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A new recording from Roberta Invernizzi always gives pleasure, but on the rare occasion when the Italian soprano is placed in the spotlight, as with this new collection of opera arias, it promises something very special indeed. Invernizzi is known for her style and drama in the music of the Baroque (as on recent discs of Handel and Campra). This new journey, on Glossa, showcases Vivaldi’s own fertile dramatic capacity to capture moods and a whole range of emotional highs and lows embracing anger, despair, anxiety, amorous frustration and touching intensity. Invernizzi triumphs, crowned by her electrifying performance of 'Dopo un’orrida procella' from 'Griselda'. The programme offers a set of contrasts in known arias from Vivaldi’s operatic music and those which deserve to be better-known. Invernizzi’s interpretation is aided and abetted by La Risonanza’s fine group of instrumentalists and, of course, sympathetic direction from Fabio Bonizzoni, speaking volumes for their long musical association. “In Da due venti, from Ercole sul Termodonte, and Fra le procelle del mar turbato (Tito Manlio), she plunges into Cecilia Bartoli waters — her technique is more fluid, even if her timbre is edgier. Her bright, intense voice comes into its own in the slow numbers.” Sunday Times, 22nd April 2012 “Invernizzi, perhaps the most exciting Italian Baroque soprano today, chooses three of the most flamboyant ['storm' arias] and dazzles with her coruscating yet perfectly controlled coloratura...La Risonanza, pounding, strumming continuo to the fore, match Invernizzi all the way in flair and theatrical intensity...In sum, another winner for La Risonanza and a triumph for Invernizzi.” Gramophone Magazine, July 2012 “One of Invernizzi's virtues is her ability to be fluently articulate and expressive, both in show-stoppers and arias that call for compassion, contemplation and reflection. Unlike some of her rivals, she always resists playing to the gallery. Her technique and sense of theatre are tempered to meet the requirements of the music, making for a musically rewarding as well as dramatically engaging recital.” BBC Music Magazine, September 2012 ***** “La Risonanza is irreproachable. Under Bonizzoni’s expert direction, its soloists, alert strings and inventive continuo team of cello, double bass, harpsichord and, by turns, a very attractive archlute and theorbo provide Invernizzi with an unfailing sensitive support.” International Record Review, October 2012  BBC Music Magazine
Opera Choice - September 2012 |
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| |  | Cecilia Bartoli - Viva Vivaldi
Duration: 60' Live from the Theatre des Champs-Elysees, Paris With subtitles in Italian, English, French and German A full-length concert from the Theatre des Champs-Elysees, Paris, featuring beautiful and rare arias from Vivaldi's operas. This Brian Large film showcases the repertoire from the bestselling Vivaldi Album (Decca, 1999) which catapulted Cecilia Bartoli to worldwide stardom. Bartoli's spectacular vocal pyrotechnics are supported by world-class Baroque ensemble and collaborators on the Decca album, Il Giardino Armonico. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | The Very Best of Vivaldi
Vivaldi: | The Four Seasons Concerto for 2 Trumpets, Strings & Continuo in C major, RV 537 Concerto for Guitar and 2 Violins in D major, RV 93 Concerto, Op. 3 No. 10 'Con quattro Violini e Violoncello obligato', RV 580 Gelosia, tu già rendi l’alma mia from Ottone in villa Trio Sonata, Op. 1 No. 12 for Two Violins & Continuo in D minor, RV 63 'La Follia' Gloria RV589: excerpts Flute Concerto, Op. 10 No. 2 in G minor, RV 439 'La notte' Concerto for 2 Mandolins, Strings and Continuo in G, R.532 Magnificat RV611: excerpts |
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| |  | Ladies sing Baroque
Bach, J S: | St Matthew Passion, BWV244: Erbarme dich Angela Kazimiercszuk (soprano) Mass in B minor, BWV232: Agnus Dei Nathalie Stutzmann (contralto) | Handel: | The soft complaining flute (A Song for St Cecilia's Day) Lucy Crowe (soprano) Fido specchio (from Il trionfo del tempo e del disinganno) Deborah York (soprano) Se la bellezza perde vaghezza (from Il Trionfo del tempo e del disinganno) Sara Mingardo (contralto) Se vive in te (from Radamisto) Sandrine Piau (soprano), Sara Mingardo (contralto) Se pietà di me non senti (from Giulio Cesare) Sandrine Piau (soprano) To thee, thou glorious son of worth (from Theodora) Karina Gauvin (soprano), Marie-Nicole Lemieux (contralto) | Monteverdi: | 'Amor, dicea' from Lamento della Ninfa Rosana Bertini (soprano) | Pergolesi: | Stabat mater: Opening duet Gemma Bertagnolli (soprano), Sara Mingardo (contralto) | Porpora: | Alto Giove (from Polifemo) Veronica Cangemi (soprano) | Purcell: | Bid the virtues (from Come ye Sons of Art, Z323) Patricia Petibon (soprano) | Strozzi: | Lagrime mie Anna Caterina Antonacci (soprano) Miei pensieri Roberta Invernizzi (soprano) | Vivaldi: | In furore iustissimae irae, RV626: Allegro Sandrine Piau (soprano) Zeffiretti che sussurate (from Ercole sul Termodonte) Sandrine Piau (soprano), Ann Hallenberg (mezzo) Veni, sequere fida (from Juditha Triumphans, RV644) Magdalena Kozena (soprano) Se l’acquisto di quel Soglio (from La Verità in cimento) Nathalie Stutzmann (contralto) Nel profondo from Orlando Furioso Marie-Nicole Lemieux (contralto) Stabat Mater, RV621: largo Marie-Nicole Lemieux (contralto) Gemo in punto e fremo (from L'Olimpiade RV725) Sara Mingardo (contralto) Anderò, volerò, griderò (from Orlando finto pazzo) Sonia Prina (contralto) Gelosia, tu già rendi l’alma mia from Ottone in villa Julia Lezhneva (soprano) |
The baroque woman was confined to a strictly domestic role. She was either saintly (mother of Christ and the subject of religious allegory as in Handel’s Trionfo del tempo e del disinganno), a diva, a queen (Poppea, Cleopatra) or the inevitable victim in classical tragedies like Semiramis, Berenice, Rodelinda and Agrippina. 'Ladies sing Baroque' is shaped as a nod to those ladies who have enchanted jazz, but composed of music from two centuries earlier: hymns to emotion, the tunes that disturb for eternity! Monteverdi's invention of opera, Vivaldi's music for the Pieta, Pergolesi and Bach bring the drama and emotion found in temples and churches. Highlights include the final duet from 'L'Incorronazione di Poppea' and Bach's sublime 'Erbarme dich' whilst two Canadians with strong characters, Marie-Nicole Lemieux and Karina Gauvin, successfully evoke the legendary association of Marilyn Horne and Montserrat Caballé. | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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“There’s never really a dull moment. Emma Kirkby copes with the challenges of Vivaldi’s incredibly demanding vocal writing with style, catching the mood of each aria perfectly...This is a well thought-out recording, full of lovely moments. It’s the kind of CD I can imagine listeners returning to time and time again. A real treat.” Claire Rogers, bbc.co.uk, 1st August 2007 “A disc which will delight both Vivaldi enthusiasts and lovers of Baroque music generally. Excellent recorded sound and strongly recommended on all counts” Gramophone Magazine | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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