RECORDINGS
VIOLIN CONCERTOS
Works by Benda, Graun, Chevalier Saint-Georges, Sirmen.
Zefira Valova, Violin and conductor.
Il Pomo d'Oro
June 2022
Aparté
Description
ll Pomo d'Oro and Zefira Valova focus here on the little-known violin concertos of the second half of the eighteenth century. Bringing together the works of Franz Benda and his elder Johann Gottlieb Graun (in a world premiere recording), pillars of the orchestra at the court of Frederick II of Prussia, as well as those of the Venetian virtuoso Maddalena Lombardini Sirmen and the iconoclastic Georges Bologne de Saint-Georges (also in a world premiere recording), this recording offers a bright panorama of the evolution of the genre, culminating in Mozart's achievements in the last quarter of the century, of which Il Pomo d'Oro and Zefira Valova offer us a glimpse with the famous Rondo in C K. 373.
Mandolin on Stage
Works by Vivaldi, Paisiello, Lecce, Hummel, Galuppi, Haydn
Raffaele La Ragione, period mandolin
Il Pomo d’Oro
Francesco Corti, conductor.
ARCANA (OUTHERE MUSIC)
April 2022
Description
Two years after the great acclaim aroused by Beethoven and his Contemporaries, his first recording for Arcana ('Young Raffaele La Ragione is to the mandolin today what Gustav Leonhardt once was to the harpsichord' - Le Monde), Raffaele La Ragione returns with an album containing the four best-known mandolin concertos, which appear in a new light here thanks to the use of three different period mandolins. For this ambitious project he is joined by the brilliant orchestra Il Pomo d'Oro, universally renowned for its lively, dynamic interpretations of instrumental and vocal music from the Baroque and Classical periods (with Joyce DiDonato, Franco Fagioli, Jakub Józef Orliński) and directed here by its principal guest conductor Francesco Corti, a harpsichordist of international repute. From Vivaldi's famous mandolin concertos, by way of the two typically Neapolitan examples by Paisiello and Lecce, to the more Classical concerto of Hummel (these last in their world premiere recording on historical instruments), four concertos and three precious instruments restore this repertory to its rightful place and relate almost a century of mandolin history.
all'amore immenso
Works by Bononcini, Caldara, Scarlatti et al.
Josè Maria Lo Monaco, mezzo-soprano
Divino Sospiro
Massimo Mazzeo, conductor.
November 2020
Glossa
Description
The two Maries and their great love for the Saviour form the theme of "All'amore immenso": Mary, the Mother of God, and Mary Magdalene, the sinner who stands with Jesus' mother at the cross of Jesus and meets the Risen Lord at the tomb. While the Mother of God already found great veneration in the Middle Ages, the figure of Mary Magdalene received special attention in numerous oratorios in 17th and 18th century Italy. There, the role of Mary Magdalene moves in the field of tension between earthly and heavenly love and thus offers wonderful material for highly emotional music. Massimo Mazzeo, director of the Divino Sospiro ensemble, has made a wonderful selection of arias from oratorios and combined them with three Salve Regina settings - the compositions are by Alessandro and Domenico Scarlatti, Bononcini, Caldara, Porpora and Leo. The soloist of the recording is the Italian mezzo-soprano Josè Maria Lo Monaco, who is a regular guest at the great opera houses as a baroque and especially bel canto specialist. "All'amore immenso" is her debut solo CD.
Roma Travestita
Works by D. Scarlatti, L. Vinci, Vivaldi, Piccinni, Di Capua, G. Arena, Galuppi, G. Cocchi, N. Conforto, F. J. Garcìa Fajer.
Bruno de Sá, male soprano.
Il Pomo d'Oro
Francesco Corti, conductor.
Warner Classics (Erato)
September 2022
Description
Bruno de Sá’s Erato debut, Roma travestita, could hardly be more striking. The young Brazilian singer – a rare example of a male soprano – explores a period when women were banned from the public stages of Rome and men assumed female operatic roles. Moreover, eight of the 13 arias on the album are receiving their world premiere recording. Opera magazine has described Bruno de Sá as “astounding … with a high register of soprano purity. A true male soprano able to command thrillingly ringing tones …” In partnership with Il Pomo d’Oro and conductor Francesco Corti he performs arias from the 18th century: by Vivaldi, Alessandro Scarlatti, Vinci, Galuppi and Piccinni, and by the rarely heard Capua, Arena, Cocchi, Conforto and Garcìa Fajer. On stage, Bruno de Sá has already sung such roles as Sesto in both Handel’s Giulio Cesare and Mozart’s La clemenza di Tito, Barbarina in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro, and the Little Mermaid in a new Hans Christian Andersen opera by Jherek Bischoff. “My goal is to sing what my voice allows me to sing,” he says. “It doesn’t matter which boxes it ticks or which gender it is.”
Handel: Theodora
Warner Classics (Erato)
October 2022
Description
Five superb singers – Lisette Oropesa, Joyce DiDonato, Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian, Michael Spyres and John Chest – portray the characters in Handel’s Theodora under the direction of Maxim Emelyanychev, Chief Conductor of the instrumentalists and choral singers of Il Pomo d’Oro. An elevated and moving oratorio, Theodora tells the story of Christian martyrs in ancient Antioch under Roman occupation. Handel considered it among his best works. This recording was made at the end of a concert tour that visited Vienna, Milan, Paris, Luxembourg and Essen. “An evening of top-flight singing of a kind that is only rarely experienced,” was how one German reviewer summed up the performance, while in France it resulted in “a state of bliss”.
Juditha Triumphans was based on a Latin libretto by Iacopo Cassetti, which was in turn inspired by the Book of Judith from the Old Testament. The king of Babylon Nebuchadnezzar sends his general, Holofernes, to conquer the city of Bethulia in Israel. To save her Israelite compatriots, courageous Judith decides to seduce Holofernes. When he falls asleep, she cuts his head off. Juditha triumphans is the only extant oratorio of the four that Vivaldi composed. The intense war atmosphere is conveyed through the dynamic choral parts, and Judith’s faith and integrity through the lyrical and tender writing. Notable is the use of many different and relatively rare instruments, such as the viola d’amore, chalumeaux, and theorbos, used by Vivaldi to highlight the most significant moments.
MEZZO.TV
Juditha Triumphans by Vivaldi at the
Greek National Opera.
Armonia Atenea orchestra - Il Pomo d'Oro
GNO Chorus - GNO Children's Chorus
Markellos Chryssicos (Conductor)
Roxana Constantinescu (Mezzo-soprano) : Juditha Kristina Hammarström (Mezzo-soprano) : Holofernes Inga Kalna (Soprano) : Vagaus
Theodora Baka (Mezzo-soprano) : Abra
Sophia Patsi (Mezzo-soprano) : Ozias
PROGRAM
Juditha Triumphans
Oratorio by Antonio Vivadi (1678 – 1741)
Librettto by Iacopo Cassetti
Director: Stéphane Lebard
Duration: 02:04
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Jakub Józef Orlinski, Il Pomo d’Oro
| Facce d'amore
CASTING
Il Pomo d'Oro
Zefira Valova (Conductor)
Jakub Józef Orliński (Countertenor)
Recording: July 21 2021 - Théâtre du Capitole | Toulouse
Director: Olivier Simonnet
Duration: 01:10
Directed by: Jean-Pierre Loisil
Venue: Théâtre des Champs-Élysées (Paris, France)
Broadcast date: Monday, November 22, 2021 at 7:30 PM
Production date: 2021
Duration: 3 h 12 min
Production: © medici.tv
Resolution: Full HD
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Handel: Theodora
Il Pomo d'Oro
Maxim Emelyanychev, conductor.
For medici.tv's 3,000th live broadcast, we are delighted to bring you a concert performance of one of the masterpieces of Baroque music, performed by a top-notch cast including Lisette Oropesa and Joyce DiDonato!
In an oeuvre full of gorgeous melodies and ingenious orchestration, Theodora stands out as one of Handel's finest creations. Composed in 1749 at the twilight of his career when Handel was 64, this penultimate major work would be the composer's favorite from among the dozens of oratorios he had written, undervalued in his day but recognized now as the masterpiece it is. Brimming with dramatic intensity, Theodora traces the tragic tale of the eponymous Christian martyr facing persecution at the hands of the Romans.
This concert rendition sees magnificent mezzo Joyce DiDonato bring her extraordinary talents to the character of Irene, whose arias include the sublime "As with Rosy Steps, the Morn," alongside a team of young opera superstars, including soprano Lisette Oropesa in the title role and tenor Michael Spyres as Septimius. With music by Il Pomo d'Oro-one of the preeminent historically-informed ensembles in the world-under Maxim Emelyanychev, this dream line-up brings together a deeply moving, unforgettable production of one of the gems of the late Baroque period.
Joyce DiDonato appears courtesy of Erato/Warner Classics.
RTVE
(Spanish Radio and Television)
José de Nebra: Vendado es Amor, no es Ciego.
Ciclo CNDM Universo Barroco 2022-2023
José de Nebra.
Disponible hasta: 07-01-2027
SINOPSIS
Ciclo CNDM Universo Barroco 2022-2023: José de Nebra. Sala Sinfónica del Auditorio Nacional de Madrid.
Idiomas: Castellano