Dr. Peter J. Glidden "KingFox" (Gli Angeli, California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jommelli - Didone Abbandonata / Röschmann, Borst, W. Kendall, M. Bach, D. Taylor, Raunig, Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Bernius (Audio CD)

I am sooo glad I went ahead and bought this recording in my quest for all of Dorothea Röschman's recordings. I know Jomelli from the only two recordings out there (I believe): Gérard Lesne and Véronique Gens singing Le Lamentazaione del profeta Geremia, which I saw performed in France (snappy!), and Armida Abbandonata (jeez! talk about a fixation on abandoned women!) with Christophe Rousset conducting. Now, let's not confuse Jomelli's opera with "deep" music, yet the sheer amount of glorious coloratura baroque singing is thrilling here as it is elsewhere. All you need is a perfect cast - which Frieder Bernius (nearly) provides us with! Dorothea Röschman is Dido (I hope we all know the story), Martina Borst, mezzo, is Aeneas (a little lackluster at moments, but quite good), William Kendall, tenor, Mechtild Bach, mezzo, and two of my favorite - if much less well known male altos, Daniel Taylor and Arno Raunig. Raunig is actually a very nice male soprano, who only has one other disk out that I know, some arias made famous by Farinelli (all to be found in the movie!). Unfortunately for me, that disk is at the bottom of an elevator shaft in my old appartment in Paris, so I was really glad to find him again on this recording (I'm sure you care).