Nicholas McGegan, Arcadian Academy, David Daniels - Alessandro Scarlatti: Cantatas, Volume II (2002)
Nicholas McGegan, Arcadian Academy, David Daniels - Alessandro Scarlatti: Cantatas, Volume II (2002)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 387 Mb | Total time: 73:51 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Deutsche Harmonia Mundi | # 74321 935812 | Recorded: 1998
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 387 Mb | Total time: 73:51 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Deutsche Harmonia Mundi | # 74321 935812 | Recorded: 1998
By the eighteenth century, Palermo-born Alessandro Scarlatti was the most widely performed Italian composer of vocal music having written more than sixty operas and well over a hundred cantatas. The cantata, more concentrated than opera, was considered at that time as the higher artistic form. Scarlatti was extremely prolific and many of his works including cantatas still remain unrecorded.
With a Papal ban on public opera, Alessandro Scarlatti found an outlet for his talents in composing oratorios and in writing cantatas for Roman patrons, notably Prince Ruspoli and the Cardinals Ottoboni and Pamphili. In 1706 Scarlatti, together with fellow composers and instrumentalists Pasquini and Corelli, was elected to the Accademia dell’Arcadia founded in Rome in 1690. This prestigious Society was a collection of artists, musicians, and writers dedicated to the reform of Italian culture.
The award-winning American-based chamber ensemble the Arcadian Academy was founded and directed by Nicholas McGegan who plays the organ and harpsichord on this release. The period instrument ensemble Arcadian Academy take their name and inspiration from the original Roman society and comprise members of the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra from San Francisco.
These are delectable cantatas and world-famous counter-tenor David Daniels is at his glorious best with impeccable intonation and immaculate enunciation. Daniels is superb in the Cantata Il rosignolo (the Nightingdale) from 1698 which is the plainest work here in terms of scoring and structure. In fact the voice is accompanied only by the basso continuo. The closing aria Col tuo mesto mormorio (Sweet stream, with your sad murmuring) is particularly memorably performed with drama and considerable feeling . Another favourite is the opening cantata Ombre tacite e sole (Silent and solitary shadows) from 1716 which calls for two violins, viola and basso continuo and is the most fully scored work in this collection. The work’s concluding aria Allor d‘intorno a te (Then my faithful soul) with the violins playing flawlessly in unison is exceptionally well performed. Daniels at his finest offers austere and passionate intensity singing his aria about love’s painful betrayal and deceit.
The admirable performers of the Arcadian Academy under the expert direction of Nicholas McGegan play with a sense of freshness and sensitivity. The engineers are to be complimented for the high quality sound on this well presented release.
Intense and concentrated scores that will undoubtedly bring much pleasure. Counter-tenor David Daniels is a true master!–Michael Cookson
Performer:
David Daniels, countertenor
Arcadian Academy
Nicholas McGegan, conductor
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Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725)
Ombre Tacite e sole:
01. Adagio: Ombre tacite
02. Lento: Con piede errante
03. Recitativo: Qui tra tenebre oscure
04. Andante e Lento; Allo d’intorno a te
Il Genio di Mitilde:
05. Recitativo: Il genio di Mitilde
06. Aria: Tante il mar non ha procelle
07. Recitativo: Ella muove talor
08. Aria: Cosi d’amor lo strale fugga
Perch tacete regolati concenti:
09. Sinfonia
10. Allegro
11. Adagio
12. Recitativo: Perche tacete regolati concenti?
13. Aria: Alla mano che dotta
14. Recitativo: Ma che dissi
15. Aria: Tra le fiamme
16. Recitativo: Ne m’ascolti, crudele
17. Aria: Dormi, ma sappi almen
18. Recitativo: Ma tiranna, tu dormi
19. Aria: Deh pensieri in me si schieri
O pace del mio cor:
20. Recitativo: O pace del moi cor
21. Aria: Spunta l’alba
22. Recitativo: Porta il piede vagante
23. Aria: La pace del mio core
Il Rosignolo:
24. Allegro: Il Rosignolo se scioglie il volo
25. Recitativo: Vola dal miorto al faggio
26. Aria: Col tuo mesto mormorio
Infirmata Vulnerata (motet):
27. Largo: Infirmata vulnerata
28. Recitativo: O care, o dulcis amor
29. Largo: Vulnera percute, transfige cor
30. Aria: Cur, quaeso, crudelis
31. Recitativo: Vicisti amor, vicisti
32. Allegro: Semper gratus, desiderabilis
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Nicholas McGegan, Arcadian Academy, David Daniels - Alessandro Scarlatti: Cantatas, Volume II (2002)
