Unlimited Streaming
Listen to this album in high quality now on our apps
Start my trial period and start listening to this albumEnjoy this album on Qobuz apps with your subscription
SubscribeEnjoy this album on Qobuz apps with your subscription
Digital Download
Purchase and download this album in a wide variety of formats depending on your needs.
The impression of the ink still being wet on the page is not an unfamiliar one when listening to Fabio Biondi and Europa Galante, such is the freshness and elan they inject into everything they turn their musical attentions to. However in the case of their Vivaldi Edition Argippo the ink pretty much was still wet as they recorded it, because this is Bernardo Ticci's 2019 reconstruction of what is in fact a lost Vivaldi pasticcio (a cutting and pasting together of music from other operas), created in 1730 for the Venetian impresario Antonio Peruzzi to stage in Vienna and Prague.
The reconstruction has been possible because the librettos from those two productions remain, plus a set of arias, and also the full score of a complete three-act, untitled and anonymous opera featuring arias from up to twelve other composers – and both the arias and the score appear to be derived, albeit with many changes, from the Prague libretto.
The result is a reconstruction which on the one hand is decidedly scant on actual music by Vivaldi, given that even those arias believed to be from his pen can't be confirmed as such, and they appear alongside arias by Galeazzi, Pescetti, Hasse, Porpora, (possibly) Fiorè and Vinci. However, it's also a stylistically diverse and thus thoroughly entertaining offering that bears all the hallmarks of a Vivaldi pasticcio, and is undoubtedly in the spirit of one.
Argippo's action takes place in the Bengali Kingdom – a tapping into the contemporary Venetian enthusiasm for tales of the East, although that influence didn't bleed into the musical style itself. A classic Baroque opera plot centred around lies and mistaken identities – King Argippo of Chittagong and his wife Osira almost lose their lives while visiting the court of the Gran Mogol Tisifaro, because the Tisifaro's cousin Silvero seduces his daughter Zanaida while disguised as Argippo – it's high on drama and strife before eventually reaching its happy conclusion.
So, add the multi-composer score, and Biondi's five-strong cast have plenty to get their teeth into. Highlights include the opera's first fizzing showstopper, “Se lento ancora”, contralto Delphine Galou as the Gran Mogol Tisifaro's daughter Zanaida making light work of her leaping figures and embellishments as she anguishes over being betrayed by her lover. Also the soft and fruity-toned fluidity to the vocal acrobatics of ‘Un certo non so che’, sung by soprano Marie Lys as a fearful Osira. Equally fine voiced are soprano Emőke Baráth in the title role, contralto Marianna Pizzolato as Silvero, and bass Luigi de Donato as Tisifaro. Europa Galante themselves bring it all together with their characteristic blend of warmth, fizz and dramatic flair, having launched things with a cracker of an opening Sinfonia. In short, great fun. © Charlotte Gardner/Qobuz
You are currently listening to samples.
Listen to over 100 million songs with an unlimited streaming plan.
Listen to this playlist and more than 100 million songs with our unlimited streaming plans.
From 12,49€/month
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Orchestra, MainArtist - Domenico Lalli, Lyricist
2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group 2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Orchestra, MainArtist - Domenico Lalli, Lyricist
2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group 2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Orchestra, MainArtist - Domenico Lalli, Lyricist
2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group 2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Orchestra, MainArtist - Domenico Lalli, Lyricist - Delphine Galou, Singer, MainArtist - Luigi De Donato, Singer, MainArtist
2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group 2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Orchestra, MainArtist - Domenico Lalli, Lyricist - Delphine Galou, Singer, MainArtist
2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group 2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Orchestra, MainArtist - Domenico Lalli, Lyricist - Marianna Pizzolato, Singer, MainArtist - Luigi De Donato, Singer, MainArtist
2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group 2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Orchestra, MainArtist - Domenico Lalli, Lyricist - Luigi De Donato, Singer, MainArtist
2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group 2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Orchestra, MainArtist - Domenico Lalli, Lyricist - Marianna Pizzolato, Singer, MainArtist
2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group 2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Orchestra, MainArtist - Domenico Lalli, Lyricist - Marianna Pizzolato, Singer, MainArtist
2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group 2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Orchestra, MainArtist - Domenico Lalli, Lyricist - Delphine Galou, Singer, MainArtist - Marianna Pizzolato, Singer, MainArtist - Emoke Baräth, Singer, MainArtist - Luigi De Donato, Singer, MainArtist - Marie Lys, Singer, MainArtist
2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group 2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Orchestra, MainArtist - Domenico Lalli, Lyricist - Delphine Galou, Singer, MainArtist - Marianna Pizzolato, Singer, MainArtist - Emoke Baräth, Singer, MainArtist - Marie Lys, Singer, MainArtist
2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group 2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Orchestra, MainArtist - Domenico Lalli, Lyricist - Emoke Baräth, Singer, MainArtist - Antonio Galeazzi, Composer
2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group 2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Orchestra, MainArtist - Domenico Lalli, Lyricist - Marie Lys, Singer, MainArtist
2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group 2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Orchestra, MainArtist - Domenico Lalli, Lyricist - Giovanni Battista Pescetti, Composer - Marie Lys, Singer, MainArtist
2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group 2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Orchestra, MainArtist - Domenico Lalli, Lyricist - Delphine Galou, Singer, MainArtist - Luigi De Donato, Singer, MainArtist
2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group 2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Orchestra, MainArtist - Domenico Lalli, Lyricist - Giovanni Battista Pescetti, Composer - Luigi De Donato, Singer, MainArtist
2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group 2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Orchestra, MainArtist - Domenico Lalli, Lyricist - Delphine Galou, Singer, MainArtist - Marianna Pizzolato, Singer, MainArtist - Marie Lys, Singer, MainArtist
2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group 2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Orchestra, MainArtist - Domenico Lalli, Lyricist - Delphine Galou, Singer, MainArtist - Johann Adolph Hasse, Composer
2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group 2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Orchestra, MainArtist - Domenico Lalli, Lyricist - Marianna Pizzolato, Singer, MainArtist - Emoke Baräth, Singer, MainArtist - Marie Lys, Singer, MainArtist
2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group 2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Orchestra, MainArtist - Domenico Lalli, Lyricist - Marianna Pizzolato, Singer, MainArtist
2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group 2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Orchestra, MainArtist - Domenico Lalli, Lyricist - Emoke Baräth, Singer, MainArtist - Marie Lys, Singer, MainArtist
2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group 2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Orchestra, MainArtist - Nicola Porpora, Composer - Domenico Lalli, Lyricist - Marie Lys, Singer, MainArtist
2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group 2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group
DISC 2
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Orchestra, MainArtist - Domenico Lalli, Lyricist - Marie Lys, Singer, MainArtist
2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group 2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Orchestra, MainArtist - Domenico Lalli, Lyricist - Marie Lys, Singer, MainArtist
2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group 2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Orchestra, MainArtist - Domenico Lalli, Lyricist - Marianna Pizzolato, Singer, MainArtist - Luigi De Donato, Singer, MainArtist
2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group 2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Orchestra, MainArtist - Domenico Lalli, Lyricist - Emoke Baräth, Singer, MainArtist - Luigi De Donato, Singer, MainArtist
2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group 2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Orchestra, MainArtist - Domenico Lalli, Lyricist - Delphine Galou, Singer, MainArtist - Emoke Baräth, Singer, MainArtist - Luigi De Donato, Singer, MainArtist
2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group 2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Orchestra, MainArtist - Domenico Lalli, Lyricist - Delphine Galou, Singer, MainArtist
2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group 2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Orchestra, MainArtist - Domenico Lalli, Lyricist - Emoke Baräth, Singer, MainArtist - Luigi De Donato, Singer, MainArtist
2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group 2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Orchestra, MainArtist - Domenico Lalli, Lyricist - Luigi De Donato, Singer, MainArtist
2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group 2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Orchestra, MainArtist - Domenico Lalli, Lyricist - Emoke Baräth, Singer, MainArtist
2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group 2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Orchestra, MainArtist - Domenico Lalli, Lyricist - Emoke Baräth, Singer, MainArtist - Antonio Galeazzi, Composer
2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group 2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Orchestra, MainArtist - Domenico Lalli, Lyricist - Emoke Baräth, Singer, MainArtist - Marie Lys, Singer, MainArtist
2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group 2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Orchestra, MainArtist - Domenico Lalli, Lyricist - Giovanni Battista Pescetti, Composer - Marie Lys, Singer, MainArtist
2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group 2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Orchestra, MainArtist - Domenico Lalli, Lyricist - Emoke Baräth, Singer, MainArtist - Marie Lys, Singer, MainArtist
2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group 2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Orchestra, MainArtist - Domenico Lalli, Lyricist - Marianna Pizzolato, Singer, MainArtist - Emoke Baräth, Singer, MainArtist - Luigi De Donato, Singer, MainArtist - Marie Lys, Singer, MainArtist
2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group 2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Orchestra, MainArtist - Domenico Lalli, Lyricist - Marie Lys, Singer, MainArtist - Stefano Andrea Fiorè, Composer
2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group 2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Orchestra, MainArtist - Domenico Lalli, Lyricist - Emoke Baräth, Singer, MainArtist
2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group 2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Orchestra, MainArtist - Domenico Lalli, Lyricist - Emoke Baräth, Singer, MainArtist - Giovanni Battista Pescetti, Composer
2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group 2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Orchestra, MainArtist - Domenico Lalli, Lyricist - Delphine Galou, Singer, MainArtist - Marianna Pizzolato, Singer, MainArtist
2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group 2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Orchestra, MainArtist - Domenico Lalli, Lyricist - Delphine Galou, Singer, MainArtist - Leonardo Vinci, Composer
2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group 2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Orchestra, MainArtist - Domenico Lalli, Lyricist - Marianna Pizzolato, Singer, MainArtist
2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group 2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Orchestra, MainArtist - Domenico Lalli, Lyricist - Marianna Pizzolato, Singer, MainArtist
2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group 2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Orchestra, MainArtist - Domenico Lalli, Lyricist - Delphine Galou, Singer, MainArtist - Marianna Pizzolato, Singer, MainArtist - Emoke Baräth, Singer, MainArtist - Luigi De Donato, Singer, MainArtist
2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group 2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Orchestra, MainArtist - Domenico Lalli, Lyricist - Delphine Galou, Singer, MainArtist - Marianna Pizzolato, Singer, MainArtist - Emoke Baräth, Singer, MainArtist - Luigi De Donato, Singer, MainArtist
2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group 2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Orchestra, MainArtist - Domenico Lalli, Lyricist - Delphine Galou, Singer, MainArtist - Marianna Pizzolato, Singer, MainArtist - Emoke Baräth, Singer, MainArtist - Luigi De Donato, Singer, MainArtist
2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group 2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Orchestra, MainArtist - Domenico Lalli, Lyricist - Marie Lys, Singer, MainArtist
2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group 2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Orchestra, MainArtist - Domenico Lalli, Lyricist - Delphine Galou, Singer, MainArtist - Marianna Pizzolato, Singer, MainArtist - Emoke Baräth, Singer, MainArtist - Luigi De Donato, Singer, MainArtist
2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group 2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Orchestra, MainArtist - Domenico Lalli, Lyricist - Delphine Galou, Singer, MainArtist - Marianna Pizzolato, Singer, MainArtist - Emoke Baräth, Singer, MainArtist - Luigi De Donato, Singer, MainArtist - Marie Lys, Singer, MainArtist
2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group 2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group
Albumbeschreibung
The impression of the ink still being wet on the page is not an unfamiliar one when listening to Fabio Biondi and Europa Galante, such is the freshness and elan they inject into everything they turn their musical attentions to. However in the case of their Vivaldi Edition Argippo the ink pretty much was still wet as they recorded it, because this is Bernardo Ticci's 2019 reconstruction of what is in fact a lost Vivaldi pasticcio (a cutting and pasting together of music from other operas), created in 1730 for the Venetian impresario Antonio Peruzzi to stage in Vienna and Prague.
The reconstruction has been possible because the librettos from those two productions remain, plus a set of arias, and also the full score of a complete three-act, untitled and anonymous opera featuring arias from up to twelve other composers – and both the arias and the score appear to be derived, albeit with many changes, from the Prague libretto.
The result is a reconstruction which on the one hand is decidedly scant on actual music by Vivaldi, given that even those arias believed to be from his pen can't be confirmed as such, and they appear alongside arias by Galeazzi, Pescetti, Hasse, Porpora, (possibly) Fiorè and Vinci. However, it's also a stylistically diverse and thus thoroughly entertaining offering that bears all the hallmarks of a Vivaldi pasticcio, and is undoubtedly in the spirit of one.
Argippo's action takes place in the Bengali Kingdom – a tapping into the contemporary Venetian enthusiasm for tales of the East, although that influence didn't bleed into the musical style itself. A classic Baroque opera plot centred around lies and mistaken identities – King Argippo of Chittagong and his wife Osira almost lose their lives while visiting the court of the Gran Mogol Tisifaro, because the Tisifaro's cousin Silvero seduces his daughter Zanaida while disguised as Argippo – it's high on drama and strife before eventually reaching its happy conclusion.
So, add the multi-composer score, and Biondi's five-strong cast have plenty to get their teeth into. Highlights include the opera's first fizzing showstopper, “Se lento ancora”, contralto Delphine Galou as the Gran Mogol Tisifaro's daughter Zanaida making light work of her leaping figures and embellishments as she anguishes over being betrayed by her lover. Also the soft and fruity-toned fluidity to the vocal acrobatics of ‘Un certo non so che’, sung by soprano Marie Lys as a fearful Osira. Equally fine voiced are soprano Emőke Baráth in the title role, contralto Marianna Pizzolato as Silvero, and bass Luigi de Donato as Tisifaro. Europa Galante themselves bring it all together with their characteristic blend of warmth, fizz and dramatic flair, having launched things with a cracker of an opening Sinfonia. In short, great fun. © Charlotte Gardner/Qobuz
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 49 track(s)
- Total length: 02:02:10
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Europe Galante Fabio Biondi Emöke Baráth Delphine Galou Marianna Pizzolato
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: naïve classique
- Genre: Klassiek Opera
2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group 2019 Naïve, a Label of Believe Group
Improve album informationWhy buy on Qobuz...
-
Stream or download your music
Buy an album or an individual track. Or listen to our entire catalogue with our high-quality unlimited streaming subscriptions.
-
Zero DRM
The downloaded files belong to you, without any usage limit. You can download them as many times as you like.
-
Choose the format best suited for you
Download your purchases in a wide variety of formats (FLAC, ALAC, WAV, AIFF...) depending on your needs.
-
Listen to your purchases on our apps
Download the Qobuz apps for smartphones, tablets and computers, and listen to your purchases wherever you go.