Stabat mater
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
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Reviews (12)
RBB Kultur
d. 14. May 2022
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Matthias Käther
d. 14. May 2022
"Die feiernde Seine - ja wirklich, es geht um den Fluss, der durch Paris fliesst ... Außergewöhnlich ist nicht nur die Opulenz, das Ganze ist fast oratorisch, der Choranteil ist hoch ... Es gibt auch eine sehr schöne französisch angehauchte Zwischenaktmusik, die vielleicht getanzt wurde. Kurz: Eins der ungewöhnlichsten und einfallsreichsten Bühnenspektakel Vivaldis ist jetzt meisterhaft eingespielt und gesungen wieder auf dem Markt".
MusicWeb international
2022 May
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Dave Billinge
2022 May
"Perhaps Vivaldi's best secular vocal piece ... and these musicians make a fine job of it. The four singers are widely experienced in period performance and the recently formed Orchestre del'Opéra Royal are very much in the top class. Director Diego Fasolis has decades of experience to draw on. All in all, this only had to be well recorded for a recommendation to be ensured. Well recorded it certainly is ... Those attracted by this series of recordings from Château de Versailles Spectacles should not hesitate to add this CD to their collections because the quality of performances and productions in the issues so far has been very impressive. This one is no exception, and I am certainly pleased to have heard it".
Jyllands-posten
d. 23. Apr. 2003
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Politiken
d. 4. Aug. 2002
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d. 4. Aug. 2002
BBC music magazine
2013 January
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Nicholas Anderson
2013 January
"Musically the most convincing of Vivaldi's three surviving serenatas. Lovers of chamber and dramatic cantatas by Handel might already know just how effective La Risonanza's performances can be. Under Fabio Bonizzoni's stylish direction, the ensemble once more beguiles our senses with Vivaldi's hugely appealing serenata ... Of the five complete recordings of the work, this is the strongest".
Fono Forum
2013 März
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Matthias Hengelbrock
2013 März
"Für sich genommen gelingt Fabio Bonizzoni eine durchaus ansprechende Lesart, die auf hohem instrumentaltechnischen Niveau die Sache munter vorantreibt, ohne zu forcieren ... Doch seine Solistenriege hat ... ein deutliches Qualitätsgefälle".
Diapason
2022 juin
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Roger-Claude Travers
2022 juin
Fono Forum
2022 August
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Richard Lorber
2022 August
"Vivaldis Serenata "La Senna Festeggiante" wurde wahrscheinlich in der französischen Botschaft von Venedig zur Huldigung von Ludwig XV. aufgeführt ... "Das Goldene Zeitalter" (Sopran) will sich am Ufer der Seine niederlassen und wird dazu von einer umherfliegende Nachtigall ermuntert. Gwendoline Blondeel ahmt den Vogel mit ihrer glockenreinen Stimme nach ... und Lucille Richardot dabei wie ein Countertenor klingt. Allein diese drei unterschiedlichen Stimmtimbres machen die Aufnahme zu etwas besonderem ... Dabei klingt das Orchester in seidenem Glanz mit feinsten Klangabstufungen, bei denen die Bläser unaufdringlich zur Geltung gebracht werden".
The gramophone
2012 December
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Lindsay Kemp
2012 December
"The music is very good, much of it showing Vivaldi's vocal writing at its most relaxed and delightful ... Virtuosity is kept largely under control and the roles as differentiated as they could ever be; Senna, a free-flowing bass, is an especially happy creation ... Bonizzoni's route through the score is ... sure and sympathetic, and the orchestra performs prettily throughout".
International record review
2012 November
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Simon Heighes
2012 November
"Serenata - a cross between a cantata and an unstaged opera ... Baroque operas may have had labyrinthine plots, but with a serenata you were lucky if you got any real storyline at all ... Fabio Bonizzoni and La Risonanza take a fairly purist view, using wind instruments only where they are explicitly called for ... Fernandez is a perfect choice here ... ideally partnered by countertenor Martin Oro - clean, supple and never prone to operatic outbursts ... A wonderful way to sample Vivaldi's light operatic style on a small stage".
Berlingske tidende
d. 9. Dec. 2003
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d. 9. Dec. 2003
The gramophone
2022 July
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Lindsay Kemp
2022 July
"Those who enjoy Vivaldi as a composer of brilliantly attractive vocal music while finding his operas somewhat casual in their response to drama could do worse than spend 80 minutes in the company of La Senna festeggiante (The festive Seine) ... It is a piece that offers only delight ... Diego Fasolis conducts with his ussual energetic detail, the sound is bright and present ... and everyone seems to be fired up on their game ... conveying all the carefree joy and beauty they should".