Notes and Editorial Reviews
"With the help of a really lifelike recording – the instruments truly seemed to be in my listening room – the music just leaps off the page. The quicker movements all dance, where older and heavier bands were apt to make them slog, while in the dialogues between instruments the phrases really answer each other. In slow movements, on the other hand, the music is made to speak. Once again, it is notable – especially in the Largo of RV87 – how much more romantic this music sounds played with freedom by a small original instruments group than it ever did with larger bands who were trying to put on baroque manners.
In the three cantatas, Laura Polverelli has a splendidly rich timbre, so much so that I almost took her for a contralto; but
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later Vivaldi sends her up to heights we don’t ask of contraltos and she ascends them with ease. Her lower notes are so splendidly rich that I wish there had been more of them....I rejoice in the sheer life of all these performances...the music is all magnificent, Vivaldi at his richest."
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Works on This Recording
1.
Chamber Concerto for Recorder, Oboe and 2 Violins in C major, F 12 no 30/RV 87 by Antonio Vivaldi
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Astrée Ensemble
Period: Baroque
Written: Venice, Italy
2.
Amor hai vinto, RV 683 by Antonio Vivaldi
Performer:
Laura Polverelli (Mezzo Soprano)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Astrée Ensemble
Period: Baroque
Written: Venice, Italy
3.
Chamber Concerto in F major, RV 98 "La tempesta di mare" by Antonio Vivaldi
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Astrée Ensemble
Period: Baroque
Written: Venice, Italy
4.
Lungi dal vago, RV 680 by Antonio Vivaldi
Performer:
Laura Polverelli (Mezzo Soprano)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Astrée Ensemble
Period: Baroque
Written: Venice, Italy
5.
Chamber Concerto for Recorder, Oboe and Bassoon in G minor, RV 103 by Antonio Vivaldi
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Astrée Ensemble
Period: Baroque
Written: Venice, Italy
6.
Vengo à voi luci adorate, RV 682 by Antonio Vivaldi
Performer:
Laura Polverelli (Mezzo Soprano)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Astrée Ensemble
Period: Baroque
Written: Venice, Italy
Sound Samples
Concerto for Recorder, Oboe and 2 Violins in C major, RV 87: I. Allegro
Concerto for Recorder, Oboe and 2 Violins in C major, RV 87: II. Largo
Concerto for Recorder, Oboe and 2 Violins in C major, RV 87: III. Allegro assai
Amor, hai vinto, RV 683: Recitative: Amor, hai vinto
Amor, hai vinto, RV 683: Aria: Passo di pena in pena
Amor, hai vinto, RV 683: Recitative: In che strano e confuso
Amor, hai vinto, RV 683: Aria: Se a me rivolge il ciglio
Chamber Concerto in F major, RV 98, "Tempesta di mare": I. Allegro
Chamber Concerto in F major, RV 98, "Tempesta di mare": II. Largo
Chamber Concerto in F major, RV 98, "Tempesta di mare": III. Presto
Lungi dal vago volto, RV 680: Recit: Lungi dal vago volto
Lungi dal vago volto, RV 680: Aria: Augelletti, voi col canto
Lungi dal vago volto, RV 680: Recit: Allegrezza mio core
Lungi dal vago volto, RV 680: Aria: Mi stringerai si, si
Chamber Concerto in G minor, RV 103: I. Allegro
Chamber Concerto in G minor, RV 103: II. Largo
Chamber Concerto in G minor, RV 103: III. Allegro
Vengo a voi, luci adorate, RV 682: Aria: Vengo a voi, luci adorate
Vengo a voi, luci adorate, RV 682: Recitative: Portando in sen l'ardor
Vengo a voi, luci adorate, RV 682: Aria: Sempre penare
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