Caldara: Morte e sepoltura di Christo

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Biondi is a bold guide. Sensitive to Caldara's idioms, he treats counterpoint severely and arias fulsomely, letting us hear how Caldara generates contrasting moods. And Biondi himself plays solo... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2015, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 9th Mar 2015
Catalogue No: GCD923403
Label: Glossa
Length: 2 hours 4 minutes

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Caldara: 12 Motetti a 2 e 3 voci, Op. 4

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Maria Grazia Schiavo (soprano), Silvia Frigato (soprano), Martina Belli (alto), Anicio Zorzi Giustiniani (tenor), Ugo Guagliardo (bass)
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra
Fabio Biondi
Recorded: January 2014
Recording Venue: Stavanger Symphony Hall, Norway

Laboravi in gemitu meo

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Caldara: Morte e sepoltura di Cristo

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Maria Grazia Schiavo (soprano), Silvia Frigato (soprano), Martina Belli (alto), Anicio Zorzi Giustiniani (tenor)
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra
Fabio Biondi
Recorded: January 2014
Recording Venue: Stavanger Symphony Hall, Norway

Part I: Introduzione

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Part I: Aria: Deh sciogliete (Maddalena)

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Part I: Recitativo: Caro Giesu (Giacobbe)

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Part I: Aria: E morto il mio Giesu (Giacobbe)

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Part I: Recitativo: In mar di sangue assorto (Giuseppe)

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Part I: Aria: Io so, che intanto (Giuseppe)

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Part I: Recitativo: O Redentor (Nicodemo)

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Part I: Aria: Gioia la cruda morte (Nicodemo)

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Caldara: Sonata a 4 No. 3

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Fabio Biondi (violin)
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra
Recorded: January 2014
Recording Venue: Stavanger Symphony Hall, Norway

Sonata a 4 No. 3: Larghetto - Allegro

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Morte e sepoltura di Cristo

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Ugo Guagliardo (bass)
Recorded: January 2014
Recording Venue: Stavanger Symphony Hall, Norway

Part I: Recitativo: Di fosco, e tetro ammanto (Centurione)

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Part I: Aria: Si ravvisan (Centurione)

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Fux: Sonata in G Minor, K.347

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Fabio Biondi (violin)
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra
Recorded: January 2014
Recording Venue: Stavanger Symphony Hall, Norway

Sonata in G Minor, K.347: I. Largo

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Morte e sepoltura di Cristo

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Recorded: January 2014
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Part I: Recitativo: A te, vivendo (Maddalena)

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Part I: Aria: Io t'offesi (Maddalena)

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Part I: Recitativo: Si chiuse le pupille (Giacobbe)

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Part I: Aria: Lasciami, eterno Amante (Giacobbe)

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Part I: Recitativo: Mani Divine (Giuseppe)

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Part I: Arioso & recitativo: Crudi ferri (Giuseppe, Nicodemo)

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Part I: Aria a 2: Crudi ferri (Giuseppe, Nicodemo)

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Part I: Recitativo: Dogliosi miei sospiri (Maddalena, Giacobbe)

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Part I: Coro: Ecco svelati (Chorus)

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12 Motetti a 2 e 3 voci, Op. 4

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Recorded: January 2014
Recording Venue: Stavanger Symphony Hall, Norway

Transfìge dulcissime

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Excerpt, Vivaldi: Concerto for Strings in E flat major 'Sonata al Santo Sepolcro', RV130

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Fabio Biondi (violin)
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra
Recorded: January 2014
Recording Venue: Stavanger Symphony Hall, Norway

Morte e sepoltura di Cristo

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Recorded: January 2014
Recording Venue: Stavanger Symphony Hall, Norway

Part II: Recitativo: Fortunata alma mia (Giuseppe)

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Part II: Aria: Languire, morire (Giuseppe)

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Part II: Recitativo: Amabile mio ben (Nicodemo)

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Part II: Aria: Ah ti tradi (Nicodemo)

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Part II: Recitativo: Tra bianchi lini involto (Giuseppe, Nicodemo, Centurione)

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Part II: Aria: Verde tronco, ove lo scuote (Centurione)

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Part II: Recitativo: Vieni, compagna fida (Maddalena)

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Part II: Aria: Cari marmi (Maddalena)

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Part II: Recitativo: Urna gentil (Giacobbe)

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Part II: Aria: Con te favello (Giacobbe)

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Part II: Recitativo: Gelido occaso (Giuseppe)

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Part II: Aria: Parto: restate in pace (Giuseppe)

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Caldara: Sinfonia concertata

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Fabio Biondi (violin)
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra
Recorded: January 2014
Recording Venue: Stavanger Symphony Hall, Norway

Sinfonia concertata: Adagio - Allegro

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Morte e sepoltura di Cristo

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Recorded: January 2014
Recording Venue: Stavanger Symphony Hall, Norway

Part II: Recitativo: Da questa ombrosa reggia (Maddalena)

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Part II: Aria: Passaggier, qui ferma il passo (Maddalena)

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Part II: Recitativo accompagnato: Vedove Madri (Giuseppe)

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Part II: Coro: La pienezza de' tempi (Chorus)

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With Antonio Caldara’s 'Morte e sepoltura di Christo', released on Glossa just after a new album devoted to Vivaldi’s late violin concertos, Fabio Biondi returns to the Italian oratorio, another of his specialities. The Venetians Caldara and Vivaldi may have been contemporaries but their career paths led them in different directions, and Caldara was to spend much time working in Mantua and Rome before securing the position of vice-Kapellmeister for the Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI in Vienna.

For the last 20 years of his life Caldara produced copious quantities of oratorios (and operas), adding a rich sense of counterpoint and making use of the broad orchestral colouring offered by the varied instruments available to him at the Imperial court. Composed for the Lenten season in 1724, 'Morte e sepoltura' follows the typical two-part scheme of the time, to a text comprising a series of reflections as from personages involved in some way in the events of the Passion of Christ. Notable is the profusion of solo arias with obliggato instrumental parts. Fabio Biondi’s recording, with a team of soloists led by Maria Grazia Schiavo and Silvia Frigato, also includes other echoes of Caldara’s Italian past – a pair of motets and instrumental music (a Vivaldi Sonata also makes an appearance), and he directs the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, with which he has worked so successfully in the Norwegian orchestra’s early music programme since 2006. The album also contains an exemplary essay by the leading Caldara scholar Brian W Pritchard.

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June 2015

Biondi is a bold guide. Sensitive to Caldara's idioms, he treats counterpoint severely and arias fulsomely, letting us hear how Caldara generates contrasting moods. And Biondi himself plays solo violin interpolations with exquisite delicacy…[Schiavo's] aria 'Lasciami, eterno amante', with its delicately entwined vocal-chalumeau lines, alone makes this disc worth buying

July 2015

On a small number of occasions Biondi might be tinkering with orchestrations a little bit...Even without all the extra trimmings, this is an essential addition to the Caldara discography.

Caldara: Morte e sepoltura di Christo

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