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2020-07-17 07:21:52
Almost sacred opera: the French group Les Accents in an engaging account of one of Alessandro Scarlatti's oratorios for 17th century Rome
Alessandro Scarlatti Il martirio di Santa Teodosia; Emmanuelle de Negri, Emiliano Gonzalez Toro, Renato Dolcini, Anthea Pichanick, Les Accents, Thibault Noally; APARTE Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 17 July 2020 Star rating: 3.5 (★★★½) Scarlatti's oratorio gets its first recording in an engaging performance, which opens a valuable window onto the world of 17th century Italian oratorioFrom the mid-17th century, oratorio in Italy started to move away from its sacred roots and take on elements of opera. Whilst there were still oratorios in Latin, those in Italian developed and instead of narrator and chorus the works relied on the interaction between characters (Biblical, historical or allegorical) in a sequence of arias and recitatives. This arose particularly in Rome where staged performances of opera were intermittently banned, leading to the development of oratorio as something of a replacement.Giacomo Carissimi wrote some of the best known Italian oratorios of the […]
2020-04-03 08:08:39
A new recording of Handel's first version of Messiah (Dublin 1742) with a largely German speaking cast
[…] the the choir of Christ Church Cathedral and the Academy of Ancient Music and soloists Judith Nelson, Emma Kirkby, Carolyn Watkinson, Paul Elliott, David Thomas, this version is also the one recorded by Paul McCreesh and the Gabrieli Consort on Archiv with Dorothea Roschman, Bernada Fink, Charles Daniels, Neal Davies. 1754 is the basis (with a few interventions) for Herve Niquet's recording on Alpha with Le Concert Spirituel and soloists Sandrine Piau, Katherine Watson, Anthea Pichanick, Rupert Charlesworth, Andrea Wolf Elsewhere on this blog Filling an important gap: the sacred music of Henry Aldrich, Oxford divine and contemporary of Purcell, performed on Convivium Records by the Cathedral Singers of Christ Church, Oxford - CD review A dialogue with the past: the chamber music of Riccardo Malipiero from the Rest Ensemble - CD review Sullivan at his peak, but without Gilbert: Haddon Hall […]
2015-08-27 17:41:29
Anthea Pichanick wins Cesti competition. Classical Music staff - 27 August 2015. Anthea Pichanick took first prize in the 6th International Singing Competition for Baroque Opera Pietro Antonio Cesti, which took place in Innsbruck between 21 and 25 August.
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