Vivaldi New Discoveries
Brilliantly researched, performed and recorded – this disc does Vivaldi proud
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Composer or Director: Antonio Vivaldi
Genre:
Orchestral
Label: Opus 111
Magazine Review Date: 13/2009
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 0
Catalogue Number: OP30480
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
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Argippo |
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer Federico Maria Sardelli, Conductor Modo Antiquo Romina Basso, Mezzo soprano |
Concerto for Multiple Instruments |
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer Bettina Hoffmann, Cello Enrico Casazza, Violin Federico Maria Sardelli, Conductor Modo Antiquo |
Sonata for Flute and Continuo |
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer Federico Maria Sardelli, Conductor Modo Antiquo |
Motet,'Vos invito' |
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer Federico Maria Sardelli, Conductor Modo Antiquo |
Sonata for Violin and Continuo |
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer Enrico Casazza, Violin Federico Maria Sardelli, Conductor Modo Antiquo |
Concerto in G Minor for Oboe, Cello and Strings |
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer Bettina Hoffmann, Cello Federico Maria Sardelli, Conductor Modo Antiquo Paolo Pollastri, Oboe |
Se fide quanto belle |
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer Federico Maria Sardelli, Conductor Modo Antiquo Romina Basso, Mezzo soprano |
Author: David Vickers
Sardelli’s band Modo Antiquo deliver turbulent music with vigorous refinement and successfully convey the fizzy excitement and fantasy of Vivaldi’s writing, while never sacrificing resonance or stylistic sincerity (other conductors of Naïve’s Vivaldi Edition could benefit from taking note!). They wring out the maximum quota of drama in the Adagio e spiccato that opens RV578a (found in Dresden, and seemingly an earlier version of the second concerto of L’estro armonico). An oboe concerto (without RV number) has a beautiful Largo that features sensitive contributions from soloist Paolo Pollastri in dialogue with bassoonist François De Ridder. “Se lento ancora il fulmine” is a dynamic tour de force that Vivaldi seems to have written in the early 1730s for his lost Prague opera Argippo (the aria was discovered in Regensburg); it is magnificently sung by Romina Basso, whose masterful technique, clear delivery of text and expression of vocal phrases is also showcased in the motet Vos invito, barbarae faces (RV811; discovered in the library of the Basilica of S Francesco in Assisi). Michael Talbot calls this the “most imposing of the new works” in his excellent booklet-note and speculates that it might have been an early composition for Padua. Basso’s ornamentation is spellbinding here, and also in “Se fide quanto belle” (an aria rediscovered in the Abbey of Montecassino).
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