Release Date: 06 January 2014
Label: Naxos - Nxc / Naxos Classics
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 747313300372
Genres: Classical
Composer/Series: Vivaldi
Description
Vivaldi wrote around forty cantatas in the so-called 'Neapolitan' style with alternating arias and recitatives. Some, such as All'ombra d'un bel faggio, are in an Arcadian setting, while others - including Allor che lo sguardo - take unrequited love as their theme. Whatever the context, Vivaldi's inexhaustible reserves of expressive vocal writing, dance-like rhythms, and subtle weaving of instrumental and solo vocal lines are everywhere apparent. With text-setting of such refinement and delicacy, Vivaldi ensures that his music remains at all times balanced and elegant.More modestly scaled, naturally, than his operas, Vivaldi's cantatas are less well-known than his orchestral and instrumental music; but they are an important component of his choral writing. Recordings solely made up of Vivladi's cantatas can be hard to find!
Tracklisting
Peter Otto; Nashville Symphony; Giancarlo Guerrero
Dariia Lytvishko
Warsaw Po:Wit
Fort Smith Symph:John Jeter
Azulejos Guitar Duo
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; Marin Alsop
Alice Di Piazza; Basel Sinfonietta; NDR Bigband; Titus Engel
Anna Alas i Jove; Miquel Villalba
Yekaterinburg Philharmonic Choir; Andrei Petrenko
Vsevolod Zavidov
Vassilena Serafimova; Quatuor Ardeo
Sean Sibe
Scharoun Ensemble Berlin
Nicolas Baldeyrou; Gabriel Pidoux; David Guerrier; David Doucot; Kolner Akademie; Michael Alexander
Nicolas Altstaedt; Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Maxim Emelyanychev
Millenium Orchestra; Choeur de Chambre de Namur; Leonardo Garcia-Alarcon
