Gluck: Heroes in Love

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It’s a disc full of fast-flying vocal runs, jagged leaps and show-off turns of phrase, also moments of reflection and starkly simple declamation prefiguring the mature Gluck. The period band... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2017, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 19th May 2017
Catalogue No: GCD924101
Label: Glossa
Length: 71 minutes

BBC Music Magazine

July 2017

Opera Choice
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September 2017

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Excerpt, Gluck: La Sofonisba, Wq. 5

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Sonia Prina (alto)
laBarocca
Ruben Jais
Recorded: June 2016
Recording Venue: Auditorium di Milano, Milan, Italy

La Sofonisba, Wq. 5: Se in campo armato

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Gluck: Demofoonte

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Sonia Prina (alto)
laBarocca
Ruben Jais
Recorded: June 2016
Recording Venue: Auditorium di Milano, Milan, Italy

Demofoonte, Wq. 3: Sperai vicino il lido

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Excerpt, Gluck: Cleonice, Wq. 2

Work length7:19

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Sonia Prina (alto)
laBarocca
Ruben Jais
Recorded: June 2016
Recording Venue: Auditorium di Milano, Milan, Italy

Cleonice, Wq. 2 (Demetrio): Dal suo gentil sembiante

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Excerpt, Gluck: La Semiramide riconosciuta

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laBarocca
Ruben Jais
Recorded: June 2016
Recording Venue: Auditorium di Milano, Milan, Italy

La Semiramide riconosciuta, Wq. 13: Sinfonia

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Excerpt, Gluck: La Sofonisba, Wq. 5

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Recorded: June 2016
Recording Venue: Auditorium di Milano, Milan, Italy

La Sofonisba, Wq. 5: Nobil onda

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Excerpt, Gluck: Ezio

Work length7:05

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Sonia Prina (alto)
laBarocca
Ruben Jais
Recorded: June 2016
Recording Venue: Auditorium di Milano, Milan, Italy

Ezio, Wq. 15: Se fedele mi brama il regnante

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Excerpt, Gluck: Ippolito, Wq. 9

Work length7:15

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Sonia Prina (alto)
laBarocca
Ruben Jais
Recorded: June 2016
Recording Venue: Auditorium di Milano, Milan, Italy

Ippolito, Wq. 9: Se tu vedessi come vegg'io

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Excerpt, Gluck: La Semiramide riconosciuta

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Sonia Prina (alto)
Recorded: June 2016
Recording Venue: Auditorium di Milano, Milan, Italy

La Semiramide riconosciuta, Wq. 13: Tradita, sprezzata

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Excerpt, Gluck: Ipermestra

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laBarocca
Ruben Jais
Recorded: June 2016
Recording Venue: Auditorium di Milano, Milan, Italy

Ipermestra, Wq. 7: Sinfonia

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Excerpt, Gluck: La Sofonisba, Wq. 5

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Recorded: June 2016
Recording Venue: Auditorium di Milano, Milan, Italy

La Sofonisba, Wq. 5: M'opprime, m'affanna

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Excerpt, Gluck: Telemaco, ossia L’isola di Circè

Work length6:09

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Sonia Prina (alto)
laBarocca
Ruben Jais
Recorded: June 2016
Recording Venue: Auditorium di Milano, Milan, Italy

Telemaco, Wq. 34: Ah! Non turbi il mio riposo

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Excerpt, Gluck: Ezio

Work length4:11

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Recorded: June 2016
Recording Venue: Auditorium di Milano, Milan, Italy

Ezio, Wq. 15: Se il fulmine sospendi

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Interview, Sonia Prina on Gluck

30th May 2017

Katherine talks to the Italian contralto about Heroes in Love, released on Glossa this month.

There is definitely no lack of heroic roles in the Gluckian repertory apart from the very well-known Orfeo from Orfeo ed Euridice: many memorable parts were assigned by this composer for the alto voice (either male castratos or female contraltos) - and it is precisely this repertory, written for excellent interpreters and yet still rarely performed today, which is celebrated on this album. As a consequence of a specific historical set of circumstances, Gluck had the good fortune to work with the finest alto singers of his generation: not only Gaetano Guadagni, but also Giovanni Carestini, Vittoria Tesi and many others. Until the beginning of the 18th century, the contralto register was the one especially favored for heroic male roles and for those of heroines en travesti. Much of this repertory remains unexplored and of course unrecorded: with this new programme, Glossa tries to help filling a somewhat unexplainable gap. Sonia Prina, one of the leading altos of her generation, teams up with the fine Milanese laBarocca orchestra, conducted by Ruben Jais, for her first full-scale opera recital album: and this after having sung the leading role in Handel's pasticcio Catone, very recently released on Glossa, and anticipating her mind-blowing performance in Silla, another Handelian opera, with Fabio Biondi.

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July 2017

It’s a disc full of fast-flying vocal runs, jagged leaps and show-off turns of phrase, also moments of reflection and starkly simple declamation prefiguring the mature Gluck. The period band La Barocca, under Ruben Jais, matches the singer completely in fieriness of attack. For 18th-century enthusiasts and voice fanciers alike this is, I would say, a must-have CD

August 2017

This is perfect stuff for Sonia Prina, whose firm, dark voice, wide tessitura and Olympically agile technique allow her to combine dazzling vocal virtuosity with compelling dramatic expression...I feel that she reveals more of Gluck’s genius than a smoother, perhaps more complacent singer might. Support from laBarocca under Ruben Jais is keen

September 2017

This exhilarating programme of rarities, carefully planned and executed con slancio¸ makes a splendid addition to the Gluck discography … a prime blend of genuine artistic exploration…remarkable vocal artistry, alertly responsive period-band playing and, overall, a fierily dramatic ensemble ‘take’ on all the pieces performed … she [Prina] is a true, born Glukian, who gives cause for celebration long and loud. As does the whole CD

16th July 2017

Her voice has consistent and alluring richness over its wide range, while the playing of laBarocca under Jais is vibrant, crisply defined yet warm.

Record Review 17th June 2017

There’s something very muscular and tattoo-esque about how she sings…here are real colours in her voice and she can really plumb it through, everything you want from her … you get real fury, absolute lamentation, you get more victory than love and romance … I like the fact that nothing is taken away from the way she gives us the rawness and the honesty of her voice.

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Interview, Sonia Prina on Gluck

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