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Bejun Mehta - Che Puro Ciel: The Rise of Classical Opera (2013) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

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Bejun Mehta - Che Puro Ciel: The Rise of Classical Opera (2013) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Bejun Mehta, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & René Jacobs - Che Puro Ciel: The Rise of Classical Opera (2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 69:43 minutes | 1.22 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital Booklet

Arias & scenes from l’Orféo et Euridice, Ascanio in Alba, Antigona et Ifigenia in Tauride (Traetta), Il trionfo di Clelia (Hasse), Artaserse (Bach), Ezio (Gluck), Mitridate (Mozart)

In the famous Preface to Alceste (1767), Christoph Willibald Gluck and his librettist Ranieri de' Calzabigi posited a new direction for opera. They spoke of moving beyond Baroque forms, of striving for a new naturalism in opera. They wanted, in Calzabigi's lovely phrase, to liberate the language of the heart. Taken from the height of this Reform period, the arias on this disc reveal composers exploring and experimenting, at struggle and at play, as they create the new forms that bring to opera the noble simplicity of the Classical era. Bejun Mehta returns to the Wigmore Hall and Covent Garden in 2014 [Mitridate].

„Bejun Mehta’s disc towers above the other Handel ‘medley’ recordings currently fashionable among opera stars. Musicality and a brilliant intelligence emanate from every track. Mehta and René Jacobs, by contrast, achieve a perfect meeting of musical minds…This is not just another aria collection, but a celebration of genius, in composition and performance alike.” (BBC Music Magazine)

'AMERICAN Bejun Mehta is a phenomenon among today's countertenors…he explores a universe of colour and emotion, and demonstrates the sheer effortlessness of his delivery (never once do you sense that slight unnatural unease so common among average countertenors) with the supremely stylish backing of the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra under René Jacobs. Welsh soprano Rosemary Joshua also features.' (Kenneth Walton, The Scotsman)

Tracklist:
01. Orfeo ed Euridice: Aria Che puro ciel!
02. Orfeo ed Euridice: Coro Vieni a' regni del riposo
03. Ascanio in Alba: Recitativo Perché tacer degg'io?
04. Ascanio in Alba: Aria Cara, lontano ancora
05. Antigona: Aria Ah, se lo vedi piangere
06. Il Trionfo di Clelia: Aria Dei di Roma, ah perdonate!
07. Artaserse: Recitativo accompagnato No, che non ha la sorte
08. Artaserse: Aria Vo solcando un mar crudele
09. Ifigenia in Tauride: Dormi Oreste!
10. Ezio: Aria Pensa a serbarmi, o cara
11. Ascanio in Alba: Aria Ah di sì nobil alma
12. Antigona: Aria Ah, sì, da te dipende
13. Ezio: Aria Se il fulmine sospendi
14. Mitridate: Recitativo accompagnato Vadasi…
15. Mitridate: Aria Già dagli occhi il velo è tolto

Personnel:
Bejun Mehta, countertenor
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
René Jacobs, conductor
RIAS Kammerchor (on track 2, 9)

foobar2000 1.3.7 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2017-12-06 19:22:57

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Analyzed: Bejun Mehta and Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin / Che Puro Ciel: The Rise of Classical Opera (1-12)
Bejun Mehta, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin and René Jacobs / Che Puro Ciel: The Rise of Classical Opera (13)
Bejun Mehta, Akademie Für Alte Musik Berlin And Rias Kammerchor / Che Puro Ciel: The Rise of Classical Opera (14)
Bejun Mehta, Rias Kammerchor, René Jacobs And Akademie Für Alte Musik Berlin / Che Puro Ciel: The Rise of Classical Opera (15)
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR16 -4.22 dB -24.65 dB 4:33 03-Ascanio in Alba: Recitativo Perché tacer degg'io?
DR14 -1.56 dB -20.56 dB 5:01 04-Ascanio in Alba: Aria Cara, lontano ancora
DR14 -0.63 dB -17.98 dB 3:18 05-Antigona: Aria Ah, se lo vedi piangere
DR13 -5.00 dB -22.23 dB 4:32 06-Il Trionfo di Clelia: Aria Dei di Roma, ah perdonate!
DR16 -0.46 dB -20.42 dB 1:58 07-Artaserse: Recitativo accompagnato No, che non ha la sorte
DR14 -0.35 dB -18.24 dB 6:45 08-Artaserse: Aria Vo solcando un mar crudele
DR16 -2.34 dB -22.95 dB 5:08 10-Ezio: Aria Pensa a serbarmi, o cara
DR15 -0.72 dB -20.56 dB 3:43 11-Ascanio in Alba: Aria Ah di sì nobil alma
DR14 -2.90 dB -24.26 dB 5:00 12-Antigona: Aria Ah, sì, da te dipende
DR13 -1.36 dB -17.81 dB 3:27 13-Ezio: Aria Se il fulmine sospendi
DR14 -0.40 dB -21.03 dB 1:23 14-Mitridate: Recitativo accompagnato Vadasi…
DR13 -1.62 dB -21.64 dB 9:20 15-Mitridate: Aria Già dagli occhi il velo è tolto
DR14 -1.39 dB -23.37 dB 6:06 01-Orfeo ed Euridice: Aria Che puro ciel!
DR12 -0.21 dB -17.51 dB 7:48 09-Ifigenia in Tauride: Dormi Oreste!
DR13 -0.35 dB -17.75 dB 1:46 02-Orfeo ed Euridice: Coro Vieni a' regni del riposo
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Number of tracks: 15
Official DR value: DR14

Samplerate: 96000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 2619 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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