℗ 2016 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music
| Released | September 30, 2016 |
| Duration | 1h 09m 57s |
| Catalogue No. | ALPHA250 |
| Genre | Classical (Opera) |
Serpent & Fire: Arias for Dido & Cleopatra
Anna Prohaska, Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini
Available in 48 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC audio formats
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Dido & Aeneas, Z. 626
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1.1
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Overture
Henry Purcell; Anna Prohaska; Il Giardino Armonico; Giovanni Antonini |
1:47 | |||
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1.2
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Ah! Belinda, I am press'd with torment
Henry Purcell; Anna Prohaska; Il Giardino Armonico; Giovanni Antonini |
4:42 | |||
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Dido, Königin von Carthago
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1.3
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Holdestes Lispeln der spielenden Fluthen
Christoph Graupner; Anna Prohaska; Il Giardino Armonico; Giovanni Antonini |
2:05 | |||
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Giulio Cesare in Egitto
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1.4
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Non Voglio Amar
Antonio Sartorio; Anna Prohaska; Il Giardino Armonico; Giovanni Antonini |
2:31 | |||
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The Tempest
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1.5
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The Second Musick: Lilk
Matthew Locke; Il Giardino Armonico; Giovanni Antonini |
0:50 | |||
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1.6
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The Second Musick: Curtain Tune
Matthew Locke; Il Giardino Armonico; Giovanni Antonini |
5:08 | |||
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La Cleopatra
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1.7
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A Dio Regni, A Dio Scettri
Daniele da Castrovillari; Giacomo Dall'Angelo; Anna Prohaska; Il Giardino Armonico; Giovanni Antonini |
6:08 | |||
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Giulio Cesare in Egitto
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1.8
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Quando voglio
Antonio Sartorio; Anna Prohaska; Il Giardino Armonico; Giovanni Antonini |
2:32 | |||
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The Tempest
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1.9
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The First Musick: Galliard
Matthew Locke; Il Giardino Armonico; Giovanni Antonini |
1:34 | |||
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The Fairy Queen, Z. 629
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1.10
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Chaconne: Dance for a Chinese man and Woman
Henry Purcell; Il Giardino Armonico; Giovanni Antonini |
2:39 | |||
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Dido, Königin von Carthago
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1.11
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Recitativo Accompagnato Der Himmel
Christoph Graupner; Anna Prohaska; Il Giardino Armonico; Giovanni Antonini |
1:22 | |||
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1.12
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Infido Cupido
Christoph Graupner; Anna Prohaska; Il Giardino Armonico; Giovanni Antonini |
2:12 | |||
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1.13
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Agitato Da Tempeste
Christoph Graupner; Anna Prohaska; Il Giardino Armonico; Giovanni Antonini |
2:31 | |||
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Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17
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1.14
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Che sento? Oh Dio!
George Frideric Handel; Anna Prohaska; Il Giardino Armonico; Giovanni Antonini |
1:07 | |||
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1.15
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Se pietà di me non senti
George Frideric Handel; Anna Prohaska; Il Giardino Armonico; Giovanni Antonini |
7:19 | |||
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Didone abbandonata
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1.16
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Già si desta la tempesta
Johann Adolf Hasse; Anna Prohaska; Il Giardino Armonico; Giovanni Antonini |
4:00 | |||
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Sonate concertate in stil moderno, Book 2
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1.17
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Sonata No. 10
Dario Castello; Il Giardino Armonico; Giovanni Antonini |
4:51 | |||
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La Didone
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1.18
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Re de' Getuli altero
Francesco Cavalli; Anna Prohaska; Il Giardino Armonico; Giovanni Antonini |
3:19 | |||
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Antonio e Cleopatra
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1.19
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Morte col fiero aspetto
Johann Adolf Hasse; Anna Prohaska; Il Giardino Armonico; Giovanni Antonini |
4:04 | |||
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1.20
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Passacaille del Seigneur Luigi
Luigi Rossi; Michele Pasotti |
2:50 | |||
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Dido & Aeneas, Z. 626
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1.21
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Oft she visits this lone mountain
Henry Purcell; Anna Prohaska; Il Giardino Armonico; Giovanni Antonini |
1:49 | |||
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1.22
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Thy Hand, Belinda
Henry Purcell; Anna Prohaska; Il Giardino Armonico; Giovanni Antonini |
4:37 | |||
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Digital Booklet
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"Five Stars ... Prohaska's voice is at its most striking in its upper registers, where her tone has an appealing lustre and her coloratura flows with wonderful liquidity ... Antonini contributes some exquisite flute and record obbligatos ... the orchestral playing has great fluency and charm throughout ..."
- Gramophone
On Serpent & Fire, German soprano Anna Prohaska brings together African queens Dido and Cleopatra and follows them all over Europe during the first century of opera, from the 1640s to 1740. This firework display of arias, virtuosic and tragic by turns, represents some of the leading personalities of Baroque music (Cavalli, Handel, Purcell, Hasse) and composers still awaiting rediscovery such as Sartorio, Graupner and the Venetian Castrovillari. For this programme built like a tragedy, Prohaska is accompanied by the Baroque ensemble Il Giardino Armonico under the guidance of Giovanni Antonini, who is also the dazzling recorder soloist on some of the arias.
48 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Alpha Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -2.93 -14.23 to -0.76 | -24.60 -34.76 to -19.96 | -20.99 -31.70 to -16.90 | 14 12 to 15 | |
| 1 | Overture | -4.14 | -23.69 | -20.7 | 13 |
| 2 | Ah! Belinda, I am press'd with torment | -1.11 | -26.01 | -21.8 | 15 |
| 3 | Holdestes Lispeln der spielenden Fluthen | -2.12 | -24.43 | -21.4 | 14 |
| 4 | Non Voglio Amar | -1.29 | -22.77 | -19.4 | 14 |
| 5 | The Second Musick: Lilk | -3.36 | -24.15 | -20.9 | 13 |
| 6 | The Second Musick: Curtain Tune | -3.58 | -27.18 | -21.3 | 14 |
| 7 | A Dio Regni, A Dio Scettri | -3.86 | -27.89 | -24.0 | 15 |
| 8 | Quando voglio | -1.28 | -23.21 | -19.9 | 14 |
| 9 | The First Musick: Galliard | -7.12 | -25.12 | -22.2 | 12 |
| 10 | Chaconne: Dance for a Chinese man and Woman | -5.09 | -24.89 | -21.1 | 12 |
| 11 | Recitativo Accompagnato Der Himmel | -0.76 | -21.46 | -17.7 | 13 |
| 12 | Infido Cupido | -1.77 | -23.34 | -19.8 | 14 |
| 13 | Agitato Da Tempeste | -0.76 | -19.96 | -16.9 | 14 |
| 14 | Che sento? Oh Dio! | -1.17 | -22.73 | -18.4 | 13 |
| 15 | Se pietà di me non senti | -0.76 | -22.92 | -19.4 | 14 |
| 16 | Già si desta la tempesta | -0.76 | -21.76 | -18.3 | 14 |
| 17 | Sonata No. 10 | -5.14 | -28.90 | -25.3 | 14 |
| 18 | Re de' Getuli altero | -3.10 | -26.51 | -23.4 | 13 |
| 19 | Morte col fiero aspetto | -0.76 | -21.59 | -18.4 | 14 |
| 20 | Passacaille del Seigneur Luigi | -14.23 | -34.76 | -31.7 | 14 |
| 21 | Oft she visits this lone mountain | -1.56 | -23.37 | -19.6 | 14 |
| 22 | Thy Hand, Belinda | -0.76 | -24.48 | -20.2 | 15 |