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| Antonio Vivaldi: La faralletta s’aggira al lume (1st aria), Cantata for soprano castrato and bass continuo, RV 660. Randall Wong, soprano.
La farfalletta s’aggira al lume,
sen vola l’ape d’intorno ai fiori,
e Clizia amante segue il suo sol.
Per te mio caro vezzoso bene
nel sen io sento gli... |
| Peter Jelosits, boy soprano (1975). J.S. Bach: Es ist und bleibt der Christen Trost,
from Cantata, Sie werden euch in den Bann tun, BWV 44.
Es ist und bleibt, der Christen Tros,
Dass vor seine Kirche wacht.
Denn wen sich gleich die Wetter türmen,
So hat doch nach den Trübsalstürmen
Die Freu... |
| Drew Minter, countertenor. Recitative: Già, per la man; Aria: Già l’ebro mio ciglio, from Orlando by George Frideric Handel (King’s Theatre, 1733). Libretto by Carlo Sigismundo Capece.
Hero-soldier Orlando (with the army of Charlemagne) falls madly in love with Princess Angelica, a pagan, who l... |
| George Frideric Handel: Ombra mai fu, from Serse.
Jochen Kowalski, countertenor.
Ombra mai fu
Di vegetabile,
Care ed amabile
Soave piu.
Never was made
the shade of a plant,
dear and loving,
or more gentle.
sfk |
| Christoph Willibald Gluck: Che faro senza Euridice, from Orfeo ed Euridice.
First performed Vienna, 1762 with alto-castrato Gaetano Gaudagni as Orfeo.
Jochen Kowalski, countertenor.
Che farò senza Euridice?
Dove andrò senza il mio ben?
Euridice, o Dio, rispondi!
Io son pure il tuo fedele.... |
| Chei più si tarda omai; Inumano fratel, from Tolomeo, George Frideric Handel.
Drew Minter, countertenor.
Tolomeo (Ptolemy VIII) disputes the thrown with his brother Alexander. In exile in Cyprus, he disguises himself as a shepherd. His wife Seleuce, disguised as a shepherdess, seeks him. Ptol... |
| Radu Marian, male soprano.
Ave Maria, Johann Sebastian Bach / Charles Francois Gounod.
This recording of the extremely rare male voice (one in a billion) singing Ave Maria understandably has become one of the most popular of the many videos that I have produced and uploaded. In addition to the ten... |
| Max Emanuel Cencic, boy soprano; Pueri concinite. Johann von Herbeck.
Pueri concinite, Nato regi psallite
Voce pia dicite: “Apparuit quem genuit Maria !”
Sum implenta quae praedixit
Gabriel Eia, Eia, virgo Deum genuit
Quem divina voluit clementia
Hodie apparuit
Apparuit in Israel
Ex M... |
| Russell Oberlin, male alto. Dove sei, King Bertarido’s recitative and aria from the opera Rodelinda by George Frideric Handel.
Pompe vane di morte!
Menzogne di dolor, che riserbate
il mio volto e 'l mio nome, ed adulate
del vincitor superbo il genio altiero!
Voi dite, ch'io son morto;
ma r... |
| Russell Oberlin, male alto. Ombra cara, from the opera Radamisto, George Frideric Handel, King’s Theatre, Haymarket, 1720.
Ombra cara di mia sposa,
deh! riposa,
e, lieta, aspetta la vendetta che farò!
E poi, tosto, ove tu stai,
mi vedrai
venir a volo
e, fedel, t'abbraccerò.
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