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Fabio Biondi|Vivaldi : Ercole (Intégrale)

Vivaldi : Ercole (Intégrale)

Europa Galante - Fabio Biondi

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There is no complete surviving score for Vivaldi's Ercole su'l Termodonte, but there is enough existing material that modern scholars have been able to reconstruct it primarily by making new settings of the lost recitatives. The first production of the opera since Vivaldi's time was at Spoleto in 2006 in a version by Alessandro Ciccolini, which was released as a DVD. Conductor Fabio Biondi made a version introduced in Venice in 2007, which is recorded on this 2010 Virgin CD. Biondi's recording has the advantage of two international superstars in the leading roles, tenor Rolando Villazón and mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, and soprano Diana Damrau is nearly in their league. Villazón's earthy voice is usually associated with 19th century and verismo Italian repertoire, but he has an acute sensitivity to Baroque vocal style, and his robust, almost baritonal tenor is entirely appropriate for a larger-than-life character like Hercules. DiDonato excels as Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons, singing with her characteristic brilliance and warm humanity. The rest of the cast consists mostly of singers who are superstars or near-superstars in the more circumscribed world of Baroque opera: soprano Patrizia Ciofi, mezzo-sopranos Vivica Genaux and Romina Basso (who sounds like a genuine contralto), counter tenor Philippe Jaroussky, and tenor Topi Lehtipuu. The vocal standards are predictably high; the singers are in absolute control of Vivaldi's extreme demands and they have the ease with the repertoire to make it sound spontaneous and effortless. These are all performers with exceptionally lovely voices -- pure, velvety, colorful, and supple -- so the recording should be a pleasure for any fans of vocal music. The singers are also superb actors, and the eight leads create distinctly differentiated characters. Biondi leads Europa Galante in a performance of exquisite precision and refinement (although the natural horns used in some arias add an appropriately rough-hewn quality to the warriors' music), and the continuo parts are especially beautifully realized. The sound is clean, detailed, and spacious, with excellent balance.

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Ercole sul Termodonte, RV 710 (Antonio Vivaldi)

1
Sinfonia
Europe Galante
00:04:23

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Ensemble, MainArtist - Antonio Salvi, Poet

A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2010 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2010 Parlophone Records Limited

2
Act I, Scena 1: Recitativo: Itene, o mie compagne
Fabio Biondi
00:00:17

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Vivica Genaux, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Antonio Salvi, Poet

A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2010 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2010 Parlophone Records Limited

3
Act I, Scena 1: Coro: Oh figlia di Giove
Fabio Biondi
00:01:12

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Antonio Salvi, Poet - Corale Santa Cecilia di Borgo San Lorenzo, Choir, FeaturedArtist

A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2010 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2010 Parlophone Records Limited

4
Act I, Scena 1: Aria: Dea di Delo
Fabio Biondi
00:00:56

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Vivica Genaux, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Antonio Salvi, Poet

A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2010 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2010 Parlophone Records Limited

5
Act I, Scena 1: Recitativo: Dunque ché più si tarda?
Fabio Biondi
00:00:19

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Vivica Genaux, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Antonio Salvi, Poet

A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2010 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2010 Parlophone Records Limited

6
Act I, Scena 1: A due: Sereno il cielo
Fabio Biondi
00:00:40

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Vivica Genaux, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Diana Damrau, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Antonio Salvi, Poet

A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2010 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2010 Parlophone Records Limited

7
Act I, Scena 2: Recitativo: Antiope, genitrice
Fabio Biondi
00:01:14

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Vivica Genaux, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Diana Damrau, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Antonio Salvi, Poet

A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2010 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2010 Parlophone Records Limited

8
Act I, Scena 2: Aria: Con aspetto lusinghiero
Fabio Biondi
00:03:29

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Vivica Genaux, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Antonio Salvi, Poet

A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2010 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2010 Parlophone Records Limited

9
Act I, Scena 3: Recitativo: Mostro di tal natura
Fabio Biondi
00:00:34

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Diana Damrau, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Antonio Salvi, Poet

A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2010 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2010 Parlophone Records Limited

10
Act I, Scena 3: Aria: Certo pensier ch'ho in petto
Fabio Biondi
00:04:04

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Diana Damrau, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Antonio Salvi, Poet

A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2010 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2010 Parlophone Records Limited

11
Act I, Scena 3: Sinfonia
Europe Galante
00:01:10

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Ensemble, MainArtist - Antonio Salvi, Poet

A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2010 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2010 Parlophone Records Limited

12
Act I, Scena 4: Recitativo: Amici, eccoci omai
Fabio Biondi
00:02:06

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Rolando Villazon, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Topi Lehtipuu, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Romina Basso, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Antonio Salvi, Poet

A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2010 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2010 Parlophone Records Limited

13
Act I, Scena 4: Aria: Vedrà l'empia
Fabio Biondi
00:02:48

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Rolando Villazon, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Antonio Salvi, Poet

A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2010 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2010 Parlophone Records Limited

14
Act I, Scena 4: Recitativo: Grand'Alcide, io ti seguo
Fabio Biondi
00:00:38

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Antonio Salvi, Poet

A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2010 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2010 Parlophone Records Limited

15
Act I, Scena 4: Aria: Quella beltà
Fabio Biondi
00:02:10

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Antonio Salvi, Poet

A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2010 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2010 Parlophone Records Limited

16
Act I, Scena 5: Recitativo: No, che amor non è fallo in cor guerriero
Fabio Biondi
00:02:13

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Romina Basso, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Antonio Salvi, Poet - Joyce Di Donato, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist

A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2010 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2010 Parlophone Records Limited

17
Act I, Scena 6: Recitativo: Da sì nobile sfera
Fabio Biondi
00:00:22

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Romina Basso, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Antonio Salvi, Poet

A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2010 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2010 Parlophone Records Limited

18
Act I, Scena 6: Aria: Occhio, che il sol rimira
Fabio Biondi
00:05:22

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Romina Basso, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Antonio Salvi, Poet

A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2010 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2010 Parlophone Records Limited

19
Act I, Scena 7: Recitativo: All'armi, all'armi
Fabio Biondi
00:00:50

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Vivica Genaux, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Patrizia Ciofi, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Antonio Salvi, Poet

A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2010 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2010 Parlophone Records Limited

20
Act I, Scena 8: Recitativo: Orizia generosa
Fabio Biondi
00:01:04

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Joyce DiDonato, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Vivica Genaux, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Antonio Salvi, Poet

A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2010 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2010 Parlophone Records Limited

21
Act I, Scena 9: Recitativo: Per riveder l'aspetto
Fabio Biondi
00:00:22

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Joyce DiDonato, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Antonio Salvi, Poet

A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2010 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2010 Parlophone Records Limited

22
Act 1: "Non saria pena la mia" (Antiope)
Fabio Biondi
00:02:31

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Joyce DiDonato, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Antonio Salvi, Poet

A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2010 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2010 Parlophone Records Limited

23
Act I, Scena 10: Recitativo: martesia è mia
Fabio Biondi
00:02:32

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Rolando Villazon, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Topi Lehtipuu, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Diana Damrau, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Antonio Salvi, Poet

A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2010 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2010 Parlophone Records Limited

24
Act I, Scena 10: Aria: Un sguardo, un vezzo, un riso
Fabio Biondi
00:02:11

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Diana Damrau, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Antonio Salvi, Poet

A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2010 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2010 Parlophone Records Limited

25
Act I, Scena 11: Recitativo: Per sì bella speranza che non saprò tentar?
Fabio Biondi
00:00:22

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Antonio Salvi, Poet

A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2010 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2010 Parlophone Records Limited

26
Act I, Scena 11: Aria: Sento con qual diletto
Fabio Biondi
00:03:35

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Antonio Salvi, Poet

A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2010 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2010 Parlophone Records Limited

27
Act I, Scena 12: Recitativo: Ercole, ohimè!
Fabio Biondi
00:01:06

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Rolando Villazon, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Patrizia Ciofi, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Romina Basso, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Antonio Salvi, Poet

A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2010 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2010 Parlophone Records Limited

28
Act I, Scena 12: Sinfonia: Abbattimento sul ponte
Europe Galante
00:01:49

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Ensemble, MainArtist - Antonio Salvi, Poet

A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2010 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2010 Parlophone Records Limited

29
Act II, Scena 1: Aria: Onde chiare che sussurrate
Fabio Biondi
00:05:24

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Joyce DiDonato, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Antonio Salvi, Poet

A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2010 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2010 Parlophone Records Limited

30
Act II, Scena 1: Recitativo: Quanto per me fatale
Fabio Biondi
00:01:21

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Joyce DiDonato, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Vivica Genaux, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Antonio Salvi, Poet

A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2010 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2010 Parlophone Records Limited

31
Act 2 Scene 1: No. 21, Aria "Bel piacer ch'è la vendetta" (Antiope)
Fabio Biondi
00:04:24

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Vivica Genaux, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Antonio Salvi, Poet

A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2010 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2010 Parlophone Records Limited

32
Act II, Scena 1: Recitativo: Palpita per timore il core amante
Fabio Biondi
00:00:26

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Joyce DiDonato, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Antonio Salvi, Poet

A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2010 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2010 Parlophone Records Limited

33
Act II, Scena 1: Aria: Da due venti
Fabio Biondi
00:02:49

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Joyce DiDonato, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Antonio Salvi, Poet

A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2010 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2010 Parlophone Records Limited

DISC 2

1
Act II, Scena 2: Coro: Viva Orizia, viva, viva
Fabio Biondi
00:01:03

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Antonio Salvi, Poet - Corale Santa Cecilia di Borgo San Lorenzo, Choir, FeaturedArtist

A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2010 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2010 Parlophone Records Limited

2
Act II, Scena 2: Recitativo: Germane, al regio piede
Fabio Biondi
00:00:54

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Joyce DiDonato, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Vivica Genaux, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Patrizia Ciofi, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Romina Basso, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Antonio Salvi, Poet

A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2010 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2010 Parlophone Records Limited

3
Act II, Scena 3: Recitativo: Là: doppie ritorte stringano il prigioniero
Fabio Biondi
00:01:41

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Joyce DiDonato, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Vivica Genaux, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Romina Basso, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Antonio Salvi, Poet

A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2010 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2010 Parlophone Records Limited

4
Act II, Scena 3: Aria: Sì, bel volto, che v'adoro
Fabio Biondi
00:01:37

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Joyce DiDonato, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Antonio Salvi, Poet

A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2010 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2010 Parlophone Records Limited

5
Act II, Scena 4: Recitativo: Oh dolcissime voci!
Fabio Biondi
00:00:27

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Romina Basso, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Antonio Salvi, Poet

A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2010 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2010 Parlophone Records Limited

6
Act II, Scena 4: Aria: Se ingrata sera
Fabio Biondi
00:01:28

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Romina Basso, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Antonio Salvi, Poet

A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2010 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2010 Parlophone Records Limited

7
Act II, Scena 5: Recitativo: Prigioniero Teseo?
Fabio Biondi
00:01:16

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Rolando Villazon, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Topi Lehtipuu, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Antonio Salvi, Poet

A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2010 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2010 Parlophone Records Limited

8
Act II, Scena 6: Recitativo: Udisti Orizia?
Fabio Biondi
00:01:21

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Topi Lehtipuu, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Patrizia Ciofi, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Antonio Salvi, Poet

A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2010 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2010 Parlophone Records Limited

9
Act II, Scena 6: Aria: Se libertà mi rendi
Fabio Biondi
00:03:27

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Patrizia Ciofi, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Antonio Salvi, Poet

A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2010 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2010 Parlophone Records Limited

10
Act II, Scena 6: Recitativo: Così Alceste deluso
Fabio Biondi
00:00:13

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Topi Lehtipuu, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Antonio Salvi, Poet

A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2010 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2010 Parlophone Records Limited

11
Act II, Scena 6: Aria: Tender lacci egli pretese
Fabio Biondi
00:03:40

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Topi Lehtipuu, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Antonio Salvi, Poet

A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2010 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2010 Parlophone Records Limited

12
Act II, Scena 7: Recitativo: Molto tu oprasti, Alceste
Fabio Biondi
00:01:16

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Rolando Villazon, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Diana Damrau, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Antonio Salvi, Poet

A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2010 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2010 Parlophone Records Limited

13
Act II, Scena 7: Aria: No, non dirai così
Fabio Biondi
00:03:11

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Rolando Villazon, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Antonio Salvi, Poet

A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2010 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2010 Parlophone Records Limited

14
Act II, Scena 8: Recitativo: Bella, di Sparta il trono
Fabio Biondi
00:01:19

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Diana Damrau, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Antonio Salvi, Poet

A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2010 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2010 Parlophone Records Limited

15
Act II, Scena 8: Aria: lo sembro appunto
Fabio Biondi
00:03:20

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Philippe Jaroussky, Counter-Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Antonio Salvi, Poet

A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2010 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2010 Parlophone Records Limited

16
Act II, Scena 9: Recitativo: Ad onta della sorte
Fabio Biondi
00:01:05

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Topi Lehtipuu, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Diana Damrau, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Antonio Salvi, Poet

A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2010 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2010 Parlophone Records Limited

17
Act II, Scena 9: Aria: Ei nel volto ha un non so che
Fabio Biondi
00:02:49

Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Fabio Biondi, Conductor, MainArtist - Europa Galante, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Diana Damrau, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Antonio Salvi, Poet

A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2010 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2010 Parlophone Records Limited

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There is no complete surviving score for Vivaldi's Ercole su'l Termodonte, but there is enough existing material that modern scholars have been able to reconstruct it primarily by making new settings of the lost recitatives. The first production of the opera since Vivaldi's time was at Spoleto in 2006 in a version by Alessandro Ciccolini, which was released as a DVD. Conductor Fabio Biondi made a version introduced in Venice in 2007, which is recorded on this 2010 Virgin CD. Biondi's recording has the advantage of two international superstars in the leading roles, tenor Rolando Villazón and mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, and soprano Diana Damrau is nearly in their league. Villazón's earthy voice is usually associated with 19th century and verismo Italian repertoire, but he has an acute sensitivity to Baroque vocal style, and his robust, almost baritonal tenor is entirely appropriate for a larger-than-life character like Hercules. DiDonato excels as Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons, singing with her characteristic brilliance and warm humanity. The rest of the cast consists mostly of singers who are superstars or near-superstars in the more circumscribed world of Baroque opera: soprano Patrizia Ciofi, mezzo-sopranos Vivica Genaux and Romina Basso (who sounds like a genuine contralto), counter tenor Philippe Jaroussky, and tenor Topi Lehtipuu. The vocal standards are predictably high; the singers are in absolute control of Vivaldi's extreme demands and they have the ease with the repertoire to make it sound spontaneous and effortless. These are all performers with exceptionally lovely voices -- pure, velvety, colorful, and supple -- so the recording should be a pleasure for any fans of vocal music. The singers are also superb actors, and the eight leads create distinctly differentiated characters. Biondi leads Europa Galante in a performance of exquisite precision and refinement (although the natural horns used in some arias add an appropriately rough-hewn quality to the warriors' music), and the continuo parts are especially beautifully realized. The sound is clean, detailed, and spacious, with excellent balance.

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Details of original recording : Recorded 24-31 July 2008, 2-6 January 2009, 6-7 June 2010. Saloncino, Teatro della Pergola, Florence (Italy)

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