Orfeo(s): French and Italian Cantatas: on the theme of Orpheus

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Im is an impossible singer to pigeonhole. So much is utterly convincing - from the accepting serentity with which she floats Scarlatti's 'Sordo il tronco' to the way she inhabits the recitatives.... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2015, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 9th Mar 2015
Catalogue No: HMC902189
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Length: 69 minutes

Pergolesi: Orfeo, Cantata for Soprano, Strings and Basso Continuo, P. 115: Recitativo "Nel chiuso centro" - Aria "Euridice, e dove sei?"

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Sunhae Im, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

Pergolesi: Orfeo, Cantata for Soprano, Strings and Basso Continuo, P. 115: Recitativo "Sì, che pietà non v'è" - Aria "O d'Euridice"

Work length6:15

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Sunhae Im, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

Clérambault: Orphée, Cantata for Soprano and Chamber Orchestra

Work length6:37

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Sunhae Im, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

Récitatif "Le fameux chantre de la Thrace" - Air tendre et piqué "Fidèles échos de ces bois"

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Récitatif "Mais que sert à mon désespoir" - Air gai "Allez Orphée"

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Clérambault: Orfeo, Cantata for Soprano, Strings and Basso Continuo, P. 115

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Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Sunhae Im

Récitatif "Cependant le héros arrive" - Air fort lent et fort tendre "Monarque redouté"

Track length6:27

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Clérambault: Orphée, Cantata for Soprano and Chamber Orchestra

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Sunhae Im, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

Récitatif "Pluton surpris d'entendre" - Air gai "Chantez la victoire éclatante"

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Scarlatti, A: L'Orfeo, cantata a voce sola con violini

Work length9:25

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Introduzione

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Recitativo "Dall'oscura magion" - Aria "Chi m'invola la cara Euridice"

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Recitativo "Ma di chi mi querelo" - Aria "Se mirando, occhi perversi"

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Scarlatti, A: Orfeo, Cantata for Soprano, Strings and Basso Continuo, P. 115

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Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Sunhae Im

Recitativo "Or poiché mi tradir" - Aria "Sordo il tronco"

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Scarlatti, A: L'Orfeo, Cantata a Voce Sola con Violini

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Sunhae Im, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

Recitativo "Ah, voi m'abbandonate" - Aria "Il vanto del canto"

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Recitativo "Così dicendo il gran cantor" - Aria "Sì, pietà de' miei martiri"

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Jean-Philippe Rameau, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: Orphée, Cantata for Soprano and Symphony (Flute & Strings)

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Récitatif "Par le charme vainqueur"

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Air "Que du bruit de tes hauts exploits"

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Récitatif "Mais son âme sensible" - Air "J'ai pour témoin de ma victoire"

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Récitatif "À ce penser flatteur" - Air: "Amour, c'est toi qui fais mon crime"

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Récitatif "Inutiles regrets" - Air "En amour il est un moment"

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For her first solo recital disc on harmonia mundi, Sunhae Im has chosen four cantatas dealing with the myth of Orpheus. The figure of the mythical singer, whose songs moved even wild beasts and inanimate rocks to tears, has fascinated composers ever since touching the listener’s emotions became the programme of the musical work of art and offering a wide range of possibilities for musical depiction: the melodious charm of Arcadia; the dances during the wedding celebrations of Orpheus and Eurydice; the abrupt change of mood at Eurydice’s death; Orpheus’ daring descent into Hades; and finally the subjugation of the underworld deities and even death itself through expressive solo singing. Since her stage debut in Europe in the 1999/2000 season, the South Korean soprano Sunhae Im has demonstrated her artistic versatility and her acting talent in numerous international opera productions. Sunhae has worked with such conductors as Philippe Herreweghe, William Christie, Fabio Biondi, Iván Fischer, Kent Nagano, Riccardo Chailly and René Jacobs, and also sings regularly with ensembles such as the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin and the reiburger Barockorchester.

Alongside her concert and operatic career, she has been a frequent visitor to the recording studio, frequently for harmonia mundi, including Haydn’s cantatas for the Esterházy family, a series of Mozart recordings under the direction of René Jacobs (Don Giovanni, Idomeneo, La clemenza di Tito, Die Zauberflöte, La finta giardiniera), Bach’s St Matthew Passion and Haydn’s Die Schöpfung, many of which have been distinguished by international awards.

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June 2015

Im is an impossible singer to pigeonhole. So much is utterly convincing - from the accepting serentity with which she floats Scarlatti's 'Sordo il tronco' to the way she inhabits the recitatives. Sometimes, though, the vocal tone tightens, and her sense of colour seems to derive more from the notes than from the timbre of the words themselves

CD Review 2nd May 2015

a lovely performance…a fine recording as well.

May 2015

Im avoids triviality by investing her phrases with an appropriate urgency...The playing, mostly one-to-a-part, is exquisite; so is the singing.

Orfeo(s): French and Italian Cantatas

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