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Nathalie Stutzmann's Contralto is one of those albums where everything seems to go wrong until you realize that it's actually going very right. Conducting an ensemble and singing with it at the same time is just not done because it's well-nigh impossible, but Stutzmann makes her Orfeo 55 ensemble into an extension of herself. Stutzmann's interpretations are personal, which is not supposed to be part of the early music ethos, though she seems to put something of herself into every aria. With readings as subjective as this, an artist should choose familiar repertory. However, Stutzmann includes several world premieres (check out the rather stark "Caro addio," from Bononcini's Griselda), and there's not a chestnut in the bunch. On a vocal recital, the audience, one is assured, wants to hear the singer, and Stutzmann departs from the vocal program with a large amount of instrumental music. In a word, Stutzmann is extreme, and it works because that's Baroque opera, and the larger-than-life heroines here come to life as they do on few other recordings. Vivaldi, whom Stutzmann loves and is perhaps the composer who fires her imagination the most, is well represented in arias that are not at all in general circulation. The sound, too, puts the audience face-to-face with the singer and musicians, something that usually annoys, yet here compels. Many listeners will want this album because it is apparently Stutzmann's swan song with Orfeo 55, which has disbanded, but it can really be recommended to anyone wanting a taste of what Baroque opera is about.
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George Frideric Handel, Composer - Nathalie Stutzmann, Conductor, Contralto Vocals, MainArtist - Nicola Francesco Haym, Poet - Orfeo 55, Orchestra
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2021 Parlophone Records Limited
Nicola Porpora, Composer - Nathalie Stutzmann, Conductor, Contralto Vocals, MainArtist - Apostolo Zeno, Poet - Orfeo 55, Orchestra
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2021 Parlophone Records Limited
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Anonymous, Poet - Nathalie Stutzmann, Conductor, MainArtist - Orfeo 55, Orchestra
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2021 Parlophone Records Limited
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Nathalie Stutzmann, Conductor, Contralto Vocals, MainArtist - Giacomo Rossi, Poet - Orfeo 55, Orchestra - Aaron Hill, Poet
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2021 Parlophone Records Limited
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Nathalie Stutzmann, Conductor, Contralto Vocals, MainArtist - Matteo Noris, Poet - Orfeo 55, Orchestra
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2021 Parlophone Records Limited
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Nathalie Stutzmann, Conductor, Contralto Vocals, MainArtist - Antonio Maria Lucchini, Poet - Orfeo 55, Orchestra
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2021 Parlophone Records Limited
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Nathalie Stutzmann, Conductor, MainArtist - Antonio Salvi, Poet - Orfeo 55, Orchestra
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2021 Parlophone Records Limited
Nicola Porpora, Composer - Nathalie Stutzmann, Conductor, Contralto Vocals, MainArtist - Pietro Metastasio, Poet - Orfeo 55, Orchestra
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2021 Parlophone Records Limited
Nathalie Stutzmann, Conductor, Contralto Vocals, MainArtist - Giovanni Bononcini, Composer - Paolo Antonio Rolli, Poet - Apostolo Zeno, Poet - Orfeo 55, Orchestra
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2021 Parlophone Records Limited
Antonio Lotti, Composer - Nathalie Stutzmann, Conductor, MainArtist - Apostolo Zeno, Poet - Orfeo 55, Orchestra
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2021 Parlophone Records Limited
Unknown, Poet - George Frideric Handel, Composer - Nathalie Stutzmann, Conductor, Contralto Vocals, MainArtist - Orfeo 55, Orchestra
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2021 Parlophone Records Limited
Antonio Caldara, Composer - Nathalie Stutzmann, Conductor, Contralto Vocals, MainArtist - Apostolo Zeno, Poet - Orfeo 55, Orchestra
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2021 Parlophone Records Limited
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Nathalie Stutzmann, Conductor, Contralto Vocals, MainArtist - Orfeo 55, Orchestra - Agostino Piovene, Poet
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2021 Parlophone Records Limited
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Nathalie Stutzmann, Conductor, Contralto Vocals, MainArtist - Orfeo 55, Orchestra - Agostino Piovene, Poet
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2021 Parlophone Records Limited
Nicola Porpora, Composer - Nathalie Stutzmann, Conductor, Contralto Vocals, MainArtist - Carlo Goldoni, Poet - Orfeo 55, Orchestra
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2021 Parlophone Records Limited
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Nathalie Stutzmann, Conductor, MainArtist - Nicola Francesco Haym, Poet - Orfeo 55, Orchestra
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2021 Parlophone Records Limited
Francesco Gasparini, Composer - Nathalie Stutzmann, Conductor, Contralto Vocals, MainArtist - Francesco Silvani, Poet - Orfeo 55, Orchestra
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2021 Parlophone Records Limited
Unknown, Poet - George Frideric Handel, Composer - Nathalie Stutzmann, Conductor, Contralto Vocals, MainArtist - Orfeo 55, Orchestra
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2021 Parlophone Records Limited
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Nathalie Stutzmann, Conductor, MainArtist - Adriano Morselli, Poet - Orfeo 55, Orchestra
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2021 Parlophone Records Limited
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Nathalie Stutzmann, Conductor, MainArtist - Adriano Morselli, Poet - Orfeo 55, Orchestra
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2021 Parlophone Records Limited
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Nathalie Stutzmann, Conductor, MainArtist - Adriano Morselli, Poet - Orfeo 55, Orchestra
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2021 Parlophone Records Limited
Antonio Vivaldi, Composer - Nathalie Stutzmann, Conductor, Contralto Vocals, MainArtist - Antonio Salvi, Poet - Orfeo 55, Orchestra
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2021 Parlophone Records Limited
Antonio Lotti, Composer - Nathalie Stutzmann, Conductor, MainArtist - Apostolo Zeno, Poet - Orfeo 55, Orchestra
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2021 Parlophone Records Limited
Antonio Lotti, Composer - Nathalie Stutzmann, Conductor, MainArtist - Apostolo Zeno, Poet - Orfeo 55, Orchestra
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2021 Parlophone Records Limited
Antonio Lotti, Composer - Nathalie Stutzmann, Conductor, MainArtist - Apostolo Zeno, Poet - Orfeo 55, Orchestra
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2021 Parlophone Records Limited
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Nathalie Stutzmann, Conductor, MainArtist - Antonio Salvi, Poet - Orfeo 55, Orchestra
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2021 Parlophone Records Limited
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Nathalie Stutzmann, Conductor, Contralto Vocals, MainArtist - Giacomo Rossi, Poet - Orfeo 55, Orchestra - Aaron Hill, Poet
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2021 Parlophone Records Limited
Album review
Nathalie Stutzmann's Contralto is one of those albums where everything seems to go wrong until you realize that it's actually going very right. Conducting an ensemble and singing with it at the same time is just not done because it's well-nigh impossible, but Stutzmann makes her Orfeo 55 ensemble into an extension of herself. Stutzmann's interpretations are personal, which is not supposed to be part of the early music ethos, though she seems to put something of herself into every aria. With readings as subjective as this, an artist should choose familiar repertory. However, Stutzmann includes several world premieres (check out the rather stark "Caro addio," from Bononcini's Griselda), and there's not a chestnut in the bunch. On a vocal recital, the audience, one is assured, wants to hear the singer, and Stutzmann departs from the vocal program with a large amount of instrumental music. In a word, Stutzmann is extreme, and it works because that's Baroque opera, and the larger-than-life heroines here come to life as they do on few other recordings. Vivaldi, whom Stutzmann loves and is perhaps the composer who fires her imagination the most, is well represented in arias that are not at all in general circulation. The sound, too, puts the audience face-to-face with the singer and musicians, something that usually annoys, yet here compels. Many listeners will want this album because it is apparently Stutzmann's swan song with Orfeo 55, which has disbanded, but it can really be recommended to anyone wanting a taste of what Baroque opera is about.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 27 track(s)
- Total length: 01:33:53
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Nathalie Stutzmann
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Warner Classics
- Genre: Classical
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2021 Parlophone Records Limited
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