Composer: Fortunato Chelleri, Michelangelo Gasparini, Giovanni Porta, Giovanni Alberto Ristori, Antonio Vivaldi
Performer: Adèle Charvet, Le Consort
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Alpha
Catalogue: ALPHA938
Release: 2023
Size: 1.16 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Gasparini: Il mio crudele amor (from Rodomonte)
02. Chelleri: Astri aversi (from Amalasunta)
03. Ristori: Con favella de’ pianti (from Cleonice)
04. Vivaldi: Siam Navi (from L’Olimpiade)
05. Vivaldi: Sovvente il sole (from Andromeda liberata)
06. Ristori: Su robusti (from Un pazzo ne fa cento)
07. Ristori: Aspri rimorsi (from Temistocle)
08. Ristori: Nell’onda chiara (from Arianna)
09. Chelleri: La navicella (from Amalasunta)
10. Ristori: Quel pianto che vedi (from Cleonice)
11. Chelleri: Trio Sonata in G Minor
12. Vivaldi: Ah non so, se quel ch’io sento (from Arsilda)
Vivaldi: La Verità in cimento
13. Aria. Con più diletto
14. Aria. Tu m’offendi
15. Ristori: Qual crudo vivere (from Cleonice)
16. Vivaldi: Quella bianca e tenerina (from L’incoronazione di Dario)
17. Porta: Patrona reverita
During the Carnival of Venice in 1637, a play ‘rappresentata in musica’ was opened to the public for the first time – a success. Opera was born and spread like wildfire. Venice had the largest number of theatres in the world. In 1677, the Teatro Sant’Angelo opened its doors on the campo of the same name. Tiny, chaotic, cheap and extremely productive, it was renowned for its musicians and its sets. This effervescence owes much to the figure of Vivaldi who, from 1705 onwards, regularly premiered his operas there and acted (with his father) as impresario. His own Arsilda, L’incoronazione di Dario and La verità in cimento triumphed there, but he also invited composers such as the young Fortunato Chelleri and Giovanni Alberto Ristori. The mezzo-soprano Adèle Charvet and her partners in Le Consort pay tribute to all these composers with a flamboyant programme that mixes famous arias and world premieres – no fewer than twelve of them!