FRANCESCO CAVALLI - Sospiri d’amore
Opera duets and arias. Venice, 1644-1666
卡瓦利: 爱的叹息
Composer(s): Francesco Cavalli (1602-1676) 弗朗切斯科·卡瓦利
Artists: Giulia Semenzato, soprano
Raffaele Pe, alto
Ensemble: La Venexiana 古乐组合“威尼斯姑娘”
Conductor: Claudio Cavina 克劳迪奥·卡维纳
Genre: Classical
Label: Glossa (http://www.glossamusic.com/glossa/default.aspx)
No.: GCD 920940 (http://www.glossamusic.com/glossa/reference.aspx?id=406)
Recorded in Lodi (Teatro alle Vigne), Italy, in December 2015
Rls. date: May 2016
意大利歌剧作曲家。可能是蒙特威尔第(Monteverdi)的学生。1616年入威尼斯的圣马可教堂唱诗班,1639年成为第二管风琴师,这一时期的大部分时间蒙特威尔第都是该教堂的乐长。作为歌剧作曲家,1639年他的第一部作品《泰蒂与佩莱奥的婚礼》(Le nozze di Teti e di Peleo)问世。从此到1670年间,约有40部歌剧在威尼斯上演。二次访问巴黎,所作《赛尔斯》(Xerse)(威尼斯,1654)在1660年作为法王路易十四婚礼庆祝活动内容之一而在巴黎卢浮宫上演。
卡瓦利在歌剧史上的重要性在于扩大了戏剧潜力、对喜剧因素调度自如。所作歌剧有《迪多内》(Didone)(1642);《爱之箭和善》(La virtu de'strali d'amore)(1642);《奥尔明多》(Ormindo)(1644);《多里克莱亚》(Doriclea)(1645);《伊阿宋》(Giasone,Jason)(1649);《俄瑞斯泰奥》(Oristeo)(1651);《卡利斯忒》(La Calisto)(1651);《埃里特雷阿》(Erismena)(1655);《奥廖内》(Orione)(1653);《赛尔斯》(Xerse)(1654);《埃里斯梅那》(Ercole amante)(1662);《波斯公主斯塔蒂拉》(Starira, Principessa di Persia)(1655);《情人赫拉克勒斯》(Ercole Amante)(1662);《非洲的西庇阿》(Scipione affricano)(1664);《哑巴谢沃拉》(Mutio Scevola)(1665);《伟大的蓬佩奥》(Pompeo magno)(1666)。《奥尔明多》和《卡利斯托》在格林德伯恩由雷蒙·莱帕德(Raymand Leppard)成功地恢复上演,但在总谱的某些地方有所改动。其作品晚近由其他人编辑的敞有简·格洛弗和勒内·雅各布两人的版本。卡瓦利也是一位管风琴家和教堂音乐作曲家,例如他的《天使报喜节晚祷》(Vespers of the Annunciation)(1675)和《安魂曲》。他尚写有器乐曲。
About this CD
Two of the brightest singing talents to have emerged from Italy in recent years, Giulia Semenzato and Raffaele Pe, join forces for Sospiri d’amore, a dazzling celebration of operatic arias and duets by that Baroque master of amorous emotions, Francesco Cavalli. Soprano and countertenor are supported by a modern master of Italian Baroque style in Claudio Cavina, who directs La Venexiana (Cavina has also led the Glossa recording of Cavalli’s 1656 opera Artemisia).
Working in Venice with some of the best Italian librettists around in the mid-seventeenth century, Cavalli mined rich emotional seams concerning love in his operas – from tragedy to comedy, from profundity to frivolousness, through to sensuality and vivacity – conjuring up a stream of productions which enjoyed great artistic and financial success; his influence travelled far and wide, and even just in the immediate period of the Baroque this included Rameau, Lully and Handel and Purcell.
With five full-scale duets amongst the solo arias, ariosos and recitar cantando, this new Glossa recording gloriously shows off the talents of two artists who have been gathering important stage experience in the operas of Cavalli: the Venetian Semenzato and the Lombard Pe (who made his debut on the label with The Medici Castrato). Space is also found for one of the vocal genres which Cavalli can lay claim to instigating – the dramatic lamento, here in the form of Lassa, che fò from Statira. In addition, an intriguing picture of Cavalli and his operatic inspiration is to be found in the booklet essay written by Olivier Lexa.
Tracks:
FRANCESCO CAVALLI (1602-1676)
Sospiri d’amore
Opera duets and arias. Venice, 1644-1666
01 O luci belle (Eritrea)
02 Qui cadè al tuo piè (Orimonte)
03 Né meste più (Veremonda)
04 Lassa, che fò (Statira)
05 Corone ed honori (Ciro)
06 Vanne intrepido o mio bene (Statira)
07 L’aspetto feroce (Muzio Scevola)
08 D’Amor non si quereli (Ormindo)
09 Io misero fui Rege (Scipione Affricano)
10 Hor che l’aurora (Egisto)
11 Io chiudo nel core (Elena)
12 Alpi gelate (Pompeo Magno)
13 Sì, sì, che questa notte (Ormindo)
Total playing time 60:07
Giulia Semenzato, soprano
Raffaele Pe, alto
La Venexiana
Efix Puleo, violin
Daniela Godio, violin
Luca Moretti, viola
Antonio Papetti, violoncello
Alberto Lo Gatto, violone
Chiara Granata, triple harp
Gabriele Palomba, theorbo
Diego Cantalupi, theorbo
Luca Oberti, harpsichord