Ombra mai fu (Album)

This article is about the album "Ombra mai fu". For the aria by Francesco Cavalli by the same name, see Ombra mai fu (Francesco Cavalli). For the aria by Georg Friedrich Händel by the same name, see Ombra mai fu (Georg Friedrich Händel).

Ombra mai fu
Studio album by Philippe Jaroussky Ensemble Artaserse
Released	2019
Recorded	June 26, 2017 (2017-06-26) and July 3, 2017 (2017-07-03)
Venue	Église Notre-Dame-du-Liban
Genre	Classical
Length	65:02
Language	Italian
Label	Erato
Producer	Étienne Collard

Ombra mai fu was recorded in 2017 and first published in 2019. It showcases the operas of the composer Francesco Cavalli.

Recording and production

Ombra mai fu was recorded at the Église Notre-Dame-du-Liban, Paris, 26 June – 3 July 2017

Executive producer: Alain Lanceron

Producer, editing: Étienne Collard

Sound engineer, mixing & mastering: Michel Pierre / Areitec

Harpsichords and organs supplied by

Atelier du Clavecin: Laurent Soumagnac

Portraits of Philippe Jaroussky by Josef Fischnaller Photos p.22 C Zsófia Raffay, Denis Rouvre Design: Ars Magna

P & C 2019 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company

Music and libretti

Ombra mai fu shines a light on Early Baroque composer Benedetto Ferrari.

Title and artwork

The cover and promo photographs were composed by Josef Fischnaller.

Musicians

Philippe Jaroussky: countertenor, conductor

Marie-Nicole Lemieux contralto

Emöke Baráth soprano

Ensemble Artaserse

Strings

Violins

• Alessandro Tampieri
• Raúl Orellana

Viola

• Marco Massera

Guitar, lirone

• Marco Horvat

Archlute

• Marc Wolff

Viola da gamba

• Christine Plubeau
• Garance Boizot

Violone

• Roberto Fernandez de Larrinoa

Cornett, recorder

• Adrien Mabire
• Benoît Tainturier

Percussion

• Michel Claude

Harp

• Angélique Mauillon

Harpsichord

• Yoko Nakamura

Release history

List of release dates, showing region, edition(s), format(s), label(s) and reference.

Region	Release date	Format(s)	Label(s) and Catalogue Number(s)	EAN/UPC etc.
France	March 2019	CD Vinyl Streaming Digital download	Erato	OCLC: 1102576854 ASIN: B07KZHL98N EAN: 0190295518196
Germany	March 8, 2019
Japan	March 8, 2019
UK	June 7, 2019
US	August 13, 2019
Source:

Accolades

For a complete list of awards won by Philippe Jaroussky and his albums, see List of awards and nominations received by Philippe Jaroussky.

For a complete list of awards won by Ensemble Artaserse, see List of awards and nominations received by Ensemble Artaserse.

Track listing

All music is composed by Francesco Cavalli.

No.	Title	Lyrics	Opera	Length
1.	"Ombra mai fu" (Xerse)	Nicolò Minato	Xerse	3:19
2.	"All'armi, mio core" (Brimonte)	Giovanni Francesco Busenello	Statira principessa di Persia	3:05
3.	"Dove mi conducete?" (Idraspe)	Aurelio Aureli	L'Erismena	0:56
4.	"Dove mi conducete?" (Idraspe)	Aurelio Aureli	L'Erismena	5:47
5.	"Interprete mal buona ... L'uomo è una dolce cosa" (Linfea)	Giovanni Faustini	La Calisto	2:51
6.	"Ninfa bella" (Il Satirino, Linfea)	Giovanni Faustini	La Calisto	4:16
7.	"Sinfonia"		Eliogabalo	1:58
8.	"Ecco l'idolo mio ... Mio diletto, mio sospiro" (Menelao, Elena)	Giovanni Faustini and Nicolò Minato	Elena	3:35
9.	"Sinfonia"		Ercole amante	0:54
10.	"Io resto solo? ... Misero, così va" (Alessandro)	anonymous and Aurelio Aureli	Eliogabalo	3:27
11.	"Che città" (Nerillo)	Giovanni Faustini	L'Ormindo	3:19
12.	"Ohimé, che miro?" (Apollo)	Giovanni Francesco Busenello	Gli amori d'Apollo e di Dafne	0:53
13.	"Misero Apollo" (Apollo)	Giovanni Francesco Busenello	Gli amori d'Apollo e di Dafne	4:20
14.	"Sinfonia"		L'Orione	3:29
15.	"O luci belle" (Laodicea, Theramene)	Giovanni Faustini	Eritrea	2:29
16.	"Delizie, contenti" (Giasone)	Giacinto Andrea Cicognini	Il Giasone (Francesco Cavalli)	3:49
17.	"Sinfonia"		Doriclea	1:25
18.	"Erme, e solinghe cime ... Lucidissima face" (Endimione)	Giovanni Faustini	La Calisto	3:26
19.	"Alcun più di me felice non è" (Clarindo)	Giovanni Faustini	La virtù dei strali d'Amore	1:03
20.	"Cieche tenebre" (Sesto)	Nicolò Minato	Pompeo Magno	2:24
21.	"La bellezza è un don fugace" (Eumene)	Nicolò Minato	Xerse	2:13
22.	"Il diletto interrotto" (Erino)	Giovanni Faustini	La virtù dei strali d'Amore	0:41
23.	"Desia la verginella" (Erino)	Giovanni Faustini	La virtù dei strali d'Amore	2:33
24.	"Che pensi, mio core?" (Erino)	Giovanni Faustini	La virtù dei strali d'Amore	2:52
Total length:				65:02

External links

• "Ombra mai fu, Philippe Jaroussky". Philippe Jaroussky. Warner Classics. Archived from the original on October 29, 2021. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
• "Ombra mai fu, Philippe Jaroussky" (PDF). Digital Booklets. Idago. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 29, 2021. Retrieved October 29, 2021.