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Semiramide La Signora Regale (Bonitatibus)
Arias from Semiramide by: Antonio Caldara, Nicola Porpora, Niccolo Jommelli, Andrea Bernasconi, Tommasa Traetta, Giovanni Paisiello, Francesco Bianchi, Giovanni Battista Borghi, Sebastiano Nasolini, Charles-Simon Catel, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Gioachino Rossini, Manuel Garcia & Georg Friedrich HandelIncluded are the downloadable bonus tracks from Christoph Willibald Gluck & Antonio SalieriAnna Bonitatibus, MezzosopranoFederico Ferri, La Stagione Armonia(Period Instruments)DHM 88725479862 (2014) Two disc set[Flac & Scans]
2015-02-15 17:16:28
Queen sized
[…] the second CD with a sturm und drang-influenced overture to 1790’s La Vendetta di Nino by Bianchi. “Figlio diletto” from Borghi’s La morte di Semiramide ossia La vendetta di Nino which premiered the next year anticipates the cavatina-cabaletta structure as the queen struggles to comprehend how her beloved Arsace could, in reality, be her long-lost son moving from anguish in the initial slow section to fear in the spirited allegro conclusion. A long excerpt from Nasolini’s 1792 opera could easily be mistaken for a lost scena from an early Rossini opera. For the first time, the chorus is prominently featured as the queen bubbles with elaborately jubilant coloratura celebrating her (doomed) love for Arsace. We finally arrive in the 19th century with a charming canzonetta with chorus and harp obbligato from Meyerbeer’s Semiramide (the only excerpt previously recorded ), followed by the world premiere of a reconstruction by Philip Gossett […]
2014-08-26 18:40:41
Review – Semiramide – La Signora Regale (Anna Bonitatibus, La Stagione Armonica, Academia degli Astrusi, Federico Ferri) Two exquisite albums inspired by two very different women – both real but worlds apart. In the first, the muse is ancient Semiramis. Depending on who and what you read, either she was a noble Queen and subsequent Assyrian Regent, a murderer or an (almost) incestuous mother. But regardless of what or who she was, she inspired some incredible music. In a very well chosen and balanced recital, Anna Bonitatibus selects music from Caldara and Porpora via composers such as Traetta and Meyerbeer to that better-known opera by Rossini. En route, she also performs music by the likes of Francesco Bianchi, Sebastiano Nasolini and Manuel García. Once again the current vogue for dusting off lesser-known composers has paid off with the added bonus of an incredibly well researched booklet that accompanies the disc. […]
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