Catharsis

Muzyka Barokowa
premiera polska: 10.03.2017
kontynent: Europa
opakowanie: digipackowe etui
opis:
interview, Xavier Sabata on Catharsis
Ahead of his Wigmore Hall debut tonight, the countertenor talks to Katherine about his career and the inspirations behind this evening's programme (which was released on Aparté earlier this year).

Around the year 1600, a group of Florentine aristocrats, inspired by ancient Greek drama, gave birth to opera. It was intended to move and glorify human passions in such a strong way that the spectator's soul would be cleansed of these passions in a process that Aristotle called 'catharsis'. Xavier Sabata, in his 3rd solo album for Aparté, grasps the cathartic mettle.

Sabata has rapidly established a reputation as one of the leading countertenors of his generation. Born in Avià, Catalonia, he trained as an actor at Barcelona’s Institut del Teatre, perfecting his vocal technique at the Escola Superior de Musica Catalunya and at the Musikhochschule, Karlsruhe, where his teachers were Hartmut Höll and Mitsuko Shirai.

After early successes working with William Christie and Les Arts Florissants, he now also appears with such ensembles as Europa Galante and Collegium 1704 with conductors such as Fabio Biondi, René Jacobs, Jordi Savall, Fabio Bonizzoni, Ivor Bolton, Riccardo Minasi and Harry Bicket.

The Greek conductor George Petrou studied piano in Athens and at the RCM and RAM in London. He has gradually turned to conducting and is establishing a flourishing international career. He is the artistic director of the renowned Athens based Orchestra Armonia Atenea, with which he tours and records extensively, performing both on period or modern instruments.

muzycy:
Xavier Sabata countertenor
Armonia Atenea
George Petrou conductor, direction

utwory:
Giuseppe Maria Orlandini (1676-1760) from Adelaide (Venice 1729)
1. Ciò che donò la frode recit.
2. Alza al ciel pianta orgogliosa, aria.

Francesco Bartolomeo Conti (1681-1722) from Griselda (Vienna 1725)
3. In te, sposa Griselda, mi uccido, recit.
4. Cara sposa, aria.

Pietro Torri (1650-1737) from Griselda (Munich 1723)
5. Vorresti col tuo pianto, aria.

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) from Farnace (Venice 1727)
6. Gelido in ogni vena, aria.

Giuseppe Maria Orlandini (1676-1760) from Adelaide (Venice 1729)
7. O del mio caro ben, recit.
8. Già mi sembra al carro avvinto, aria.

Georg Friedrich Handel (1685-1759) from Admeto (London 1727)
9. Introduzzione, lentemento.
10. Orride larve, accompagnato.
11. Chiudetevi miei lumi, arioso.

Johann Adolph Hasse (1699-1783) from La conversion di Sant’Agostino (1760)
12. Viver vogl’io sempre per te mio dio, accompagnato.
13. Or mi pento, aria

Attilio Ariosti (1666- 1729) from Caio Mazio Coriolano (London 1723)
14. Spirate, o oniqui marmi, accompagnato.
15. Voi, d’un figlio tanto misero, aria.

Antonio Caldara (1670-1736) from Temistocle (Vienna 1736)
16. Ah, frenate il pianto imbelle

Domenico Sarro (1679-1744) from Il Valdemaro (Rome 1726)
17. Sorte nemica, reci. accompagnato.
18. Quando onor favella al core, aria

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