Ladies First! Opera arias by Joseph Haydn

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Bright and soubrettish of tone...what she lacks in richness and depth, the Swedish soprano makes up for in dramatic involvement...Larsson is well supported by the slightly raw period sonorities... — Gramophone Magazine, March 2014 More…

Release Date: 11th Nov 2013
Catalogue No: CC72622
Label: Challenge Classics
Length: 63 minutes

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Haydn: Berenice, che fai? (Scena di Berenice), Hob XXIVa:10

Work length12:16

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Combattimento Consort Amsterdam, Lisa Larsson
Jan Willem de Vriend

Haydn: Armida: Hob. XXIVa:10

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Combattimento Consort Amsterdam, Lisa Larsson
Jan Willem de Vriend

Excerpt, Haydn: L'anima del filosofo, ossia Orfeo ed Euridice

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Combattimento Consort Amsterdam, Lisa Larsson
Jan Willem de Vriend

Hob. XXVIII:13

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Hob. XXVIII:13

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Hob. XXVIII:13

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Haydn: Arianna a Naxos, cantata, Hob.XXVIb / 2

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Combattimento Consort Amsterdam, Lisa Larsson
Jan Willem de Vriend

Excerpt, Haydn: L'isola disabitata

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Combattimento Consort Amsterdam, Lisa Larsson
Jan Willem de Vriend

Hob. XXVIII:9

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Hob. XXVIII:9

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Excerpt, Haydn: L'infedeltà delusa

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Combattimento Consort Amsterdam, Lisa Larsson
Jan Willem de Vriend

Haydn: La Methilde ritrovata: Hob. XXXIVb:3

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Combattimento Consort Amsterdam, Lisa Larsson
Jan Willem de Vriend

Excerpt, Haydn: L'infedeltà delusa

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Combattimento Consort Amsterdam, Lisa Larsson
Jan Willem de Vriend

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The album ‘Ladies First’ presents the highly-regarded Swedish soprano Lisa Larsson performing arias from the little known operas of Joseph Haydn, including Armida, L’isola disabitata, and L’infedelta delusa. She is joined on this recording by the Combattimento Consort Amsterdam and conductor Jan Willem de Vriend.

Celebrated Swedish soprano Lisa Larsson started her career early as a concert flautist, and later studied in Basle and became a member of the Zürich Opera Studio, where she performed under, amongst others, Franz Welser-Möst, Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Christoph von Dohnanyi. Lisa Larsson’s recordings include the Triumph of Aphrodite with Welser-

Möst, and Bach’s Christmas Oratorio (BWV 248), Magnificat (BWV 243), Easter Oratorio (BWV 249) and several solo cantatas for Erato under the direction of Ton Koopman.

In 1790 Haydn was generally considered the most famous composer of his age, but the relative obscurity of his operas in comparison with his other works has continued from that time to the present day, with works like Armida, L’isola disabitata, and L’infedelta delusa being far less known today than those of Haydn’s contemporaries Gluck and Mozart.

Nonetheless, his mastery of the symphonic genre in combination with his ability to write elegant vocal lines and melodic text interpretation reveal him to be a significant figure in the history and development of the operatic tradition.

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March 2014

Bright and soubrettish of tone...what she lacks in richness and depth, the Swedish soprano makes up for in dramatic involvement...Larsson is well supported by the slightly raw period sonorities of the lively Combattimento Consort.

Ladies First! Opera arias by Joseph Haydn

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