In eighteenth-century Venice, the festivities never ceased: Carnival could last for up to eight months of the year. In the Serenissima, everything becomes mask, metamorphosis and illusion. Sottosopra! – “”upside down”” – conjures up the topsy-turvy world of Baroque Venice: a city where masks erased hierarchies, where Carnival suspended the rules, and where music became at once mirror and vertigo. Centred on Ophélie Gaillard’s cello and the voices of countertenor Zoltan Darago and tenor Zachary Wilder, this program brings together major pages from Vivaldi’s output, but above all a wealth of delightful rarities reflecting a spirit of discovery, effervescence and celebration. The album is completed by a previously unrecorded cantata by Giovanni Finazzi, a castrato and composer who embodies the art of disguise in Baroque Venice.
Venezia Sottosopra – Ophélie Gaillard
Anonymous Contradanza (Arr. Olivier Fourés)
Vivaldi Cello Concerto in A minor, RV 418
I. Allegro
II. Largo
III. Allegro
Anonymous Minuetto alla scoscese (Arr. Olivier Fourés)
Vivaldi La Candace, ossia Li veri amici, RV 704
Se nemico tu sei
Vivaldi Concerto for Strings in G minor, RV 152
I. Allegro molto
II. Andante molto
III. Allegro molto
Vivaldi Orlando finto pazzo, RV 727
Il destin che mi sovrasta
Anonymous Guerra d’amore (Arr. Olivier Fourés)
Anonymous Cos’è ‘sta cosa?
Vivaldi Cello Concerto in D minor, RV 407
I. Allegro
II. Largo
III. Allegro
Anonymous Sermante (Arr. Olivier Fourés)
Anonymous Bertagna (Arr. Olivier Fourés)
Vivaldi Concerto for Violin and Cello in A major, RV 546
I. Allegro
II. Andante
III. Allegro
Vivaldi Cello Concerto in E-flat major, RV 408
II. Largo
Vivaldi Orlando, RV 728
Se cresce un torrente
Anonymous La Pulcinella (Arr. Olivier Fourés)
Anonymous Con Checca, Betta, e Catte
Vivaldi Concerto for Strings in B-flat major, RV 163 “Conca”
I. Allegro – Allegro molto
II. Andante
III. Allegro
Filippo Finazzi Cantata No. 2 “Pianger vidi appreso a’un fonte”
I. Aria. Larghetto. Pianger vidi appreso a’un fonte
II. Recitativo. Pria si sciolse ‘in querele
III. Aria. Allegro. Guarda l’affano mio
Vivaldi Concerto for Violin and Organ in C major, RV 808
III. Allegro (Reconstr. Olivier Fourés)
Anonymous Si la gondola
Ophélie Gaillard, Zoltan Darago, Zachary Wilder, Pulcinella
23,90€
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