The Virgin's Lament

　　Bernarda Fink
　　Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini
　　Rare recordings of two settings of Mary’s passionate Easter lament. For their second L’Oiseau Lyre disc, Il Giardino Armonico, again under their director Giovanni Antonini, are joined by celebrated mezzo-soprano Bernarda Fink, for a project exploring the Passion of Christ as seen through the eyes of the Virgin Mary. The two ... (展开全部) 　　Bernarda Fink
　　Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini
　　Rare recordings of two settings of Mary’s passionate Easter lament. For their second L’Oiseau Lyre disc, Il Giardino Armonico, again under their director Giovanni Antonini, are joined by celebrated mezzo-soprano Bernarda Fink, for a project exploring the Passion of Christ as seen through the eyes of the Virgin Mary. The two central works are both vocal settings of the Virgin’s lament. The first, Il Pianto di Maria, was long thought to be by Handel – a clear reflection of its outstanding musical quality. It was not until the 1990s that handwriting experts established it as the work of the little-known Venetian composer Giovanni Ferrandini. The other key vocal work will be the World Premiere recording of an aria by Francesco Conti – composer to the Habsburg court of Vienna - in which the martyr Lorenzo, threatened with being burnt alive, refuses to deny his Christian faith. This deeply touching aria features a rarely heard ancestor of the modern clarinet, frequently used in ‘pathetic’ arias of the period – the soprano chalumeau. Short instrumental pieces form a musical setting around these vocal jewels, and include music by Caldara, Marini, Pisendel, Weiss and Vivaldi.　　

　　Conti:
　　Sento già mancar la vita (from Il Martirio di S. Lorenzo)
　　Ferrandini:
　　Il Pianto di Maria
　　wrongly attributed to G.F.Handel (HWV 234)
　　Marini, B:
　　Passacalio
　　Monteverdi:
　　Pianto della Madonna sopra il Lamento dell'Arianna
　　Pisendel:
　　Violin Sonata in C minor
　　Vivaldi:
　　Concerto for Strings in E flat major 'Sonata al Santo Sepolcro', RV130
　　Concerto for Strings in D minor RV 129 'Madrigalesco'
　　Sinfonia in B minor, RV169 'Al Santo Sepolcro'

听後感: 两个以圣母为题材的巴洛赫 CD	来自白色的蓝		2009-11-10