Alan Curtis, Il Complesso Barocco - Francesco Bartolomeo Conti: David (2007)
Alan Curtis, Il Complesso Barocco - Francesco Bartolomeo Conti: David (2007)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 769 Mb | Total time: 76:03+79:05 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Virgin Classics | 9463788772 | Recorded: 2003
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 769 Mb | Total time: 76:03+79:05 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Virgin Classics | 9463788772 | Recorded: 2003
The Florentine Francesco Bartolomeo Conti (1682-1732) was the finest theorbo player in early 18th-century Europe, and spent almost his entire career at the Habsburg court in Vienna. He composed sacred and secular vocal works special enough to warrant the attention of both Bach and Handel. Conti's oratorio David, a setting of a dramatic libretto by Apostolo Zeno, was first performed at Vienna in March 1724. The cast of singers included the tenor Francesco Borosini, soon afterwards a principal cast member for Handel in Tamerlano and Rodelinda (Conti's writing for Borosini descends to a low G, hence the decision here to cast baritone Furio Zanasi as Saul). Alan Curtis speculates that Borosini might have shown Conti's score to Handel because Conti's use of the theorbo to portray David playing the harp to soothe the insanely jealous Saul is neatly reflected in Handel's use of solo harp in his oratorio Saul (1738). Conti's difficult obbligato theorbo part in David's 'Quanto mirabile' is entrusted to the safe hands of Jakob Lindberg; the vocal part is sung by Marijana Mijanovic´, whose tuning and phrasing are better here than in her Handel recordings. Furio Zanasi's top register is stretched a notch too much for comfort at times but this never gets in the way of a convincing performance. Simone Kermes is beautifully emotive as Micol, Birgit Christensen's sparkling soprano is impressive, and Sonia Prina sings with exemplary sense of proportion and melodic line.
Curtis has edited the score himself, and writes an illuminating essay. This labour of love reveals that Conti's arias are strikingly apposite to the dramatic situations and invested with sincere musical depth and richness.–The Gramophone
Performer:
David - Marijana Mijanović
Micol - Simone Kermes
Abner - Sonia Prina
Gionata - Birgitte Christensen
Saul - Furio Zanasi
Falti - Vito Priante
Il Complesso Barocco
Conductor - Alan Curtis
Tracklist:
Francesco Bartolomeo Conti (1682-1732)
David
CD1:
01. Parte Prima. Sinfonia
02. Recitativo: Micol, diletta sposa (David, Micol)
03. Aria: Al genitor mio Re (Micol)
04. Recitativo: Né t'imganna il tuo amor (Gionata, David)
05. Aria: Quale augellino al monte (David)
06. Recitativo: S'io t'ami, il sai (Gionata, David, Micol)
07. Aria: Contra un padre ingiusto e crudo (Gionata)
08. Recitativo: E'si vile in Saul dunque un comando (Saul)
09. Aria: Stringe Iddio l'ultrice spadda (Saul)
10. Recitativo: Signor, so per lung'uso (Abner, Saul)
11. Aria: Ah! Mio Re, pallida invidia (Abner)
12. Recitativo: David è scelta tua (Abner, Saul, Gionata)
13. Aria: Perché pecchi ingiustamente (Gionata)
14. Recitativo: Dunque a David io debbo lo scettro? (Saul, Gionata, Micol, Abner)
15. Aria: O rendimi pietoso l'amabile mio sposo (Micol)
16. Recitativo: Non più. Già cedo (Saul, Micol, Gionata, Abner)
17. Aria: Agiterò la face dell'odio e del sospetto (Falti)
18. Recitativo: Tanto si facci cautamente e presto (Falti)
19. Coro: Cor sano è vita, è vita delle carni
20. Parte Seconda. Coro: Le rose di Gerico
21. Recitativo: O figlie de Sion (David, Gionata)
CD2:
01. Aria: Giusto prezzo a iniquità! (David)
02. Recitativo: Piaccia al Ciel, che sincera pace qui regni (Gionata, David)
03. Aria: Caro amico, si caro mi sei (Gionata)
04. Recitativo: Quanto nell'uomo, che invecchiò in mal uso (Abner)
05. Aria: Al fianco anzi vorrei crudeli empi menici (Abner)
06. Recitativo: Ite a David in traccia: ite veloci (Falti, Abner)
07. Aria: Non so se al sussurrar magiche note (Falti)
08. Recitativo: Vecchio costume degl'iniqui è questo (Abner, Falti)
09. Recitativo accompagnato: Lasciatemi a me stesso, furie d'abisso (Saul)
10. Preludio
11. Recitativo accompagnato: Quanto mirabil si dilata e spande (David)
12. Aria: Quanto mirabile, signore o quanto (David)
13. Recitativo accompagnato: Più non resisto (Saul)
14. Aria: Padre, ascolta, ascolta… (Micol)
15. Recitativo: Sopra il mio sposa sta implacabil mostro (Micol, Gionata, Falti)
16. Aria: Dì al mio Re che per lui sono senza colpa (David)
17. Recitativo: Dov'è? Dov'è l'iniquo? (Saul, Gionata, Falti)
18. Aria: A passo di gigante l'avida mia vendetta (Saul)
19. Recitativo: Signor, siamo delusi, e siam traditi (Falti, Saul, Gionata, Micol)
20. Recitativo accompagnato: Me lo spirto di Dio visita ancora (Saul)
21. Coro finale: Anche Saul è tra profeti?
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Alan Curtis, Il Complesso Barocco - Francesco Bartolomeo Conti: David (2007)
