Various Composers - The Ghosts of Hamlet (Roberta Mameli)

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1. Giuseppe Carcani - Ambleto, Act II Scene 9: Son sdegnato (e son geloso)
2. Francesco Gasparini - Ambleto, Act I Scene 8: Nella mia sfortunata prigionia
3. Johann Adolf Hasse - Sinfonia No. 6 in G Minor, Op. 5: I. Allegro
4. Johann Adolf Hasse - Sinfonia No. 6 in G Minor, Op. 5: II. Andante
5. Johann Adolf Hasse - Sinfonia No. 6 in G Minor, Op. 5: III. Allegro
6. George Frideric Handel - Ambleto, Act III Scene 2: Tu indegno sei dell’allor
7. Francesco Gasparini - Ambleto, Act I Scene 6: Stelle, voi che de’ regnanti
8. Giuseppe Carcani - Ambleto, Act I Scene 12: Segui ad amar costante
9. Domenico Scarlatti - Sinfonia in D Minor: I. Presto
10. Domenico Scarlatti - Sinfonia in D Minor: II. Minuet
11. Domenico Scarlatti - Ambleto, Act I Scene 8: Nella mia sfortunata prigionia
12. Carlo Francesco Pollarolo - L'Ambleto, Act III Scene 6: D’ire armato il braccio forte
13. Francesco Gasparini - L’Ambleto, Overture in C Major: I. Andante
14. Francesco Gasparini - L’Ambleto, Overture in C Major: II. Presto
15. Francesco Gasparini - L’Ambleto, Overture in C Major: III. Andante
16. Francesco Gasparini - L’Ambleto, Overture in C Major: IV. Presto
17. Francesco Gasparini - Ambleto, Act II Scene 6: Cinto d’amiche rose un dì crescea
18. Giuseppe Carcani - Ambleto, Act II Scene 5: Più fido non poss’io
19. Francesco Gasparini - Ambleto, Act I Scene 7: Tromba in campo e spada in guerra

Roberta Mameli, soprano

Le Concert de l'Hostel Dieu

Franck-Emmanuel Comte, conductor

Date: 2025

Label: Arcana

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Ambleto is a fascinating curiosity in music history: a baroque libretto by Apostolo Zeno on the legend of Hamlet, not based on Shakespeare's tragedy but on its primary source, the Gesta Danorum by Saxo Gramaticus. This swashbuckling drama was first set to music by Francesco Gasparini (Venice 1705) - whose version served as the basis for a pasticcio (London 1712) with arias by various composers including Handel - then by Domenico Scarlatti (Rome 1715) and Giuseppe Carcani (Venice 1743). The surviving arias from these lost operas are brought back to life by the Concert de l'Hostel Dieu and the charismatic soprano Roberta Mameli, who lends her supple voice to the titular Danish Prince and to the strong women around him, his courageous lover Veremonda (Shakespeare's Ophelia) and his tormented mother Gerilda (Gertrude).

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