Haydn: L'isola disabitata / Forck, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Details
- Composer
- HAYDN, JOSEPH
- Artist
- Akademie Für Alte Musik Berlin
- Format
- CD
- Label
- PENTATONE
- Released
- Aug 06, 2021
- Catalog #
- PTC5186275
- UPC
- 827949027567
About
The Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin returns to PENTATONE with Joseph Haydn’s opera L’isola disabitata (The Desert Island), together with an excellent quartet of vocalists.
Officially called an azione teatrale, L’isola is a serious opera about love, loss and misunderstanding with a happy ending, set on an exotic deserted island. Special about this opera is that Haydn chose orchestral accompaniment for the entire work, with colourful and dramatic accompagnato recitatives. In Haydn’s printed score, many of the elaborate instrumental sections were deliberately cut, because he feared that they demanded too much from the players, and that some audiences may not have been cultured enough to fully appreciate them. Special about this recording is that these parts have all been reinstated, using a recent edition by Thomas Busse.
The seasoned players of the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, led by Bernhard Forck, play this lavish score with fervour and swing, while Anett Fritsch (Costanza), Sunhae Im (Silvia), Krystian Adam (Gernando) and André Morsch (Enrico) offer an equally virtuosic vocal delivery.
The Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin is generally seen as one of the best period-instruments ensembles of today, and has a substantial PENTATONE discography.
REVIEW:
Haydn's opera L'isola disabitata ("The Uninhabited Island") was premiered in 1779. In one act, it was termed an azione per musica, suggesting a more compact work than an opera seria, and it has just four voice parts. The quartet of singers is fine, led with pleasant lightness by mezzo-soprano Sunhae Im in the lead role of the abandoned Costanza. The main attraction, though, is the work of the venerable Akademie für alte Musik, which has kept itself vibrant and relevant since its days behind the Iron Curtain. With Bernhard Forck leading the group from the first violinist's chair, they completely avoid the mechanical quality that often infests Baroque groups that move into Classical repertory; they grasp the essential forward-moving trajectory of the music and don't linger too much on the serviceable but ordinary arias. A totally satisfying Haydn opera release.
-- AllMusic.com (James Manheim)
Tracklist 19 tracks
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1 Sinfonia 07:00
- Track
- 1
- Title
- Sinfonia
- Duration
- 07:00
- Composer
- Franz Joseph Haydn
- Ensemble
- Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
- Conductor
- Bernhard Forck
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2 Part I Scene 1: Recitative: Qual contrasto non vince (Costanza) 02:39
- Track
- 2
- Title
- Part I Scene 1: Recitative: Qual contrasto non vince (Costanza)
- Duration
- 02:39
- Composer
- Franz Joseph Haydn
- Performer
- Anett Fritsch
- Ensemble
- Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
- Conductor
- Bernhard Forck
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3 Part I Scene 2: Ah germana! Ah Costanza! (Silvia, Costanza) 06:55
- Track
- 3
- Title
- Part I Scene 2: Ah germana! Ah Costanza! (Silvia, Costanza)
- Duration
- 06:55
- Composer
- Franz Joseph Haydn
- Performer
- Sunhae Im, Anett Fritsch
- Ensemble
- Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
- Conductor
- Bernhard Forck
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4 Part I Scene 2: Aria: Se non piange un'infelice (Costanza) 03:45
- Track
- 4
- Title
- Part I Scene 2: Aria: Se non piange un'infelice (Costanza)
- Duration
- 03:45
- Composer
- Franz Joseph Haydn
- Performer
- Anett Fritsch
- Ensemble
- Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
- Conductor
- Bernhard Forck
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5 Part I Scene 3: Recitative: Che ostinato dolor! (Silvia) 02:16
- Track
- 5
- Title
- Part I Scene 3: Recitative: Che ostinato dolor! (Silvia)
- Duration
- 02:16
- Composer
- Franz Joseph Haydn
- Performer
- Sunhae Im
- Ensemble
- Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
- Conductor
- Bernhard Forck
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6 Part I Scene 4: Ma sarà poi, Gernando (Enrico, Gernando, Silvia) 04:14
- Track
- 6
- Title
- Part I Scene 4: Ma sarà poi, Gernando (Enrico, Gernando, Silvia)
- Duration
- 04:14
- Composer
- Franz Joseph Haydn
- Performer
- André Morsch, Krystian Adam, Sunhae Im
- Ensemble
- Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
- Conductor
- Bernhard Forck
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7 Part I Scene 5: Aria: Chi nel cammin d'onore (Enrico) 03:42
- Track
- 7
- Title
- Part I Scene 5: Aria: Chi nel cammin d'onore (Enrico)
- Duration
- 03:42
- Composer
- Franz Joseph Haydn
- Performer
- André Morsch
- Ensemble
- Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
- Conductor
- Bernhard Forck
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8 Part I Scene 6: Che fu mai quel ch'io vidi! (Silvia) 01:37
- Track
- 8
- Title
- Part I Scene 6: Che fu mai quel ch'io vidi! (Silvia)
- Duration
- 01:37
- Composer
- Franz Joseph Haydn
- Performer
- Sunhae Im
- Ensemble
- Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
- Conductor
- Bernhard Forck
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9 Part I Scene 6: Aria: Fra un dolce deliro (Silvia) 03:42
- Track
- 9
- Title
- Part I Scene 6: Aria: Fra un dolce deliro (Silvia)
- Duration
- 03:42
- Composer
- Franz Joseph Haydn
- Performer
- Sunhae Im
- Ensemble
- Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
- Conductor
- Bernhard Forck
-
10 Part II Scene 7: Recitative: Ah presaga fu l'alma (Gernando, Enrico) 06:12
- Track
- 10
- Title
- Part II Scene 7: Recitative: Ah presaga fu l'alma (Gernando, Enrico)
- Duration
- 06:12
- Composer
- Franz Joseph Haydn
- Performer
- Krystian Adam, André Morsch
- Ensemble
- Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
- Conductor
- Bernhard Forck
-
11 Part II Scene 7: Aria: Non turbar quand'io mi lagno (Gernando) 04:06
- Track
- 11
- Title
- Part II Scene 7: Aria: Non turbar quand'io mi lagno (Gernando)
- Duration
- 04:06
- Composer
- Franz Joseph Haydn
- Performer
- Krystian Adam
- Ensemble
- Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
- Conductor
- Bernhard Forck
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12 Part II Scene 8: Recitative: Non s'irriti fra' primi (Enrico) 06:00
- Track
- 12
- Title
- Part II Scene 8: Recitative: Non s'irriti fra' primi (Enrico)
- Duration
- 06:00
- Composer
- Franz Joseph Haydn
- Performer
- André Morsch
- Ensemble
- Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
- Conductor
- Bernhard Forck
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13 Part II Scene 10: Aria: Come il vapor s'accende in aria a poco a poco (Silvia) 03:16
- Track
- 13
- Title
- Part II Scene 10: Aria: Come il vapor s'accende in aria a poco a poco (Silvia)
- Duration
- 03:16
- Composer
- Franz Joseph Haydn
- Performer
- Sunhae Im
- Ensemble
- Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
- Conductor
- Bernhard Forck
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14 Part II Scene 11: Aria: Ah che in van per me pietoso (Costanza) 04:15
- Track
- 14
- Title
- Part II Scene 11: Aria: Ah che in van per me pietoso (Costanza)
- Duration
- 04:15
- Composer
- Franz Joseph Haydn
- Performer
- Anett Fritsch
- Ensemble
- Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
- Conductor
- Bernhard Forck
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15 Part II Scene 11: Recitative: Giacché de me lontana (Costanza) 00:21
- Track
- 15
- Title
- Part II Scene 11: Recitative: Giacché de me lontana (Costanza)
- Duration
- 00:21
- Composer
- Franz Joseph Haydn
- Performer
- Anett Fritsch
- Ensemble
- Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
- Conductor
- Bernhard Forck
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16 Part II Scene 12: Aria: Giacché il pietoso amico (Gernando, Costanza) 02:35
- Track
- 16
- Title
- Part II Scene 12: Aria: Giacché il pietoso amico (Gernando, Costanza)
- Duration
- 02:35
- Composer
- Franz Joseph Haydn
- Performer
- Krystian Adam, Anett Fritsch
- Ensemble
- Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
- Conductor
- Bernhard Forck
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17 Part II Scene 13: Ignora il caro amico (Enrico, Costanza) 04:30
- Track
- 17
- Title
- Part II Scene 13: Ignora il caro amico (Enrico, Costanza)
- Duration
- 04:30
- Composer
- Franz Joseph Haydn
- Performer
- André Morsch, Anett Fritsch
- Ensemble
- Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
- Conductor
- Bernhard Forck
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18 Part II Scene 13: Finale: Costanza, Costanza (Silvia, Costanza, Enrico, Gernando) 03:53
- Track
- 18
- Title
- Part II Scene 13: Finale: Costanza, Costanza (Silvia, Costanza, Enrico, Gernando)
- Duration
- 03:53
- Composer
- Franz Joseph Haydn
- Performer
- Sunhae Im, Anett Fritsch, André Morsch, Krystian Adam
- Ensemble
- Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
- Conductor
- Bernhard Forck
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19 Part II Scene 13: Quartet: Sono contenta appieno, appresso al caro bene (Costanza, Gernando, Silvia, Enrico) 09:45
- Track
- 19
- Title
- Part II Scene 13: Quartet: Sono contenta appieno, appresso al caro bene (Costanza, Gernando, Silvia, Enrico)
- Duration
- 09:45
- Composer
- Franz Joseph Haydn
- Performer
- Anett Fritsch, Krystian Adam, Sunhae Im, André Morsch
- Ensemble
- Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
- Conductor
- Bernhard Forck