Tempesta: Opera arias by Handel & Vivaldi

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I do not always sense tangible engagement with dramatic characterisations, but the nuanced vibrancy from Staskiewicz and Les Ambassadeurs in the tempestuous 'Siam navi all'onde algenti' from... — Gramophone Magazine, July 2015 More…

Release Date: 9th Mar 2015
Catalogue No: GCD923503
Label: Glossa
Length: 64 minutes

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Excerpt, Porpora: Carlo il calvo

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Blandine Staskiewicz (mezzo-soprano)
Les Ambassadeurs
Alexis Kossenko
Recorded: 7-11 September 2014
Recording Venue: Temple St Marcel, Paris, France

Spesso di nubi cinto

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Vivaldi: Andromeda liberata, RV Anh. 117

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Blandine Staskiewicz (mezzo-soprano), Zefira Valova (violin)
Les Ambassadeurs
Alexis Kossenko
Recorded: 7-11 September 2014
Recording Venue: Temple St Marcel, Paris, France

Sovente il sole

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Excerpt, Handel: Agrippina

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Blandine Staskiewicz (mezzo-soprano), Gilles Vanssons (oboe)
Les Ambassadeurs
Alexis Kossenko
Recorded: 7-11 September 2014
Recording Venue: Temple St Marcel, Paris, France

Sinfonia

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Pensieri voi mi tormentate

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Excerpt, Pergolesi: Adriano in Siria

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Blandine Staskiewicz (mezzo-soprano)
Les Ambassadeurs
Alexis Kossenko
Recorded: 7-11 September 2014
Recording Venue: Temple St Marcel, Paris, France

Torbido in volto

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Excerpt, Handel: Radamisto

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Blandine Staskiewicz (mezzo-soprano)
Les Ambassadeurs
Alexis Kossenko
Recorded: 7-11 September 2014
Recording Venue: Temple St Marcel, Paris, France

Quando mai, spietata sorte

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Excerpt, Handel: Alessandro, HWV21

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Blandine Staskiewicz (mezzo-soprano)
Les Ambassadeurs
Alexis Kossenko
Recorded: 7-11 September 2014
Recording Venue: Temple St Marcel, Paris, France

Brilla nell'alma

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Excerpt, Handel: Serse

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Blandine Staskiewicz (mezzo-soprano)
Les Ambassadeurs
Alexis Kossenko
Recorded: 7-11 September 2014
Recording Venue: Temple St Marcel, Paris, France

Ombra mai fù

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Excerpt, Vivaldi: La Verità in cimento

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Blandine Staskiewicz (mezzo-soprano), Alexis Kossenko (flute)
Les Ambassadeurs
Recorded: 7-11 September 2014
Recording Venue: Temple St Marcel, Paris, France

Io son frà l'onde

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Excerpt, Vivaldi: Griselda, RV718

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Blandine Staskiewicz (mezzo-soprano)
Les Ambassadeurs
Alexis Kossenko
Recorded: 7-11 September 2014
Recording Venue: Temple St Marcel, Paris, France

Agitata da due venti

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Vivaldi: L'olimpiade, RV 725, Sinfonia

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Les Ambassadeurs
Alexis Kossenko
Recorded: 7-11 September 2014
Recording Venue: Temple St Marcel, Paris, France

I. Allegro

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II. Andante

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Excerpt, Vivaldi: L'Olimpiade RV725

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Blandine Staskiewicz (mezzo-soprano)
Les Ambassadeurs
Alexis Kossenko
Recorded: 7-11 September 2014
Recording Venue: Temple St Marcel, Paris, France

Siam navi all'onde algenti

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With 'Tempesta', her first recital disc, mezzo-soprano Blandine Staskiewicz has chosen to venture into the emotional storms and calms beloved of Baroque composers – notably Vivaldi and Handel – which provided their operatic arias with that intense charge that captivates listeners still. As befits one raised on the tranquil, yet at times tempestuous, Belle-Île-en-Mer, lying off the Brittany coast, Staskiewicz is able to portray a fabulous array of moods to match her vocal beauty.

If the Neapolitans Nicola Porpora and Giovanni Battista Pergolesi are each represented on this disc by a single burst of concentrated dramatic feeling, it is to the fiery and tempestuous music of Vivaldi and the more psychological and interiorised offerings of Handel that Blandine Staskiewicz directs her attention in these arie di tempesta. Staskiewicz’s control of the depths and heights of the soul are matched by the instrumental accompaniment from Les Ambassadeurs and its director Alexis Kossenko.

Blandine Staskiewicz, who has appeared on previous Glossa albums in Lully, Campra and Handel in the company of Hervé Niquet and Fabio Bonizzoni, herself contributes an intriguing note about the genesis of this programme – complete with an alluring cover design – but it is her wonderfully controlled singing (and expertise in Baroque repertoire) which characterises 'Tempesta' so beguilingly.

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July 2015

I do not always sense tangible engagement with dramatic characterisations, but the nuanced vibrancy from Staskiewicz and Les Ambassadeurs in the tempestuous 'Siam navi all'onde algenti' from Vivaldi's L'Olimpiade is irresistible.

15th April 2015

There have been many very fine recent releases of Handel and Vivaldi recitals, but few of them have featured a mezzo, let alone one of this quality … Staskiewicz’s powerful voice is as striking as her picture on the CD cover.

Tempesta: Opera arias by Handel & Vivaldi

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