Albinoni: 12 Cantatas for Soprano and Contralto Op. 4

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Release Date: 26th Jul 2019
Catalogue No: 95600
Label: Brilliant Classics
Length: 99 minutes

Albinoni: Twelve Cantatas, Op. 4 No. 1: Amor, Sorte, Destino

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Silvia Frigato (soprano)
L'Arte dell'Arco

Recitative. Amor, sorte, destino!

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Aria (Largo): M'è più caro, o dio bambino

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Recitative. Ma ohimè ch'invan sospiro

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Aria (Allegro): S'il mio penar

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Albinoni: Twelve Cantatas, Op. 4 No. 3: Del chiaro rio

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Silvia Frigato (soprano)
L'Arte dell'Arco

Aria (Allegro ma non presto): Del chiaro rio il mormorio

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Recitative. E tu, crudel mia filli

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Aria (Larghetta): Senza offesa del tuo bello

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Recitative. Rispondi, o mia tiranna

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Aria (Largo): Et è trionfo vil volermi morto

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Albinoni: Lontananza crudel, mi squarci il core

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Silvia Frigato (soprano)
L'Arte dell'Arco

Recitative. Lontananza crudel

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Aria. Lontananza crudel

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Aria (Larghetta): Core amabile del caro bene

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Recitative. Irene amata Irene

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Aria (Adagio): Pianger lungi dal nume che s'ama

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Albinoni: Twelve Cantatas, Op. 4 No. 7: Ove rivoglio il piede

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Silvia Frigato (soprano)
L'Arte dell'Arco

Recitative. Ove rivolgo il piede

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Aria (Larghetta): Io non dovrei

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Recitative. Chiamo lo sdegno e l'ira

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Aria (Allegro): Così languir mi fa

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Albinoni: Twelve Cantatas, Op. 4 No. 9: Parti, mi lasci, ah quale

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Silvia Frigato (soprano)
L'Arte dell'Arco

Recitative. Parti, mi lasci

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Aria (Largo): Vanne ch'io resto a piangere

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Recitative. Disciolta in amarissimi sospiri

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Aria (Allegro e non presto): Deh caro ben mia vita

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Albinoni: Twelve Cantatas, Op. 4 No. 11: Poi che al vago seren di due pupille

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Silvia Frigato (soprano)
L'Arte dell'Arco

Recitative. Poiché al vago seren di due pupille

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Aria. Fille cara

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Recitative. Misero ben veggio

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Aria (Andante): Alma di questo core

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Albinoni: Twelve Cantatas, Op. 4 No. 10: Son qual Tantalo novello

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Elena Biscuola (contralto)
L'Arte dell'Arco

Aria (Largo): Son qual tantalo novello

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Recitative. Di stravagante affanno

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Aria (Allegro): La pena del mio cor

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Albinoni: Twelve Cantatas, Op. 4 No. 8: Mi dà pena quando spira

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Elena Biscuola (contralto)
L'Arte dell'Arco

Aria (Largo): Mi dà pena quando spira

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Recitative. Forse temer non deggio

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Aria (Allegro): Del mio cor sarei geloso

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Recitative. Ma che portento è questo

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Aria (Larghetta): Prende sempre più forza

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Albinoni: Twelve Cantatas, Op. 4 No. 4: Riedi a me luce

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Elena Biscuola (contralto)
L'Arte dell'Arco

Aria (Larghetta): Riedi a me, luce gradita

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Recitative. Lungi da què begl’occhi

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Aria (Allegro): Solo voi, luci mie belle

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Albinoni: Twelve Cantatas, Op. 4 No. 2: Da l'arco d'un bel ciglio

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Elena Biscuola (contralto)
L'Arte dell'Arco

Recitative. Dall'arco di un bel ciglio

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Aria (Larghetta): Che tu m'abbia incatenato

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Recitative. Sì, mia bella tiranna

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Aria (Allegro): Vago amabile mio viso

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Albinoni: Twelve Cantatas, Op. 4 No. 6: Filli, chiedi al mio cor

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Elena Biscuola (contralto)
L'Arte dell'Arco

Recitative. Filli, chiedi al mio core

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Aria (Allegro ma non presto): Senza il vanto di candida fede

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Recitative. La fede è un certo incanto

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Aria (Allegro): Impara a serbar fede

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Albinoni: Twelve Cantatas, Op. 4 No. 12: Chi non sà quanto inhumano

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Elena Biscuola (contralto)
L'Arte dell'Arco

Aria (Largo): Chi non sa quanto inumano

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Recitative. Gli dirà veritiero

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Aria (Allegro assai): Tanto dolce è quella piaga

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Recitative. Così si cangia

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Aria. L'inferno delle pene

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The ‘other’ Albinoni, revealed here as an accomplished composer for the voice in the tradition of the Venetian baroque.

If we think of Albinoni beyond the ubiquitous and apocryphal Adagio (not so much arranged as concocted by a 20thcentury musicologist, Giazotto), we may remember collections of lively oboe and violin concertos, maybe also some trio sonatas and works featuring solo flute and trumpet. But Albinoni, the composer of cantatas and operas?

This quartet of Italian musicians puts the record straight with a new recording of secular cantatas. In fact Albinoni married a soprano, Margherita Raimondi, and apparently had a fine singing voice himself.

He composed around 50 cantatas, but only this Op.4 collection of twelve reached publication stage. The cantatas follow a conventional pattern of paired recitatives and da capo arias, two or three per cantata, mostly themed on love lost and (sometimes) found. The texts are anonymous but they evidently draw on a knowledge of Tasso as well as earlier poets such as Dante and Petrarch.

Six cantatas are written for high, and six for low, female voice. Albinoni refrains from making the kind of demands on vocal technique as Handel or even Vivaldi, but he proves himself adept at evoking not only the languor and pathos inflicted by Cupid’s arrow but also a sense of context in the instrumental accompaniments. The bass part of the second cantata suggests an Arcadian burgeoning of spring, before a storm breaks in the following movement. A lover’s changing moods are portrayed through sinuous accompaniments to the voice, and a full armoury of ornaments and harmonic devices is deployed to paint the affecting picture of a sighing, lovelorn protagonist.

The harpsichordist and director Roberto Loreggian has an extensive discography on Brilliant Classics embracing all the great names of Baroque music, including Albinoni – the Op.1 Trio Sonatas (BC94789) – but also exploring much less-familiar repertoire such as the cello sonatas of Salvatore Lanzetti (BC95525). According to Gramophone’s review of the Albinoni album, ‘Cellist Francesco Galligioni dances the bass-line along, and there’s some immensely musical underpinning from keyboardist Roberto Loreggian.

Albinoni: 12 Cantatas for Soprano and Contralto Op. 4

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