Cavalli: Xerse / Jacobs, Nelson, Gall, Concerto Vocale

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Album Summary

Performers

• Guy Mey (Voice)
• Konrad Junghanel (Theorbo)
• Gottfried Bach (Organ)
• Peter Pieters (Guitar)
• Richard Wistreich
• Dominique Visse
• Roel Dieltiens (Cello)
• Judith Nelson (Soprano)
• Jeffrey Gall (Countertenor)
• Jill Feldman
• John Elwes (Tenor)
• Isabelle Poulenard (Soprano)
• François Fauché (Spoken Vocals)
• René Jacobs (Countertenor)
• Agnès Mellon (Soprano)
• Jean Nirouët (Countertenor)

Conductor

• Jacobs, Rene

Ensemble

• Concerto Vocale

Composer

• Francesco Cavalli (1602 - 1676)

Notes & Reviews:

"Xerse" was written using the libretto that Handel also used, 84 years later. The text adopted here is that of its premiere in Venice in 1654. "[Xerse] is an undoubted success: a hitherto unheard opera of striking quality, playing and singing that are extremely musicianly and musical (by no means always synonymous!); and an impeccably clean recording."

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Works Details

Cavalli, Francesco : Xerse, opera

• Performers: Jean Nirouët (Countertenor); Guy Mey (Voice); Konrad Junghanel (Theorbo); François Fauché (Spoken Vocals); René Jacobs (Countertenor); Gottfried Bach (Organ); Agnès Mellon (Soprano); Peter Pieters (Guitar); Richard Wistreich; Dominique Visse; Roel Dieltiens (Cello); Judith Nelson (Soprano); Jeffrey Gall (Countertenor); Jill Feldman; John Elwes (Tenor); Isabelle Poulenard (Soprano)
• Conductor: René Jacobs
• Ensemble: Concerto Vocale
• Notes: Composition written: Persia.
• Running Time: 7 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Opera/Operetta