Stradella: San Giovanni Battista

Stradella's San Giovanni Battista, composed for the church of San Giovanni dei Fiorentini in Rome in 1675, is an oratorio that verges on opera. As well as the familiar characters of John the... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Release Date: 31st Dec 2007
Catalogue No: CDA67617
Label: Hyperion
Length: 77 minutes

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Colista: Sinfonia a 3 in A minor, W-K30

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Academia Montis Regalis
Alessandro De Marchi

I. [untitled]

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Excerpt, Stradella: San Giovanni Battista

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Martin Oro (countertenor), Fredrik Akselberg (tenor)
Academia Montis Regalis
Alessandro De Marchi

Prima Parte No 01. Sinfonia

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Prima Parte No 02. Recitative – Aria. Amiche selve – Deste un tempo (San Giovanni)

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Prima Parte No 03. Recitative – Coro – Recitative. Selve beate – Dove, Battista? – Alla corte (San Giovanni / Coro di Discepoli)

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Prima Parte No 04. Aria. Soffin pur, rabbiosi fremiti (San Giovanni)

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Prima Parte No 05. Recitative – Madrigale. Restate – Dove, Battista, dove? (San Giovanni / Coro di Discepoli)

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Lonati: Sinfonia in D major

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Academia Montis Regalis
Alessandro De Marchi

Stradella: San Giovanni Battista

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Elena Cecchi Fedi (soprano), Fredrik Akselberg (tenor), Anke Herrmann (soprano), Antonio Abete (bass), Martin Oro (countertenor)
Academia Montis Regalis
Alessandro De Marchi

Prima Parte No 06. Recitative. Invitto Herode (Consigliere)

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Prima Parte No 07. Aria. Volin pure lontano dal sen (Herodiade)

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Prima Parte No 08. Recitative – Aria. Sì, sì dei tuoi divoti – Anco in Cielo (Herodiade / Consigliere)

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Prima Parte No 09. Recitative. Ma poi lasciando (Consigliere)

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Prima Parte No 10. Aria. Sorde dive (Salome)

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Prima Parte No 11. Recitative – Trio – Recitative. Non più cedo – Non fia ver – Non più ferma (All)

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Prima Parte No 12. Aria. Tuonerà tra mille turbini (Herode)

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Prima Parte No 13. Aria / Quartet. S'uccida il reo (All)

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Prima Parte No 14. Recitative. Proverà se questo Scettro (Herode)

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Prima Parte No 15. Duet. Freni l'orgoglio (Herode / Salome)

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Colista: Sinfonia a 3, W-K32

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Academia Montis Regalis
Alessandro De Marchi

I. Adagio

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Stradella: San Giovanni Battista

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Fredrik Akselberg (tenor), Antonio Abete (bass), Anke Herrmann (soprano), Martin Oro (countertenor), Elena Cecchi Fedi (soprano)
Academia Montis Regalis
Alessandro De Marchi

Seconda Parte No 01. Aria. Vaghe ninfe nel giordano (Salome)

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Seconda Parte No 02. Recitative – Aria. Giorno sì lieto – Anco il sol (Consigliere)

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Seconda Parte No 03. Recitative. O di questi occhi miei (Herode / Salome / San Giovanni)

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Seconda Parte No 04. Aria. Io per me non cangerei (San Giovanni)

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Seconda Parte No 05. Recitative. Figlia, se un gran tesoro (Herodiade / Salome / Herode)

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Seconda Parte No 06. Duet. Nel seren de' miei contenti (Herode / Salome)

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Seconda Parte No 07. Recitative. Deh, che più tardi a consolar (Salome)

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Seconda Parte No 08. Aria. Queste lagrime e sospiri (Salome)

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Seconda Parte No 09. Recitative – Aria. In questa dei miei affetti – Provi pur le mie vendette (Herode)

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Seconda Parte No 10. Recitative – Duet. Il castigo d'un empio – Morirai! Uccidetelo pur! (Herode / San Giovanni / Salome)

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Colista: Sinfonia a 3, W-K32

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Academia Montis Regalis
Alessandro De Marchi

II. Largo

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Excerpt, Stradella: San Giovanni Battista

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Antonio Abete (bass), Anke Herrmann (soprano)
Academia Montis Regalis
Alessandro De Marchi

Seconda Parte No 11. Recitative – Aria. Cadesti alfine – Sù coronatemi (Salome)

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Seconda Parte No 12. Recitative. Chi nel comun gioire (Herode)

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Seconda Parte No 13. Duet. Che gioire, che contento (Salome / Herode)

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Colista: Sinfonia a 3, W-K32

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Academia Montis Regalis
Alessandro De Marchi

III. Allegro

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The oratorio San Giovanni Battista was written for performance on Palm Sunday in the Holy Year of 1675 where some fourteen oratorios were commissioned by the confraternity of the church of San Giovanni dei Fiorentini in Rome – an auspicious event. San Giovanni Battista is a deeply ‘Baroque’ score, vibrant, rhythmically insistent, requiring singers to perform phrases of difficult fiorituras or deeply moving legato lines. The libretto is dramatic and emotionally vivid, and the music is closely tied to the text, creating a distinctly operatic atmosphere—described by the disc’s conductor Alessandro De Marchi as ‘a true Salome’.

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2010

Stradella's San Giovanni Battista, composed for the church of San Giovanni dei Fiorentini in Rome in 1675, is an oratorio that verges on opera. As well as the familiar characters of John the Baptist, Salome, Herod and Herodias, there is an unnamed Counsellor: combined, they form a five-part chorus. The rich string accompaniment is made up of a concertino and a concertogrosso, which play both separately and together.
Alessandro de Marchi makes the most of these forces by inserting short instrumental pieces by two contemporary composers at appropriate points in the story.
The music is delightfully varied, and the performers do it full justice. Martín Oro makes a rich-toned John the Baptist. The action begins with John bidding farewell to pastoral delights with a continuo aria; then, as he leaves to make a nuisance of himself at Herod's court, he embarks on a nautical metaphor aria – winds, sea, billows – with roulades that Oro dispatches with virtuoso precision.
In many of the arias, the instruments accompany the voice rather than simply providing a ritornello. When Herod condemns John to prison, the concerto grosso plays in the first section, the concertino in the second. Antonio Abete rages impressively, his solid bass showing an admirable fleetness. Anke Herrmann's Salome is seductive and wheedling by turns. This is an excellent disc.

February 2008

The music is delightfully varied, and the performers do it full justice.

When you learn that Handel owned an early copy of the manuscript all the pieces begin to fall into place; here is a perfect example of the Italian manner that was to influence him so fundamentally … each soloist is given masses of opportunity to display their bravura technique, both as individuals and jointly, when they comment on the action in some lovely choruses and madrigals … De Marchi really scores in his choice of soloists. Salome is sung by the exquisite soprano Anke Herman, Battista by the firm-voiced countertenor Martin Oro and the court counsellor by the excellent tenor Fredrik Akselberg, but the star of the disc is the bass Antonio Abete who as Herod thunders through some truly stunning arias.

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