Stradella: San Giovanni Crisostomo Ensemble Mare Nostrum & Andrea de Carlo

• Alessandro Stradella (1639–1682): San Giovanni Crisostomo, Prima parte
• 1Duetto Chi ’l freno non regge01:36
• 2Recitativo Nel regio trono di Bisanzio assisa03:43
• 3Aria Rei timori, perché a stuolo01:41
• 4Recitativo Ma quai folli deliri00:57
• 5Terzetto Se teme chi regna03:24
• 6Recitativo Sì mal nati consigli02:12
• 7Aria Se le mal corrette voglie01:14
• 8Recitativo Par che gelida tema00:43
• 9Aria Benché audace sia ’l desire02:27
• 10Recitativo Crisostomo s’appelli00:29
• 11Duetto Talor - Giammai si cade01:46
• 12Recitativo Eudosia, ah, non son io?01:25
• 13Aria Fugge il dì, fugge la vita02:11
• 14Recitativo Forse non si rammenta00:46
• 15Aria Ogni regno diviso sen va02:34
• 16Coro Non vil capanna00:47
• 17Recitativo Regio cor d’ardimento01:37
• 18Aria in duetto La morte n’addita02:35
• 19Recitativo Invano, invan si tenta00:53
• 20Duetto Alme ree, turba mendace01:21
• San Giovanni Crisostomo, Seconda parte
• 21Duetto Della vita il fragil legno01:45
• 22Recitativo Tu forse il patrio lito01:26
• 23Aria Fra procelle la nave perì01:18
• 24Recitativo Su, tacete, tacete!00:56
• 25Aria Chi col picciolo serpente02:04
• 26Recitativo Non causi anco pensiero!01:11
• 27Aria Tu che sei di verità01:00
• 28Recitativo Ascolta, Eudosia, ascolta00:43
• 29Aria Su, destati, o sdegno!02:41
• 30Recitativo Atto sempre non è d’alma clemente00:31
• 31Terzetto Benché giuste tempra l’ire01:55
• 32Recitativo Crisostomo, deh, ascolta03:26
• 33Aria Qual vago candore01:19
• 34Recitativo Dal real trono lunge00:56
• 35Aria È sì bella la luce del dì03:07
• 36Recitativo Poi ch’a sponde remote00:34
• 37Aria Già placata ogni procella03:19
• 38Terzetto Al tuo merto, alta reina01:13
• 39Aria D’obbedirti il fato ambisce01:07
• 40Recitativo Vive Eudosia tra fasti01:17
• 41Duetto Giocondo nel mondo02:37
• 42Recitativo Sperano indarno gl’empi00:45
• Total Runtime01:09:31

Info zu Stradella: San Giovanni Crisostomo

Machtgier und Eitelkeit: Wohl vor 1677 für einen intimeren Rahmen konzipiert, ist Stradellas „San Giovanni Crisostomo“ ein charakteristisches Beispiel für das italienische Oratorium in der zweiten Hälfte des 17. Jahrhunderts: Geistliche und moralische Themen vermischen sich hier mit politischen, sozialen und sogar erotischen Motiven. Stradella präsentiert den ewigen Konflikt zwischen Machtgier und Eitelkeit trotz beschränkter Mittel mit einer meisterlichen Vielfalt an Ausdrucksformen und der raffinierten Dramatik, die nicht zuletzt durch die subtile psychologische Charakterisierung seiner beiden Protagonisten, Johannes Crisostomos und Eudosia, entsteht. Andrea de Carlo und sein Ensemble Mare Nostrum leisten mit dieser Ersteinspielung einmal mehr Vorbildliches in Sachen Stradella.

Ensemble Mare Nostrum
Andrea de Carlo, Leitung

Ensemble Mare Nostrum
a roman ensemble directed by Andrea De Carlo, is one of the most original and surprising baroque ensembles, already a reference to the Roman Baroque music and especially the works of the great composer Alessandro Stradella.

Founded in 2005, the Ensemble Mare Nostrum begins as a "Consort of Viols". But the ensemble opens immediately to a wider repertoire, to explore the relationship between language, affetti and nature of sounds. The personal research of Andrea De Carlo in this field opens new prospects in technique and aesthetic of 17th c. vocal music. ​

Music for "Consort of Viols" but also the interpretation of works for organ and harpsichord - a common practice in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries - has led the Ensemble Mare Nostrum to different projects: an original orchestration of ORGELBUCHLEIN by J. S. Bach for MA Recordings (USA) receives the unanimous applause of the international critic, and the Diapason "Decouverte" in the French magazine DIAPASON (May 2011). A CD dedicated to French polyphony LE CONCERT DES VIOLES for the label RICERCAR (OUTHERE) is awarded with 5 Diapason (January 2010), and “Coup de coeur” 2010 by the Charles Cros Academy in Paris.

In 2012 is released for the label ALPHA (OUTHERE) the Cd "NUEVA ESPANA", a journey between the Spanish and Mexican music from the Renaissance to modern times.

In 2012 EMN begins to dedicate to roman music with the Cd "IL CONCERTO DELLE VIOLE BARBERINI" together with the Ensemble Vox Luminis for the label RICERCAR (OUTHERE), followed by a CD of roman unknown cantatas by Marco Marazzoli for the label ARCANA (OUTHERE) "OCCHI BELLI, OCCHI NERI." ​

The 2013 saw the birth of THE STRADELLA PROJECT, a CDs collection for the label ARCANA (OUTHERE) dedicated to the works of this great composer, recorded in the International Festival Alessandro Stradella Nepi (Italy), his native town. ​

The first release, a world premiere recording, is the Serenade of Alessandro Stradella "LA FORZA DELLE STELLE" (5 Diapason), followed by the world premiere recording of the oratorio S. GIOVANNI CRISOSTOMO (5 Diapason) 2014, the world premiere recording of the oratorio S. EDITTA, VERGINE E MONACA, REGINA D'INGHILITERRA in 2016 (5 Diapason), the oratorio S. PELAGIA in 2017 (5 Diapason) and the very first opera by Stradella, LA DORICLEA with the ensemble Il Pomo d'Oro In 2018 (5 Diapason). in 2019 will be released a new and unknown opera by Stradella, AMARE E FINGERE, followed by the oratorio ESTER, LIBERATRICE DEL POPOLO EBREO.

Booklet für Stradella: San Giovanni Crisostomo