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Jordi Savall’s superb and critically praised recording of Vivaldi’s Farnace on his label Alia Vox is reissued by Naïve and the Vivaldi Edition. Featuring a sterling cast led in the title role by Furio Zanasi, with Le Concert Des Nations directed by Savall.
As the Vivaldi Edition moves ahead in its goal to release all the existing operas of Vivaldi, Naïve are proud to welcome Jordi Savall’s wonderful recording of Vivaldi’s Farnace to the collection. The exceptional cast includes Furio Zanasi as Farnace, contralto Sara Mingardo as his wife, and the daughter of the villainess of the opera, Farnace's arch-rival, Queen Berenice, soprano Adriana Fernández.
Farnace’s plot is a typically 18th-century opera narrative and combines themes including family discord, high politics, hate, love, and forgiveness. Recorded live at the Teatro de la Zarzuela in Madrid in October 2001, Jordi Savall leads his period instrument ensemble, Les Concert des Nations, and the Coro del Teatro de la Zarzuela, in an interpretation of Vivaldi’s masterpiece widely acknowledged as a phenomenal achievement. The 2002 recording included arias by the Spanish composer Francesco Corselli which were found in the performing edition used in Madrid in 1739. For this release, these have been eliminated, thereby allowing a faithful representation of the 1731 manuscript of this opera as conceived in Vivaldi’s hand.
Antonio Vivaldi: Farnace, RV 711
Sinfonia: Allegro
Sinfonia: Andante - Allegro
Act I Scene 1: Recitative: Benche vinto e sconfitto (Farnace, Tamiri)
Act I Scene 1: Aria: Ricordati che sei (Farnace)
Act I Scene 2: Recitative: Ch'io mi tolga col ferro (Tamiri)
Act I Scene 2: Aria: Combattono ques't alma la gloria (Tamiri)
Act I Scene 3: Coro: Dell' Eusino (Chorus)
Act I Scene 3: Recitative: Dell nemico Farnace quest'e l'Impero (Gilade, Berenice)
Act I Scene 4: Recitative: Amazzone real dell'Oriente (Pompeo, Berenice)
Act I Scene 5: Recitative: Guerrieri: eccovi a fronte (Pompeo)
Act I Scene 5: Coro: Su campioni, su guerrieri (Chorus)
Act I Scene 5: Recitative: In si gran punto ancora (Farnace)
Act I Scene 6: Recitative: Signor, s'anche fra l'armi (Selinda, Aquilio, Berenice)
Act I Scene 7: Recitative: A' nostri danni armata (Selinda, Gilade, Aquilio)
Act I Scene 7: Aria: Nell'intimo del petto quel dolce caro affetto (Gilade)
Act I Scene 8: Recitative: A sorprendermi il cor, bella Selinda (Aquilio, Selinda)
Act I Scene 8: Aria: Penso…penso che que'begl'occhi (Aquilio)
Act I Scene 9: Recitative: Qual sembianza improvvisa (Selinda)
Act I Scene 9: Aria: Al vezzeggiar d'un volto (Selinda)
Act I Scene 10: Recitative: Figlio, non v'e piu scampo (Tamiri)
Act I Scene 11: Recitative: Fermati ingata (Berenice, Tamiri)
Act II Scene 12: Recitative: Signor, costei che audace empie le vene di sangue mio (Berenice, Pompeo)
Act I Scene 12: Aria: Da quel ferro che ha svenato (Berenice)
Act I Scene 13: Recitative: L'Asia non e ancor doma (Pompeo, Tamiri)
Act I Scene 13: Aria: Leon feroce ch'avvinto freme (Tamiri)
Act I Scene 14: Recitative: Come ben fa veder la donna eccelsa (Pompeo)
Act I Scene 14: Aria: Sorge l'irato nembo e la fatal tempesta (Pompeo)
Act II Scene 1: Recitative: Principessa gentil, ciascun di noi (Gilade, Aquilio, Selinda)
Act II Scene 1: Aria: Lascia di sospirar! (Selinda)
Act II Scene 2: Recitative: Di Farnace e del figlio (Berenice, Gilade)
Act II Scene 2: Aria: Langue misero quel volare che in amore (Berenice)
Act II Scene 3: Recitative: No, ch'amar non e fallo in cor guerriero (Gilade)
Act II Scene 3: Aria: C'e un dolce furore (Gilade)
Act II Scene 4: Recitative: No, che ceder non viglio (Farnace)
Act II Scene 5: Recitative: Pupille, o voi sognate (Tamiri, Farnace)
Act II Scene 5: Aria: Gelido in ogni vena (Farnace)
Act II Scene 6: Recitative: Ola! Queste superbe memorie (Berenice, Tamiri)
Act II Scene 7: Recitative: Quest'e la fe spergiura (Farnace, Tamiri)
Act II Scene 8: Recitative accompagnato: Dite che v'ho fatt'io, ditelo, o ciel! (Tamiri)
Act II Scene 9: Aria: Arsa da rai cocenti io son misera pianta (Tamiri)
Act II Scene 10: Recitative: Ah, s'egli e ver che m'ami (Selinda, Gilade)
Act II Scene 10: Aria: Quel tuo ciglio languidetto (Gilade)
Act II Scene 11: Recitative: Dove mai ti trasporta (Selinda, Farnace)
Act II Scene 11: Aria: Spogli pur l'ingiusta Roma (Farnace)
Act II Scene 12: Recitative: Dell'iniquo Farnace eccoti il figlio (Berenice, Selinda, Aquilio, Pompeo)
Act II Scene 12: Aria: Roma invitta, ma clemente (Pompeo)
Act II Scene 13: Recitative: Fra le Libiche serpi (Selinda, Aquilio, Berenice)
Act II Scene 13: Aria: Lascero d'esser spietata (Berenice)
Act II Scene 14: Recitative: Aquilio, ebben? Pensasti? (Selinda, Aquilio)
Act II Scene 14: Duet: Io sento nel petto si grande l'affetto (Selinda, Aquilio)
Act III Scene 1: Recitative: Gilade (Berenice, Gilade, Aquilio)
Act III Scene 1: Aria: Quel candido fiore (Berenice)
Act III Scene 2: Recitative: Signor, se la clemenza (Tamiri, Pompeo)
Act III Scene 2: Aria: Forse, o caro, in questi accenti (Tamiri)
Act III Scene 3: Recitative: Si, qualche Nume (Farnace)
Act III Scene 3: Aria: Quel torrente che s'innlaza (Farnace)
Act III Scene 4: Recitative: Gilade, il tuo pensiero (Selinda, Gilade)
Act III Scene 4: Aria: Scherza l'aura lusinghiera (Gilade)
Act III Scene 5: Recitative: Aquilio, il braccio forte (Selinda, Aquilio)
Act III Scene 5: Aria: Ti vantasti, mio guerriero (Selinda)
Act III Scene 6: Recitative: O Stelle, quale impresa! (Aquilio, Pompeo, Farnace)
Act III Scene 7: Recitative: Regina, in costui riconosci un tuo custode (Pompeo, Berenice, Farnace)
Act III Scene 8: Recitative: Oh Dio, fermate i colpi! (Tamiri, Farnace)
Act III Scene 8: Quartet: Io crudel? Giusto rigore (Berenice, Pompeo, Tamiri, Farnace)
Act III Scene 9: Recitative: Farnace, i Numi alfine (Berenice)
Act III Scene Finale: Recitative: Berenice morra, morra Pompeo (Gilade, Selinda)
Act III Scene Finale: Recitative: Qual fellonia? (Berenice, Pompeo, Gilade, Selinda, Farnace)
Act III Scene Finale: Coro: Coronata di gigli e di rose (Chorus)
December 2009
“This wonderfully energetic and expressive score is expertly handled by Jordi Savall. There are a few rough edges, but so much of the singing is outstanding, in particular Sara Mingardo as Tamiri.”
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