Karina Gauvin, Pacific Baroque Orchestra feat. Alexander Weimann - Nuits blanches: Opera Arias at the Russian Court of the 18th Century (2020)

Tracklist

01. Le faucon (Excerpts): Ne me parlez point
02. Sinfonia Cossaca: I. Allegro
03. Armide, Wq. 45 (Excerpts): Enfin, il est en ma puissance
04. Armide, Wq. 45 (Excerpts): Ah ! Si la liberté
05. Armide, Wq. 45 (Excerpts): Oh ciel, quelle horrible menace
06. Armide, Wq. 45 (Excerpts): Gratioso
07. Armide, Wq. 45 (Excerpts): Le perfide Renaud me fuit
08. Le faucon (Excerpts): Overture
09. Alcide (Excerpts): Mi sorprende
10. Alcide (Excerpts): In qual mar
11. Alcide (Excerpts): Dei clementi
12. Les cochers au relais: Overture
13. Demofonte (Excerpts): Mentre il cor
14. Demofonte (Excerpts): Misero pargoletto

"Nuits blanches" (White Nights) is a much-anticipated new recording by soprano Karina Gauvin, who stylishly animates the opera heroines of the 18th century Russian court. Musical life during the reign of Tsar Peter the Great was a rich blend of diverse styles and influences originating from all over Europe. The Tsar was known for his love of music, a tradition that was carried on by his successors, the Empresses Anne, Elizabeth, and Catherine II, who cultivated cosmopolitan tastes for all kinds of music, including opera. Karina Gauvin sings arias from rarely heard operas by Russian composers such as Dmitri Stepanovich Bortniansky (Alcide) and Maxim Sozontovich Berezovsky (Demofoonte), and German composer Christoph Willibald Gluck (Armide).

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