Duo Soloists with Choir
Creator:
Mechthild Georg (Mezzo-Soprano) and Axel Köhler (Countertenor) with the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin conducted by Marcus Creed; CAPRICCIO
Description:
This recording provides example of a common format used within eighteenth century oratorio. Duo soloists would commonly introduce text, and the choir would then enter and often restate this same text.
Publisher:
CAPRICCIO - Ein Produkt der Delta Musik GmbH
Contributor:
Ryan Tackett Wardell
Rights:
CAPRICCO, all rights reserved
Format:
.WAV
Language:
Italian
Type:
Sound
Source:
excerpt from "Inspira o Dio Elemente" from La Conversione di Sant' Agostino by Johann Adolf Hasse
Date:
May 6-9, 1991
Location:
Friedenskirche Potsdam-Sanssouci
Subject:
Oratorio, Opera, Italian, Mezzo-Soprano, Countertenor, Choir, Galant
Transcription:
"Inspira o Dio elemente a lui più degno affetto, inspira, ..." Translation: (God breathes in elements more worthy affection, inhales,)
Original Format:
sound recording
Duration:
00:00:34
Bit Rate/Frequency:
1411kbps