Cherubini: Arias & Overtures from Florence to Paris

Schiavo displays a nimble coloratura technique, phrases elegantly and makes much of her words...The Tuscan period band Auser Musici are robust rather than specially subtle partners, with, as... — Gramophone Magazine, April 2012 More…

Release Date: 30th Jan 2012
Catalogue No: CDA67893
Label: Hyperion
Length: 58 minutes

Cherubini: Il Giulio Sabino

Work length9:40

$3.00

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Auser Musici
Carlo Ipata

Sinfonia. Movement 1. Adagio – Allegro

Track length3:47

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Sinfonia. Movement 2. Adagio

Track length3:36

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Sinfonia. Movement 3. Allegro vivace

Track length2:17

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Cherubini: Turbata ai dubbi accenti (from Ifigenia in Aulide)

Work length5:56

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Maria Grazia Schiavo (soprano)
Auser Musici
Carlo Ipata

Cherubini: D'un dolce ardor la face

Work length5:01

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Maria Grazia Schiavo (soprano)
Auser Musici
Carlo Ipata

Cherubini: Démophon: Ouverture

Work length6:35

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Auser Musici
Carlo Ipata

Cherubini: Ti lascio adorato mio ben

Work length10:39

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$1.85

Maria Grazia Schiavo (soprano)
Auser Musici
Carlo Ipata

Cherubini: Armida abbandonata: Sinfonia

Work length8:53

$2.00

$2.50

Maria Grazia Schiavo (soprano)
Auser Musici
Carlo Ipata

Armida abbandonata: Sinfonia

Track length5:02

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$1.25

Qual da venti combattuta (from Armida abbandonata)

Track length3:51

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Cherubini: Qual da venti combattuta (from Armida abbandonata)

Work length6:12

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Maria Grazia Schiavo (soprano)
Auser Musici
Carlo Ipata

I mesti affetti miei (from Il Giulio Sabino)

Track length6:12

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Cherubini: I mesti affetti miei (from Il Giulio Sabino)

Work length5:06

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Auser Musici
Carlo Ipata

Mesenzio, re d'Etruria: Sinfonia

Track length5:06

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Following acclaimed discs exploring some of the more fascinating byways of the Italian eighteenth century, Auser Musici and its founder-director Carlo Ipata turn to the man Beethoven regarded as the finest of his contemporaries, Luigi Cherubini. It’s not difficult to understand why Beethoven was so impressed: this is music full of character and seriousness of intent, from the strong-jawed Sinfonia for the opera Armida abbandonata, written when Cherubini was just twenty-two, to the dark drama of the Overture to Démophon (which unaccountably failed to wow the sniffy Parisian audiences). And there are vocal delights too, showcasing a virtuosity that looks forward to Rossini and sung here with effortless agility by Maria Grazia Schiavo.

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April 2012

Schiavo displays a nimble coloratura technique, phrases elegantly and makes much of her words...The Tuscan period band Auser Musici are robust rather than specially subtle partners, with, as recorded, a distinctly abrasive string tone. But there is no doubting the energy and commitment of their playing.

March 2012

These are the first performances I have heard by Auser Musici, technically and musically a notably accomplished original-instrument ensemble. Its founder, Carlo Ipata, gives Cherubini's music his considerable all

9th February 2012

What really surprises here, however, is that the lofty master of the severely sculpted phrase kicked off his career by writing coloratura showstoppers of fashionable difficulty for the divas of his day...Schiavo's coloratura generates the thrill of an athlete leaping hurdles. But when she essays anything like a sustained line, you're aware of shallowness in the tone.

Cherubini: Arias & Overtures from Florence to Paris

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