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Italian composer (1679-1744)
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2019-06-27 19:50:23
On this recording Czech mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kožená returns to the baroque repertoire that launched her early career. “Il giardino dei sospiri” is a collection of scenes from secular cantatas on tragic love, ranging from Handel’s Qual ti riveggio to new editions of works by Leo (Angelica e Medoro), Marcello (Arianna abbandonata) and Gasparini (Atalia). These vocal works are connected through instrumental pieces by Handel (sinfonia of Agrippina), Vinci (sinfonia from Maria dolorata) and Sarro. Initially created as a scenic project, Il giardino dei sospiri offers a rich drama for the voice. Kožená interprets the tragic heroines of these love stories
2019-05-01 07:31:07
A window onto 18th century taste: the multi-composer Naples version of Handel's Rinaldo
[…] and a partial selection of arias in a manuscript at Longleat. In the title role, it seems that Grimaldi largely stuck to Handel (though he substituted some arias, including taking over Almirena's 'Lascia io pianga' as 'Lasci io resti'!) but the other cast members mixed Handel with new arias by Leonardo Leo and arie di baule (signature arias which singers used in multiple performances).Thus we have a score by Handel, Leo, Bononcini, Gasparini, Orlandini, Porta, Sarro and Vivaldi. Does it work? Pretty well, not up to the dramatic level of Handel's best but it certainly seems to work as drama. Perhaps thanks to the intelligent libretto which actually remedies some of the problems in the original Rinaldo, so that Almirena becomes less passive, more resourceful, and Armida is transformed into a seductress (we lose the two scenes where she becomes Almirena), and Act Two ends with a terrific quartet by […]
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Faces of classical music
2019-01-07 07:21:00
“Anima Sacra” – Jakub Józef Orliński, Il Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev – Live at Théâtre Impérial de Compiègne, November 16, 2018
Polish countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński releases Anima Sacra, his debut album on Erato, October 26, 2018. Featuring eleven Neapolitan arias, the album includes eight world premiere recordings of works from Nicola Fago, Francesco Durante, Francesco Feo, Domenico Sarro and Domingo Terradellas. Other arias are from Gaetano Schiassi, Jan Dismas Zelenka, Johann Hasse, and Johann Heinichen. Accompanying Orliński on the album is the ensemble il pomo d'oro conducted by Maxim Emelyanychev.Orliński, who was born in Warsaw, Poland and trained at the Juilliard School, was the 2016 winner of the Metropolitan Opera's National Council Auditions. He was praised by The New York Times for combining "beauty of tone and an uncommon unity of color and polish across his range".Orliński and il pomo d'oro go on an international recital tour, including performances in France, Belgium, and the United States. He will make his Carnegie Hall recital concert debut in January 2019 with members of […]
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Faces of classical music
2019-01-05 07:26:00
The Faces of Classical Music Choose the 20 Best Albums of 2018
By Alexandros Arvanitakis *The Faces of Classical Music Choose the 20 Best Albums of 2018.1. Anima Sacra – Jakub Józef Orliński, Il Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev"Anima Sacra" presents a unique selection of early 18th century masterpieces of sacred music by still to be rediscovered Italian composers of the Neapolitan School like Fago and Sarro, combined with some well known composers working at the catholic Dresden Court such as Hasse, Zelenka and Heinichen – and – last but not least: Antonio Vivaldi.The compositions are united by their captivating beauty and technical perfection in displaying a most intimate yet theatrical essence of baroque spiritual life – the Anima Sacra.The young Polish countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński, Grand Finals winner of the 2016 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and winner of the 2015 Marcella Sembrich International Vocal Competition, is quickly gaining a reputation as a singer of striking vocal beauty and daring stagecraft.In his first recording […]
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