Vivaldi: La Senna Festeggiante, RV 693

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Lovers of chamber and dramatic cantatas by Handel might already known just how effective La Risonanza's performances can be. Under Fabio Bonizzoni's stylish direction, the ensemble once more... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2013, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 24th Sep 2012
Catalogue No: GCD921513
Label: Glossa
Length: 78 minutes

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Vivaldi: La Senna Festeggiante, RV 693

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Yetzabel Arias Fernandez (soprano), Martin Oro (alto), Sergio Foresti (bass)
Risonanza, La
Fabio Bonizzoni

Part I: Sinfonia: Allegro

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Part I: Sinfonia: Andante molto

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Part I: Sinfonia: Allegro molto

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Part I: Della Senna in su le sponde (L'Eta dell'Oro, La Virtu, La Senna)

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Part I: Recitative: Io, che raminga errante (L'Eta dell'Oro)

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Part I: Aria: Se qui pace tal'hor va cercando (L'Eta dell'Oro)

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Part I: Recitative: Anch'io raminga errando (La Virtu)

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Part I: Aria: In quest'onde (La Virtu)

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Part I: Recitative: Illustri amiche (La Senna)

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Part I: Aria: Qui nel profonde del cupo fondo (La Senna)

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Part I: Recitative: Si, si, gia che tu brami (L'Eta dell'Oro, La Virtu)

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Part I: Duet: Godrem fra noi la pace (L'Eta dell'Oro, La Virtu)

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Part I: Recitative: Tutto muor, tutto manca (La Senna, La Virtu, L'Eta dell'Oro)

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Part I: Aria: Vaga perla benche sia dell'Aurora bianca figlia (La Virtu)

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Part I: Recitative: Tal di me parla ancora (L'Eta dell'Oro)

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Part I: Aria: Al mio seno il pargoletto (L'Eta dell'Oro)

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Part I: Recitative: Della ferrea stagion (La Virtu, L'Eta dell'Oro)

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Part I: Duet: Qui per darci amabil pace - Per goder l'antica pace (L'Eta dell'Oro, La Virtu)

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Part I: Recitative: Ma rimirate amiche (La Senna)

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Part I: Aria: L'alta lor gloria immortale (La Senna)

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Part I: Recitative: O, di qual melodia (L'Eta dell'Oro, La Virtu, La Senna)

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Part I: Di queste selve venite o Numi (L'Eta dell'Oro, La Virtu, La Senna)

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Part II: Overture: Adagio - Presto - Allegro molto

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Part II: Recitative: Ma gia ch'unito in schiera (La Senna)

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Part II: Aria: Pieta, dolcezza, fanno il suo volto (La Senna)

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Part II: Recitative: Non si ritardi (L'Eta dell'Oro, La Virtu)

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Part II: Aria: Stelle, con vostra pace (La Virtu)

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Part II: Recitative: Vedrete in quest'eroe (La Senna, L'Eta dell'Oro, La Virtu)

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Part II: Duet: Io que pravo si caro diletto - Qui nel seno ho si tenero affetto (L'Eta dell'Oro, La Virtu)

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Part II: Recitative: Quanto felici siete (La Virtu)

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Part II: Aria: Giace languente (L'Eta dell'Oro)

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Part II: Recitative: Quanto felici siete (L'Eta dell'Oro)

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Part II: Aria: Cosi sol nell'aurora (La Virtu)

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Part II: Recitative: Mo giunti eccone innante (La Senna, La Virtu, L'Eta dell'Oro)

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Part II: Aria: Non fu mai piu vista in soglia (L'Eta dell'Oro)

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Part II: Recitative: Per tributarti ancella (L'Eta dell'Oro)

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Part II: Il destino, la sorte e il fato (L'Eta dell'Oro, La Virtu, La Senna)

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Continuing his captivating survey of the Baroque serenata, Fabio Bonizzoni now focuses on one of the “occasional” works – with music at a magnificently-high level throughout – written by Antonio Vivaldi when in Venice: 'La Senna festeggiante'.

What animated Vivaldi to compose a work apparently extolling the virtues of the River Seine in Paris? The story goes, as described by Michael Talbot in his exemplary accompanying essay, that the serenata was written in 1726 jointly to honour the French king, Louis XV (on his name day), Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni (then the Protector of the Affairs of France at the Vatican) and the French Ambassador in Venice, the Comte de Gergy; and bringing in the river to heap Baroque praise on the Sun King’s great-grandson.

An unmistakeably Vivaldian score (complete with self-borrowings and “loans” from others), the composer nonetheless makes plentiful musical allusions to his Gallic theme and setting through the music of the three named vocalists – The Golden Age, Virtue and the Seine – and through the instrumental accompaniment, handled deftly and gloriously here by Bonizzoni and La Risonanza. The singers, Yetzabel Arias Fernández, Martín Oro and Sergio Foresti, capture the spirit of the allegorical and fluvial characters superbly in this new Glossa recording, which was made at the Abbaye de Saint-Michel en Thiérache (also the setting for La Risonanza’s earlier recording of Alessandro Scarlatti’s Serenate a Filli).

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January 2013

Lovers of chamber and dramatic cantatas by Handel might already known just how effective La Risonanza's performances can be. Under Fabio Bonizzoni's stylish direction, the ensemble once more beguiles our senses with Vivaldi's hugely appealing serenata.

Early Music Review December 2012

there is some truly splendid singing here, most notably from Ann Hallenberg’s commandingly imperious Merope and Viviva Genaux as her son Epitide

December 2012

the music is very good, much of it showing Vivaldi's vocal writing at its most relaxed and delightful...Virtuosity is kept largely under control and the roles as differentiated as they could ever be; Senna, a free-flowing bass, is an especially happy creation...Bonizzoni's route through the score is...sure and sympathetic, and the orchestra performs prettily throughout.

November 2012

Fernandez is a perfect choice here ideally partnered by countertenor Martin Oro – clean, supple and never prone to operatic outbursts. I find Bonizzoni’s quest for greater simplicity and directness more convincing than King’s greater opulence wonderful way to sample Vivaldi’s light operatic style on a small stage.

22nd February 2013

There's an unmistakable courtly grace and light humour about the opening "Sinfonia", ably dispatched by La Risonanza's prancing strings and harpsichord, but while Vivaldi's skill shows in his incorporation of various French elements, the libretto leaves much to be desired.

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