Arie Antiche Bartoli

Record and Artist Details

Composer or Director: Alessandro Marcello, Giacomo Carissimi, Giulio Caccini, Antonio Caldara, Antonio Vivaldi, Anonymous, Antonio Lotti, Giovanni Paisiello, (Pietro) Alessandro (Gaspare) Scarlatti, Tommaso Giordani, Antonio Cesti, (Pietro) Francesco Cavalli, Alessandro Parisotti

Label: Decca

Media Format: CD or Download

Media Runtime: 66

Mastering:

DDD

Catalogue Number: 436 267-2DH

Tracks:

Composition Artist Credit
(L') Honestà negli amore, Movement: Già il sole dal Gange (Pietro) Alessandro (Gaspare) Scarlatti, Composer
(Pietro) Alessandro (Gaspare) Scarlatti, Composer
Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo soprano
György Fischer, Piano
(La) Donna ancora è fedele, Movement: Son tutta duolo (Pietro) Alessandro (Gaspare) Scarlatti, Composer
(Pietro) Alessandro (Gaspare) Scarlatti, Composer
Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo soprano
György Fischer, Piano
(La) Donna ancora è fedele, Movement: Se Florindo è fedele (Pietro) Alessandro (Gaspare) Scarlatti, Composer
(Pietro) Alessandro (Gaspare) Scarlatti, Composer
Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo soprano
György Fischer, Piano
(Il) Pompeo, Movement: O cessate di piagarmi (Pietro) Alessandro (Gaspare) Scarlatti, Composer
(Pietro) Alessandro (Gaspare) Scarlatti, Composer
Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo soprano
György Fischer, Piano
Spesso vibra per suo gioco (Pietro) Alessandro (Gaspare) Scarlatti, Composer
(Pietro) Alessandro (Gaspare) Scarlatti, Composer
Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo soprano
György Fischer, Piano
Caro mio ben Tommaso Giordani, Composer
Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo soprano
György Fischer, Piano
Tommaso Giordani, Composer
Arminio Antonio Lotti, Composer
Antonio Lotti, Composer
Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo soprano
György Fischer, Piano
(I) casti amori d'Orontea, Movement: Intorno all'idol mio Antonio Cesti, Composer
Antonio Cesti, Composer
Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo soprano
György Fischer, Piano
(L')Amor contrastato, 'La Molinara', Movement: Nel cor più non mi sento Giovanni Paisiello, Composer
Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo soprano
Giovanni Paisiello, Composer
György Fischer, Piano
Nina, o sia La pazza per amore, Movement: Il mio ben quando verrà Giovanni Paisiello, Composer
Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo soprano
Giovanni Paisiello, Composer
György Fischer, Piano
O leggiadri occhi belli Anonymous, Composer
Anonymous, Composer
Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo soprano
György Fischer, Piano
Qual fiamma che m'accende Alessandro Marcello, Composer
Alessandro Marcello, Composer
Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo soprano
György Fischer, Piano
Selve amiche Antonio Caldara, Composer
Antonio Caldara, Composer
Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo soprano
György Fischer, Piano
Sebben crudele me fai languir Antonio Caldara, Composer
Antonio Caldara, Composer
Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo soprano
György Fischer, Piano
(Le) nuove musiche, Movement: Amarilli mia bella (wds. G. B. or A. Guarini) Giulio Caccini, Composer
Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo soprano
Giulio Caccini, Composer
György Fischer, Piano
Nuove musiche e nuova maniera de scriverle, Movement: Tu ch'hai le penne (wds. ?Rinuccini) Giulio Caccini, Composer
Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo soprano
Giulio Caccini, Composer
György Fischer, Piano
Se tu m'ami Alessandro Parisotti, Composer
Alessandro Parisotti, Composer
Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo soprano
György Fischer, Piano
(Il) Zingari in fiera, Movement: Chi vuol la zingarella Giovanni Paisiello, Composer
Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo soprano
Giovanni Paisiello, Composer
György Fischer, Piano
Giasone, Movement: Delizie contente (Pietro) Francesco Cavalli, Composer
(Pietro) Francesco Cavalli, Composer
Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo soprano
György Fischer, Piano
Sposa son disprezzata Antonio Vivaldi, Composer
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer
Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo soprano
György Fischer, Piano
Vittoria, mio core! Giacomo Carissimi, Composer
Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo soprano
Giacomo Carissimi, Composer
György Fischer, Piano

Composer or Director: Alessandro Marcello, Giacomo Carissimi, Giulio Caccini, Antonio Caldara, Antonio Vivaldi, Anonymous, Antonio Lotti, Giovanni Paisiello, (Pietro) Alessandro (Gaspare) Scarlatti, Tommaso Giordani, Antonio Cesti, (Pietro) Francesco Cavalli, Alessandro Parisotti

Label: Decca

Media Format: Cassette

Media Runtime: 0

Mastering:

DDD

Catalogue Number: 436 267-4DH

Tracks:

Composition Artist Credit
(L') Honestà negli amore, Movement: Già il sole dal Gange (Pietro) Alessandro (Gaspare) Scarlatti, Composer
(Pietro) Alessandro (Gaspare) Scarlatti, Composer
Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo soprano
György Fischer, Piano
(La) Donna ancora è fedele, Movement: Son tutta duolo (Pietro) Alessandro (Gaspare) Scarlatti, Composer
(Pietro) Alessandro (Gaspare) Scarlatti, Composer
Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo soprano
György Fischer, Piano
(La) Donna ancora è fedele, Movement: Se Florindo è fedele (Pietro) Alessandro (Gaspare) Scarlatti, Composer
(Pietro) Alessandro (Gaspare) Scarlatti, Composer
Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo soprano
György Fischer, Piano
(Il) Pompeo, Movement: O cessate di piagarmi (Pietro) Alessandro (Gaspare) Scarlatti, Composer
(Pietro) Alessandro (Gaspare) Scarlatti, Composer
Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo soprano
György Fischer, Piano
Spesso vibra per suo gioco (Pietro) Alessandro (Gaspare) Scarlatti, Composer
(Pietro) Alessandro (Gaspare) Scarlatti, Composer
Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo soprano
György Fischer, Piano
Caro mio ben Tommaso Giordani, Composer
Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo soprano
György Fischer, Piano
Tommaso Giordani, Composer
Arminio Antonio Lotti, Composer
Antonio Lotti, Composer
Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo soprano
György Fischer, Piano
(I) casti amori d'Orontea, Movement: Intorno all'idol mio Antonio Cesti, Composer
Antonio Cesti, Composer
Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo soprano
György Fischer, Piano
(L')Amor contrastato, 'La Molinara', Movement: Nel cor più non mi sento Giovanni Paisiello, Composer
Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo soprano
Giovanni Paisiello, Composer
György Fischer, Piano
Nina, o sia La pazza per amore, Movement: Il mio ben quando verrà Giovanni Paisiello, Composer
Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo soprano
Giovanni Paisiello, Composer
György Fischer, Piano
O leggiadri occhi belli Anonymous, Composer
Anonymous, Composer
Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo soprano
György Fischer, Piano
Qual fiamma che m'accende Alessandro Marcello, Composer
Alessandro Marcello, Composer
Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo soprano
György Fischer, Piano
Selve amiche Antonio Caldara, Composer
Antonio Caldara, Composer
Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo soprano
György Fischer, Piano
Sebben crudele me fai languir Antonio Caldara, Composer
Antonio Caldara, Composer
Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo soprano
György Fischer, Piano
(Le) nuove musiche, Movement: Amarilli mia bella (wds. G. B. or A. Guarini) Giulio Caccini, Composer
Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo soprano
Giulio Caccini, Composer
György Fischer, Piano
Nuove musiche e nuova maniera de scriverle, Movement: Tu ch'hai le penne (wds. ?Rinuccini) Giulio Caccini, Composer
Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo soprano
Giulio Caccini, Composer
György Fischer, Piano
Se tu m'ami Alessandro Parisotti, Composer
Alessandro Parisotti, Composer
Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo soprano
György Fischer, Piano
(Il) Zingari in fiera, Movement: Chi vuol la zingarella Giovanni Paisiello, Composer
Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo soprano
Giovanni Paisiello, Composer
György Fischer, Piano
Giasone, Movement: Delizie contente (Pietro) Francesco Cavalli, Composer
(Pietro) Francesco Cavalli, Composer
Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo soprano
György Fischer, Piano
Sposa son disprezzata Antonio Vivaldi, Composer
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer
Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo soprano
György Fischer, Piano
Vittoria, mio core! Giacomo Carissimi, Composer
Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo soprano
Giacomo Carissimi, Composer
György Fischer, Piano
The aria anticha has at last shaken off any remaining Cinderella rags, and been swept off to the party. Cecilia Bartoli, not surprisingly, has provided the vocal finery which reveals the true nature of these songs: they are not made to be confined to warming up exercises or to the singing studio, but to release their own little emotional vignettes in a voice simply delighting in what it is dared to do.
The voice almost laughs its way up the scale in Gia il sole dal Gange, and revels in Spesso vibra per suo gioco, as Scarlatti's wordplay tickles the larynx. Bartoli makes one believe that hers is exactly the quality of voice for which the melody of Caro mio ben was first heard and written: tasting the colour of each passing register, essentially youthful, yet with a dark underside of period melancholy.
For the two Caldara songs, Bartoli focuses on the voice as wind instrument, living in the air moving through their languid legato. This changes to a more austere, matt surface for the Caccini. This way of drawing out the essential character of each song by putting her own imprint on it is quintessential Bartoli. For Scarlatti's Se Florindo e fedele she moves from coyness to hauteur in her ever richer low register, as if she were in the midst of a neo-classical pastoral. Her dialogue with the piano is particularly telling here: Gyorgy Fischer's playing is a delight, making even the most trying passages of manner and mannerism ever-vigilant, never matter-of-fact.
The rhythmic muscle of these arie is toned up considerably by Bartoli. In Lotti's Pur dicesti she tugs against the jaunty accompaniment and teases the melody with rubato and ornamentation which never loses sight of its contour. The old war-horse of Se tu m'ami is turned into a lively pony, with its frisky tempo changes matched by the reveilles of Bartoli's final ''Vittoria!'''

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