Il Giardino Armonico: The Virgin’s Lament
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Label: Decca
Cat No: 4781466
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Release Date: 20th April 2009
Contents
Works
VivaldiSonata “Al Santo Sepolcro” (for strings) RV130
Vivaldi
Concerto “Madrigalesco” in D minor (for strings) RV129
Vivaldi
Sinfonia “Al Santo Sepolcro” in B minor (for strings) RV169
Ferrandini
“Il Pianto di Maria” [wrongly attributed to G.F.Handel (HWV 234)]
Marini
Passacalio (for strings and continuo)
Monteverdi
Pianto della Madonna sopra il Lamento d’Arianna
Conti
“Sento gia mancar la vita”, aria from “Il Martirio di S. Lorenzo” (for mezzo soprano, chalumeau and strings)
Pisendel
Sonata in C minor (for strings and continuo)
Artists
Bernarda Fink (mezzo-soprano)Il Giardino Armonico
Conductor
Giovanni AntoniniWorks
VivaldiSonata “Al Santo Sepolcro” (for strings) RV130
Vivaldi
Concerto “Madrigalesco” in D minor (for strings) RV129
Vivaldi
Sinfonia “Al Santo Sepolcro” in B minor (for strings) RV169
Ferrandini
“Il Pianto di Maria” [wrongly attributed to G.F.Handel (HWV 234)]
Marini
Passacalio (for strings and continuo)
Monteverdi
Pianto della Madonna sopra il Lamento d’Arianna
Conti
“Sento gia mancar la vita”, aria from “Il Martirio di S. Lorenzo” (for mezzo soprano, chalumeau and strings)
Pisendel
Sonata in C minor (for strings and continuo)
Artists
Bernarda Fink (mezzo-soprano)Il Giardino Armonico
Conductor
Giovanni AntoniniAbout
The two central works are both vocal settings of the Virgin’s lament. The first, Il Pianto di Maria, was long thought to be by Handel – a clear reflection of its outstanding musical quality. It was not until the 1990s that handwriting experts established it as the work of the little-known Venetian composer Giovanni Ferrandini.
The other key vocal work is the World Premiere recording of an aria by Francesco Conti – composer to the Habsburg court of Vienna - in which the martyr Lorenzo, threatened with being burnt alive, refuses to deny his Christian faith. This deeply touching aria features a rarely heard ancestor of the modern clarinet, frequently used in ‘pathetic’ arias of the period – the soprano chalumeau.
Short instrumental pieces form a musical setting around these vocal jewels and include music by Caldara, Marini, Pisendel, Weiss and Vivaldi.
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