Composer: Bernardo Pasquini
Performer: Arianna Vendittelli, Anita Rosati, Margherita Maria Sala, Rupert Charlesworth, Juan Sancho, Morgan Pearse, Rocco Cavalluzzi
Orchestra: Innsbrucker Festwochenorchester
Conductor: Alessandro de Marchi
Number of Discs: 3
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: CPO
Catalogue: 555501-2
Release: 2022
Size: 0.98 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
L’Idalma, ovvero chi la dura la vince
CD 01
01. Sinfonia
Scene 1
02. Perché non ti rendi d’amore a gl’imperi
Scene 2
03. Piagge incolte, erme arene
Scene 3
04. Son pur dolci aquei placidi ardori
Scene 4
05. Sete pur fortunato
Scene 5
06. Signori con licenza
Scene 6
07. Che gare, che contese?
Scene 7
08. Tenetelo, legatelo
Scene 8
09. Quanto, o caro german, gioisce Irene
Scene 9
10. Se non pace, almen tregua
Scene 10
11. Hai vinto infido, insuperbisci e godi
Scene 11
12. La sposa è in collera né so con chi
CD 02
Act II
01. Sinfonia
Act II Scene 1
02. In questo punto istesso bramo partir
Act II Scene 2
03. Sventurato Celindo
Act II Scene 3
04. Son pur cessate, o bella
Act II Scene 4
05. Infelice che senti?
Act II Scene 5
06. La donzella straniera
Act II Scene 6
07. Ah frine impura ai tuoi lascivi affetti
Act II Scene 7
08. Non è giusta
Act II Scene 8
09. Il fuggir del nume arciero la penosa servitù
Act II Scene 9
10. Misera, e pur m’aggiro
Act II Scene 10
11. Almiro, e donde avviene
Act II Scene 11
12. O quanto godo or che mi pare
Act II Scene 12
13. Per dirvela, signore
Act II Scene 13
14. Servo, signor Lindoro
Act II Scene 14
15. Dimmi Pantano
Act II Scene 15
16. Fu comune l’inganno che le pine pungenti
Act II Scene 16
17. Ecco, che pur la tua pietà mi tragge
Act II Scene 17
18. Dorillo non menti
Act II Scene 18
19. Inuman, discortese, frena la destra ardita
CD 03
Act III Scene 1
01. Se regna in te pietà
Act III Scene 2
02. O bel matrimonio
Act III Scene 3
03. Almiro, entro il mio petto
Act III Scene 4
04. Cieli, voi che scorgete
Act III Scene 5
05. Signora, è qui Pantano
Act III Scene 6
06. Qui di Lindoro il servo?
Act III Scene 7
07. Chi di tanti miei martiri
Act III Scene 8
08. Già che il mio sdegno invano
Act III Scene 9
09. Lustrissimo pietà
Act III Scene 10
10. Pantan
Act III Scene 11
11. Signora non è tempo di burlare troppo
Act III Scene 12
12. Solitudini care, amici orrori
Act III Scene 13
13. Perfido
Act III Scene 14
14. Ehi, ehi della torre
Act III
15. Ritornello finale
Splendid baroque opera from Innsbruck. It’s already a tradition: at the opening of the Innsbruck Festival there’s a baroque opera rediscovery. This time it is L’Idalma overo Chi dura la vince (“Idalma, or Whoever perseveres wins) by Bernardo Pasquini.
Competing against Alessandro Scarlatti, Pasqini composed his Idalma in the Roman Carnival of 1680. It is about marital fidelity and steadfast love: themes that were already a favorite of Italian noble houses in the 17th century, and Bernardo Pasquini was, after all, in the service of the Roman Borghese family for over forty years.
Together with Giovanna Barbati, conductor and artistic director of the Festwochen Alessandro de Marchi has created a new version of the work, which has been forgotten for some 350 years, based on the composer’s own handwriting. This version dispenses with lengthy musical repetitions and instead scores with a fireworks display of affects: brilliant arias full of expressivity and power, instrumental richness, sweeping ensembles and a sensitive musical design that takes full account of the permanent change of affects and dramatic situations.