Cantar Lontano Mencoboni: L'uomo in Bivio - COMPACT DISCS
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Artist: Cantar Lontano Mencoboni
Label: Glossa
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 8424562235243
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2021-04-16
Number of Discs: 2
Additional Details: 2 PACK
This recording is released on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the death of Antonio Giannettini (1649-1721), a composer almost unknown today, who musically can be placed on a level with Stradella and Pasquini, generally regarded as the pinnacle of late 17th century Italian music. Giannettini received his training from Sebastiano Enno, Carlo Grossi and probably from Giovanni Legrenzi in Venice. He worked at St Mark's Cathedral from 1674, first as a singer and from 1677 as an organist. In 1686 he was appointed maestro di cappella at the court of Modena, a position he was to hold until his death in 1721. Giannettini wrote about 20 stage works, oratorios, cantatas, masses and other sacred music. The oratorio "L'uomo in bivio" (The Man at the Crossroads), written in Modena in 1687, has a remarkable theological content: an angel and the devil fight for the soul of a young man. In the dispute, the devil initially prevails, winning the man over with earthly pleasures and the figure of a lovely girl. But the angel does not give up: With the terrible vision of the girl's rotting body in an open grave, he induces him to repent, and the man chooses the path of faith. The Devil goes back to hell, and the doors of Paradise are opening for an happy end.
Tracks:
1.1 uomo in bivio~Parte Prima: Sinfonia
1.2 uomo in bivio~Parte Prima. Recitativo ; Aria: Da la Reggia Superna
1.3 uomo in bivio~Parte Prima. Recitativo ; Aria: Oh dal fiato di Dio
1.4 uomo in bivio~Parte Prima. Coro: Mortali, alla gloria!
1.5 uomo in bivio~Parte Prima. Recitativo: Sprezza dunque la terra
1.6 uomo in bivio~Parte Prima. Recitativo: Queste note amorose
1.7 uomo in bivio~Parte Prima. Recitativo ; Aria: Quand'a indorar
1.8 uomo in bivio~Parte Prima. Turbano queste voci
1.9 uomo in bivio~Parte Prima. Recitativo ; Aria: O tu, ch'il dolce suono
1.10 uomo in bivio~Parte Prima. Recitativo ; Aria: Ben è folle chi perde
1.11 uomo in bivio~Parte Prima. Recitativo ; Aria: Così l'uomo, agitato
1.12 uomo in bivio~Parte Prima. Duetto: Mentitor, Vantator
1.13 uomo in bivio~Parte Prima. Recitativo: E mentre naufragando
1.14 uomo in bivio~Parte Prima. Recitativo ; Aria: Ingombrato intelletto
1.15 uomo in bivio~Parte Prima. Coro: Io, che dispenso Amor
1.16 uomo in bivio~Parte Prima. Recitativo: Con tai note vezzose
1.17 uomo in bivio~Parte Prima. Coro: È un lampo fugace
2.1 uomo in bivio~Parte Seconda. Aria: A guerra, a battaglia!
2.2 uomo in bivio~Parte Seconda. Coro: Eccoci pronte all'opra
2.3 uomo in bivio~Parte Seconda. Recitativo: E in questo dir vibrando
2.4 uomo in bivio~Parte Seconda. Recitativo ; Aria: Qual splendor luminoso
2.5 uomo in bivio~Parte Seconda. Recitativo: Così, qual forsennato
2.6 uomo in bivio~Parte Seconda. Coro: Antri mortiferi
2.7 uomo in bivio~Parte Seconda. Recitativo ; Aria: Ma in lagrimosi lutti
2.8 uomo in bivio~Parte Seconda. Recitativo ; Aria: Ferma, misero, ferma!
2.9 uomo in bivio~Parte Seconda. Recitativo ; Aria: China lo sguardo a terra
2.10 uomo in bivio~Parte Seconda. Recitativo: All'orribil aspetto
2.11 uomo in bivio~Parte Seconda. Recitativo ; Aria: Ahi! che veggio!
2.12 uomo in bivio~Parte Seconda. Aria: Custode celeste
2.13 uomo in bivio~Parte Seconda. Recitativo, Aria ; Duetto: Ecco l'eccelso monte
2.14 uomo in bivio~Parte Seconda. Recitativo: Rugge intanto Satana
2.15 uomo in bivio~Parte Seconda. Recitativo ; Aria: Tenta fuggire invano
2.16 uomo in bivio~Parte Seconda. Recitativo: Ma con ira celeste
2.17 uomo in bivio~Parte Seconda. Aria: Chi cade e risorge
2.18 uomo in bivio~Parte Seconda. Recitativo ; Aria: Sì, mi pento e piango
2.19 uomo in bivio~Parte Seconda. Duetto: Queste lagrime che versi
2.20 uomo in bivio~Parte Seconda. Coro: Beato chi segue
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