Vivaldi: Giustino / Velardi [Box set, Import]

Antonio Vivaldi (Composer), Estevan Velardi (Conductor), Manuela Custer (Performer), Silvia Bossa (Performer), Linda Campanella (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Manuela Custer, Silvia Bossa, Linda Campanella
• Conductor: Estevan Velardi
• Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
• Audio CD (July 16, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 4
• Format: Box set, Import
• Note on Boxed Sets: During shipping, discs in boxed sets occasionally become dislodged without damage. Please examine and play these discs. If you are not completely satisfied, we'll refund or replace your purchase.
• Label: Bongiovanni
• ASIN: B00006B1R1
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #611,863 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Giustino, opera in 3 acts, RV 717: Sinfonia: Allegro - Linda Campanella

2. Giustino, opera in 3 acts, RV 717: Sinfonia: Andante - Linda Campanella

3. Giustino, opera in 3 acts, RV 717: Sinfonia: Allegro - Linda Campanella

4. Giustino, opera in 3 acts, RV 717: Act 1: No. 1, Coro di trombe: Allegro - Linda Campanella

5. Giustino, opera in 3 acts, RV 717: Act 1: No. 1, Recitativo: 'Febo, che non mai stanco' - Linda Campanella

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Disc: 2

1. Giustino, opera in 3 acts, RV 717: Act 1: No. 9, Recitativo: 'Oh come volentier' - Linda Campanella

2. Giustino, opera in 3 acts, RV 717: Act 1: No. 10, Recitativo: 'Del greco impero'

3. Giustino, opera in 3 acts, RV 717: Act 1: No. 11, Recitativo: 'Gran signora'

4. Giustino, opera in 3 acts, RV 717: Act 1: No. 11, Aria: 'Allor che mi vedrò'

5. Giustino, opera in 3 acts, RV 717: Act 1: No. 11, Recitativo: 'Vedesti, Flavia...'

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Disc: 3

1. Giustino, opera in 3 acts, RV 717: Act 2: No. 7, Recitativo: 'Flavia, non ho più core' - Linda Campanella

2. Giustino, opera in 3 acts, RV 717: Act 2: No. 8, Recitativo: 'Lascia che per la gioia' - Linda Campanella

3. Giustino, opera in 3 acts, RV 717: Act 2: No. 8, Aria: Più bel giorno' - Linda Campanella

4. Giustino, opera in 3 acts, RV 717: Act 2: No. 8, Recitativo: 'Quanto è Flavia gentil!' - Linda Campanella

5. Giustino, opera in 3 acts, RV 717: Act 2: No. 8, Aria: 'Senti!' - Linda Campanella

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Disc: 4

1. Giustino, opera in 3 acts, RV 717: Act 3: No. 1, Recitativo: 'Germano, eccoci in salvo' - Linda Campanella

2. Giustino, opera in 3 acts, RV 717: Act 3: No. 1, Aria: 'Il piacer della vendetta' - Linda Campanella

3. Giustino, opera in 3 acts, RV 717: Act 3: No. 2, Recitativo: 'Il cielo, o mia sovrana'

4. Giustino, opera in 3 acts, RV 717: Act 3: No. 2, Aria: 'Zeffiretto'

5. Giustino, opera in 3 acts, RV 717: Act 3: No. 2, Recitativo: 'Mal soffre il core'

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Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best heroic opera that I have heard: A magnificent Giustino by Antonio Vivaldi!, September 19, 2010

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Omar Alvarez Pereira "Haendelian heart" (Leon, Nicaragua) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Vivaldi: Giustino / Velardi (Audio CD)

The opera «Il Giustino» (1724) by Il prete rosso, Antonio Vivaldi is the longest opera that I have listened. It lasts 4 hours and 30 minutes. The plot is about Giustino, a farmer that get to be emperor in the Old Bizanzio (century V A.C). Gianluca Belfiori Doro as Giustino has the most heroic voice that I have listened from a countertenor and beatiful, of course. His aria «Bel riposo dei mortali» which he still ignores his glorious destiny is wonderful and makes you feel a heavenly peace. However the aria «Allor che mi vedró» which he considers his major glory the love of Leocasta, emperor Anastazio`s sister, is romantic but heroic at the same time. His aria «Ho nel petto un cor si forte» has an important psicological message: the force and the courage in the woe and distress. In spite of Anastazio makes Giustino to be in the jail because of the doubt that he had in the faithfulness of the Queen Arianna, his wife (he thought that she was cheatting on him with Giustino); the hero never lost the respect through the emperor: a plot that could be used with political interests to defend the loyalty to the King in spite of any human mistake that this one could commit.

Linda Campanella as Leocasta has a beautiful voice and plays by an excellent way the gorgheggi; for example her aria «Sventurata navicella se mai giunge a naufragar» is one of the most difficult arias that I have listened for a soprano. Another aria, «Candida fedeltá», sung by the tyrant Amanzio is delightful, too and it`s good that reveals the original style of Antonio Vivaldi.

The character of Vitaliano, Anastazio`s enemy is played warriorly. in spite of the wickedness that he transmits, his aria «Quando serve alla ragione» almost has the same message that the psicological aria from Giustino that I talked about. An aria of this character that is strange, but beautiful is «Il piacer della vendetta» (Act III), which in spite of to be an aria that should transmit wickedness, the sound of the strings makes you feel a positive feeling through the «vengeance». The strings sound by a happy, delightful and peaceful way. It reveals the feelings in the most human aspect.

Finally, the chorus «Dopo i nembi» has a royal spirit but you feel a strange feeling of sadness because of the end of the opera. This is difficult to do, considering this long opera but you can experience it. It`s a magic final.

I recommend this CD set. This opera is great and Estevan Velardi magnificent!

3 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Giustino <> Giustiniano, December 19, 2004

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Smith "Solta" (Hungary) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Vivaldi: Giustino / Velardi (Audio CD)

Velardi does not perform it badly, some singers are tired and tiresome, hovering voices, sometimes howling, in the most beautiful pieces.

However, nobody understands if somebody decides to publish an opera well longer than Götterdämmerung, why does not care with the cover design: we see Iustinian instead of Iustin, the uncle of the former. However, Iustin's portrait would have been also available.