Max Emanuel Cencic, Julia Lezhneva, Mary-Ellen Nesi – Porpora: Germanico in Germania (2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Max Emanuel Cencic, Julia Lezhneva, Mary-Ellen Nesi – Porpora: Germanico in Germania (2018)
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Until now, Porpora’s Germanico in Germania has, with the exception of one or two virtuoso arias, remained firmly hidden on library shelves. However, during his lifetime Porpora was as famous for teaching singing (one of his pupils was Farinelli) as for his compositions, so it’s no wonder that his score is a veritable feast of vocal delights ripe for resurrection. As a composer, Porpora’s reputation spread throughout Italy, especially to Venice, where he was “maestro delle figlie at the Ospedale degli Incurabili” (one of the city’s famous music schools for orphans) from 1726 to 1733, and Rome, where the Teatro Capranica saw the premiere of Germanico in Germania in February 1732. In Rome, by Papal edict, operas were “all-male”, and this cast was seriously “all-star”. Clearly Porpora enjoyed stretching the singers to their utmost potential, employing every vocal trick at his command. Germanico was played by the experienced alto castrato Domenico Annibali. The en travesti female roles were taken, as was often the case, by young singers at the start of their careers. For this recording boasting another “all-star” cast led by countertenor Max Emanuel Cencic, female roles are of course held by female singers. The excellent Capella Cracoviensis, playing on period instruments, is led by Jan Tomasz Adamus.

Tracklist:
01. Jan Tomasz Adamus & Capella Cracoviensis – Porpora: Germanico in Germania / Act 1-Sinfonia (01:43)
02. Capella Cracoviensis and Jan Tomasz Adamus – Porpora: Germanico in Germania / Act 1-Adagio (01:19)
03. Jan Tomasz Adamus & Capella Cracoviensis – Porpora: Germanico in Germania / Act 1-Menuetto (00:54)
04. Capella Cracoviensis & Jan Tomasz Adamus & Mary-Ellen Nesi & Dilyara Idrisova – Porpora: Germanico in Germania / Act 1-“Miseri oh Dio! noi siam perduti” (03:01)
05. Mary-Ellen Nesi & Capella Cracoviensis & Jan Tomasz Adamus – Porpora: Germanico in Germania / Act 1-“Serba costante il core” (05:11)
06. Capella Cracoviensis & Jan Tomasz Adamus & Dilyara Idrisova – Porpora: Germanico in Germania / Act 1-“Ecco s’appressa il vincitor superbo” (00:20)
07. Capella Cracoviensis and Jan Tomasz Adamus – Porpora: Germanico in Germania / Act 1-Sinfonia Scene 2 (00:54)
08. Max Emanuel Cencic & Capella Cracoviensis & Jan Tomasz Adamus & Dilyara Idrisova & Juan Sancho – Porpora: Germanico in Germania / Act 1-“O Germanico invitto” (04:15)
09. Dilyara Idrisova & Capella Cracoviensis & Jan Tomasz Adamus – Porpora: Germanico in Germania / Act 1-“Rivolgi a me le ciglia” (03:21)
10. Jan Tomasz Adamus & Capella Cracoviensis & Hasnaa Bennani & Max Emanuel Cencic & Juan Sancho – Porpora: Germanico in Germania / Act 1-“Per vincere, signor, la sua fierezza usa del tuo potere” (02:13)
11. Max Emanuel Cencic & Capella Cracoviensis & Jan Tomasz Adamus – Porpora: Germanico in Germania / Act 1-“Questo è il valor guerriero d’un’anima romana?” (05:01)
12. Capella Cracoviensis & Julia Lezhneva & Jan Tomasz Adamus & Hasnaa Bennani – Porpora: Germanico in Germania / Act 1-“Germanico fu troppo facile in condannarmi” (01:59)
13. Jan Tomasz Adamus & Capella Cracoviensis & Julia Lezhneva – Porpora: Germanico in Germania / Act 1-“Al sole i lumi pria mancheranno” (04:52)
14. Jan Tomasz Adamus & Capella Cracoviensis & Hasnaa Bennani – Porpora: Germanico in Germania / Act 1-“Chi più di me felice?” (00:28)
15. Hasnaa Bennani & Capella Cracoviensis & Jan Tomasz Adamus – Porpora: Germanico in Germania / Act 1-“Splende per mille amanti un bel sereno volto” (05:37)
16. Capella Cracoviensis & Mary-Ellen Nesi & Jan Tomasz Adamus – Porpora: Germanico in Germania / Act 1-“Venga di Roma il messaggier” (05:15)
17. Jan Tomasz Adamus & Mary-Ellen Nesi & Capella Cracoviensis – Porpora: Germanico in Germania / Act 1-“A lei, che il mondo adora” (03:16)
18. Jan Tomasz Adamus & Juan Sancho & Capella Cracoviensis – Porpora: Germanico in Germania / Act 1-“Perché a danno di Roma” (00:19)
19. Jan Tomasz Adamus & Capella Cracoviensis & Juan Sancho – Porpora: Germanico in Germania / Act 1-“Nocchier, che mai non vide l’orror della tempesta” (03:27)
20. Capella Cracoviensis & Jan Tomasz Adamus & Dilyara Idrisova & Julia Lezhneva – Porpora: Germanico in Germania / Act 1-“Lascia Rosmonda” (01:45)
21. Capella Cracoviensis & Julia Lezhneva & Jan Tomasz Adamus – Porpora: Germanico in Germania / Act 1-“Se sposa d’un Romano” (04:08)
22. Dilyara Idrisova & Capella Cracoviensis & Jan Tomasz Adamus – Porpora: Germanico in Germania / Act 1-“Ecco la donna altera” (03:40)
23. Capella Cracoviensis & Jan Tomasz Adamus & Max Emanuel Cencic – Porpora: Germanico in Germania / Act 1-“Qual turbine” (04:22)
24. Juan Sancho & Dilyara Idrisova & Jan Tomasz Adamus & Capella Cracoviensis – Porpora: Germanico in Germania / Act 1-“Dunque sarà pur vero che lasciar tu non voglia sì barbaro pensiero?” (01:59)
25. Dilyara Idrisova & Jan Tomasz Adamus & Capella Cracoviensis – Porpora: Germanico in Germania / Act 1-“Sposa infelice, sventurata figlia” (00:46)
26. Capella Cracoviensis & Jan Tomasz Adamus & Dilyara Idrisova – Porpora: Germanico in Germania / Act 1-“Son qual misero naviglio” (05:23)
27. Jan Tomasz Adamus & Max Emanuel Cencic & Capella Cracoviensis & Mary-Ellen Nesi – Porpora: Germanico in Germania / Act 2-“Romani invitti” (02:08)
28. Jan Tomasz Adamus & Mary-Ellen Nesi & Capella Cracoviensis – Porpora: Germanico in Germania / Act 2-“Ingiustissime stelle, avete vinto!” (03:03)
29. Jan Tomasz Adamus & Capella Cracoviensis & Mary-Ellen Nesi – Porpora: Germanico in Germania / Act 2-“Empi, se mai disciolgo” (02:54)
30. Jan Tomasz Adamus & Capella Cracoviensis & Hasnaa Bennani – Porpora: Germanico in Germania / Act 2-“Dopo la gran battaglia a te ritorno” (00:25)
31. Jan Tomasz Adamus & Hasnaa Bennani & Capella Cracoviensis – Porpora: Germanico in Germania / Act 2-“Se dopo ria procella” (06:27)
32. Capella Cracoviensis & Dilyara Idrisova & Julia Lezhneva & Jan Tomasz Adamus & Juan Sancho – Porpora: Germanico in Germania / Act 2-“Or ch’arde l’aspra e sanguinosa pugna” (02:27)
33. Dilyara Idrisova & Jan Tomasz Adamus & Capella Cracoviensis – Porpora: Germanico in Germania / Act 2-“Il padre mi sgrida” (02:58)
34. Jan Tomasz Adamus & Julia Lezhneva & Capella Cracoviensis – Porpora: Germanico in Germania / Act 2-“Si sdegna il padre” (00:23)
35. Capella Cracoviensis & Jan Tomasz Adamus & Julia Lezhneva – Porpora: Germanico in Germania / Act 2-“Veder vicino il suo contento” (03:08)
36. Jan Tomasz Adamus & Capella Cracoviensis – Porpora: Germanico in Germania / Act 2-Marcia (00:47)
37. Hasnaa Bennani & Capella Cracoviensis & Jan Tomasz Adamus & Juan Sancho & Max Emanuel Cencic – Porpora: Germanico in Germania / Act 2-“Questo è il felice giorno” (03:18)
38. Max Emanuel Cencic & Jan Tomasz Adamus & Capella Cracoviensis – Porpora: Germanico in Germania / Act 2-“Nasce da valle impura vapor che in alto ascende” (06:32)
39. Dilyara Idrisova & Mary-Ellen Nesi & Capella Cracoviensis & Jan Tomasz Adamus – Porpora: Germanico in Germania / Act 2-“Cieli! Il mio sposo è questo” (03:55)
40. Mary-Ellen Nesi & Capella Cracoviensis & Jan Tomasz Adamus – Porpora: Germanico in Germania / Act 2-“Parto, ti lascio, o cara” (10:44)
41. Jan Tomasz Adamus & Capella Cracoviensis & Dilyara Idrisova – Porpora: Germanico in Germania / Act 2-“Dovunque volgo, o misera, le ciglia” (00:32)
42. Jan Tomasz Adamus & Dilyara Idrisova & Capella Cracoviensis – Porpora: Germanico in Germania / Act 2-“Priva del caro sposo” (04:31)
43. Julia Lezhneva & Jan Tomasz Adamus & Hasnaa Bennani & Capella Cracoviensis – Porpora: Germanico in Germania / Act 2-“Pur ti riveggo alfin, diletto amante” (01:38)
44. Capella Cracoviensis & Hasnaa Bennani & Jan Tomasz Adamus – Porpora: Germanico in Germania / Act 2-“Serbami la tua fede” (06:31)
45. Jan Tomasz Adamus & Capella Cracoviensis & Julia Lezhneva – Porpora: Germanico in Germania / Act 2-“O del mio caro ben voci gradite” (00:25)
46. Capella Cracoviensis & Jan Tomasz Adamus & Julia Lezhneva – Porpora: Germanico in Germania / Act 2-“Sorge dall’onde” (04:08)
47. Max Emanuel Cencic & Jan Tomasz Adamus & Capella Cracoviensis – Porpora: Germanico in Germania / Act 2-“Segeste, e come soffre la tua Germania la vittoria nostra?” (01:29)
48. Jan Tomasz Adamus & Capella Cracoviensis & Juan Sancho – Porpora: Germanico in Germania / Act 2-“Scoglio alpestre in mezzo all’onde” (04:15)
49. Dilyara Idrisova & Mary-Ellen Nesi & Capella Cracoviensis & Jan Tomasz Adamus & Max Emanuel Cencic – Porpora: Germanico in Germania / Act 2-“Giungi a tempo, Rosmonda…Eccomi un’altra volta a te davante” (06:55)
50. Capella Cracoviensis & Max Emanuel Cencic & Dilyara Idrisova & Jan Tomasz Adamus & Mary-Ellen Nesi – Porpora: Germanico in Germania / Act 2-“Temi lo sdegno mio, perfido traditore” (04:44)
51. Max Emanuel Cencic & Jan Tomasz Adamus & Juan Sancho & Julia Lezhneva & Capella Cracoviensis – Porpora: Germanico in Germania / Act 3-“Fido Segeste” (04:41)
52. Dilyara Idrisova & Capella Cracoviensis & Jan Tomasz Adamus – Porpora: Germanico in Germania / Act 3-“Dite, che far degg’io?” (03:05)
53. Julia Lezhneva & Jan Tomasz Adamus & Capella Cracoviensis & Max Emanuel Cencic – Porpora: Germanico in Germania / Act 3-“Già l’affetto di sposa” (00:45)
54. Jan Tomasz Adamus & Max Emanuel Cencic & Capella Cracoviensis – Porpora: Germanico in Germania / Act 3-“Per un momento ancora” (04:50)
55. Julia Lezhneva & Capella Cracoviensis & Hasnaa Bennani & Jan Tomasz Adamus – Porpora: Germanico in Germania / Act 3-“Qual tristo evento mai” (00:52)
56. Julia Lezhneva & Jan Tomasz Adamus & Capella Cracoviensis – Porpora: Germanico in Germania / Act 3-“Se possono i tuoi rai vedermi ognor penar” (03:45)
57. Capella Cracoviensis & Hasnaa Bennani & Jan Tomasz Adamus – Porpora: Germanico in Germania / Act 3-“Quanto esser cauto deve un infelice amante” (00:34)
58. Hasnaa Bennani & Capella Cracoviensis & Jan Tomasz Adamus – Porpora: Germanico in Germania / Act 3-“Serbare amore e fede” (06:27)
59. Jan Tomasz Adamus & Mary-Ellen Nesi & Capella Cracoviensis – Porpora: Germanico in Germania / Act 3-“Nemica del valor barbara sorte!” (01:52)
60. Jan Tomasz Adamus & Juan Sancho & Capella Cracoviensis & Dilyara Idrisova – Porpora: Germanico in Germania / Act 3-“All’aura fosca e grave” (07:12)
61. Juan Sancho & Capella Cracoviensis & Jan Tomasz Adamus – Porpora: Germanico in Germania / Act 3-“Empi” (00:29)
62. Capella Cracoviensis and Dilyara Idrisova and Jan Tomasz Adamus – Porpora: Germanico in Germania / Act 3-“Ecco ch’è giunto al fine il momento fatal della tua morte” (00:51)
63. Mary-Ellen Nesi & Dilyara Idrisova & Capella Cracoviensis & Jan Tomasz Adamus – Porpora: Germanico in Germania / Act 3-“Se viver non poss’io” (06:28)
64. Julia Lezhneva & Juan Sancho & Capella Cracoviensis & Jan Tomasz Adamus – Porpora: Germanico in Germania / Act 3-“Ecco il bosco funesto” (00:52)
65. Capella Cracoviensis and Jan Tomasz Adamus and Juan Sancho – Porpora: Germanico in Germania / Act 3-“Saggio è il cultor” (03:27)
66. Capella Cracoviensis & Hasnaa Bennani & Dilyara Idrisova & Jan Tomasz Adamus & Juan Sancho & Max Emanuel Cencic & Mary-Ellen Nesi & Julia Lezhneva – Porpora: Germanico in Germania / Act 3-“Vieni superbo e mira la gran pompa terribile e funesta” (01:26)
67. Capella Cracoviensis & Jan Tomasz Adamus & Mary-Ellen Nesi – Porpora: Germanico in Germania / Act 3-“Vindice Dea” (01:57)
68. Dilyara Idrisova & Jan Tomasz Adamus & Julia Lezhneva & Juan Sancho & Max Emanuel Cencic & Capella Cracoviensis & Hasnaa Bennani & Mary-Ellen Nesi – Porpora: Germanico in Germania / Act 3-“E ancor l’ultime voci” (07:28)
69. Julia Lezhneva & Max Emanuel Cencic & Juan Sancho & Capella Cracoviensis & Hasnaa Bennani & Dilyara Idrisova & Jan Tomasz Adamus & Mary-Ellen Nesi – Porpora: Germanico in Germania / Act 3-“Sì verrà l’amico giorno” (00:53)

Personnel:
Capella Cracoviensis
Jan Tomasz Adamus (conductor)
Mary-Ellen Nesi (mezzo-soprano)
Max Emanuel Cenčić (counter-tenor)
Dilyara Idrisova (soprano)
Juan Sancho (tenor)
Julia Lezhneva (soprano)
Hasnaa Bennani (soprano)

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