Silvia Frigato, Ensemble Castor - A Life for the Opera (2021)

Tracklist

01. Guardati, o core
02. Niobe, regina di Tebe: Dal mio petto
03. Servio Tullio: Ogni core può sperar
04. Trio Sonata in B Minor: I. Largo
05. Trio Sonata in B Minor: II. Presto
06. Trio Sonata in B Minor: III. Adagio
07. Trio Sonata in B Minor: IV. Presto
08. La lotta d'Ercole con Acheloo: La cerasta piu terribile
09. Le rivali concordi (Excerpts): Il pelago ondoso
10. Briseide: Onde chiare
11. Le rivali concordi (Excerpts): Ciò che pensa Giasone
12. Fantasia in A Minor, Op. 7 No. 1: I. Adagio
13. Fantasia in A Minor, Op. 7 No. 1: II. Allemande
14. Fantasia in A Minor, Op. 7 No. 1: III. Courante
15. Fantasia in A Minor, Op. 7 No. 1: IV. Sarabande. Adagio
16. Fantasia in A Minor, Op. 7 No. 1: V. Gigue
17. Tassilone (Excerpts): Padre, s'è colpa in lui
18. Tassilone (Excerpts): Più non v'ascondo



Agostino Steffani is one of those multi-talented personalities one often encounters in the baroque era. He was a man of the church who made it as far as titular bishop and mediator between Pope and Emperor. He was a much-travelled diplomat and politician, as well, who held high state offices up to minister, and he was a composer who wrote operas for the courts in Munich, Hanover and Düsseldorf. The Italian soprano Silvia Frigato and the Castor Ensemble trace the stages of Steffani's life through a selection of arias from his operas.

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