Jommelli: Il Vologeso [Box set, Import]

Niccolo Jommelli (Composer), Frieder Bernius (Conductor), Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra), Stuttgarter Kammerorchester (Orchestra), Mechthild Bach (Performer), Lothar Odinius (Performer), Gabriele Rossmanith (Performer), Helene Schneiderman (Performer), Daniel Taylor (Performer), Jorg Waschinski (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Mechthild Bach, Lothar Odinius, Gabriele Rossmanith, Helene Schneiderman, Daniel Taylor, et al.
• Orchestra: Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Stuttgarter Kammerorchester
• Conductor: Frieder Bernius
• Composer: Niccolo Jommelli
• Audio CD (November 1, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 2
• 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: B00000DDNV
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #164,541 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Vologeso, opera: Overtura - Stuttgarter CO/Frieder Bernius

2. Vologeso, opera: Act One, Scene One: Regina, Assai Donasti Di Constanza - Lothar Odinius/Gabriele Rossmanith

3. Vologeso, opera: Act One, Scene Two: Ore Felici E Lieti Eccelsi Eroi - Jorg Waschinski/Daniel Taylor

4. Vologeso, opera: Act One, Scene Two: Godete, Alme Sublimi - Daniel Taylor/Gabriele Rossmanith/Lothar Odinius/Jorg Waschinski

5. Vologeso, opera: Act One, Scene Two: Aria Invan Minacci e Credi Vincer - Jorg Waschinski

6. Vologeso, opera: Act One, Scene Three: Aniceto - Lothar Odinius/Daniel Taylor

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Disc: 2

1. Vologeso, opera: Act Two, Scene One: Il Tuo Cenno È Compito - Daniel Taylor/Lothar Odinius

2. Vologeso, opera: Act Two, Scene One: So Ben Comprenderti - Daniel Taylor

3. Vologeso, opera: Act Two, Scene Two: Che Si Chiede Da Me? - Jorg Waschinski/Lothar Odinius

4. Vologeso, opera: Act Two, Scene Two: Aria Sei Tra' Ceppi E Insulti Ancor? - Lothar Odinius

5. Vologeso, opera: Act Two, Scene Three: Vologeso - Gabriele Rossmanith/Jorg Waschinski

6. Vologeso, opera: Act Two, Scene Three: Cara, Deh Serbami - Jorge Waschinski

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Disc: 3

1. Vologeso, opera: Act Three, Scene One: Augusta - Lothar Odinius

2. Vologeso, opera: Act Three, Scene Two: M'oda Augusto

3. Vologeso, opera: Act Three, Scene Two: Uscir Vorrei D'affanno

4. Vologeso, opera: Act Three, Scene Three: Udiste, Udiste Affetti Miei?

5. Vologeso, opera: Act Three, Scene Three: Amor Non Sa Che Sia

6. Vologeso, opera: Act Three, Scene Four: Vologeso, Che Pensi?

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Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent work, unjustifiably neglected, June 22, 2009

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Bruce Bogin (rural France) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jommelli: Il Vologeso (Audio CD)

Niccolo Jommelli is one of those composers who was famous during his lifetime but then was forgotten. Today we are so consumed by the music of Mozart and Haydn, the two great composers of the latter half of the 18th century that we forget or overlook the superb music of the many other fine composers. We tend to include in our repetoire the music of Gluck and CPE Bach, but we tend to pass up the music of Jommelli ( who was born that same year 1714) as well as Traetta, Piccinni, Michael Hayden, Cimarosa, Paisiello and Johann Christian Bach, thereby depriving ourselves of some outstanding music. I think it would be a mistake to judge Jommelli by a couple of intermezzi he wrote. They are light and frothy and in my opinion don't amount to much. But Jommelli wrote some very serious operas including the work reviewed here as well as Didone Abbandonata and Armida Abbandonata. In these operas you will be able to hear the transition occurring as the Baroque era phased into the Classical. The music of Vologeso is in my view on a level with the operas of Mozart and Haydn. The singers are first rate, particularly Mechthild Bach and Jorg Waschinski. The others are not as well-known perhaps but nonetheless are absolutely first rate, particularly Gabriele Rossmanith and Helene Schneiderman. I very strongly recommend this work and the other two Jommelli operas to all those who treasure Classical opera.