Vivaldi: Opera Arias and Sinfonias [Import]

Antonio Vivaldi (Composer), Roy Goodman (Conductor), The Brandenburg Consort (Orchestra), Emma Kirkby (Performer), Liliana Mazzarri (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Emma Kirkby, Liliana Mazzarri
• Orchestra: The Brandenburg Consort
• Conductor: Roy Goodman
• Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
• Audio CD (December 15, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Hyperion
• ASIN: B000002ZUX
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #301,692 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #22 in Music > Classical > Opera & Vocal > Divas > Kirkby, Emma

Track Listings

1. Griselda: Sinfonia

2. Griselda: Sinfonia

3. Griselda: Sinfonia

4. Griselda, Act III: Ombre vane, ingiusti orrori

5. Griselda, Act II: Agitata da due venti

6. Tito Manlio, Act II: Non ti lusinghi la cudeltate

7. Ottone In Villa: Sinfonia

8. Ottone In Villa: Sinfonia

9. Ottone In Villa: Sinfonia

10. Ottone in villa, Act I: Gelosia, tu gia rendi l'alma mia

11. Ottone in villa, Act II: L'ombre, l'aure, e ancora il rio

12. L'Atenaide, Act III: Ferma, teodosio

13. Tamerlano: Sinfonia

14. Tamerlano: Sinfonia

15. Tamerlano: Sinfonia

16. L'incornazione di dario, Act II: Non mi lusinga vana speranza

17. Catone In utica, Act II: Se mai senti spirati sul volto

18. Catone In utica, Act II: Se in campo armato

Customer Reviews

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rare selections brilliantly performed, October 31, 2001

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M. Tietjen "tietj" (Syracuse, NY, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Vivaldi: Opera Arias and Sinfonias (Audio CD)

With the resurgence in popularity of early music, especially Handel and Bach, I find it odd that the vocal music of Antonio Vivaldi isn't experiencing something similar. With a couple of exceptions, for example this disc or Cecilia Bartoli's wonderful Vivaldi Album (not quite as wonderful as Ms. Kirkby's, however), Vivaldi's operas are still virtually unknown. This is a shame--Vivaldi's vocal music is both beautiful and virtuosic, and the perfect vehicle for a soprano (or any other voice part) to give us a recital which shows off their technical abilities while not boring the listener with pieces they have heard thousands of times before.

Emma Kirkby does just that--the faster songs and the ornaments are tossed off with such ease that one forgets how difficult the music is that she is singing; if any other singer were attempting these pieces, they would sound as if they were about to collapse from exhaustion. But not Kirkby, who has never sounded more at ease or beautiful. Goodman conducts sensitively and intelligently, and the orchestra performs well, important since much of the disc is composed of Sinfonias from Vivaldi's operas.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Vivaldi: Opera Arias & Sinfonias / Roy Goodman, Emma Kirkby, April 5, 2000

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"toni_ns" (Halifax, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Vivaldi: Opera Arias and Sinfonias (Audio CD)

What an exciting CD! Emma Kirkby's voice is very clear and magical. The ornamentation is clean and well executed. The Bradenburg Consort is as usual immaculate in their execution of these pieces. Vivaldi fans out there should be impressed with this CD.