Francesca Aspromonte & il pomo d’oro – Prologue (2018) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

A record made up entirely of prologues from operas and baroque oratorios: this album isn’t short on spice. Prologues are completely different from the – purely orchestral – overtures of later operas, as in the baroque era, after a short instrumental introduction, we’d get right into the action, often with a sung allegorical exposition of the setting and the story. Soprano Francesca Aspromonte and Enrico Onofri have collected these allegories with il pomo d’oro (the ensemble has decided that its name will be all lowercase), taken from the late 16th century with Monteverdi and Caccini up to the first quarter of the 18th century with Alessandro Scarlatti, via the rich beauty of the middle 17th century of Cavalli, Rossi, Stradella and Cesti. The listener will have to come to terms with the fact that the opera will never really start, that these are only the premises, the first tremblings, tantalising tasters, aimed at captivating the audience. Don’t forget that in those days, it wasn’t the custom to remain silent before the start of a show, and it took all the talents of the allegorist to finally get the fans’ full attention. We reckon that Francesca Aspromonte will have no trouble captivating her audience.

Tracklist:
01. L’Orfeo, SV 318: Toccata-Dal mio Permesso amato
02. L’Euridice: Io che d’alti sospir
03. La Didone: Sinfonia-Caduta è Troia
04. Eritrea: Nelle grotte arimaspe
05. Sant’Alessio: Sinfonia-Roma son io
06. Il palazzo incantato, ovvero La guerriera amante: Vaghi rivi
07. L’Ormindo: Sinfonia-Non mi è Patria l’Olimpo
08. Il pomo d’oro: Sinfonia-Amore et Imeneo
09. Sinfonia for 2 Violins & Continuo in A Minor
10. L’Argia: Sinfonia-De’ gotici splendori
11. Con meste luci
12. Gli equivoci in amore, o vero La Rosaura: Sinfonia-Cessate, oh fulmini!

Personnel:
Francesca Aspromonte, soprano
IL POMO D’ORO
Enrico Onofri, musical director

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