Gasparini: Il Bajazet

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Leonardo De Lisi commands Borosini's odd tenor-baritone register…and communicates Bajazet's brooding complexity even in the shortest of numbers. Countertenor Filippo Mineccia's edgy, ferocious... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2015 More…

Release Date: 6th Apr 2015
Catalogue No: GCD923504
Label: Glossa
Length: 3 hours 24 minutes

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Gasparini: Il Bajazet

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Antonio Giovannini (countertenor), Leonardo De Lisi (tenor), Filippo Mineccia (countertenor), Benedetta Mazzucato (alto), Giorgia Cinciripi (soprano), Raffaele Pe (countertenor), Giuseppina Bridelli (mezzo-soprano), Ewa Gubańska (mezzo-soprano)
Auser Musici
Carlo Ipata
Recorded: June 29-July 6, 2014
Recording Venue: Barga (Chiesa del Crocifisso), Italy

Sinfonia

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Act I Scene 1: Recitative: Prence, lo so; ti devo (Bajazet e Andronico)

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Act 1 Scene 1: Aria: Forte, e lieto a morte andrei (Bajazet)

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Act I Scene 2: Recitative: Non si lasci mai solo: alcun di voi (Andronico)

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Act I Scene 2: Recitative: Un lieto annunzio, alto Signor, arreco: (Clearco)

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Act I Scene 3: Aria: Co' sguardi la mia bella (Tamerlano)

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Act I Scene 4: Clearco, udisti? Oh avverso Cielo! (Andronico, Clearco)

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Act I Scene 4: Aria: Dolce e l'amar (Clearco)

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Act I Scene 5: Recitative: Ama il Tartaro Asteria, (Andronico)

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Act I Scene 5: Aria: Solea dir all’Idol mio, (Andronico)

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Act I Scene 6: Recitative: Accostati, Leone: e fia pur vero, (Asteria)

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Act I Scene 7: Recitative: Non e piu tempo, Asteria (Tamerlano)

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Act I Scene 7: Aria: Se la gloria ai tuoi bei lumi (Tamerlano)

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Act I Scene 8: Recitative: Zaida, Leone, udiste? (Asteria)

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Act I Scene 8: Aria: Non cangiasi per poco(Leone)

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Act I Scene 9: Recitative: Non piu: rendi al mio nemico (Bajazet)

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Act I Scene 9: Aria: Il suo fasto e il suo furore (Bajazet)

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Act I Scene 10: Recitative: Asteria, e taci ancor? Mal corrisponde (Andronico)

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Act I Scene 10: Aria: Parti. Del padre i sensi al Tartaro palesa. (Asteria)

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Act I Scene 11: Aria: Vieni, vola, e sul mio viso (Irene)

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Act I Scene 11: Recitative: Ma qual gia troppo omai lunga dimora (Irene)

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Act I Scene 12: Recitative: Augusta Irene (Clearco)

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Act I Scene 12: Aria: La violetta (Irene)

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Act I Scene 13: Recitative: S'ubbidisca ad Irene e allorché sua (Clearco)

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Act I Scene 13: Aria: La farfalletta (Clearco)

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Act I Scene 14: Recitative: Ah non fia ver, che mai (Andronico)

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Act I Scene 14: Aria: Infedele ingannator (Andronico)

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Act I Scene 15: Recitative: Vedi l'infido e l’orgoglioso: (Asteria)

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Act I Scene 15: Aria: Vendetta, si, faro (Asteria)

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Act II Scene 1: Recitative: Amico, al fin vinto e d'Asteria il core, (Tamerlano)

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Act II Scene 1: Aria: Sara piu amoroso (Tamerlano)

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Act II Scene 2: Recitative: E l'ascolto, e non moro? Ah perche mai (Andronico)

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Act II Scene 2: Aria: Vanne alla bella Irene (Asteria)

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Act II Scene 3: Recitative: Ah disperato Andronico! mi fugge (Andronico)

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Act II Scene 3: Aria: Con dolci prieghi e pianti (Andronico)

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Act II Scene 4: Recitative: Signor, Donzella illustre chiede parlarti (Clearco)

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Act II Scene 4: Aria: Questa sola e il mio tesoro (Tamerlano)

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Act II Scene 5: Recitative: Odimi, qual tu sia, che a pro d'Irene (Asteria)

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Act II Scene 6: Recitative: Gran cose espone Asteria (Irene)

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Act II Scene 6: Aria: Su gl'occhi del mio bene (Clearco)

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Act II Scene 7: Recitative: Non si cangi pensier. Forse la sorte (Irene)

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Act II Scene 7: Aria: Ti sento sì, ti sento (Irene)

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Act II Scene 8: Recitative: Dimmi, Zaida, tu miri, (Leone)

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Act II Scene 8: Aria: Rondinella che si vede (Leone)

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Act II Scene 9: Recitative: Dov'e mia figlia Andronico? (Bajazet)

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Act II Scene 9: Aria: Dalla fronte all'orgogliosa (Bajazet)

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Act II Scene 10: Recitative: Asteria, eccoci al soglio (Tamerlano)

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Act II Scene 11: Recitative: Io per lei vengo ad impegnar quel posto (Irene)

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Act II Scene 11: Trio: Voglio strage (Tamerlano, Bajazet, Asteria)

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Act II Scene 12: Padre, dimmi, son piu l'indegna figlia? - Arioso: No, il tuo sdegno mi placo (Asteria, Bajazet)

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Act II Scene 13: Recitative: Andronico, son piu l'infida amante? - Aria: No, che del tuo gran cor (Andronico)

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Act II Scene 14: Recitative: Amica, son quella superba donna? - Aria: No, il candor della tua fe (Asteria, Irene)

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Act II Scene 15: Recitative: Perche scoprir le trame (Zaida)

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Act II Scene 15: Aria: Cor di padre (Asteria)

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Act III Scene 1: Recitative: No, figlia: far quel colpo (Bajazet)

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Act III Scene 1: Aria: Quando il fato (Bajazet)

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Act III Scene 2: Recitative: Non si disperi ancor (Leone)

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Act III Scene 2: Aria: Dolce lampo di speme gradita (Leone)

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Act III Scene 3: Recitative: Zaida convien morir (Asteria)

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Act III Scene 3: Aria: Solo i vaghi, i lusinghieri, (Zaida)

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Act III Scene 4: Recitative: Purche Asteria si plachi (Tamerlano)

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Act III Scene 5: Recitative: A pie del mio nemico mia figlia! (Bajazet)

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Act III Scene 5: Aria: A dispetto d'un volto amoroso (Tamerlano)

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Act III Scene 6: Recitative: Ma non avra questo piacer (Bajazet)

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Act III Scene 7: Recitative: Si t'intendo: costante... (Asteria)

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Act III Scene 8: Recitative: Cieco furore, o caro, ingombra l'alma del Tamerlan (Andronico)

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Act III Scene 8: Aria: Morte non e agli amanti (Clearco)

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Act III Scene 9: Recitative: Si qualora fia d'uopo (Andronico)

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Act III Scene 9: Aria: No non discende no (Andronico)

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Act III Scene 10: Recitative: Contro il Tartaro invan tu mi favelli (Irene)

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Act III Scene 10: Aria: Non e si fido il nido (Irene)

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Act III Scene 11: Recitative: Eccoti o Bajazet tolto all'orrore del carcer tuo (Tamerlano)

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Act III Scene 12: Recitative: Eccomi che si chiede? (Asteria)

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Act III Scene 13: Recitative: Tamerlan, ferma il sorso (Irene)

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Act III Scene 13: Recitative: Fermati, Prence. E questa la mia sposa real? (Tamerlano, Irene, Andronico)

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Act III Scene 14: Aria: Un'aura placida (Irene)

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Act III Scene 15: Recitative: Vieni Asteria e saprai (Leone)

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Act III Scene 16: Recitative: Oh per me lieto avventuroso giorno (Bajazet)

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Act III Scene 16: Aria: Figlia mia non pianger no - Arioso: Figlia mia non pianger no (Bajazet)

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Act III Scene 17: Recitative: Seguitela miei fidi (Irene)

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Coro: Coronata di gigli e rose (Tamerlano, Andronico, Irene, Clearco)

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Carlo Ipata, inveterate searcher out of unjustly forgotten musical scores, directs 'Il Bajazet', an important three-act opera by Francesco Gasparini - which shows marked influences of the Roman Arcadian School of the Baroque. Ipata conducts the orchestra of his own Auser Musici for this new Glossa recording, made in conjunction with performances which took place at last year’s Opera Festival in Barga.

The score used is that for the 1719 dramma in musica performed in Reggio Emilia, as updated by Gasparini to accommodate the starry Baroque talents of Francesco Borosini, Antonio Bernacchi, Marianna Bulgarelli and Faustina Bordoni. Their modern-day counterparts in Barga are Leonardo De Lisi (Bajazet), Filippo Mineccia (Tamerlano), Giuseppina Bridelli (Asteria) and Ewa Gubanska (Irene). There is also a cameo role for Raffaele Pe, whose Glossa 'The Medici Castrato' disc was released recently.

Like other composers active at the very end of the 17th century and the start of the 18th, Gasparini’s music was swept aside by the talented activities of Vivaldi and Porpora (and the influence of Farinelli and Carestini), and of course of Handel, whose score for 'Tamerlano' (the earlier version of 'Il Bajazet' had been called 'Tamerlano') reflect very close readings of Gasparini’s own operas. In her booklet essay Antonella D’Ovidio delves into the history of Gasparini’s 'Il Bajazet' and comments lucidly on the style of this neglected operatic master.

Recorded in Barga (Chiesa del Crocifisso), Italy, from 29 June to 6 July 2014

Reviews

November 2015

Leonardo De Lisi commands Borosini's odd tenor-baritone register…and communicates Bajazet's brooding complexity even in the shortest of numbers. Countertenor Filippo Mineccia's edgy, ferocious brilliance brings out Tamerlano's ever-simmering menace…in Bordoni's role, Ewa Gubanska embodies sweetness, particularly in her penultimate aria ravishingly set to pizzicato violins. The musicianship of director Carlo Ipata and Auser Musici is superb

July 2015

Ipata conducts with a thoughtful ear for detailed phrasing and Auser Musici provide graceful orchestral playing...The set is essential for anyone wanting to better understand the course material that inspired Handel's genius; but of course it also reveals some considerable merits of Gasparini.

August 2015

Giuseppina Bridelli sings with crystalline, splendidly incisive tone that is well contrasted with Ewa Gubańska’s gentler, charming Irene, sung throughout with real beauty and command of style. Her chains of trills in her Act 3 ‘Un’aura placida’ are to be treasured. No less outstanding is the commanding Tamerlano of the countertenor Filippo Mineccia, whose resoundingly furious ‘A dispetto’ is thrillingly despatched, while Antonio Giovannini is excellent in the less grateful role of Andronico. The three smaller roles are equally much more than capably filled, making this vocally as satisfying an opera recording as I’ve heard recently heard.

Gasparini: Il Bajazet

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