Vivaldi: La Senna Festeggiante

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Vivaldi: La Senna Festeggiante

Label:

Glossa

Catalogue No:

GCD921513

Discs:

1

Release date:

24th Sept 2012

Barcode:

8424562215139

Length:

78 minutes

Medium:

CD (download also available)
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Vivaldi: La Senna Festeggiante

Yetzabel Arias Fernández (soprano), Martín Oro (alto), Sergio Foresti (bass) & Fabio Bonizzoni (harpsichord & direction)

La Risonanza

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Continuing his captivating survey of the Baroque serenata, Fabio Bonizzoni now focuses on one of the “occasional” works – with music at a magnificently-high level throughout – written by Antonio Vivaldi when in Venice: 'La Senna festeggiante'.

What animated Vivaldi to compose a work apparently extolling the virtues of the River Seine in Paris? The story goes, as described by Michael Talbot in his exemplary accompanying essay, that the serenata was written in 1726 jointly to honour the French king, Louis XV (on his name day), Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni (then the Protector of the Affairs of France at the Vatican) and the French Ambassador in Venice, the Comte de Gergy; and bringing in the river to heap Baroque praise on the Sun King’s great-grandson.

An unmistakeably Vivaldian score (complete with self-borrowings and “loans” from others), the composer nonetheless makes plentiful musical allusions to his Gallic theme and setting through the music of the three named vocalists – The Golden Age, Virtue and the Seine – and through the instrumental accompaniment, handled deftly and gloriously here by Bonizzoni and La Risonanza. The singers, Yetzabel Arias Fernández, Martín Oro and Sergio Foresti, capture the spirit of the allegorical and fluvial characters superbly in this new Glossa recording, which was made at the Abbaye de Saint-Michel en Thiérache (also the setting for La Risonanza’s earlier recording of Alessandro Scarlatti’s Serenate a Filli).

Antonio Vivaldi: La Senna festeggiante, RV 693

playPart I: Sinfonia: Allegro

playPart I: Sinfonia: Andante molto

playPart I: Sinfonia: Allegro molto

playPart I: Della Senna in su le sponde (L'Eta dell'Oro, La Virtu, La Senna)

playPart I: Recitative: Io, che raminga errante (L'Eta dell'Oro)

playPart I: Aria: Se qui pace tal'hor va cercando (L'Eta dell'Oro)

playPart I: Recitative: Anch'io raminga errando (La Virtu)

playPart I: Aria: In quest'onde (La Virtu)

playPart I: Recitative: Illustri amiche (La Senna)

playPart I: Aria: Qui nel profonde del cupo fondo (La Senna)

playPart I: Recitative: Si, si, gia che tu brami (L'Eta dell'Oro, La Virtu)

playPart I: Duet: Godrem fra noi la pace (L'Eta dell'Oro, La Virtu)

playPart I: Recitative: Tutto muor, tutto manca (La Senna, La Virtu, L'Eta dell'Oro)

playPart I: Aria: Vaga perla benche sia dell'Aurora bianca figlia (La Virtu)

playPart I: Recitative: Tal di me parla ancora (L'Eta dell'Oro)

playPart I: Aria: Al mio seno il pargoletto (L'Eta dell'Oro)

playPart I: Recitative: Della ferrea stagion (La Virtu, L'Eta dell'Oro)

playPart I: Duet: Qui per darci amabil pace - Per goder l'antica pace (L'Eta dell'Oro, La Virtu)

playPart I: Recitative: Ma rimirate amiche (La Senna)

playPart I: Aria: L'alta lor gloria immortale (La Senna)

playPart I: Recitative: O, di qual melodia (L'Eta dell'Oro, La Virtu, La Senna)

playPart I: Di queste selve venite o Numi (L'Eta dell'Oro, La Virtu, La Senna)

playPart II: Overture: Adagio - Presto - Allegro molto

playPart II: Recitative: Ma gia ch'unito in schiera (La Senna)

playPart II: Aria: Pieta, dolcezza, fanno il suo volto (La Senna)

playPart II: Recitative: Non si ritardi (L'Eta dell'Oro, La Virtu)

playPart II: Aria: Stelle, con vostra pace (La Virtu)

playPart II: Recitative: Vedrete in quest'eroe (La Senna, L'Eta dell'Oro, La Virtu)

playPart II: Duet: Io que pravo si caro diletto - Qui nel seno ho si tenero affetto (L'Eta dell'Oro, La Virtu)

playPart II: Recitative: Quanto felici siete (La Virtu)

playPart II: Aria: Giace languente (L'Eta dell'Oro)

playPart II: Recitative: Quanto felici siete (L'Eta dell'Oro)

playPart II: Aria: Cosi sol nell'aurora (La Virtu)

playPart II: Recitative: Mo giunti eccone innante (La Senna, La Virtu, L'Eta dell'Oro)

playPart II: Aria: Non fu mai piu vista in soglia (L'Eta dell'Oro)

playPart II: Recitative: Per tributarti ancella (L'Eta dell'Oro)

playPart II: Il destino, la sorte e il fato (L'Eta dell'Oro, La Virtu, La Senna)

International Record Review

November 2012

“Fernandez is a perfect choice here ideally partnered by countertenor Martin Oro – clean, supple and never prone to operatic outbursts. I find Bonizzoni’s quest for greater simplicity and directness more convincing than King’s greater opulence wonderful way to sample Vivaldi’s light operatic style on a small stage.”

Gramophone Magazine

December 2012

“the music is very good, much of it showing Vivaldi's vocal writing at its most relaxed and delightful...Virtuosity is kept largely under control and the roles as differentiated as they could ever be; Senna, a free-flowing bass, is an especially happy creation...Bonizzoni's route through the score is...sure and sympathetic, and the orchestra performs prettily throughout.”

Early Music Review

December 2012

“there is some truly splendid singing here, most notably from Ann Hallenberg’s commandingly imperious Merope and Viviva Genaux as her son Epitide”

BBC Music Magazine

January 2013

*****

“Lovers of chamber and dramatic cantatas by Handel might already known just how effective La Risonanza's performances can be. Under Fabio Bonizzoni's stylish direction, the ensemble once more beguiles our senses with Vivaldi's hugely appealing serenata.”

The Independent

22nd February 2013

“There's an unmistakable courtly grace and light humour about the opening "Sinfonia", ably dispatched by La Risonanza's prancing strings and harpsichord, but while Vivaldi's skill shows in his incorporation of various French elements, the libretto leaves much to be desired.”

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