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Pergolesi
 Giovanni
Battista Pergolesi (1710-1736)
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L'Opéra baroque - Pergolesi
Recordings
Thus far there has been no HIP commercial recording of any Pergolesi opera or
oratorio, although Fabio Biondi directed a fine performance of La Morte di
San Giuseppe in New York several years ago.
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Pergolesi. Stabat Mater, Salve Regina. Harmonia Mundi HMC
902072 (1 CD,
August 2010). Bernhard Forck, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin.
Anna Prohaska, soprano; Bernarda Fink, mezzo-soprano.
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| Pergolesi. Stabat Mater, Salve Regina, Flute
Concerto, Sinfonia.
Channel Classics CCS SA 29810 (1 CD, May 2010). Florilegium.
Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano; Robin Blaze, countertenor.
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| Pergolesi box set: 1 - Stabat Mater / Violin
Concerto / Salve Regina in C minor. 2 - Missa S. Emidio / Salve Regina in
F minor / Manca la guida al piè / Laudate pueri Dominum. 3 - Dixit Dominus
/ Salve Regina in A
minor / Confitebor tibi, Domine / Chi non ode e chi non vede.
DG-Archiv 477 8464 7 (3 CDs, October 2010). Claudio Abbado, Orchestra Mozart, Coro della
Radiotelevisione Svizzera. Reissue of the three CDs released in
2009-2010.
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| Pergolesi. Dixit Dominus; Salve Regina in A
minor; Confitebor tibi, Domine; Chi non ode e chi non vede. DG-Archiv
477 8465 (1 CD, March 2010).
Details. Claudio Abbado, Orchestra Mozart, Coro della
Radiotelevisione Svizzera. Rachel Harnisch, soprano; Rosa Bove,
contralto; Julia Kleiter, soprano; Lucio Gallo, baritone.
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| Pergolesi. Missa S. Emidio, Salve Regina in
F minor, Manca la guida al piè, Laudate pueri Dominum. DG-Archiv
477 8463 (1 CD, February 2010).
Details. Claudio Abbado, Orchestra Mozart, Coro della
Radiotelevisione Svizzera. Rachel Harnisch, soprano; Sara Mingardo,
contralto; Verónica Cangemi,
soprano; Teresa Romano, soprano.
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| Pergolesi. Stabat
Mater / Violin Concerto / Salve Regina in C minor. DG-Archiv 477 8077
(1 CD, August 2009).
Details. Claudio Abbado, Orchestra Mozart. Rachel
Harnisch, soprano; Sara Mingardo, contralto; Julia Kleiter,
soprano. Giuliano Carmignola, violin.
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| Leo, Pegolesi, Scarlatti. Sacred Music from
Naples. dhm 88697539442 (1 CD, February 2010).
Details.
Alan Curtis, Il Complesso Barocco. Mary-Ellen Nesi,
mezzo-soprano; Catherine Jones, cello. This is one of my
favorite recordings of 2010. It includes 2 Salve Reginas
by Leo, 2 by Pergolesi, 1 by Scarlatti, and a cello concerto by
Leo.
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Porpora, Vinci, Leo, Hasse, Pergolesi. Lava - Opera Arias from 18th Century Naples. dhm
88697541212 (1 CD, August 2009).
Details /
CD booklet (pdf) /
Video of
"Manca solletica" from Leo's Demetrio. Claudio Osele, Le Musiche Nove. Simone Kermes,
soprano.
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JP
Reissued on dhm 88697661232 (March, 2010)
without the booklet:
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| Vivaldi. Stabat
Mater, Sonata al Santo Sepolcro RV130; Pergolesi, Salve
Regina; Pergolesi (arrangement by J.S. Bach), Stabat
Mater - Tilge Höchster meine Sünden BWV 1083. BIS SACD 1546 (1 CD, July 2009). Emma Kirkby,
soprano; David Taylor, countertenor. Theatre of Early Music.
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UK |
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DE |
CA |
JP |
 Alessandro
Scarlatti & Pergolesi. Masses. Naïve / Opus 111 OP 30461
(1 CD, October 2008). Rinaldo Alessandrini, Concerto Italiano.
Scarlatti, Messa per il Santissimo Natale (1707); Pergolesi,
Messa Romana "di S. Emidio" (1734).
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JP |
| Michel Corrette. Les Amusemens du Parnasse -
Harpsichord Pieces. Pierre Verany PV708021 (1 CD, April
2008). Jean-Patrice Brosse, harpsichord. Livres II (1750) and
III (1754). Book III contains arrangements of Italian arias,
including three movements from Pergolesi's Stabat Mater.
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| Pergolesi & Alessandro Scarlatti. Stabat
Mater. Proprius PRSACD 2040 (1 CD, July 2007). Susanne Rydén,
soprano; Mikael Bellini, countertenor. Stockholm Baroque
Orchestra.
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| Pergolesi. Stabat Mater & Salve Regina.
Virgin (1 CD, October 2006). Fabio Biondi, Europe Galante.
Dorothea Röschmann, soprano; David Daniels, countertenor. How
about a CD of some of Pergolesi's unknown music that hasn't been
recorded 30 times?
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JP |
 Pergolesi.
Stabat Mater / Salve Regina. Mirare MIR006 (1 CD, October
2005). Philippe Pierlot, Ricercar Consort. Núria Rial, soprano;
Carlos Mena, countertenor. Plus a concerto by Francesco Durante.
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DE |
FR |
JP |
 Pergolesi
& Porpora. Stabat Mater / Salve Regina. Eloquentia EL0505
(1 CD, June 2005).
Details. Antonio Florio, La Cappella de'Turchini. Maria
Grazia Schiavo, soprano; Stéphanie d'Oustrac, mezzo-soprano.
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| Pergolesi, Stabat Mater, Alessandro
Scarlatti, Salve Regina. & Vivaldi, Sinfonia & Sonata.
Studio SM D3015 (1 CD 2004).
Details. Rémy Fombon, Le Collegium Baroque. Paul Laumont,
sopranist; Benoît Petit, countertenor.
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| Pergolesi, Leo, Jommelli, Traetta, Galuppi,
Paisiello, Piccinni & Sacchini. Arie del'700 Italiano.
Hungaroton HCD 32253 (1 CD, November 2004).
Details. Mónika González, soprano. Fabio Pirona, Savaria
Baroque Orchestra. Includes comparative settings of "Se cerca,
se dice" from L'Olimpiade by Pergolesi, Paisiello &
Piccinni and "Lieto così talvolta" from Pergolesi's Adriano
in Siria.
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JP |
| Pergolesi. Stabat Mater. Musica napoletana
per la festa della Vergine dei Sette dolori. Alpha 009 (1 CD
2000).
Details. Olivier Schneebeli, Le Poème Harmonique, Les Pages
& Les Chantres de la Chapelle. Patrizia Bovi, soprano; Pino de
Vittorio, tenor; Bernard Arrieta, bass.
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UK |
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FR |
CA |
JP |
 Pergolesi.
Stabat Mater & Salve Regina. L'Oiseau-Lyre 425 692-2 (1
CD 1989). Christopher Hogwood, Academy of Ancient Music. Emma
Kirkby, soprano; James Bowman, countertenor.
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UK |
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CA |
JPSalve Regina reissued as part of Decca 455 017-2
(2 CDs 1997):
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FR |
CA |
JP |
 Pergolesi
& Alessandro Scarlatti. Stabat Mater. Opus 111 OPS 30160
(1 CD 1999). Rinaldo Alessandrini, Concerto Italiano. Gemma
Bertagnolli, soprano; Sara Mingardo, contralto. Additional
recommendable Stabat Maters, plus J.S. Bach's interesting
arrangement, are listed at the bottom.
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UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
JPReissued in 2007 on Naïve Voix Baroque OP30441.
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UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
JP |
 Pergolesi.
Livietta e Tracollo (La Contadina Astuta) / La Serva Padrona.
Accent ACC 96123 D (1 CD 1996). Sigiswald Kuijken, La Petite
Bande. Livietta: Nancy Argenta, soprano; Tracollo: Werner Van
Mechelen, bass; Serpina: Patricia Biccire, soprano; Uberto:
Donato di Stefano, bass.
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UK |
DE |
FR |
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JP |
G.B. Pergolesi,
Leonardo Leo & Domenico Gallo. Salve Regina.
Opus 111 OPS 30-88 (1 CD 1995). Fabio Biondi, Europa Galante.
Barbara Schlick, soprano.
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UK |
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FR |
CA |
JP
Reissued on Naïve Baroque Voices OP30444.
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UK |
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FR |
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JP |
 Pergolesi.
Messa a 5 Voci. Musique napolitaine des archives
portugaises. K617 159 (1 CD, March 2004).
Details. Also included: Antonio Gallassi (c.1750-c.1790),
Te Deum; Leonardo Leo, Sinfonia from Demetrio;
David Perez (c.1710-1778), Trio. Luiz Alves da Silva,
countertenor & director; Mathias Weibel, violin & director,
Ensemble
Turicum.
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FR |
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| Emanuele D'Astorga (1680-c.1757), Stabat
Mater; Francesco Durante (1684-1755), Magnificat;
Pergolesi, Confitebor tibi Domine. dhm 05472 77369 2 (1
CD 1997). Thomas Hengelbrock, Balthasar-Neumann-Chor, Freiburger
Barockorchester. Ann Monoyios, soprano; Bernhard Landauer,
countertenor. The Pergolesi is duplicated on the Marian Vespers
set (below), but I find this performance preferable. The works
by Durante and D'Astorga are also quite worthwhile and
well-performed.
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UK |
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JP Reissued as dhm Splendeurs 82876601452 (2004)
(with original texts):
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UK |
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FR |
CA |
JP |
 Pergolesi.
Marian Vespers. Erato 0927-46684-2 (2 CDs 2002).
Details. Edward Higginbottom, Academy of Ancient Music,
Choir of New College, Oxford. Sophie Daneman, soprano; Noémi
Kiss, soprano. Vespers reconstructed by Malcolm Bruno.
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UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
JP |
 Pergolesi.
Cantate da Camera. Bongiovanni GB 2185-2 (1 CD 2001).
Fabio Maestri, Complesso Barocco in Canto. Susanna Rigacci,
soprano; Gloria Banditelli, contralto. Contains one additional
cantata not on the Gini CD (Tactus TC 711601): "Questo e il
piano e questo e il rio".
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UK |
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JP |
| Pergolesi. Stabat Mater, Salve Regina, In
Coelestibus Regnis. Hyperion CDA 66294 (1 CD 1988). Robert
King, The King's Consort. Nancy Argenta, soprano; Michael
Chance, countertenor.
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UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
JP |
 J.S.
Bach after Pergolesi. Stabat Mater - "Tilge, Höchster, meine
Sünden" (Psalm 51, BWV 1083) plus J.S. Bach, Cantata BWV
170. Arts Music 47694-2 (1 CD 2004). Diego Fasolis, I
Barocchisti, Coro della Radio Svizzera. Nancy Argenta, soprano;
Guillemette Laurens, contralto.
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UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
JP |
 J.S.
Bach after Pergolesi. Stabat Mater - "Tilge, Höchster, meine
Sünden" (Psalm 51, BWV 1083). Plus Bach organ works
performed on the Silbermann organ at St. Petri, Freiberg.
Tempéraments TEM 316020 (1 CD 2000). Martin Gester, director and
organ, Le Parlement de Musique. Monika Frimmer, soprano; Annette
Markert, contralto.
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UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
JPReissued on Tempéraments Très Indépendants
(2004).
FR |
| Bach und die Italiener - Original oder
Fälschung? J.S. Bach after Pergolesi. Stabat Mater - "Tilge,
Höchster, meine Sünden" (Psalm 51, BWV 1083). Plus Bach's
arrangement for harpsichord of an A. Marcello oboe concerto
(played on organ here) and "Languet anima mea" by Conti, with
minor changes by Bach. Christophorus 77186 (1 CD 1996).
Christian Brembeck, Neue Hofkapelle München. Monika Frimmer,
soprano; Kai Wessel, countertenor.
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DE |
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JP |
Books
| Andrea Fabiano. La "Querelle des Bouffons"
dans la vie culturelle française du XVIIIe Siécle.
Details. 277 pages. CNRS Editions, October 2005.
FR |
 Daniel
Heartz. Music in European Capitals: The Galant Style,
1720-1780. 1078 pages. Norton, 2003.
Review.
The section on Pergolesi includes analyses of the Stabat Mater,
La Serva Padrona, and L'Olimpiade.
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UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
JP |
www.newolde.com/pergolesi.htm
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|
Alessandro
Scarlatti & Pergolesi. Masses. Naïve / Opus 111 OP 30461
(1 CD, October 2008). Rinaldo Alessandrini, Concerto Italiano.
Scarlatti, Messa per il Santissimo Natale (1707); Pergolesi,
Messa Romana "di S. Emidio" (1734).
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP
Pergolesi.
Stabat Mater / Salve Regina. Mirare MIR006 (1 CD, October
2005). Philippe Pierlot, Ricercar Consort. Núria Rial, soprano;
Carlos Mena, countertenor. Plus a concerto by Francesco Durante.
UK |
DE |
FR |
JP
Pergolesi
& Porpora. Stabat Mater / Salve Regina. Eloquentia EL0505
(1 CD, June 2005).
Details. Antonio Florio, La Cappella de'Turchini. Maria
Grazia Schiavo, soprano; Stéphanie d'Oustrac, mezzo-soprano.
FR |
DE
Pergolesi.
Stabat Mater & Salve Regina. L'Oiseau-Lyre 425 692-2 (1
CD 1989). Christopher Hogwood, Academy of Ancient Music. Emma
Kirkby, soprano; James Bowman, countertenor.
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
JP
Pergolesi
& Alessandro Scarlatti. Stabat Mater. Opus 111 OPS 30160
(1 CD 1999). Rinaldo Alessandrini, Concerto Italiano. Gemma
Bertagnolli, soprano; Sara Mingardo, contralto. Additional
recommendable Stabat Maters, plus J.S. Bach's interesting
arrangement, are listed at the bottom.
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
JP
Pergolesi.
Livietta e Tracollo (La Contadina Astuta) / La Serva Padrona.
Accent ACC 96123 D (1 CD 1996). Sigiswald Kuijken, La Petite
Bande. Livietta: Nancy Argenta, soprano; Tracollo: Werner Van
Mechelen, bass; Serpina: Patricia Biccire, soprano; Uberto:
Donato di Stefano, bass.
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
JP
Pergolesi.
Marian Vespers. Erato 0927-46684-2 (2 CDs 2002).
Details. Edward Higginbottom, Academy of Ancient Music,
Choir of New College, Oxford. Sophie Daneman, soprano; Noémi
Kiss, soprano. Vespers reconstructed by Malcolm Bruno.
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
JP
Pergolesi.
Cantate da Camera. Bongiovanni GB 2185-2 (1 CD 2001).
Fabio Maestri, Complesso Barocco in Canto. Susanna Rigacci,
soprano; Gloria Banditelli, contralto. Contains one additional
cantata not on the Gini CD (Tactus TC 711601): "Questo e il
piano e questo e il rio".
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
JP
J.S.
Bach after Pergolesi. Stabat Mater - "Tilge, Höchster, meine
Sünden" (Psalm 51, BWV 1083) plus J.S. Bach, Cantata BWV
170. Arts Music 47694-2 (1 CD 2004). Diego Fasolis, I
Barocchisti, Coro della Radio Svizzera. Nancy Argenta, soprano;
Guillemette Laurens, contralto.
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
JP
J.S.
Bach after Pergolesi. Stabat Mater - "Tilge, Höchster, meine
Sünden" (Psalm 51, BWV 1083). Plus Bach organ works
performed on the Silbermann organ at St. Petri, Freiberg.
Tempéraments TEM 316020 (1 CD 2000). Martin Gester, director and
organ, Le Parlement de Musique. Monika Frimmer, soprano; Annette
Markert, contralto.
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
JP
Daniel
Heartz. Music in European Capitals: The Galant Style,
1720-1780. 1078 pages. Norton, 2003.
Review.
The section on Pergolesi includes analyses of the Stabat Mater,
La Serva Padrona, and L'Olimpiade.
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
JP