Teatro d'amore

Virgin Classics 50999 236140 2 4/
50999 236140 0 0 (de luxe edition), 2009


Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643):
[1]Toccata1'27
[2]Ohimè ch'io cado4'05
[3]Pur ti miro4'11
[4]Damigella tutta bella2'12
[5]Amor (Lamento della Ninfa, Rappresentativo)3'13
[6]Sì dolce è 'l tormento3'48
[7]Sinfonia & Moresca2'20
[8]Interrotte speranze3'11
[9]Chiome d'oro2'41
[10]Oblivion soave2'45
[11]Hor che 'l ciel e la terra (Prima Parte)3'37
[12]Tempro la cetra7'48
[13]Ballo3'06
[14]Con che soavità (Concertato a una voce e 9 stromenti3'57
[15]Vago augeletto4'24
[16]Zefiro torna (Ciaconna)7'01
total time59'46

Nuria Rial (soprano): [3], [4], [5], [9], [14], [16]
Michaela Riener (soprano): [11]
Lauren Armishaw (soprano): [11], [15]
Zsuzsanna Tóth (soprano): [15]
Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor): [2], [3], [4], [6], [10], [11], [15], [16]
Cyrille Auvity (tenor): [4], [5], [8], [11], [12], [15]
Jan van Elsacker (tenor): [4], [5], [8], [11], [12], [15]
Nicolas Achten (baritone): [4], [5], [11], [15]
Joaõ Fernandes (bass): [4], [11], [15]

L'Arpeggiata (on period instruments):
Christine Pluhar: theorbo, baroque harp
Eero Palviainen: archiluth, baroque guitar
Charles Edouard Fantin: luth, baroque guitar
Simon Linné: theorbo, baroque guitar
Elisabeth Seitz and Margit Übelacker: psalterions
Marcello Virtale: baroque guitar
Sara Ridy: baroque harp
Veronika Skuplik, Aira Maria Lehtipuu, Alessandro Tempieri, and Raul Orellana: baroque violins
Doron Sherwin and Gebhard David: cornettos
Simen van Mechelen: trombone
Christine Plubeau and Josh Cheatham: viols
Paulina van Laarhoven: viol and lirone
Julien Hainsworth: violoncello
Richard Myron: double bass, violoncello
Haru Kitamika: organ, harpsichord
Elisabeth Geiger: harpsichord, virginal
Francesco Turrisi: harpsichord
David Mayoral: percussion

direction: Christina Pluhar

recording: 8/2007, Vredenburg, Utrecht (NL) and 1+11/2007, 1/2008 La Chapelle de l'Hôpital Notre-Dame de Secours, Paris