Bostridge, Ian (tenor) – Tormento d’amore

Arias from 17th- and 18th-century Italian operas by

CAVALLI, VIVALDI, CESTI, STRADELLA,

PROVENZALE, CARESANA, VINCI, FAGO and SARTORIO.

Ian Bostridge (tenor),

Cappella Neapolitana,

Antonio Florio

Warner classics, 2022

190295037079

1. Antonio Sartorio L’ Orfeo – Sinfonia 1:52
2. Francesco Cavalli Eliogabalo Aria: Io resto solo?… Misero, così va 3:55
3. Alessandro Stradella Il Corispero o l’Almestilla Aria: Soffrirà, spererà 1:27
4. Antonio Cesti Il Tigo Aria: Berenice, ove sei? 9:41
5. Antonio Cesti L’ Argia 5 Sinfonia 2:03
6. Cristofaro Caresana Le avventure di una fede Aria: Tien ferma Fortuna 2:41
7. Francesco Provenzale Il Stellidaura vendicante Aria: Deh rendetemi ombre care 5:02

   Francesco Provenzale Il schiavo di sua moglie

8. Sinfonia 1:54
9. Aria: Che speri, o mio core 7:17
10. Giovanni Legrenzi Il Totila Sinfonia 1:51

    Leonardo Vinci Siroe, re di Persia

11. Aria: Se il mio paterno amore 3:31
12. Aria: Gelido in ogni vena 6:29

    Francesco Nicola Fago Il faraone sommerso

13. Sinfonia 3:39
14. Aria: Nuove straggi, e spaventi 2:14
15. Antonio Vivaldi Il Farnace RV 711d Aria: Gelido in ogni vena 11:44
16. Traditional Lu cardillo 3:24

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.