11/1/2023 0 Comments Vivaldi tenor arias![]() ![]() ![]() Over the two decades since the release of The Vivaldi Album, the composer’s vocal works have gained a permanent place not only in festival repertoire but also at major opera houses during their regular seasons. ![]() It paved the way for similarly trailblazing releases including the Italian arias of Christoph Willibald Gluck, the legendary castratos (on the album Sacrificium), and Bartoli’s personal 19 th Century hero, the mezzo-soprano Maria Malibran. The album sold 700,000 copies in five years and went Gold in six countries. The Vivaldi Album shone a spotlight on the Italian as a composer of vocal works, sparking a revival in the operas of Vivaldi who had hitherto been primarily known for his concerti. For the first time, she was widely appreciated as a rescuer of neglected or forgotten music in her dual role as meticulous researcher and passionate interpreter. ![]() Listen to Antonio Vivaldi HERE.Ĭecilia Bartoli’s 1999 recording, The Vivaldi Album, redefined her status as an artist. This new release also marks 30 years since Bartoli signed to Decca Classics. The album, out now via Decca/Universal Music Canada, the country’s leading music company, is a glorious collection of Vivaldi arias performed with the French baroque orchestra Ensemble Matheus under Jean-Christophe Spinosi. NEW ALBUM MARKS 30 YEARS SINCE BARTOLI SIGNED WITH DECCA CLASSICSĢ6 November 2018 (Toronto, ON) - Almost 20 years after her historic Vivaldi album, Cecilia Bartoli turns to the composer once again for her brand-new solo recording, Antonio Vivaldi. ![]()
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