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Pergolesi
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 & 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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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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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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| 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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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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JPSalve Regina reissued as part of Decca 455 017-2
(2 CDs 1997):
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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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JPReissued in 2007 on Naïve Voix Baroque OP30441.
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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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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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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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JPReissued as dhm Splendeurs 82876601452 (2004)
(with original texts):
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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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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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| 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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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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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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JPReissued on Tempéraments Très Indépendants
(2004).
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| 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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Books
| Andrea Fabiano. La "Querelle des Bouffons"
dans la vie culturelle française du XVIIIe Siécle.
Details. 277 pages. CNRS Editions, October 2005.
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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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www.newolde.com/pergolesi.htm
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