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Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710-1736)

Performances

Pergolesi. Adriano in Siria. Ottavio Dantone, Accademia Bizantina. Beane Festival, 20 July 2008.

Pergolesi & Giovanni Alberto Ristori. L'Orfeo galante. Peter Van Heyghen, Les Muffatti. Festival Musica Antiqua, Brugge: 27 July 2007. Festival Les Nuits de Septembre, Liège: 16 September 2007. Details.

Links

The Pergolesi Research Center

L'Opéra baroque - Pergolesi

Beaune Festival Cycle Pergolesi 2003-2005: Accademia Bizantina, Ottavio Dantone director, performed Pergolesi's Il Flaminio on 25 July 2004 with Anna Bonitatibus, contralto (Flaminio); Giovanni Botta, tenor (Polidoro); Sonia Prina, contralto (Giustina); Roberta Invernizzi, soprano (Agata); Stefano Ferrari, tenor (Ferdinando); Rosanna Savoia, soprano (Checca); & Filippo Morace, bass (Bastiano). They performed Pergolesi's L'Olimpiade at the 2003 Beaune Festival.

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.

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, 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. US | UK | DE | 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. US | UK | DE | FR | CA | JP Salve Regina reissued as part of Decca 455 017-2 (2 CDs 1997): 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 Reissued in 2007 on Naïve Voix Baroque OP30441. 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. 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. UK | FR | DE

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. US | UK | DE | FR | CA | JP Reissued as dhm Splendeurs 82876601452 (2004) (with original texts): 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 Reissued on Tempéraments Très Indépendants (2004). FR

Books

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

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