STRADELLA San Giovanni Cristostomo
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Composer or Director: Alessandro Stradella
Genre:
Vocal
Label: Arcana
Magazine Review Date: 11/2015
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 70
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: A389
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
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San Giovanni Cristostomo |
Alessandro Stradella, Composer
Alessandro Stradella, Composer Andrea De Carlo, Conductor Arianna Vendittelli, Soprano Filippo Mineccia, Countertenor Luca Cervoni, Tenor Mare Nostrum Ensemble Matteo Bellotto, Bass Nora Tabbush, Soprano |
Author: David Vickers
Scored for five voices and basso continuo accompaniment, the performance offers semi-dramatic characterisations of the proud empress Eudoxia by the assertive and brightly-toned Arianna Vendittelli, whereas the dignity, modesty and firmness of the saintly title-character is conveyed sagely by Matteo Bellotto while having to navigate some deceptively fiendish music. Filippo Mineccia is boldly direct as a Roman envoy who attempts futilely to reason that Eudoxia should not punish an innocent man. Luca Cervoni sounds a little bit stretched as the sycophantic patriarch of Alexandria. Occasional short duets, a trio and a brief madrigalian chorus provide moments of attractive contrapuntal contrast. The seven continuo instrumentalists of Ensemble Mare Nostrum are organised to discreetly exploit a range of textures without any hint of routine complacency, and proceedings are directed with subtle rhythmic vitality by De Carlo. I look forward optimistically to how the Stradella Project might develop over the next few years.
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