F.J.Haydn - Arie per un'Amante

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The title of this album comes from the fact that Haydn wrote most of these insertion arias (arias written to show off the special talents of a singer in a particular production, and substituted for the arias by the opera's composer) for his lover, Italian soprano Luigia Polzelli. Thank goodness these delightful arias have survived, although the operas into which they were originally inserted, by composers like Pasquale Anfossi, Alessandro Guglielmi, and Francesco Bianchi, are forgotten. Haydn's inventiveness and benevolence overflow in this charming music. If there is any criticism of this assortment of arias, it's that they are all relentlessly cheerful and sprightly, and all in major keys, even those with texts like, "Unhappy and unfortunate I am…." While not all these arias reveal Haydn at his most dramatically astute, they find him at his most genial. One of the arias, La moglie quando è buona, is in fact laugh-out-loud funny. Spanish soprano Núria Rial and Austrian mezzo-soprano Margot Oitzinger divide the arias. Their voices are well matched: exceptionally pure, supple, and focused, with an unmannered, effortless sounding delivery and immaculate technique. In only one aria, Infelice sventurata, in an unmercifully low passage, does Rial show any strain. Michi Gaigg leads L'Orfeo Barockorchester in a sparkling, beautifully blended accompaniment. The sound is warm and spacious, but always clear and clean.

contents:


Symphony No. 81 in G major, H. 1/81 - Vivace
Dica pure chi vuol dire, aria for soprano & orchestra, H. 24b/8
(for Anfossi, Il geloso in cimento)
Quando la rosa ... Finché l'agnello, aria for soprano & orchestra, H. 24b/3
(for Anfossi, La Metilde ritrovata)
Signor voi sapete, aria for soprano & orchestra, H. 24b/7
(for Anfossi, Il matrimonio per inganno)
Il meglio mio carattere, aria for soprano & orchestra
(for Cimarosa: L'impresario in angustie), H. 24b/17
La moglie quando è buona, aria for soprano & orchestra
(for Cimarosa's Giannina e Bernardone), H. 24b/18
Vada adagio, signorina, aria for soprano & orchestra
(for Guglielmi's La Quakera spiritosa), H. 24b/12
Sono Alcina e sono ancora, aria for soprano & orchestra
(for Gazzaniga's L'isola di Alcina), H. 24b/9
La mia pace, oh Dio, perdei, aria for soprano & orchestra, H. 24b/19
(for Gassmann, L'amore artigiano)
Infelice Sventurata, aria for soprano & orchestra
(for Cimarosa, I due supposti conti), H. 24b/15
Via siate bonino, Hob. 24b/23
Chi vive amante, aria for soprano & orchestra
(for Bianchi's Alessandro nell'Indie), H. 24b/13
D'una sposa meschinella, aria for soprano & orchestra
(for Paisiello's La Frascatana; doubtful), H. 24b/2
Son pietosa, son bonina, aria for soprano & orchestra, H. 32/1b
(for a pastiche opera by several composers, Circe, ossia L'isola incantata)


Núria Rial, soprano

L'Orfeo Barockorchester
dir. Michi Gaigg