Stradella: San Giovanni Battista
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ALESSANDRO STRADELLA
Stradella: San Giovanni Battista
Damien Guillon, Le Banquet Céleste
[ Alpha Classics / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 27 March 2020
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A composer who led a dissolute life and ended up stabbed to death in Genoa, Stradella nevertheless left a distinctive stamp on the history of music. He is situated at the intersection of several stylistic paths and periods, at the crossroads between opera and sacred drama, since his output, and especially San Giovanni Battista (St John the Baptist), marks the encounter of the great Roman oratorio inherited from Carissimi with the Venetian opera of Cavalli. Stradella is also close to the next generation, that of Scarlatti and Handel. His music is characterised by liveliness, expressiveness and profound humanity. Although San Giovanni Battista enjoyed genuine success when it was premiered in 1675, it was only in 1949 that the work was exhumed from the libraries where its score lay slumbering. That event took place in Perugia, and the role of Salome was sung by Maria Callas. (after A. Surrans)
"Paul-Antoine Benos-Djian has a beautiful countertenor voice, full and even at both ends of his range, which he uses to superbly expressive effect...Alicia Amo as Herodias the Daughter (Salome) is quite wonderful in her final aria, 'Sù, coronatemi', where she exults in John's death with dazzling coloratura...newcomers should try this present version under the excellent direction of Damien Guillon. The important thing is to get to know this ravishing piece." Gramophone Editor's Choice June 2020
Tracks:
Sinfonia
Amichi selve, addio
Dove, battista, dove
Soffin pur, rabbiosi fremiti
Restate, O mai, restate
Dove, Battista, Dove
Invitto Erode
Volin pure lontano dal sen
Si, si de tuo devoti
Anco in cielo
Ma poi lasciando
Sorde dive
Non pic, cedo non più
Non fia ver che mai si sciolga
Non più, ferma, non più
Tuonera tra mille turbini
Di cieco carcere
S'uccida il reo
Se pegno gradito
S'uccida il reo
Proverà se questo scettro
Freni l'orgoglio
Sinfonia
Vaghe ninfe del giordano
Giorno sì lieto
Anco il sol, fuor dell'usato
O, di questi occhi miei
Io per me non cangerei
Figlia se un gran tesoro
Bramo sol, che battista
Adagio assai & net seren de' miei contenti
Deh, che più tardi
Queste lagrime e sospiri
In questa de' miei affeti
Proi pur le miei vendette
Il castigo d'un empio
Quando mai fia che morte
Morirai, morirai
Cadesti al fine
Sù, coronatemi
Chi nel commun gioire
Che gioire, che contento
