New CD - Antonio Caldara: The Cervantes Operas

Antonio Caldara: The Cervantes Operas

In commemoration of the 400th anniversary of the death of Miguel de Cervantes, La Ritirata and Josetxu Obregón have created a programme for Glossa sallying forth on the back of music composed by Antonio Caldara and inspired by El ingenioso
hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha.
Antonio Caldara was neither the first nor the last composer to have his compositional ingenuity sparked off by Cervantes’ timeless masterpiece. He may well have been propelled forwards by his own experiencing the Spanish soundscape within a century of the publication of the two parts of the Don Quijote: Barcelona was a working “port of call” for Caldara after Mantua and Rome and before Vienna. For the Viennese court he wrote a pair of operas (with librettos by GC Pasquini): Don Chisciotte in Corte della Duchessa and Sancio Panza Governatore dell’isola Barattaria, and from
these works Obregón – like Caldara also a cellist – has put together a selection of arias.
Soloists María Espada, Emiliano González Toro and João Fernandes invest their abundant collective artistry in bringing to life a rapid series of Cervantine characters, not least the Spanish knight and his squire. Interspersed between these vocal contributions are a series of instrumental ballets composed for these operas by Nicola Matteis, who also worked at the Viennese court. In the booklet essay Begoña Lolo and Adela Presas set the scene for Caldara’s contribution to the musical legacy of Don Quixote.

New CD - Antonio Caldara: The Cervantes Operas

Josetxu Obregón – violoncello and artistic direction

 

María Espada – soprano

Emiliano González-Toro – tenor

João Fernandes – bass

 

La Ritirata

Hiro Kurosaki – concertmaster

Pablo Prieto, Daniel Pinteño, Beatriz Amezúa – violins

David Glidden – viola

Tamar Lalo – recorders

Guillermo Peñalver – recorder and traverso

Daniel Ramírez, Laura Díez – oboes

Xisco Matas – violone

Eyal Strett – bassoon

Franziska Fleischanderl – salterio

Daniel Oyarzabal – chamber organ

Ignacio Prego – harpsichord

David Mayoral – percussion

Daniel Garay – wind machine

 

New CD - Antonio Caldara: The Cervantes Operas

Antonio Caldara (c1670-1736)
The Cervantes Operas
Arias and instrumental pieces from the operas  ‘Don Chisciotte in Corte della Duchessa’ (Vienna, 1727) and  ‘Sancio Panza Governatore dell’isola Barattaria’ (Vienna, 1733)

 

01 Introduzione. Aria (instr.). Don Chisciotte in Corte della Duchessa 3:37

02 Aria “Per tanti obbligazioni Signor” (Diego). Sancio Panza Governatore dell’isola Barattaria 2:27

03 Recitativo “Da sì austera virtù tuo cor” (Altisidora). Don Chisciotte in Corte della Duchessa 1:00

04 Aria “Quel cor, che non vogl’io” (Altisidora). Don Chisciotte in Corte della Duchessa 4:00

Nicola Matteis (c1670-1737): Balletto Primo per li Falconieri (instr.). Don Chisciotte in Corte della Duchessa

05 Aria 1:22

06 Entre 1:16

07 Gigue 0:55

08 Menueto 1:12

09 Aria “Si l’abbiamo, Ricciardetto” (Don Chisciotte). Don Chisciotte in Corte della Duchessa 4:24

10 Aria “Penso di già che appena” (Altisidora). Don Chisciotte in Corte della Duchessa 4:36

11 Aria “Giacche debe andar così” (Sancio). Don Chisciotte in Corte della Duchessa 3:17
Nicola Matteis: Ballo di Paesani, e Satiri (instr.). Don Chisciotte in Corte della Duchessa

12 Aria per li Vilani 1:29

13 Aria per Burlar sanco panco 1:11

14 Aria per li Vilani [2] 1:52

15 Aria per li Bacanti 1:02

16 Tempo di Passapie 2:26

17 Aria per li Satiri 1:25

18 Aria grotesca 1:15

19 Recitativo “Sancio amico” (Don Chisciotte, Sancio). Don Chisciotte in Corte della Duchessa 1:47

20 Aria “Primieramente, Sancio” (Don Chisciotte, Sancio). Don Chisciotte in Corte della Duchessa 4:45

21 Aria “Addio, Signor Padrone” (Sancio). Don Chisciotte in Corte della Duchessa 3:56

22 Nicola Matteis: Aria (instr.). Sancio Panza Governatore dell’isola Barattaria 0:53

23 Recitativo “Scoperto, e in odio” (Ramiro). Sancio Panza Governatore dell’isola Barattaria 0:38

24 Aria “Confida al vento la sua speranza” (Ramiro). Sancio Panza Governatore dell’isola Barattaria 3:02

25 Aria “Venga pure in campo armato” (Don Chisciotte). Don Chisciotte in Corte della Duchessa 4:09

26 Aria “A dispetto del vento, e dell’onda” (Don Alvaro). Don Chisciotte in Corte della Duchessa 5:01

Nicola Matteis: Ballo di Cavalieri Erranti (instr.)
Don Chisciotte in Corte della Duchessa

27 Aria [1] 2:12

28 Aria [2] 1:14

29 Sarabanda 2:07
30 Nicola Matteis: Tempo di Ciacona (instr.). Sancio Panza Governatore dell’isola Barattaria 1:24

Manuscripts of the Musiksammlung der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek and the Biblioteca Musical Víctor Espinós del Ayuntamiento de Madrid transcribed by Guillermo Peñalver.

Sung texts reviewed by Eugenia Martinini and translated by Avril Bardoni.
Introductory texts to the arias written by José Luis Obregón Perea and translated by Mark Wiggins.

Recorded in Madrid (Universidad Autónoma), in May 2016
Engineered by Manuel Prieto and Federico Prieto | Artistic supervision: Olivier Fourés
Edited by Olivier Fourés, Federico Prieto and Josetxu Obregón | Produced by Josetxu Obregón and Tamar Lalo cd concept by Tamar Lalo and Josetxu Obregón | Executive producer: Carlos Céster
Design: Rosa Tendero (rosatendero.com) | Photos of the recording sessions: Noah Shaye Editorial direction: Carlos Céster | Editorial assistance: María Díaz, Mark Wiggins Essay translations: Mark Wiggins (eng), Pierre Élie Mamou (fra), Susanne Lowien (deu) Basque translation by Miren Zeberio available at glossamusic.com

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