Vivaldi - Juditha Triumphans - Cantillation (2008)

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Vivaldi - Juditha Triumphans (2008)
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Pinchgut Opera - Attilio Cremonesi - Cantillation - Orchestra of the Antipodes
Sally-Anne Russell (Juditha) - David Walker (Holofernes) - Sara Macliver (Abra) - Fiona Campbell (Vagaus) - Renee Martin (Ozias)

For all the popularity of his orchestral music, Vivaldi’s operas and his sole surviving oratorio - of at least four - have been neglected until recently. Though the balance has been ably redressed in recent years, the appearance of this new recording of Juditha Triumphans is welcome. – Brian Wilson

The story of Judith occurs in the Greek Septuagint version of the Old Testament but it was never admitted to the Hebrew canon, so it languishes among those apocryphal books which are not always printed in English Bibles. It’s a dramatic story of how the Hebrew heroine Judith saved her people by seducing the enemy general Holofernes, then stabbing and decapitating him.

The Hyperion recording opens with the concerto RV555, which the notes aptly describe as colourful. Like De Marchi on Naïve/Opus, Attilio Cremonesi employs the Sinfonia, RV562, to replace the missing Overture, an apt choice in the appropriate key of D. Whereas de Marchi gives us the whole thing, in two sections, allegro and grave, totalling over 9 minutes, it’s here presented in a truncated 3-minute version edited by assistant conductor Benjamin Beyl. It’s inevitable that small cuts have had to be made to fit the oratorio on two CDs, but I regretted the omission of the grave section, with its echoes of the Winter concerto from the Four Seasons. Otherwise the playing is suitably energetic and sets the dramatic tone for the performance.

The arrangement allows the music to segue seamlessly into the opening chorus Arma, cædes, which here receives a lively enough performance - I’d perhaps have liked just a little more warlike spirit from Holofernes’ army - their opening words refer to furores; King’s chorus sound rather more soldierly and more driven by the Furies than Cremonesi’s but the dramatic impetus is still maintained on the new recording. When Vagaus (Bagoas) invokes the Furies in part 2 (Armatæ face et anguibus, CD2, tr.20), the drama certainly isn’t lacking at that point.

Holofernes is sung by David Walker. In common with most modern countertenors, his voice, though very pleasant and musical, lacks the power which a castrato would have had - even Andras Scholl sometimes disappoints slightly in this respect. His account of Nil arma, nil bella (CD1, tr.4) is effective, but contralto Maria José Trullu on the Naïve set hits the mark rather more effectively - in any case, Vivaldi would probably have employed a female singer at the Ospedale. The Hyperion recording also employs a mezzo, Susan Bickley, though she makes less of an effect here than Trullu.

The other soloists on ABC are all female and all sing attractively and stylishly. Sally-Anne Russell’s account of Judith’s first aria Quocum Patriæ me ducit amore (CD1, tr.8) sets the tone for some truly beautiful singing which follows: if anything, her Quanto magis generosa (tr.15) is even more beautiful. The imaginative instrumental accompaniment to Transit ætas (CD2, tr.5) adds even more to the attractions of her singing. She is, of course, up against strong competition from Magdalena Kožená on the Naïve/Opus set, but she holds her own.

In her interchange with Sara Macliver’s Abra in the following tracks, the two voices blend perfectly - each quite distinct yet in harmony with the other. When Fiona Campbell as Vagaus joins them (O quam vaga, tr.12) she, too, blends harmoniously. It’s difficult to imagine Vagaus’s aria lulling Holofernes asleep, Umbræ caræ (CD2, tr.11) being better sung. Cremonesi allows her just a little longer here than de Marchi gives to Marina Comparato, and those extra seconds add to the quality of the singing. Renée Martin as Ozias, aka the prophet Uzziah, in part 2 completes a fine quintet of soloists; she is, perhaps, just a little too tentative in O Sydera, O stellæ (CD2, tr.2). – Brian Wilson

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