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Venetian Christmas / Gester, Arte Dei Suonatori

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Composer
VIVALDI HASSE PEROTTI
Artist
Golinska, Akakpo, Hughes, Arte Dei Suonatori, Gester
Format
SACD
Label
BIS
Released
Jan 13, 2015
Catalog #
BIS-2089
UPC
7318599920894

About

This is a hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both regular and Super Audio CD players.

In Venice in the 18th century, Christmas was celebrated as only Venetians know how to celebrate: according to one account, more wax was burnt to light up the three storeys of the Procuratie on Christmas Eve, than in all the rest of Italy in an entire year. At the same time, rather than being an independent feast – and as such, the most singularly important one of the year – the Venetian Christmas was also part of the city's famous Carnevale, which at this time lasted for almost six months. This lent a rather special character to the celebrations, compared with for instance the more clerically inclined Rome. We know that much of the Christmas festivities – in churches, in the streets or at private parties – involved music, but very little of the actual repertoire has been identified. Possibly this is also a reflection of the role of Christmas in Venice – although a festive occasion, it wasn't an isolated one, and much of the music heard at Christmas would or could be played on suitable feast days throughout the year. Together with the soloists Ruby Hughes and Komalé Akakpo, Martin Gester and Arte dei Suonatori have constructed a colourful programme of music that we either know or can easily conjecture was being played during a typical Venetian Christmas. Naturally it includes music by Antonio Vivaldi, the city's great son, as well as by Johann Adolph Hasse, who throughout his life was a regular visitor, and who spent his last ten years there. It also features the psaltery or salterio, an instrument beloved by the Venetians, heard here as solo as well as continuo instrument. Three of the works by Vivaldi are performed in versions prepared by Olivier Fourès, and are recorded here for the first time, including the Andante ‘Il Riposo per il Santissimo Natale’ with Ewa Goli?ska, co-leader of Arte dei Suonatori, as violin soloist.

Tracklist 21 tracks

  1. 1 Concerto for Strings in E Major, RV 270a, "Il riposo Per il Santissimo Natale": II. Andante (reconstructed by O. Foures) 02:07
    Track
    1
    Title
    Concerto for Strings in E Major, RV 270a, "Il riposo Per il Santissimo Natale": II. Andante (reconstructed by O. Foures)
    Duration
    02:07
    Composer
    Antonio Vivaldi
    Performer
    Ewa Golińska, Komale Akakpo
    Ensemble
    Arte dei Suonatori
    Conductor
    Martin Gester
  2. 2 Il Giustino, RV 717, Act II: Aria: Ho nel petto un cor si forte 06:10
    Track
    2
    Title
    Il Giustino, RV 717, Act II: Aria: Ho nel petto un cor si forte
    Duration
    06:10
    Composer
    Antonio Vivaldi
    Performer
    Ruby Hughes, Komale Akakpo
    Ensemble
    Arte dei Suonatori
    Conductor
    Martin Gester
  3. 3 I. Allegro 04:54
    Track
    3
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    04:54
    Composer
    Antonio Vivaldi
    Performer
    Komale Akakpo, Martin Gester
  4. 4 II. Adagio 02:56
    Track
    4
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    02:56
    Composer
    Antonio Vivaldi
    Performer
    Komale Akakpo, Martin Gester
  5. 5 III. Allegro 03:40
    Track
    5
    Title
    III. Allegro
    Duration
    03:40
    Composer
    Antonio Vivaldi
    Performer
    Komale Akakpo, Martin Gester
  6. 6 Alma Redemptoris Mater 03:28
    Track
    6
    Title
    Alma Redemptoris Mater
    Duration
    03:28
    Composer
    Johann Adolf Hasse
    Performer
    Ruby Hughes
    Ensemble
    Arte dei Suonatori
    Conductor
    Martin Gester
  7. 7 Tu quae genuisti 03:40
    Track
    7
    Title
    Tu quae genuisti
    Duration
    03:40
    Composer
    Johann Adolf Hasse
    Performer
    Ruby Hughes
    Ensemble
    Arte dei Suonatori
    Conductor
    Martin Gester
  8. 8 Virgo prius 05:10
    Track
    8
    Title
    Virgo prius
    Duration
    05:10
    Composer
    Johann Adolf Hasse
    Performer
    Ruby Hughes
    Ensemble
    Arte dei Suonatori
    Conductor
    Martin Gester
  9. 9 I. Allegro 05:40
    Track
    9
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    05:40
    Composer
    Antonio Vivaldi
    Performer
    Ewa Golińska
    Ensemble
    Arte dei Suonatori
    Conductor
    Martin Gester
  10. 10 II. Largo 02:39
    Track
    10
    Title
    II. Largo
    Duration
    02:39
    Composer
    Antonio Vivaldi
    Performer
    Ewa Golińska
    Ensemble
    Arte dei Suonatori
    Conductor
    Martin Gester
  11. 11 III. Allegro 04:27
    Track
    11
    Title
    III. Allegro
    Duration
    04:27
    Composer
    Antonio Vivaldi
    Performer
    Ewa Golińska
    Ensemble
    Arte dei Suonatori
    Conductor
    Martin Gester
  12. 12 I. Allegro 04:36
    Track
    12
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    04:36
    Composer
    Fulgenzio Perotti
    Performer
    Komale Akakpo, Dohyo Sol, Tomasz Pokrzywiński, Martin Gester
  13. 13 II. Andante 05:03
    Track
    13
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    05:03
    Composer
    Fulgenzio Perotti
    Performer
    Komale Akakpo, Dohyo Sol, Tomasz Pokrzywiński, Martin Gester
  14. 14 III. Allegro con spirito 03:16
    Track
    14
    Title
    III. Allegro con spirito
    Duration
    03:16
    Composer
    Fulgenzio Perotti
    Performer
    Komale Akakpo, Dohyo Sol, Tomasz Pokrzywiński, Martin Gester
  15. 15 Salve Regina 02:58
    Track
    15
    Title
    Salve Regina
    Duration
    02:58
    Composer
    Antonio Vivaldi
    Performer
    Ruby Hughes
    Ensemble
    Arte dei Suonatori
    Conductor
    Martin Gester
  16. 16 Ad te clamamus 01:44
    Track
    16
    Title
    Ad te clamamus
    Duration
    01:44
    Composer
    Antonio Vivaldi
    Performer
    Ruby Hughes
    Ensemble
    Arte dei Suonatori
    Conductor
    Martin Gester
  17. 17 Eia ergo 01:36
    Track
    17
    Title
    Eia ergo
    Duration
    01:36
    Composer
    Antonio Vivaldi
    Performer
    Ruby Hughes
    Ensemble
    Arte dei Suonatori
    Conductor
    Martin Gester
  18. 18 Et Jesum benedictum 02:23
    Track
    18
    Title
    Et Jesum benedictum
    Duration
    02:23
    Composer
    Antonio Vivaldi
    Performer
    Ruby Hughes
    Ensemble
    Arte dei Suonatori
    Conductor
    Martin Gester
  19. 19 I. Grave - Vivace - Adagio 02:33
    Track
    19
    Title
    I. Grave - Vivace - Adagio
    Duration
    02:33
    Composer
    Giuseppe Torelli
    Ensemble
    Arte dei Suonatori
    Conductor
    Martin Gester
  20. 20 II. Largo 02:00
    Track
    20
    Title
    II. Largo
    Duration
    02:00
    Composer
    Giuseppe Torelli
    Ensemble
    Arte dei Suonatori
    Conductor
    Martin Gester
  21. 21 III. Vivace 01:48
    Track
    21
    Title
    III. Vivace
    Duration
    01:48
    Composer
    Giuseppe Torelli
    Ensemble
    Arte dei Suonatori
    Conductor
    Martin Gester