Bostridge,Ian / Cappella Neapolitana / Florio Tormento D'Amore (Italian Baroque Arias) CD

With the 10 arias on Tormento d'amore, Ian Bostridge demonstrates the important place that the tenor voice held in Italian opera from the mid-17th to the mid-18th century - often thought of as the era of the castrato. At this time, there were two main centres of opera in Italy: Venice, where such composers as Cavalli, Vivaldi, Cesti, Stradella, Sartorio and Legrenzi were active, and Naples, home to Provenzale, Caresana, Vinci and Fago. In addition to arias - two of them in world premiere recordings - the album offers five instrumental sinfonie and a traditional Neapolitan song, 'Lu cardillo', or 'The Goldfinch', a songbird closely associated with Naples. Bostridge is partnered by conductor Antonio Florio and his ensemble Cappella Neapolitana.

1. L'orfeo: Sinfonia 2. Eliogabalo, Act 1: "Io Resto Solo?... Misero, Cos? Va' Aria Di Eliogabalo" 3. Il Corispero, Act 1: "Soffrir?, Sperer?" 4. Il Tito, Act 1: "Berenice, Ove Sei?" 5. L'argia: Sinfonia 6. Le Avventure Di Una Fede: "Tien Ferma Fortuna" 7. La Stellidaura, Act 1: "Deh Rendetemi Ombre Care" 8. Il Schiavo Di Sua Moglie: Sinfonia 9. Il Schiavo Di Sua Moglie, Act 1: "Che Speri O Mio Core" 10. Il Totila: Sinfonia 11. Siroe, Act 1: "Se Il Mio Paterno Amore" 12. Siroe, Act 1: "Gelido in Ogni Vena" 13. Il Faraone Sommerso: Sinfonia 14. Il Faraone Sommerso, Act 1: "Nuove Straggi E Spaventi" 15. Il Farnace, RV 711, Act 1: "Gelido in Ogni Vena" 16. Lu Cardillo