Vivaldi: La Fida Ninfa

1. La Fida ninfa, opera in 3 acts, RV 714
Composed by Antonio Vivaldi
with Alfredo Giacomotti , Rena Gary Falachi , Mafalda Masini , Carmen Repetto
Conducted by Raffaelo Monterosso

Tracks:

Allegro
Largo
Allegro
Largo
Allegro
Largo
Allegro
Cosi Sugl' Occhi Miei
Allegro
Largo
Allegro
La Gloria Del Mio Sangue
Allegro Non Molto
II. Adagio
III. Allegro Ma Non Molto
Noli, O Cara, Te Adorantis
Laudamus Te
Quanto Magis Generosa
Dite Oihme

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The great Yo-Yo Ma has recently (in addition to his world music explorations) moved to the baroque cello, a so-called period instrument, and his transition has been remarkably smooth. He is indeed a musical polyglot, and this CD finds him solidly in the heart of the Baroque period, with music by Vivaldi. In addition to three concerti the composer wrote for cello, there are some fascinating transcriptions. The Largo violin solo from the "Winter" concerto of the Four Seasons is here beautifully played on cello, its darker tone added substituting gravity for chill in the wintry landscape. A concerto originally for viola d'amore, lute and strings has been transformed into one for cello, organ, strings and continuo, with Baroque expert Ton Koopman as transposer and organist (and sympathetic, energetic conductor throughout). And oddest of all, Koopman has created cello solos out of arias (one of which is helped by a perky bassoon) originally composed for female voice from a couple of operas, the oratorio Juditha Triumphans, and the familiar "Laudamus te" from the famous "Gloria." Leave it to these musicians to re-invent Vivaldi with respect and a clear ear for musical values--not to mention sheer entertainment and a forward propulsion which makes it all so invigorating. --Robert Levine

Customer Reviews:

Say Hey-ho for Yo-yo No Disappointment Here.......2007-03-05

I often play European-classical music during massage treatments. My clients love hearing this CD again and again!

Super Enjoyable.......2007-01-03

Very nice. If you're a novice to classical, you'll really enjoy this CD. Perfect for a Sunday morning coffee or rainy afternoon.

Absolutely Amazing.......2006-01-27

I love this album from beginning to end. RV 531 will blow your socks off, especially the first and third movements! Yo-Yo and Ton have done it again, thank you for such a wonderful record. You will not be disappointed with this purchase.

You mouth open in Awe........2005-06-15

This album is complete. My mouth was open in Awe when I heard Allegro off this album, it's no.1 on this album. I couldn't stop picturing them all playing this. The piece was astouding! The dynamics, accents, just everything! I don't know what else to say about this album!

Hard to believe!.......2005-04-23

This album is just exquisite... At times there are no words to describe the depth and beauty -- his incredible bow control, intensity and passion, impeccable pitch, sense of dynamic movement... It's all there! The first time I heard "Largo" from Winter I had to hold my breath -- it is such a dazzling rendition! I say that this album deserves twice as many ears as there are people in the world today!

Cecilia Bartoli - The Vivaldi Album / Il Giardino Armonico

Average customer rating:

Cecilia Bartoli brings Baroque music to life
A Revelation
The best work of Cecilia Bartoli
The art of singing, still with us
Great music, but disappointment

Cecilia Bartoli - The Vivaldi Album / Il Giardino Armonico
Antonio Vivaldi , Giovanni Antonini , Cecilia Bartoli , and Il Giardino Armonico
Manufacturer: Decca
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00002CF52
Release Date: 1999-10-26

Tracks:

Dell'aura al sussurrar
Dopo un'orrida procella
Di due rai languire costante
L'Orlando finto pazzo: Qual favellar? ... Andero, volero, gridero
Zeffiretti, che sussurrate
La fida ninfa: Alma oppressa
La fida ninfa: Dite, oime
Giustino: Sventurata navicella
Giustino: Sorte, che m'invitasti ... Ho nel petto un cor si forte
L'Olimpiade: Tra le follie ... Siam navi all'onde algenti
Farnace: Gelido in ogni vena
Anch'il mar par che sommerga
Teuzzone: Di trombe guerriere

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Mezzo Cecilia Bartoli could easily rest on her laurels as one of today's most charismatic, characterful singers for her lively portrayals of Mozart and Rossini heroines. But it's been particularly exciting to observe her growth as an artist in exploring the exuberant world of baroque opera, with its range of pyrotechnic demands--both vocal and emotional. Bartoli's show-stopping virtuosity in a Vivaldi aria from her Live in Italy recital gave a tantalizing sample of her finesse in that style. For The Vivaldi Album, Bartoli conducted extensive research into the composer's manuscripts, (a documentary tracing her quest is planned for subsequent international screening). Although he's best known for his concertos--in typically baroque fashion, two of the arias in fact recycle material from The Four Seasons--Vivaldi was a ferociously prolific composer of operas for the cutting-edge theaters of his time, and the arias gathered here demonstrate the word-painting magic of his music, from the sylvan setting of dueting flageolets in "Di due rai languire costante" to the storm-tossed passions of "Anch'il mar par che sommerga," where Bartoli spins out ripples of rapid-fire coloratura with a gravity-defying accuracy that will leave your head spinning. In addition to many such examples of vocal acrobatics, Bartoli brings exquisite nuance and limpid tone to the delicate echo effects of "Zeffiretti, che sussurrate," and there's no better test for the remarkable flexibility of her range--full and dusky at the bottom and thrilling at the top--than the huge intervallic leaps of "Dopo un'orrida procella." With her naturally large voice, Bartoli can at times tend to histrionic excess (in the recitative to the short aria from "L'Orlando finto pazzo"), but the expressive color of her phrasing is wonderfully matched throughout by the Giardino Armonico's lively panache. All power to Bartoli in her goal of reviving this neglected aspect of Vivaldi's output. --Thomas May

Customer Reviews:

Cecilia Bartoli brings Baroque music to life.......2005-08-24

This album is so good that it has converted me to liking Vivaldi! I'm a fan of other Baroque composers such as Bach, Telemann, Couperin and Handel but had never really appreciated Vivaldi until I heard this album. Cecilia's technical experise and her intense interpretation makes this album a delight to listen to. She brings Vivaldi's arias to life as I've heard no other performer manage to do so. A brilliant album that I listen to again and again.

A Revelation.......2003-11-05

I was amazed with this album of super fine music. I had known all my life that Vivaldi wrote tons of operas, but finding them, or the scores of them, was nearly impossible. In time I found a few, and was I ever amazed and disappointed. The published scores that were available were what was common practice of that time: there were the vocal lines and a figured bass and nothing more. There were no indications of orchestration. Even with that little bit, I was shocked with the intensity and complexity of this vocal writing. This man knew how to write for the voice. Until singers are willing to research his works, we, the public, will know him for a very orchestra suites and nothing more. The result will be a very stilted view of what the man had to offer.

Now getting to the performance by Bartoli. She really loves this music, as you can tell. Yes, she is mannered in some of the things she does, but that is her way of seeing the music. Her technical skills are amazing, and her interpretations (the "drama" behind the music) is just as intense. Some think Bartoli has a strong voice. Actually, her voice is very small, if you have heard her in performance (they weren't even sure she would be heard when she sang at the Met), and it has a very delicate quality, even when being "brash." Recordings give you the impression she has a much larger sound than she does, but that is because small voices record truer and better than large ones (the industry still can't capture large voices at all). However, even with a small voice, in performance she is breathtaking. She makes the music live. She has weird mannerisms one sees that to American trained singers are completely unacceptable (weird facial expressions, strange things done with he mouth and teeth, head bobbing, etc), but that has never distracted from her overall intensity. Yes, she is intense. You are literally taken away with her interpretation, and her skills. Interestingly, she is more famous in music circles for her cancelations (she cancels more performances in a year than she actually sings). I love this recording, not only because of the music, but because I have seen her sing some of this music live. She really LIVES what she sings, and that comes across in this recording.

A special note: in the little booklet that comes with the recording, Bartoli herself writes her impressions of this music. It is extremely insightful. Whether you like her or not, you have to admire the work she has done to make this music live and be as authentic in interpretation as she can. It is her love of this music that has caused her to record this album. I am thankful she did, for now, I can take those old scores I have and get a better understanding of what the composer was doing. Would that more singers would explore new/old works, and I think it would be far more interesting to have them write their impressions of the music they are singing than the standard academic essays we must read. Reading about how she came to this music, in her own words, gave a different dimension to listening. Now I was listening to see if she was successful in communicating what she felt this music had to offer. SHE WAS.

The best work of Cecilia Bartoli.......2003-08-15

This is simply the best work of Cecilia Bartoli. Her voice is a delicatessen and Il Giardino Armonico sounds very very well. I think that I don't need to say anymore. Simply: BUY IT!!

The art of singing, still with us.......2003-02-09

Even if you disdain Vivaldi in the Stravinsky way, do yourself
a favor, and get this record. Music hidden in some obscure
library for centuries, brought to pulsating life by a minor
voice, here used with passion and artistry reminding one of
vocal artists of the past. An enriching experience for anyone
enjoying the art of singing.

Great music, but disappointment.......2002-10-01

I thoroughly enjoy classical music but found this cd to be a disappointment by a heavy vocal performance. It was shocking to hear the heaviness and darkness in Cecilia's voice, whom I had remembered to be lighter and more playful. My only good thought about this cd is "At least it was a gift" because if I had actually purchased it I would be thoroughly disgusted.

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Breathtaking
operatica "o"
First few songs are good, the rest are???
This is the pits. . . the absolute pits
Adding To My List Of Vices: A Continuation

O: Operatica, Vol. 1

Manufacturer: E-Magine Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004Z42O
Release Date: 2000-10-03

Tracks:

Ave Maria
Vocalise
Melancholy Rose
L'Heure Exquise
O Del Mio Dolce Ardor
Charmed By A Rose
In The City
Get Off My Land
Dite Oime
Bachianas Brasileiras No.5
Maria's Dream (Instrumental)
Bonus Track

Customer Reviews:

Breathtaking.......2006-12-17

I bought this CD before it was even well-known, though I wonder how many people even know about it right now. This is truly a gem of a find. The fusion of electronica and opera is amazing and the vocals are haunting and beautiful. I have had several friends listen to this CD and all of them fall in love with it, just like I did when I first heard it. I have since bought Operatica: Shine and the more recent Operatica: Christmas Classics and I can truly say I am just as pleased with both follow-up albums. I listen to a variety of music and have a large collection, and this is one of my favourite CDs! Bravo to the creators, composers, vocalist(s) and artists that brought this compilation together.

operatica "o".......2005-09-19

I have this album and think it is unusually beautiful, innovative, a woman with a lovely voice.

Why is she not mentioned or given the credit she deserves, it would appear she is some kind of a secret!

Maureen O'Flynn is only mentioned in the booklet of credits in the jewel case itself, why?
Enter her name in the search in CDNOW and it comes up blank! Why?

First few songs are good, the rest are???.......2004-02-13

First few songs are good, but the rest of the album is no good!

This is the pits. . . the absolute pits.......2003-08-23

Maureen O'Flynn is a perfectly good singer, but whoever thought this "marriage" of opera and pop was a good idea is the same guy that thinks John Tesh is a great composer. People have simply stopped listening seriously to music, and it is a real shame. This recording is for the scrap heap. The accompaniment is cheesier than a big wedge of provolone. There isn't a single live musician in the studio with this young lady. The people who think this is good music are the same ones that aren't bothered by the prospect of a canned sound track in a Broadway show or the "pop stylings" of Charlotte Church. Go out and find some REAL MUSIC, people! It's there if you look. As the great American composer Charles Ives wrote: "Open your ears!"

Adding To My List Of Vices: A Continuation.......2003-05-05

When coupling sounds from two opposing polarities into one another and blending them into the perfect texturization of harmonics, one has to have a few things that fit nicely together in order to succeed. One has to first have a musical stylization that works when placed into an arena that isn't normally associated with its feel, making sure that the seams that could be ripe for the picking aren't taken advantage of. Next, one has to make sure that the voice behind the work, if there is a vocal combination in the work at all, is something that will work smoothly and will not let the vehicle of sense assailment down. Otherwise, the end result is painful and the art, it is merely noise. This is especially true when one is trying to fit a glove on the hand that isn't accustomed to wearing it, making certain that the fit is right and that the end result isn't too rudimentary because something was overlooked.

With Operatica: "O" Volume 1, the components come together fabulously and the seams don't really show at all except on the rarest of occasions (two songs out of eleven by my count, and perhaps that's more beat than anything), throwing a mixture of motions into a vocally moving ocean that would, on many occasions, be seen as items that wouldn't fit together. Here, the beautiful voice of Maureen O'Flynn mixes the operatic sounds I had never truly experienced into a sea of electronic beats, ambient rhythms, speaking pianos, and other vessels to compose the perfect structure. This takes a classical form and introduces it to a world that paints new scenes that couldn't have been painted otherwise, letting its audience ingest a spectrum of thoughts that they wouldn't intake normally. I, myself, was stunned to find that I was instantly addicted to the release, listening to it over and over again and wondering where Opera had been all of my life. Honestly, being a child of electronic music that drifts into heavier organisms of feeling, I never thought I would ever think such thoughts.

Tracks:

T'intendo si mio cor, from T'intendo si mio cor, RV 688 (Mager)
Aure soavi e grate, from T'intendo si mio cor, RV 688 (Mager)
Placido zeffiretto, from T'intendo si mio cor, RV 688 (Mager)
Dimmi, pastore, from La Fida Ninfa, RV 714 (Jones & Mager)
O qui coeli terraeque serenitas, from O qui coeli terraeque serenitas, RV 631 (Jones)
Fac ut sordescat tellus, from O qui coeli terraeque serenitas, RV 631 (Jones)
"T'intendo si mio cor," from T'intendo si mio cor, RV 688 (Mager)
"Aure soavi e grate," from T'intendo si mio cor, RV 688 (Mager)
"Placido zeffiretto," from T'intendo si mio cor, RV 688 (Mager)
"Dimmi, pastore," from La Fida Ninfa, RV 714 (Jones & Mager)
"O qui coeli terraeque serenitas," from O qui coeli terraeque serenitas, RV 631 (Jones)
"Fac ut sordescat tellus," from O qui coeli terraeque serenitas, RV 631 (Jones)
"Rosa quae moritur," from O qui coeli terraeque serenitas, RV 631 (Jones)
"Alleluia," from O qui coeli terraeque serenitas, RV 631 (Jones)
"Gloria et divitiae," from Beatus vir, RV 595 (Mager & Jones)
"Sposa son disprezzata," from Bajazet, RV 703 (Mager)
"Di due rai," aria, RV 749.4 (Jones)
"Agitata da due venti," from La Griselda, RV 718 (Mager)
"Laudamus te," from Gloria, RV 589 (Mager & Jones)

Album Description

Both of these brilliantly gifted artists are new to the Eroica Classical Recordings label.

Eileen Mager, soprano Eileen studied voice with Marie S. Kraft at the Cleveland Institute of Music, with Julia LeVine in Chicago, and now works with John Merwin in Scottsdale. She began singing professionally in Chicago, moved with her husband to California, and then to Arizona in 1982. She is one of that rare breed: a recitalist. She is a leading performer for the Arizona Vivaldi Festivals, sings with the Arizona chamber choir Cantemus, and is a frequent solo performer in Arizona churches and concert venues. She was Artistic Director for the 2000-2001 Arizona Vivaldi Festival. Her repertoire is very broad - from opera to jazz, Broadway to folk, classical religious works to spirituals and gospels - and her performances have included works of more than 80 composers, in 15 languages.

Ellen Brown, piano and keyboard Versatility is the word to use when describing Ellen Brown. A native of Ohio, she was educated in classical music and holds the Bachelor of Music Education degree from Mount Union College, and the Master of Music degree from Arizona State University, but her musical tastes go far beyond the classics. She has performed in a wide variety of musical venues, including doing two-piano jazz concers with her husband Glenn Brown, accompanying for opera stars, jazz singers, Broadway shows, and classical organ concerts. She has arranged and accompanied for the McGuire Sisters, and for Metropolitan and New York City Opera singers Robers Hale, Richard McKee, and Patricia Miller. She is currently a professional church organist and choir director, and a member of the Adjunct Faculty at Phoenix College.

Customer Reviews:

A Vivaldi Lover's Paradise.......2002-06-25

The two sopranos on this album are incredible. Isola Jones takes Vivaldi to new heights with her Metropolitan operatic flare shining through. Eileen Mager has a deep resonant voice with great sensitivity. These two sopranos give the three tenors a run for their money. There are some rarely recorded arias on this recording. If you are a Vivaldi lover, this album is a must own! Most of the time you hear only the instrumental works of Vivaldi. This is a whole new experience to hear so many of the vocal works on one album. It is truely a delight. I also appreciated the intimate group of string players on the Vivaldi A Due Voce Album. There is some wonderful virtuosic violin playing on this CD. If it is live I only wish I could have been there to hear it in person. Jones and Mager are amazing!

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Cecilia Bartoli brings Baroque music to life
A Revelation
The best work of Cecilia Bartoli
The art of singing, still with us
Great music, but disappointment

Cecilia Bartoli - The Vivaldi Album / Il Giardino Armonico
Antonio Vivaldi , Cecilia Bartoli , and Il Giardino Armonico
Manufacturer: Polygram Records
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ASIN: B000058TAM
Release Date: 2001-02-13

Tracks:

Dorilla in Tempe: Dell'aura sussurrar
Griselda: Dopo un'orrida procella
Foa 28: Di due rai languir costante
L'Orlando finto pazzo: Qual favellar? - Andero volero gridero
Foa 28: Zeffiretti che sussurrate
La fida ninfa: Alma oppressa
La fida ninfa: Dite oime
Giustino: Sventurata navicella
Giustino: Sorte che m'invitasti - Ho nel petto un cor si forte
L'Olimpiade: Tra le follie - Siam navi all'onde algenti
Farnace: Gelido in ogni sommerga
Bajazet: Anch'il mar par che sommerga
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Mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli could easily rest on her laurels as one of today's most charismatic, characterful singers for her lively portrayals of Mozart and Rossini heroines. But it's been particularly exciting to observe her growth as an artist in exploring the exuberant world of Baroque opera, with its range of pyrotechnic demands--both vocal and emotional. Bartoli's show-stopping virtuosity in a Vivaldi aria from her Live in Italy recital gave a tantalizing sample of her finesse in that style. For The Vivaldi Album (originally released in 1999), Bartoli conducted extensive research into the composer's manuscripts (a documentary tracing her quest has been made).

Although he's best known for his concertos--in typically Baroque fashion, two of the arias here, in fact, recycle material from The Four Seasons--Antonio Vivaldi was a ferociously prolific composer of operas for the cutting-edge theaters of his time, and the arias gathered here demonstrate the word-painting magic of his music, from the sylvan setting of dueting flageolets in "Di due rai languire costante" to the storm-tossed passions of "Anch'il mar par che sommerga," where Bartoli spins out ripples of rapid-fire coloratura with a gravity-defying accuracy that will leave your head spinning. In addition to many such examples of vocal acrobatics, Bartoli brings exquisite nuance and limpid tone to the delicate echo effects of "Zeffiretti, che sussurrate," and there's no better test for the remarkable flexibility of her range--full and dusky at the bottom and thrilling at the top--than the huge intervallic leaps of "Dopo un'orrida procella." With her naturally large voice, Bartoli can at times tend to histrionic excess (in the recitative to the short aria from "L'Orlando finto pazzo," for example), but the expressive color of her phrasing is wonderfully matched throughout by the Giardino Armonico's lively panache. All power to Bartoli in her goal of reviving this neglected aspect of Vivaldi's output. The reissue includes additional photos and text, packaged together as a visually enticing booklet to accompany this splendid CD. --Thomas May

Customer Reviews:

Cecilia Bartoli brings Baroque music to life.......2005-08-24

A Revelation.......2003-11-05

The best work of Cecilia Bartoli.......2003-08-15

This is simply the best work of Cecilia Bartoli. Her voice is a delicatessen and Il Giardino Armonico sounds very very well. I think that I don't need to say anymore. Simply: BUY IT!!

The art of singing, still with us.......2003-02-09

Great music, but disappointment.......2002-10-01

Operatic Vivaldi: Passion, Intrigue, Revenge & Joy

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Operatic Vivaldi: Passion, Intrigue, Revenge & Joy

Manufacturer: Eroica Classical
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 2003-12-30

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Viva Vivaldi

Manufacturer: Vox (Classical)
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ASIN: B0000058FY
Release Date: 1992-11-04

Tracks:

Con in F, R. 538: Movt I: Allegro - Alois Spach/Gottfried Roth
Con in D, R. 425: Movt I: Allegro - Paul Grund/Wurttemberg CO, Heilbronn
Gloria, R. 589: 'Laudamus Te' - Frederike Sailer/Lieselotte Rebmann
Con in D, R.93: Movt II: Largo - Konrad Ragossnig
Con in C, R. 537: Movt I: Allegro - Heinz Zickler/Herbert Thal
'The Four Seasons'-Con No.2 in g, R. 315 'Summer': Movt I: Allegro Non Molto - Renato Biffoli
Stabat Mater, R.621 (Excerpt) - Margarethe Bence
Con No.1 in C: Movts II & III: Largo-Allegro - Virginio Bianchi
Con in C, R. 560: Movt I: Larghetto; Allegro - Alberto Caroldi/Alberto Alvaros/Ezio Schianni/Alfio Gerbi
Con in a, R. 422: Movt I: Allegro - Thomas Bless
Con, Op.10, No.2, R. 428 'La Notte': Movt II: Largo-Il Sonno/Movt III: Allegro - Jean-Pierre Rampal/Robert Veyron-Lacroix
La Fida Ninfa: 'Dolce Fiamma' R. 714 - Carmen Repetto
Con in C, R. 444: Movt III: Allegro - Hans Martin Linde
Con in A, R. 394: Movt I: Allegro - Ulrich Koch

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Oh, to what dreadful depths are we forced to sink?

Vivaldi: La Fida Ninfa

Manufacturer: Dynamic Italy
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ASIN: B0000044JJ
Release Date: 1995-07-18

Tracks:

Act I: Ov - CO And Members Of The Milan Opr/Raffaello Monterosso
Act I. Recit: Qual Mai Signor - Carmen Repetto/Alfredo Giacomotti
Act I. Aria: Chi Dal Cielo - Alfredo Giacomotti
Act I. Recit: O Mia Diletta - Carmen Repetto
Act I. Aria: Dolce Fiamma - Carmen Repetto
Act I. Recit: Cio Ch'Io Ti Dico - Mafalda Masini
Act I. Aria: Dimmi Pastore - Mafalda Masini/Vittoria Calma
Act I. Aria: Selve Annose - Rena Gary Falachi
Act I. Recit: Eccoli Al Fine - Carmen Repetto/Antonio Constantino/Mafalda Masini
Act I. Aria: Aure Lievi - Mafalda Masini
Act I. Recit: Troppo Disconverrebbe - Vittoria Calma/Rena Gary Falachi
Act I. Alma Oppressa - Rena Gary Falachi
Act I. Dimmi Amore - Carmen Repetto
Act I. Vieni Gran Meraviglia - Antonio Constantino/Rena Gary Falachi/Mafalda Masini
Act I. Aria A Tre: S'Egli E Ver - Antonio Constantino/Rena Gary Falachi/Mafalda Masini
Act II. Aria: Il Mio Core - Rena Gary Falachi
Act II. Recit: Si Di Legger T'Adiri - Vittoria Calma/Mafalda Masini
Act II. Aria: Egli E Vano - Mafalda Masini
Act II. Recit: Ma Una Parola - Mafalda Masini
Act II. Aria: Ah Che Non Posso - Vittoria Calma/Mafalda Masini
Act II. Recit: Deh! S'Egli E Vero - Antonio Constantino/Alfredo Giacomotti
Act II. Aria: Deh! Ti Piega - Antonio Constantino

Tracks:

Act II. Recit: Oh Fortunata Schiavitu - Rena Gary Falachi/Vittoria Calma
Act II. Aria: Amor Mio - Rena Gary Falachi
Act II. Recit: Ninfa, Leggiadra Ninfa - Carmen Repetto/Rena Gary Falachi/Vittoria Calma
Act II: Intermezzo Musicale - Raffaello Monterosso/CO of the Milan Opr
Act II. Recit: Qual Freddo Gelo - Carmen Repetto/Vittoria Calma
Act II. Aria: Destin Avaro - Carmen Repetto
Act II. Recit: Mira Oh Morasto - Vittoria Calma/Carmen Repetto/Rena Gary Falachi/Mafalda Masini
Act II. Aria: Cosi Sugli Occhi Miei - Rena Gary Falachi/Vittoria Calma/Carmen Repetto/Mafalda Masini
Act III. Recit: Oh Vedi Tu Licori - Mafalda Masini/Rena Gary Falachi/Carmen Repetto/Alfredo Giacomotti
Act III: Intermezzo Musicale - Raffaello Monterosso/CO of the Milan Opr
Act III. Aria: Pan Ch'Ognuno Venera - Antonio Constantino/Vittoria Calma
Act III. Recit: Morasto Io Parto - Alfredo Giacomotti/Carmen Repetto/Mafalda Masini/Vittoria Calma/Antonio Constantino
Act III. Aria: Perdo Ninfa - Alfredo Giacomotti
Act III. Recit: Dite Elpina - Carmen Repetto/Antonio Constantino/Mafalda Masini
Act III. Aria: Dite Ohime - Carmen Repetto
Act III. Recit: Grazie O Padre - Rena Gary Falachi/Vittoria Calma/Carmen Repetto/Mafalda Masini/Antonio Constantino
Act III. Aria: Cento Donzelle - Mafalda Masini
Act III. Recit: Ciel Tu M'Assisti - Rena Gary Falachi/Carmen Repetto/Antonio Constantino/Vittoria Calma/Mafalda Masini
Act III: Te Invochiamo - Rena Gary Falachi/Carmen Repetto/Antonio Constantino/Vittoria Calma/Mafalda Masini
Act III. Sinfonia: Tempesta Di Mare - Carmen Repetto/Alfredo Giacomotti
Act III. Aria: Spiriti Indomabili - Alfredo Giacomotti
Act III. Recit: E Perche Lieti - Alfredo Giacomotti
Act III: Intermezzo Musicale - Carmen Repetto/Alfredo Giacomotti
Act III. Recit: Molto Ti Debbo - Vittoria Calma
Act III: Non Temer - Alfredo Giacomotti/Vittoria Calma

Customer Reviews:

Oh, to what dreadful depths are we forced to sink?.......2004-11-02

Vivaldi's operas are recently making something of a comeback - which is all to the good. I have long wished for good recordings of his operas. I'd like to see them performed onstage as well, but sadly his operas haven't yet the "pulling power" to enable me to launch into such a project at present.

The theatrical music composed by Vivaldi veers between the occasional mundane (but always competent) to the unutterably exquisite. A good performer can always pull off the exquisite stuff to pleasing effect - it takes a great performer to portray the less exquisite arias well. And as far as those fiendish, typically Vivaldian arias for the coloraturally gifted singers are concerned...? Oh boy. Take a deep breath, and prepare yourself for something epic in the way of bravura runs, vocal gymnastics to test even the best, and the challenging requirement for breath control that sorts out the Olympic gods of mythology from the mere mortals who actually need the occasional inhalation.

I was truly astounded to find this recording of a little-known opera, La fida ninfa. I was performing one of the arias from it - one of the aforesaid breath-challengers - and I always enjoy hearing recordings or seeing performances of things I perform myself. I wasn't expecting the recording to be brilliant - it was almost impossible to work out by whom the opera was released. I came to the eventual conclusion that it was Dynamic Opera Remastered - but it could be simply DYNAMIC. With its clearly not being a well-known classical label, I was prepared to put up with the recording being, possibly, less than good.

I was wrong.

It was much, much worse than "less than good."

The singers seem to have been drawn from a pool of operatic would-be chorus singers, and taught by a vocal teacher who impressed them with the idea that "vibrato he is good", and that the more of it they could produce, the better. Dreadful even if they'd been doing Mascagni - unbearable when singing Vivaldi. It's not just the shocking vibrato, though... there isn't a lovely tone among the lot of them. Squawks, squeals and screams are emitted with terrifying frequency, and the sluggish orchestra (had they been dosed with tranquillisers before the recording, perhaps?) does nothing to enliven proceedings.

The fast arias (which Vivaldi's hand clearly inscribed with "Allegro" in the autograph score - no room for squabbling about the speed!) are taken at paces which wouldn't have taxed a crippled snail. The slower, more languorous arias fail to convey beauty or tenderness. The recording quality cannot and does not even try to redeem the recording - it is of the same standard as the production.

I count this as one of the worst operatic recordings ever perpetrated. Yet I cannot rid my collection of it... it is sadly the ONLY recording of this opera across which I've ever come.

I could recommend this recording only to dedicated opera recording collectors who love Vivaldi and want the recording mainly to fill in the gap in "F" under "Vivaldi". I can assure you, no one - but NO one - is looking forward more eagerly than I to a competent and hopefully gorgeous recording of this lovely opera. I pin my hopes upon the series of delicious recordings being released by Opus 111; Virgin Veritas and a Spanish label (Farnace conducted by Savall) have also released some lovely things by Vivaldi.

As soon as a good version of "La fida ninfa" is released, this recording is going to a good home - not mine.

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Kirk Franklin Presents 1NC

Complete Sonatas Duets & Caprices 4

Happy Trails - The Singing Cowboys

Ich habe Rhythmus

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Intact [Import]

Future Point of Contact

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