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With Tenebrae Antonio Florio continues on his journey of exploration of the Neapolitan Baroque on Glossa, with a timely release of Lamentations of Jeremiah from one ‘known’ composer in Cristofaro Caresana, longvalued by Florio, and another from the succeeding generation at the end of the 17th century in Gaetano Veneziano, a pupil of Francesco Provenzale.
The vocal works on this new recording are scored for a solo soprano, also from Naples, Valentina Varriale, fast becoming a central member of Antonio Florio’s musical organisation, the recently-renamed I Turchini. Instrumentalists from I Turchini take the opportunity to demonstrate their mastery of the Neapolitan style in string music – a Sinfonia and a four-part Sonata – by Veneziano and one of his contemporaries, Giuseppe Antonio Avitrano.
Cristoforo Caresana: Lectio No. 3
Giovedi Santo
Venerdi Santo
Giuseppe Antonio Avitrano: Sonata a 3, Op. 3, No. 6, "La Carafa"
I. Largo
II. Allegro
III. Largo
IV. Allegro
Gaetano Veneziano: Lectio No. 3 del Primo Notturno
Jube Domine benedicere
Consurge induere
Excutere de pulvere
Quia haex dicit Dominus
Et numquid mihi est hic
Gaetano Veneziano: Sinfonia a 7
I. Presto assai
II. Staccato: Adagio
III. Presto
Gaetano Veneziano: Lectio No. 1 del Primo Notturno del Mercoledi Santo
Incipit Lamentatio Geremiae Prophetae
ALEPH
Quomodo sedet sola civitas
Plorans ploravit in nocte
Qui con soletur e am
Omnes amici ejus
GHIMEL
Migravit Judas
Omnes persecutores ejus
DALETH: Viae Sion lugent
Facti is sunt hostes ejus
Parvuli e jus
Jerusalem convertere
July 2011
“[The Lamentations of Caresana] provide Varriale with opportunities to beautifully emote long, arching phrases that convey restrained yet judicious word-painting, and the instrumental writing is interpreted by I Turchini's string ensemble...with an excellent synthesis of mournful piety and gracefulness...It is a tribute to Antonio Florio's direction that one never notices his interference with the natural flow of these fine performances.”
April 2011
“Valentina Varriale, an I Turchini regular, has clearly been chosen for her highly focused tone which seldom indulges in excess vibrato and blooms into warmth and colour only when the text demands it...These are premiere recordings of first-rate music in affectionate and highly sympathetic performances. An exceptionally beautiful seasonal offering.”
Giovedi Santo
