Prohaska,Anna / Il Giardino Armonico / Antonini Serpent & Fire: Music By Purcell / Handel CD

This creative program comes to us from German soprano Anna Prohaska. In this endeavor, Anna follows the queens of Egypt and Carthage, (Dido and Cleopatra), across first century Europe. The works featured on this release come from the biggest names in Baroque names, like Cavalli, Handel, Purcell, and Hasse, as well as lesser known composers such as Graupner and Castrovillari. These opera arias are all virtuosic and passionate, and Prohaska delivers them with a fervor that has solidified her reputation in the world of opera. This is the first in a series of releases that will be recorded by Anna Prohaska. For this release, she is joined by Il Giardino Armonico- one of today's most accomplished Baroque ensembles. The ensemble is directed by Giovanni Antonini, who is also heard as a recorder soloist in some of these arias. Anna Prohaska is a leading star in her native Germany. She has sung on the world's finest opera stages, including La Scala and Covent Garden.

1. Overture - Il Giardino Armonico 2. Ah, Belinda, I Am Press'd with Torment - Anna Prohaska/Il Giardino Armonico 3. Holdestes Lispeln Der Spielenden Fluthen - Anna Prohaska/Il Giardino Armonico 4. Non Voglio Amar - Anna Prohaska/Il Giardino Armonico 5. Lilk - Il Giardino Armonico 6. Curtain Tune - Il Giardino Armonico 7. A Dio Regni, a Dio Scettri - Anna Prohaska/Il Giardino Armonico 8. Quando Voglio - Anna Prohaska/Il Giardino Armonico 9. Galliard - Il Giardino Armonico 10. Dance for the Chinese Man and Woman - Il Giardino Armonico 11. Der Himmel - Anna Prohaska/Il Giardino Armonico 12. Infido Cupido - Anna Prohaska/Il Giardino Armonico 13. Agitato Da Tempeste - Anna Prohaska/Il Giardino Armonico 14. Che Sento? O Dio! - Anna Prohaska/Il Giardino Armonico 15. Se Piet? Di Me Non Senti - Anna Prohaska/Il Giardino Armonico 16. Gi? Su Desta la Tempesta - Anna Prohaska/Il Giardino Armonico 17. Sonate No. 15 ? 4 - Il Giardino Armonico 18. Re De' Getuli Altero - Anna Prohaska/Il Giardino Armonico 19. Morte Col Fiero Aspetto - Anna Prohaska/Il Giardino Armonico 20. Passacaglia - Il Giardino Armonico 21. Oft She Visits This Lone Mountain - Anna Prohaska/Il Giardino Armonico 22. Thy Hand, Belinda... When I Am Laid in Earth - Anna Prohaska/Il Giardino Armonico