Gilbert Bezzina, Nice Baroque Ensemble - Alessandro Scarlatti: La Giuditta (2009)
Gilbert Bezzina, Nice Baroque Ensemble - Alessandro Scarlatti: La Giuditta (2009)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 383 Mb | Total time: 73:58 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Dynamic | CDS 596 | Recorded: 2008
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 383 Mb | Total time: 73:58 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Dynamic | CDS 596 | Recorded: 2008
Alessandro Scarlatti La Giuditta was written for five voices and instruments. In 1697, Scarlatti set a second libretto, this time written by Cardinal Ottoboni’s father, Antonio, in which the number of characters was reduced to three. We do not know the occasion for which this second setting was created and lack information on its first performance. The differences between the two versions are discussed in Brian Robins’ review of a previous recording, which interested readers will find in the Archive. (Robins states that the second version was written for Rome in 1700. The notes to Dynamic’s recording state that the first version was the one performed in 1700.)
The live performance recorded by Dynamic is a very good one, especially in the two lower voices. Raphaël Pichon as the Nurse has a natural-sounding countertenor voice well produced throughout its range, without the hollowness or hootiness that sometimes mars this voice type. Carl Ghazarossian has a voice supple enough to handle the florid music. His top notes can sound a little thin, but his role mostly lies in his middle and lower registers, where his voice is strong. I am less enamored of Sophie Landy’s Judith. Technically, she is able to sing the notes. But she sings with no hint of vibrato, a severe white tone that many early-music practitioners think historically accurate but which, to these ears, seems unnatural and inhuman. Her voice thus sounds rather thin and lacks any kind of allure. Very occasionally, she can sound ugly, for example in her aria at track 35. I don’t want to overemphasize this, however. Her performance is not bad, and will undoubtedly be pleasing to many, as it was at times to me. Gilbert Bezzina leads a well-paced performance. The Ensemble Baroque de Nice provides expert accompaniment.
Performer:
Sophie Landy, soprano
Raphaël Pichon, countertenor
Carl Ghazarossian, tenor
Orchestra/Ensemble: Nice Baroque Ensemble
Gilbert Bezzina, conductor
Tracklist:
Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725)
La Giuditta (c.1700)
01. Part I. Sinfonia
02. Recitative: Nutrice, al fato Assiro cedo Bettulia (Giuditta)
03. Aria: Turbe timide, che fate? (Giuditta)
04. Recitative: Signora, ah, che le strida del nostro sesso imbelle (Nutrice)
05. Aria: A che giova d'un solo l'ardire (Nutrice)
06. Recitative - Aria: S'il piu forte vacilla lo sostenga il me forte (Giuditta)
07. Sciolgo il crin, snudo il sen (Giuditta)
08. Scene: Scordato consigliere de le sembianze mie, torna (Giuditta)
09. Duet: Deh, rifletti al gran cimento (Nutrice, Giuditta)
10. Recitative - Aria: Segui, madre, il mio passo, ch'orme piu gloriose (Giuditta)
11. Sommo Dio, ch'in cor di donna (Nurse)
12. Scene: Ecco le tende Assire (Giuditta, Nutrice)
13. Chi m'addita, per pieta (Giuditta)
14. Recitative: Donna, de petti Assiri son men forti (Oloferne)
15. Aria: Togliti da quest' occhi (Oloferne)
16. Recitative: Duce, Bettulia e serva del tuo valor (Giuditta)
17. Aria: Se ritorno, entro le mura (Giuditta)
18. Recitative: Donna, a torto m'accussi di superbo e crudel (Oloferne)
19. Aria: Mi, combatte, mi stringe, m'alterra (Oloferne)
20. Recitative: Ma no , vanne, ch'in campo ove all gloria (Oloferne)
21. Duet: Tu m' uccidi e non m' accogli (Oloferne, Giuditta)
22. Part II. Recitative: Del pianto vostro, o lumi, labra, de le querele (Giuditta)
23. Aria: Posso e voglio (Giuditta)
24. Recitative: Dell' inimico Assiro sin tra le mura di Bettulia (Nutrice)
25. Duet: Vincero/vincerai s'il ciel destina (Giuditta, Nutrice)
26. Recitative: Madre, apprendo il cimento, ne so temer (Giuditta)
27. Non ti curo, o liberta (Giuditta)
28. Non ti curo, o liberta (Nurse)
29. Recitative: Bella, non ruotan gl'astri con si soave armonioso (Oloferne)
30. Aria: Quella terra onde fuggisti (Oloferne)
31. Recitative: Ma impallidita al suolo chini le luci (Oloferne)
32. Aria: Bella, mi vuoi deridere (Oloferne)
33. Recitative: Vieni, e le nostre cene col tuo sembiante onora (Oloferne)
34. Aria: Gia sapesti ferir, lascia di pungere (Oloferne)
35. Recitative: Siedo, ma non gia siede l'instancabil pensier … (Giuditta, Oloferne)
36. Duet: Piega, o Duce il capo altero (Giuditta, Oloferne)
37. Recitative: Madre, perche i riposi del tuo, del mio signor sian (Giuditta)
38. Accompagnied Recitative: Ardea di fiamma impura (Nutrice)
39. Lullaby: Dormi, o fulmine di guerra (Nutrice)
40. Recitative: Disse, e dormi Sansone (Nutrice)
41. Air: Tu che desti, o eterno Nume (Giuditta)
42. Recitative: Ecco le mura amiche, e gia l'attenta (Nutrice, Giuditta)
43. Duet: Spunta l'alba piu bella, piu chiara (Giuditta, Nutrice)
44. Recitative: Amici, eccovi il teschio dell'Assiro Oloferne (Giuditta)
45. Final Aria: Di Bettulia avrai la sorte, o mortal (Giuditta)
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Gilbert Bezzina, Nice Baroque Ensemble - Alessandro Scarlatti: La Giuditta (2009)
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