Maria and Maddalena

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Aspromonte’s voluptuous, velvety soprano and vivid diction capture the emotional and rhetorical tensions of works that veer from grief to joy; my one caveat is that her colour palette and dynamic... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2022, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 26th Nov 2021
Catalogue No: PTC5186867
Label: Pentatone
Length: 62 minutes

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Lulier: La Nascità del Redentore

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Francesca Aspromonte (soprano)
I Barocchisti
Diego Fasolis

Di quei lampi che vanta l'aurora

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Excerpt, Bononcini, G B: La Converzione di Maddalena

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Francesca Aspromonte (soprano)
I Barocchisti
Diego Fasolis

Del favellar divino

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Draghi, A: Il Crocefisso per Grazia

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Francesca Aspromonte (soprano)
I Barocchisti
Diego Fasolis

Ecco qui l'incomprensibile

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Excerpt, Caldara: Maddalena ai piedi di Cristo

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I Barocchisti
Diego Fasolis

Sinfonia

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Excerpt, Bononcini, G B: La Converzione di Maddalena

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Francesca Aspromonte (soprano), Boris Begelman (violin)
I Barocchisti
Diego Fasolis

Cor imbelle a due nemici

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Excerpt, Caldara: Maddalena ai piedi di Cristo

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Francesca Aspromonte (soprano)
I Barocchisti
Diego Fasolis

Omai spezza quel nodo

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Excerpt, Bononcini, G B: La Converzione di Maddalena

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Francesca Aspromonte (soprano)
I Barocchisti
Diego Fasolis

Sì sì, risolvo col mio dolore

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Lulier: La Nascità del Redentore

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Francesca Aspromonte (soprano), Boris Begelman (violin)
I Barocchisti
Diego Fasolis

Tu dormi o Figlio

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Excerpt, Bononcini, G B: La Converzione di Maddalena

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I Barocchisti
Diego Fasolis

Sinfonia

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Perti: La sepoltura di Cristo

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Francesca Aspromonte (soprano), Boris Begelman (violin)
I Barocchisti
Diego Fasolis

Del Nazareno non era in seno

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Excerpt, Caldara: Maddalena ai piedi di Cristo

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Francesca Aspromonte (soprano)
I Barocchisti
Diego Fasolis

Deh, s'un tempo percossa

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Perti: Gesù al Sepolcro

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Francesca Aspromonte (soprano)
I Barocchisti
Diego Fasolis

Giovanni, ah tu del Figlio

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Excerpt, Handel: La Resurrezione, HWV47

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Francesca Aspromonte (soprano)
I Barocchisti
Diego Fasolis

Overture

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Se Maria dunque spera

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Se impassibile, immortale

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Scarlatti, A: La Santissima Annunziata

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Francesca Aspromonte (soprano)
I Barocchisti
Diego Fasolis

Stesa à piè del tronco amaro

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On her second PENTATONE album Maria & Maddalena, star soprano Francesca Aspromonte explores the Two Marys in oratorios by Lulier, Bononcini, Leopoldo I d’Asburgo, Caldara, Perti, Handel and Scarlatti, partly in new editions, documenting the extremely bloom of the genre in the years around 1700. She performs these works together with violinist Boris Begelman as well as the seasoned players of I Barocchisti under the baton of the eminent Diego Fasolis. Traditionally seen as two feminine opposites, with far-reaching moral implications, Aspromonte brings the Virgin Mary and Mary Magdalene together as two beautiful and strong women who turned their lives upside down by making the choice to dedicate themselves completely to an ideal. Her interpretation of these exceptional pieces explores all the emotions of the Two Marys, constituting a fascinating and profoundly moving portrait of what it means to be a woman.

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January 2022

Aspromonte’s voluptuous, velvety soprano and vivid diction capture the emotional and rhetorical tensions of works that veer from grief to joy; my one caveat is that her colour palette and dynamic shading lack a little variety. She’s superbly partnered by I Barocchisti who, under Diego Fasolis, point up the affects that heighten these musical expressions of human and divine love.

July/August 2022

All in all, this is a winning collection of arias of many moods—often unexpected—neatly performed by I Barocchisti and engagingly conducted by Diego Fasolis. But it is the enchanting voice of Francesca Aspromonte, and her sensitivity to words and music that neither weary nor oppress, that invites us to listen to these selections again and again with joy and great delight.

February 2022

Imaginatively planned, brilliantly executed, this is a disc guaranteed to give pleasure to any lover of the Italian Baroque with a sense of adventure.

November 2021

Stand-outs include Mary Magdalene's awestruck, joyous description of the Resurrection to John in Perti's Gesù al Sepolcro and the Virgin Mary's searing lament from Draghi's Il Crocefisso per Grazia. Wonderful work, too, from violinist Boris Begelman in the intricate dialogue with voice in 'Cor imbelle a due nemici' from Bononcini's La Converzione di Maddalena.

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