Track Listing

1. Vittoria, mio core (Amante sciolto d'amore), cantata for soprano & continuo
2. Tito Manlio (II), opera in 3 acts (Act 3 only), RV 778: Se il cor guerriero
3. Paride ed Elena, opera in 5 acts, Wq. 39: O del mio dolce ardor
4. Caro mio ben, for voice & piano (or orchestra)
5. Te Deum (Dettingen) for soloists, chorus & orchestra in D major, HWV 283: Dignare o Domine
6. Tito Manlio (II), opera in 3 acts (Act 3 only), RV 778: Orribile lo scempio
7. La Costanza in amor, opera: Selve amiche
8. Orfeo ed Euridice (Italian version), opera in 3 acts, Wq. 30: Che farò senza Euridice?
9. Serse (Xerxes), opera, HWV 40: Frondi tenere, e belle - Ombra mai fù
10. Orlando, opera, HWV 31: Sorge infausta
11. Come raggio del sol, for voice & keyboard (or orchestra)
12. Vergin, tutto amor
13. Brockes Passion (Der für die Sünde der Welt), oratorio, HWV 48: Chi sprezzando
14. L'honestà negli amori, opera: Già il sole dal Gange
15. Nina ('Tre giorni son che Nina'), song for voice & keyboard
16. Danza, Danza, Fanciulla Gentile for voice & piano (or orchestra)
17. Amarilli mia bella, for voice & continuo (from 'Le Nuove musiche')
18. Si mantiene il mio amor (bass aria from opera 'Alessandro')
19. Pietà, Signore (Agnus Dei), aria di chiesa (spurious, by Niedermeyer or Fétis)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #233409 in Music
• Released on: 2005-05-24
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Dimensions: .21 pounds

Album Description
Philips Classics. 2004.

Customer Reviews

The Best From the Best
I have a quite few of Hvorostovsky's works on CD, of both opera and Russian folk genre. "Arie Antiche" has become my favorite. The sensivity of this work is amazing, and Hvorostovsky's brilliant voice is allowed to shine. On some of the other operatic efforts, "Passione di Napoli" in particular, the orchestration is overwhelming and intrusive. "Arie Antiche" features very spare arrangements and the resulting effect is pure and uncluttered. The very short but exquisite "Si Mantiene Il Mio Amor" is a perfect example. Just a couple of violins and a guitar and the deeply expressive voice of Mr. Hvorostovsky, surely the best baritone in the world today.

Grab this re-issue
Hvorostovsky made almost 20 solo albums with Philips over 10 years starting 1990 or so. All those solos are being deleted by this company already. This re-issue of one of those solo albums in 2004 in Australia is precious in that the original release, together with all others, are no longer available, of which the invaluable Credo from the Eastern Church liturgy is one such.
DH is not an Italian native speaker. Even so, his Italian IS good - better in many ways than, say, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, and even Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, just to name a couple of really famous non-Italian top singers.
The main thing, I think, for a non-Italian interpretor like DH as evident in this album, is that it is not purely in an Italianate style as Italian singers would do it (e.g. Cecilia Bartoli). The style is baroque, undoubtedly, without much of the flamboyancy of Bartoli and other native Italian singers. Hence the best ones are the 4 Haendel arias, really sung to great mastery and musicality. The coloraturas are all done in good bravodo and the intonation is better than Bartoli's. Reflective pieces like Pieta Signor and Amarilli were done to sheer perfection.
For baroque lovers, this album will surely please.

Dmitri's voice to dream by
Beautiful arias. This has become one of my favorites of Hvorostovsky's albums. His voice is powerful yet beautifully soothing. Not to be missed!