Fabio Biondi, Europa Galante - Alessandro Scarlatti: La Santissima Trinita (2004)
Fabio Biondi, Europa Galante - Alessandro Scarlatti: La Santissima Trinità (2004)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 392 Mb | Total time: 67:27 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Virgin veritas | # 5 45666 2 | Recorded: 2003
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 392 Mb | Total time: 67:27 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Virgin veritas | # 5 45666 2 | Recorded: 2003
With this exciting release, Fabio Biondi, the outstanding Europa Galante, and a cast led by stars Véronique Gens and Vivica Genaux strike a decisive blow for Alessandro Scarlatti's obscure Oratorio per la Santissima Trinità. Old-fashioned even in its day, the work is a musicalized instructional debate about the mysteries of the Holy Trinity between the allegorical personae of Faith, Theology, Faithlessness, Time, and Divine Love. If you're asleep already, it's for good reason. The libretto is the definition of dry – boring both for its rhetorical contrivance and its verbosity. But before you run for the nearest exit, know that Scarlatti responded to this uninspired mess of ideological bickering with outstanding music, entertaining from beginning to end. Drawing only on a small ensemble of strings and continuo, he created an improbably diverse-sounding score full of infectious rhythms, appealing vocal melodies, and rich textures. The recitatives are lavished with the same melodic care and detail as the arias and ensembles, and the personality of each character is etched into his music. Listening, one might think the plot revolves around a love affair, or a social intrigue. Certainly not wave upon wave of phrases like "One cannot believe it, but only raise one's eyebrows in stupefaction." In other words, if you can ignore the text it's an immensely fun listen, and a great example of the stylistic fluidity of Scarlatti's music in 1715.
The musical success of the album is a tribute to Biondi and Europa Galante, who find inspiration in every bar. The strings are crisp, warm, and impeccably unified, and Biondi keeps them rolling along, making the most of Scarlatti's frequently shifting meters and occasional jarring harmonies. The cast deserves credit for tackling highly ornamented, often intricate vocal lines with grace and verve, and for investing the performances with far more humanity than the libretto deserves. Vivica Genaux proves once again that she can sing this style of music as fast, as gracefully, and as expressively as anyone ever has or will, sounding great in the process. Véronique Gens is a heftier vocal presence than is often heard in music of this period, but she is a force to be reckoned with, and the only genuinely compelling dramatic presence of the bunch in the role of Divine Love. Roberta Invernizzi's lighter, more agile soprano contrasts nicely with that of Gens, and shines especially in her many duets.–Allen Schrott
Performer:
Fede - Roberta Invernizzi
Amor divino - Véronique Gens
Teologia - Vivica Genaux
Infedeltà - Paul Agnew
Tempo - Roberto Abbondanza
Europa Galante
Conductor - Fabio Biondi
Tracklist:
Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725)
La Santissima Trinità
01. Sinfonia
02. Duetto: No, possibil non è (Fede,Teologia)
03. Recitativo: Io che tutti secreti (Teologia)
04. Aria: Una pianta tre rami distende (Teologia)
05. Recitativo: O quanto stolta sei (Fede)
06. Aria: Cieca talpa intorno al sole (Fede)
07. Recitativo: Tu ch'hai gl'occhi bendati (Teologia, Fede)
08. A due: No, possibil non è (Fede, Teologia)
09. Recitativo: Baldanzose donzelle (Infeldeltà)
10. Aria: Che da un mar nascano i fiumi (Infeldeltà)
11. Recitativo: Si profondo misterio (Teologia)
12. Aria: Costante prestar fede (Fede)
13. Recitativo: Con l'ali al piede (Tempo)
14. Aria: Pretende invano (Tempo)
15. Recitativo: Dunque è ver (Infedeltà, Fede)
16. Aria: Della fede il bel candor (Fede)
17. Recitativo: O tu che vanti (Tempo, Infedeltà)
18. Aria: Che sia Tempo (Tempo)
19. Recitativo: È ver quanto m'esponi (Infedeltà)
20. Aria: L'eterno Padre (Infedeltà)
21. Recitativo: Ti risponde dal Cielo (Amor divino)
22. Aria: Quell'amore ch'eterno si scorge (Amor divino)
23. Recitativo: Ecco dunque spiegato (Teologia)
24. Aria: Ma nobile scudo (Teologia)
25. Recitativo: È ver che luce (Amor divino)
26. Aria: Or di voi più fortunate (Amor divino)
27. Recitativo: O te felice (Fede)
28. Duetto: Quanto invidio i tuoi contenti (Fede, Amor divino)
29. Duetto: Cedi, infida, al mio valore (Fede, Infedeltà)
30. Recitativo: Cara Fede adorata (Teologia)
31. Aria: Pensier così funesto (Teologia)
32. Recitativo: Non paventar (Amor divino, Infedeltà)
33. Aria: Un volere, un potere (Amor divino)
34. Recitativo: Ancor non sei convinta? (Tempo, Infedeltà, Amor divino)
35. Aria: Vedrai la tortorella (Fede)
36. Recitativo: Ancornon cedi (Teologia)
37. Duetto: L'augelletto che sen vive (Fede, Amor divino)
38. Recitativo: Con assalto più ardito (Infedeltà)
39. Aria: Povera navicella (Teologia)
40. Recitativo: Di naufragio non teme (Amor divino)
41. Aria: Tanto parla, tanto crede (Amor divino)
42. Recitativo: Povera Infedeltà (Teologia, Fede, Infedeltà)
43. Recitativo: Tutte le furie (Infedeltà)
44. Recitativo: Stolta sei se ciò credi (Tempo)
45. Aria: Con la Fede e Amor divino (Tempo)
46. Recitativo: Tanto farà quel Dio (Fede, Amor divino)
47. Aria: Ora ch'è vinta (Fede)
48. Recitativo: È vano il tuo gioir (Infedeltà)
49. Quintetto finale: Ch'io ti ceda? (Infedeltà, Tempo, Teologia, Amor divino, Fede)
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Fabio Biondi, Europa Galante - Alessandro Scarlatti: La Santissima Trinita (2004)
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