Rosso Italian Baroque Arias
Petibon Patricia
Rosso Italian Baroque Arias
Petibon Patricia
ABC Classic FM, CD of the Week, 17th of May 2010
Universal Classical Album of the Month, April 2010
ARTISTS
Patricia Petibon, soprano Venice Baroque Orchestra Andrea Marcon
TRACK LISTING
SARTORIO: “ Quando voglio” from Giulio Cesare in Egitto (1676) STRADELLA: “Queste lagrime e sospiri” from San Giovanni Battista (1675) HANDEL: “Tornami a vagheggiar” from Alcina, HWV 34 (1735) HANDEL: “Lascia ch'io pianga” from Rinaldo, HWV 7a (1711/1731) HANDEL: “Volate, amori” from Ariodante, HWV 33 (1735) HANDEL: “Piangerò la sorte mia” from Giulio Cesare in Egitto HWV 17 (1677) A. SCARLATTI: “Se il mio dolor t'offende” from Griselda (1721) HANDEL: “Ah! mio cor” from Alcina, HWV 34 (1735) HANDEL: “Neghittosi, or voi che fate” from Ariodante, HWV 33 (1735) PORPORA: “Morte amara” from Lucio Papirio (1737) VIVALDI: “Siam navi all'onde algenti” from L'Olimpiade (1734) SARTORIO: “Orfeo, tu dormi” from Orfeo (1672) MARCELLO: “Come mai puoi vedermi piangere” from Arianna (1727) A. SCARLATTI: “Caldo sangue” from Il Sedecia - Re di Gerusalemme (1705)
Patricia Petibon, admired for her command of Baroque style, records her first album of Italian Baroque arias partnered by Andrea Marcon and the Venice Baroque Orchestra.
Saluted by the International Record Review for her “rare ability to inject into her performance vocal characterizations which … nullify the need to see these operatic characters in the flesh,” Rosso frames Petibon’s gift of transformation by purely vocal means.
Petibon’s keen interpretive intelligence and gleaming tone summon into vivid life a wealth of characters tangled up in the power plays of gods, kings, witches, and devils.
Review
Catherine Koerner, Readings Hawthorn
This is French soprano Patricia Petibon’s second recital CD for DG. Her first album Amoureuss won 2009’s BBC Music Magazine Award for Best Opera Album. And this one is likely to receive similar acclaim.
The voice, artistry and accompanying musicians are all in fine form here. But it’s the choice of repertoire that really helps to make this CD stand out against a strong field of sopranos currently releasing recital CDs. Its success lies in the way it combines much-loved Handel arias with lesser-known repertoire by Handel’s contemporaries. Some of the stand-out gems on offer here are Sartorio’s Quando voglio and Porpora’s Morte amara, but there is never a dull listening moment on this CD. Bravo!
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