Posted on 09/13/2005 6:44:57 AM PDT by sitetest
The long-neglected manuscripts of volume 28 of the Foà collection in the Biblioteca Nazionale of Turin preserve one of the most fascinating aspects of Vivaldi's operatic output: the composer's personal collection of opera arias. This anthology comprises forty-seven arias and ensembles, most composed by Vivaldi between 1717 and 1721. Some are drafts, variants or simply copies of pieces that also feature in the scores of complete operas preserved in Turin. Others, however, have no known duplicate or variant. Detailed examination of them has enabled musicologists, led by Peter Ryom, to link them to several lost operas of which they now constitute the sole surviving testimony... Frédéric Delaméa Translation: Charles Johnson
If there are among the pinged those who know more, I'd personally be interested. Thanks.
As it is, I think I may order the CD. I really love Vivaldi.
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Thank you for the link. Never heard or read about Andante.com before.
Awwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!! My very, very favorite composer of all time; hence, my screen-name. I had a professor who felt Vivaldi's compositions were replete with repetition until I told him that he wasn't listening. He did learn to listen.
Dear Concerto in D,
I agree with you. There is a certain Vivaldi sound, but I don't find his works repetitious in the least.
sitetest
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I believe that is the soprano Sandrine Piau. I had the good fortune to see and hear her at Lincoln Center's Mostly Mozart Festival last month when she was a soloist in a performance of Mozart's Mass in C minor. She is definitely a rising star.
Sure thing!
I have quite a lot of Vivaldi in my collection. It's amazing to consider the sheer volume of his work, and then discover a lot of compositions I don't even know.
Dear SaveTheChief,
It's my understanding that less than half his work has been discovered.
sitetest
I seem to remember (maybe I remember) that Vivaldi was headed to Vienna to get rich on opera when he died.
If you don't already have it, look for Vivaldi's "Gloria." Pretty much brings tears to one's eyes.
I agree--I think it's the difference between playing music or playing notes. My poor organ student thought I was nuts when I first said that. He gets it now. Hehehe!
Did you end up ordering this CD of Vivaldi opera arias? I saw it at Borders last night, and since I had a gift card from Christmas, I snatched it up. It's really good.
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