Albinoni: Il Nascimento dell'Aurora_音乐专辑
Albinoni: Il Nascimento dell'Aurora
又名: Festa pastorale
表演者: Terry Wey/Krisztina Jónás/Radu Marian/René Clemencic
专辑类型: Import
介质: Audio CD
发行时间: 2008-03-25
唱片数: 2
出版者: Oehms
条形码: 4260034869134
专辑简介
Il Nascimento dell’Aurora belongs to the genre of the serenata, which was so wellloved in the 18th century. These serenatas were chiefly short operas of tribute, set in arcadian-pastoral surroundings, staged either fully or partially, and often performed outdoors. Mythological figures first shown in the timeless world of legend leave their mythological framework at the end of the work to congratulate and pay tribute to an actually living person.
The commission for this serenata was presumably given to Albinoni between 1711 and 1717 by the emperor’s Venetian ambassador to celebrate the birthday of Elisabeth Christine von Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, viceroy of Spain and wife of Emperor Karl VI. The author of the libretto remains unknown to this day. The work is set in the idyllic Tempe valley in Thessalia, Greece, through which the Peneus River flows and which was dedicated primarily to the Apollo cult. Apollo, the river god Peneus, the forest nymph Daphne, the wind god Zephyr and the flower goddess Flora are preparing for the birthday of the morning goddess Aurora, who at the end of the work will be presented as the equal of Elisabeth Christine. The pastorale serenata can thus end in the double tribute: “Viva l’Aurora, Elisa viva!”
The elevation of historical, usually noble personalities into the realm of the mythic – which today seems so incomprehensible, even absurd – should not simply be rejected out of hand. It also reflects a spiritual tendency to project the purest and best elements of ourselves, our core – for whatever reasons – outwards. In this pastorale, love is freed of all earthly insignificance with almost superhuman means. A mythological song of praise to the highest form of altruistic love, as hardly exists anywhere in the world. In addition to Elisabeth Christine’s birthday, an allusion is made to the longed-for birth of a scion of the Emperor and Empress “Carlo” and “Elisa”, a scion who could bring peace to the entire world.
The manuscript of this work (MS.17.738) is located in the Austrian National Library in Vienna.
The Festa pastorale was conceived for five solo voices, strings and continuo, and obbligato theorbo. Between the introductory sinfonia which closes with a twice-repeated tutti ensemble and the final tutti, a series of recitatives and arias is heard. With few exceptions, the recitatives are accompanied only by continuo, the arias by obbligato string accompaniment. An aria of Apollo has an obbligato theorbo accompaniment. The first part of the tripartite sinfonia includes a highly noteworthy fugue; the last is simultaneously the first tutti ensemble. The string parts of the arias feature solid contrapuntal writing that effortlessly supports the broadly sweeping cantabile melodic lines. They demonstrate Albinoni’s exemplary and wonderful melodic imagination and the emotional depth of his music, the “grazioso modo del cantar” that he so highly estimated
曲目
Il Nascimento de l'Aurora, serenata (opera) in 1 act: No. 51. Coro. Viva l'Aurora!
