Pietro Metastasio - Azione Sacra in due parti - Super Audio CD
METASTASIO1 - 013 - 2SACD - Vocal
[Super Audio CD] METASTASIO, ANFOSSI Giuseppe Riconosciuto
M. Sburlati, D. Lukan, R. Abbondanza, C. Onorati, N. Santodirocco, F. von Bothmer Ensemble Salieri Wien - Giovanni Pelliccia: direttore
Sotto l'Alto Patronato del Presidente della Repubblica Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali Comitato Nazionale per le Celebrazioni del 3° Centenario della nascita di Pietro Metastasio (1698-1998)
Azione Sacra in 2 parti di Pietro Metastasio, versione per soli, coro e orchestra di Pasquale Anfossi
Esecuzione moderna nella versione di Roma (1776)
Personaggi ed interpreti:
Giuseppe Michela Sburlati Soprano Beniamino Danja Lukan Soprano GiudaRoberto Abbondanza Basso Simeone Chiarastella Onorati Contralto Asenetha Nunzia Santodirocco Soprano Thanete Ferdinand von Bothmer Tenore
Wiener Jeunesse Chor direttore Marco Ozbic
Ensemble Salieri Wien direttore Giovanni Pelliccia
This double album was realized by Giulio Cesare Ricci at Michaelerkirche, Michaelerplatz in Vienna on May, 2000. Giuseppe Riconosciuto is the fourth of the seven oratories written by Pietro Metastasio poet, dramatist, librettist considered the reformer of Italian melodrama. The oratorio represents a detachment from the settings of the passion stories present in the Gospel, towards a more theatrical style Giuseppe Riconosciuto was written in Vienna and set to music more than 50 times. It was performed for the first time in the scenography by Giuseppe Porsile on 12 March 1733 in the Caesarea Chapel in Vienna. The choice of this location was dictated by its wonderful acoustics which allowed to obtain an exceptional result. To emphasise the Michaelerkirche original acoustics, Giulio Cesare Ricci used the original tube microphones Neumann U47 and M49 and all its equipment: advanced mike pre-amplifiers Nagra, Analog Tape Recorders Nagra 4s, line, microphone and supply cables Signoricci. The original master were transferred from Nagra 4s directly to DSD. With this recording, Giulio Cesare Ricci wanted the listener to live a unique experience: it is as if he were sitting on an armchair positioned in the ideal position of the Michaelerkirche In this position, the depth, width and height of the sound are very appreciated.
S. Costa, A. Antonov, E. Morozova, F. Zahradnícek, D. Kelly Wexford Festival Opera Chorus - National Philarmonic Orchestra of Belarus - D. Callegari: conductor Wexford Festival Opera, 2001
Friedrich Flotow (1812 - 1883) Alessandro Stradella