Catharsis Xavier Sabata

• Giuseppe Maria Orlandini (1676-1760): Adelaide, Act I, Scene 12:
• 1 Recitativo "Ciò che donò la frode" 00:32
• 2 Aria "Alza al ciel pianta orgoglioso" 03:55
• Francesco Bartolomeo Conti (1681-1732): Griselda, Act III, Scene 3:
• 3 Recitativo "In te, sposa Griselda, mi uccido" 00:37
• 4 Aria "Cara sposa" 04:39
• Pietro Torri (1650-1737): Griselda, Act III, Scene 14:
• 5 Aria "Vorresti col tuo pianto" 03:49
• Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741): Il Farnace, RV 711, Act II, Scene 5:
• 6 Aria "Gelido in ogni vena" 10:27
• Giuseppe Maria Orlandini: Adelaide, Act I, Scene 12:
• 7 Recitativo "O del moi caro ben" 00:37
• 8 Aria "Già mi sembra al carro avvinto" 04:12
• Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759): Admeto, HWV 22, Act I, Scene 1:
• 9 Introduzzione. Lentemento 02:23
• 10 Recitativo accompagnato "Orride larve" 02:50
• 11 Arioso "Chiudetevi miei lumi" 03:08
• Johann Adolph Hasse (1699-1783): La conversione di Sant'Agostino, Part II:
• 12 Recitativo accompagnato "Viver vogl'io sempre per te moi dio" 01:14
• 13 Aria "Or mi pento" 07:42
• Attilio Ariosti (1666-1729): Caio Mazio Coriolando, Act III, Scene 8:
• 14 Recitativo accompagnato "Spirate, o oniqui marmi" 03:18
• 15 Aria "Voi, d'un figlio tanto misero" 08:17
• Antonio Caldara (1670-1736): Temistocle, Act III, Scene 3:
• 16 Aria "Ah, frenate il pianto imbelle" 03:09
• Domenico Natale Sarro (1679-1744): Il Valdemaro, Act III, Scene 10:
• 17 Recitativo accompagnato "Sorte nemica!" 01:50
• 18 Aria "Quando onor favella al core" 03:26
• Total Runtime 01:06:05

Info for Catharsis

Around the year 1600, a group of Florentine aristocrats, inspired by ancient Greek drama, gave birth to opera. They intended to move and glorify human passions in such a strong way that the spectator's soul would be cleansed of these passions. This was the process that Aristotle called 'catharsis'. Xavier Sabata grasps this highly intense moment at the heart of the destiny of legendary heroes of Baroque opera. A fascinating album by the author of Bad Guys, accompanied by George Petrou and Armonia Atenea.

Xavier Sabata, countertenor
Armonia Atenea
George Petrou, conductor, direction

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