Il Boemo - Motion Picture Soundtrack

Il Boemo - Motion Picture Soundtrack

5054197238147 (Warner Classics / Erato, CD)

FIRST RELEASE (23 June 2023)

Playing time: 102'52"
Tracks: 23
Booklet pages: 25
℗ 2023 Mimesis Film sro under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited
© 2023 Parlophone Records Limited
Main country of recording: Czech Republic
Reviewer: Anett Fodor
Review of Il Boemo - Motion Picture Soundtrack published on 11 July 2023

Emőke Baráth, soprano (tracks 4, 5, 14 and 16)
Simona Šaturová, soprano (tracks 13 and 15)
Raffaella Milanesi, soprano (tracks 17-19)
Giulia Semenzato, soprano (track 22)
Philippe Jaroussky, countertenor (tracks 6, 7, 10, 11, 16 and 18)
Benno Schachtner, countertenor (track 16)
Sophie Harmsen, mezzo-soprano (tracks 8 and 12)
Krystian Adam, tenor (tracks 9 and 23)
Juan Sancho, tenor (tracks 16 and 21)
Collegium 1704
Václav Luks, director

Admired by Mozart, Forgotten by History: Il Boemo - a film by Petr Vaclav

Josef Mysliveček (1737-1781):

Overture (Ezio):
1 Allegro con spirito
2 Andantino affettuoso
3 Presto

Demetrio:
4 Sarete al fin contenti ...
5 Mi parea del porto in seno

L'Olimpiade:
6 Con questo ferro ...
7 Gemo in un punto e fremo

Adamo ed Eva:
8 Non so se il mio peccato

Il Bellerofonte:
9 Pria ch'io perda

L'Olimpiade:
10 Mentre dormi

Il Demofoonte:
11 Sperai vicino il lido

L'Olimpiade:
12 Che non mi disse un dì?

Il Bellerofonte:
13 Palesar vorrei col pianto

Demetrio
14 Nacqui agli affani in seno

Armida
15 Il caro mio bene

Romolo ed Ersilia
16 Deh in vita ti serba

L'Olimpiade:
17 Misero me! Che veggo!
18 Intese tutto Aristea?
19 Se cerca, se dice

Il Bellerofonte:
20 Overture

Il Demofoonte:
21 Odo il suono

Ezio:
22 Finchè un zeffiro soave

L'Olimpiade:
23 Siam navi

Countertenor Philippe Jaroussky and soprano Emőke Baráth appear on the original soundtrack of Il Boemo (2022), directed by Petr Václav. The film tells the story of the Prague-born composer Josef Mysliveček (1737-1781), a major figure on Europe's operatic scene in the eighteenth century who achieved particular renown in Venice, Naples and Munich. The soundtrack is assembled entirely from Mysliveček's work. Both Philippe Jaroussky and Emőke Baráth make on-screen appearances in Il Boemo as operatic performers. Among the other singers on the album are sopranos Simona Šaturová, Raffaella Milanesi and Giulia Semenzato and tenor Krystian Adam. Václav Luks conducts Collegium 1704, the period-instrument ensemble he founded in Prague in 2005.

Recorded 29 April-3 May 2019 in St Anne's Church, Liliová, Prague, Czechia (tracks 1–11, 13–16 and 20–23) and 29-31 August 2019 at Teatro Sociale, Como, Italy (tracks 12 and 17–19).

Tracks 20-23 are not included on the physical CD release.