Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: L'olimpiade

More than 60 composers have set Metastasio’s libretto to music, including Caldara, Vivaldi, Hasse, Leo, Scarlatti, Piccinni, Paisiello, Cherubini and, of course, Pergolesi, who presented his Olimpiade at the Teatro Tordinona in Rome for the Carnival season of 1735. It was to be last his opera seria, as the composer died the very next year, just after he turned twenty-six. His version is considered by many to be the most inspired of all, characterised by a musical originality as ingenious as it is refined, brimming with joyful freshness. Following the rediscovery of the previously unpublished Mass in D major, Giulio Prandi and his Orchestra Ghislieri return to Pergolesi with a recording of his operatic masterpiece made in the 18th-century theatre of Jesi, his hometown: an initiative of the Pergolesi Spontini Foundation which has been promoting the composer’s legacy for many years.

Disc 1
1: I. Allegro Assai E Spiritoso
2: II. Andante
3: III. Andante
4: Ho Risoluto, Aminta
5: Superbo Di Me Stesso
6: Oh Generoso Amico!
7: Talor Guerriero Invitto
8: Oh Sei Pure Importuno
9: Quel Destrier Che All'albergo È Vicino
10: Care Selve
11: Ecco Aristea
12: Del Destin Non Vi Lagnate
13: Udisti, O Principessa
14: Tu Di Saper Procura
15: Licida. Amico
16: Mentre Dormi Amor Fomenti
17: Che Intesi Eterni Dei!
18: Nei Giorni Tuoi Felici
19: Ah, Bell'Argene
20: Apportato Son Io
21: E Trovar Non Poss'io
22: Che Non Mi Disse Un Dì?
23: Dolce È Il Mirar Dal Lido
24: Siam Navi All'onde Algenti

Disc 2
1: Giovane Valoroso
2: So Ch'è Fanciullo Amore
3: Ardir, Mio Core
4: Se Cerca, Se Dice
5: Partì L'ingrato!
6: Tu Me Da Me Dividi
7: A Me Barbaro! Oh Numi!
8: No, La Speranza Più Non M'alletta
9: In Angustia Più Fiera
10: Gemo in Un Punto E Fremo
11: Lasciami! Invan T'opponi
12: L'infelice in Questo Stato
13: Più Resister Non Posso
14: Caro, Son Tua Così
15: Argene, Io Voglio Seguitarla Da Lungi
16: Torbido in Volto E Nero
17: Misero! Dove Fuggo?
18: Son Qual Per Mare Ignoto
19: Marcia
20: Giovane Sventurato
21: Nella Fatal Mia Sorte
22: T'appagherò. Custodi!
23: Non So Donde Viene
24: Ah, Vieni Illustre Esempio
25: O Degli Uomini Padre
26: Fermati, O Re!
27: Viva Il Figlio Delinquente

Composer: Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

Conductor: Giulio Prandi

Number of Discs: 2

Orchestra: Orchestra Ghislieri

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