℗ 2023 Parlophone Records Limited; A Warner Classics/Erato release
Released April 21, 2023
Duration 1h 12m 48s
Record Label Warner Classics
Genre Classical
 

Contra-Tenor

Michael Spyres, Il pomo d'oro, Francesco Corti

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Persée, LWV 60, Act 5  
1.1
"Cessons de redouter la fortune cruelle" (Persée)
Jean-Baptiste Lully; Michael Spyres; Il pomo d'oro; Francesco Corti
1:26
1.2
Passacaille
Jean-Baptiste Lully; Francesco Corti; Il pomo d'oro
2:45
Tamerlano, HWV 18, Act 3  
1.3
"E il soffrirete, d'onestade, oh Numi?" - "Empio, per farti guerra" (Bajazet)
George Frideric Handel; Michael Spyres; Il pomo d'oro; Francesco Corti
4:25
Artabano, re de’ parti, RV 701, Act 3  
1.4
"Cada pur sul capo audace" (Artabano)
Antonio Vivaldi; Michael Spyres; Il pomo d'oro; Francesco Corti
4:00
Catone in Utica, Act 1  
1.5
"Si sgomenti alle sue pene" (Catone)
Leonardo Vinci; Michael Spyres; Il pomo d'oro; Francesco Corti
3:38
Germanico in Germania, Act 1  
1.6
"Nocchier, che mai non vide l'orror della tempesta" (Segeste)
Nicola Porpora; Michael Spyres; Il pomo d'oro; Francesco Corti
3:53
Achille in Sciro, Act 1  
1.7
"Fra l'ombre un lampo solo" (Ulisse)
Domenico Sarro; Michael Spyres; Il pomo d'oro; Francesco Corti
8:16
Alessandro nell'Indie, Act 1  
1.8
"Vil trofeo dun alma imbelle" (Alessandro)
Baldassare Galuppi; Michael Spyres; Il pomo d'oro; Francesco Corti
8:21
Siroe, re di Persia, Act 1  
1.9
"Se il mio paterno amore" (Cosroe)
Gaetano Latilla; Michael Spyres; Il pomo d'oro; Francesco Corti
6:12
Arminio, Act 1  
1.10
"Solcar pensa un mar sicuro" (Segeste)
Johann Adolf Hasse; Michael Spyres; Il pomo d'oro; Francesco Corti
5:11
Naïs, Act 3  
1.11
"Cessez de ravager la terre" (Neptune)
Jean-Philippe Rameau; Michael Spyres; Il pomo d'oro; Francesco Corti
3:15
Antigono, Act 1  
1.12
"Tu m'involasti un regno" (Antigono)
Antonio Maria Mazzoni; Michael Spyres; Il pomo d'oro; Francesco Corti
6:15
Orphée et Eurydice Wq. 41, Act 4  
1.13
"J'ai perdu mon Euridyce" (Orphée)
Christoph Willibald Gluck; Michael Spyres; Il pomo d'oro; Francesco Corti
4:38
Mitridate, rè di Ponto, K. 87, Act 1  
1.14
"Se di lauri" (Mitridate)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Michael Spyres; Il pomo d'oro; Francesco Corti
5:18
Roland, Act 1  
1.15
"En butte aux fureurs de l'orage" (Médor)
Niccolò Piccinni; Michael Spyres; Il pomo d'oro; Francesco Corti
5:15
Digital Booklet
With Contra-Tenor, Michael Spyres challenges perceptions of the tenor in the Baroque era, often seen as the age of the castrato. In the company of Il Pomo d’Oro and conductor Francesco Corti, he explores the period from the late 17th century to the 1770s, tracing the course of opera in both the French and Italian styles. The 15 arias range from Lully to early Mozart by way of Handel, Vivaldi, Rameau, Gluck and composers such as Hasse, Galuppi and Latilla (represented by world premiere recordings), and Mazzoni and Sarro (represented by first studio recordings). Spyres’ exceptional credentials for this virtuoso repertoire have been summed up by Gramophone magazine: a “superb artist whose voice [is] perfectly equalised over more than two-and-a-half octaves,” notable for “exceptional artistry, formidable technique and seemingly limitless understanding of style.”
192 kHz / 24-bit, 96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Warner Classics Studio Masters
Track title
Peak
(dB FS)
RMS
(dB FS)
LUFS
(integrated)
DR
Album average
Range of values
-0.98
-4.20 to -0.71
-19.00
-22.07 to -16.77
-15.37
-18.80 to -13.40
12
10 to 13
1
"Cessons de redouter la fortune cruelle" (Persée)
-1.02-22.07-18.213
2
Passacaille
-4.20-21.79-18.811
3
"E il soffrirete, d'onestade, oh Numi?" - "Empio, per farti guerra" (Bajazet)
-0.71-17.34-13.812
4
"Cada pur sul capo audace" (Artabano)
-1.00-18.81-15.512
5
"Si sgomenti alle sue pene" (Catone)
-0.71-17.28-13.812
6
"Nocchier, che mai non vide l'orror della tempesta" (Segeste)
-0.71-18.89-15.412
7
"Fra l'ombre un lampo solo" (Ulisse)
-0.71-20.47-16.913
8
"Vil trofeo dun alma imbelle" (Alessandro)
-0.71-18.99-15.413
9
"Se il mio paterno amore" (Cosroe)
-0.71-16.94-13.510
10
"Solcar pensa un mar sicuro" (Segeste)
-0.71-18.92-15.312
11
"Cessez de ravager la terre" (Neptune)
-0.71-19.45-15.412
12
"Tu m'involasti un regno" (Antigono)
-0.71-18.20-14.712
13
"J'ai perdu mon Euridyce" (Orphée)
-0.71-20.87-16.313
14
"Se di lauri" (Mitridate)
-0.71-18.15-14.211
15
"En butte aux fureurs de l'orage" (Médor)
-0.71-16.77-13.410

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