Vivaldi, Antonio

Vivaldi - Ercole s'ul Termodonte / Il Complesso Barocco, Curtis (Spoleto Festival 2006)

Vivaldi - The Four Seasons / Concertos for Double Orchestra - Acoustic Reality Experience [HD DVD]

THIS HD DVD SURROUND MUSIC DISC DELIVERS AN AMAZING ACOUSTIC REALITY EXPERIENCE THROUGH ANY HD DVD PLAYER WITH AN HDMI OR OPTICAL (core only 5.1 and 6.1) OUTPUT CONNECTED OR ASSEMBLED WITH DTS-HD MA OR DTS (core only 5.1 and 6.1) CAPABLE RECIEVER THE FULL RANGE 7.1 (6.1;5.1) SURROUND SPEAKER SET-UP IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOR FULL PERCEPTION OF ACOUSTIC REALITY AND LOW FREQUENCY CHANNEL (LFE) THAT IS VERY CRITICAL FOR THIS RECORD. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS RECORD WAS ORIGINALLY PRODUCED FOR 5.1 AND PRESENTED FOR 7.1 SURROUND SOUND REPRODUCTION TO PROVIDE YOU WITH UNIQUE ACOUSTIC REALITY EXPERIENCE.

Vivaldi - The Four Seasons / Von Karajan, Mutter, Berlin Philharmonic

Viva Vivaldi! Arias & Concertos / Cecilia Bartoli · Il Giardino Armonico

Viva Vivaldi! is a concert by Italian mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli interspersing arias from the 20 surviving operas of Vivaldi with two concertos. It is given with the early music ensemble Il Giardino Armonico before a very appreciative audience in the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées. (There is very little overlap between her studio-recorded Vivaldi Album and this 105-minute concert.) Anyone thinking of Vivaldi's vocal music in the context of his uplifting scared works may get a shock, for Bartoli performs as if her life depended upon it, attacking pieces such as "Armatae Face et Anguibus" from Juditha Triumphans with vengeful gusto. Bartoli's natural Italian and the live atmosphere of Maria Grazia d'Alessio's oboe gives her interpretation of the quietly haunting and melodically rich "Non ti Lusinghi la Crudeltade" from Tito Manlio a particular piquancy. The Flautino Concerto is a most attractive interlude, while the more famous Lute/Violin Concerto beguiles with its exquisite lyricism. --Gary S. Dalkin, Amazon.co.uk

From the very first, the concert given by talented mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli together with Italian period music ensemble Il Giardino Armonico recieved universal acclaim. Above all, they performed unknown works that had to be copied from Vivaldi's original manuscripts. The concert program encompasses arias and instrumental works from the operas "L'Olimpiade," "Tito Manilio," "Ottone in Villa," "Farnace," "Bajazet," "La Fida Ninfa," from the oratorio "Juditha Triumphans," and the "Gloria," plus two Vivaldi concertos.

Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

Nigel Kennedy - Vivaldi Live a la Citadelle

This DVD captures the electricity and excitement generated by Nigel Kennedy. On a summer evening in 2005 this all-Vivaldi concert took place in the French medieval citadel of Carcassonne. As the sun set Kennedy performed with the Polish Chamber Orchestra and its leader Jakub Haufa. The concert ended with 2 encores one work written by Jimi Hendrix and a traditional Celtic jig.Song Titles:Purple Haze.System Requirements:Run Time: 90 minsFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: MUSIC DVD/CONCERTS UPC: 094636590899 Manufacturer No: 3659089

Vivaldi - Four Seasons / Il Giardino Armonico

This special visualisation of this most famous Vivaldi concerto, The Four Seasons, is shot in Venice, where the composer conceived the work. It captures the atmosphere of this stunningly beautiful city in all its varied moods and aspects throughout the year: in spring, when sunlight starts to sparkle on the water, the city awakens and romance is in the air; in summer when the tourists arrive, adding new life and energy to this teeming city as they wander through narrow alleyways, visiting Venice's beautiful squares and churches, and taking in the city's stunning vistas from vaporettos and gondolas; in autumn when the city takes on a different mood as the visitors go home and Venice is seen against a darkening night sky; and in winter when an icy blast sweeps across the lagoon. Against the famous backdrop of the lagoon and the Grand Canal, this film also shows craftsmen at work making gondolas, musical instruments and Murano glass.

Performed by Il Giardino Armonico; Conducted by Giovanni Antonini

Vivaldi: The Four Seasons [DVD Video]

Vivaldi - Orlando furioso / Behr, Horne, Patterson, San Francisco Opera

Antonio Vivaldi was an important opera composer, with at least 47 operas--and perhaps twice that many--to his credit. But he first became known to modern audiences almost exclusively for his instrumental music. This unbalanced view does not mean that his operatic music is inferior to his concertos. It reflects instead economic conditions (opera costs a lot more to produce than instrumental music) and major changes in the tastes of the opera audience during the 19th century and much of the 20th.

Baroque opera has made a comeback in popular taste in recent decades, and this production of Orlando furioso embodies the genre's distinctive qualities: elaborately ornamented da capo arias, the use of high-pitched voices (originally castrati) in heroic roles, and an intricate plot full of implausible relations, misunderstandings, and deceptions among star-crossed lovers. The primary reason for the recording's existence is the spectacular performance of Marilyn Horne in the role of the medieval knight Orlando, legendary nephew of Charlemagne, including a long and technically dazzling mad scene. But the San Francisco Opera has assembled a stellar cast for the sometimes extraordinary demands of the other roles. Particularly impressive are Susan Patterson as Angelica, whom Orlando loves to the point of madness, and Kathleen Kuhlmann as the wicked witch Alcina, but the whole cast performs without significant weakness. Visually, the production captures the fairy-tale quality of the libretto, and conductor Randall Behr has Vivaldi's style, vocal and instrumental, well in hand. --Joe McLellan

Antonio Vivaldi's opera takes place on the sorceress Alcina's enchanted island. Although old and ugly, Alcina has the magical power to make herself appear beautiful and to bewitch courtiers who set foot in her realm. She has tried to make her power eternal by gaining possession of the invincible guard Arontes under the statue of the wizard in the Temple of Infernal Hecate. Brought to the island by fate, the other main characters of the opera, namely the beautiful Angelica, her young Saracen lover, Medoro, and the jealous Orlando--a Christian knight and Charlemagne's nephew, who is in love with Angelica--are entwined in an intriguing love story of furious passion and despair. This San Francisco Opera production of Orlando Furioso boasts a stellar cast, headed by the American mezzo soprano, Marilyn Horne, whose undisputed mastery of the bel canto school of singing makes her one of today's finest performers. 140 minutes.

Orlando: Marilyn Horne
Angelica: Susan Patterson
Alcina: Kathleen Kuhlmann
Bradamante: Sandra Walker
Ruggiero: Jeffrey Gall
Medoro: William Matteuzzi
Astolfo: Kevin Langan
Orchestra and Chorus of the San Francisco Opera, Randall Behr, conductor
Production by Pier Luigi Pizzi; directed for video by Brian Large

The Great Composers: Antonio Vivaldi