Luca Casagrande – “Se Stilicon non erra … Il Viver \u00e8 un’ Ombra” Recitative and Aria of Pisone – Act II Scene II – “Alarico il Baltha, cio\u00e8 l’Audace, Re de Goti” (1687) – Agostino Steffani (1654 – 1728) – COMPLETE WORLD PREMIERE.<\/p>\n
Centaurus Music Int. Studio Recording “Agostino Steffani – Alarico il Baltha, cio\u00e8 l’Audace R\u00e8 de Gothi (1687) – COMPLETE WORLDPREMIERE” – \u2117 2004
\nSecond remastered edition Concerto Classics – \u2117 2009
\n\u00a9 Luca Casagrande.<\/p>\n
Luca Casagrande Baritone
\nScarlatti Camera Ensemble
\nArtistic Direction and Production Luca Casagrande.<\/p>\n
“Apart from the overture, the music of Alarico consists of sixty-six arias, three duets, a coro of eight bars, three brief sinfonias, and recitative.
\n[…] the scoring of the arias with instruments is noticeably richer than in the earlier Marco Aurelio or Servio Tullio; in this respect Alarico marks an advance in the composer’s output\u2014one that sets a benchmark for Niobe and Henrico Leone. It also displays a very high proportion of da capo or dal segno arias, a large number of ostinatos, and an abnormal approach to tonality at the end of recitative.
\nNotwithstanding the emphasis on aria, Orlandi and Steffani tried to facilitate dramatic development. Recitative is seldom extensive, while arias may be brief and begin without ritornello or introduction.” (Colin Timms)
\nAct II SCENA II<\/p>\n
Pisone<\/p>\n
Se Stilicon non erra,
\nQui l\u2019Onor mio si svena; il Piede occulto
\nAlla Vendetta jo muovo, e qui nascosto
\nAttender\u00f2, che giunga
\nCon la Figlia impudica
\nL\u2019effeminato Augusto.<\/p>\n
Il Viver \u00e8 un\u2019Ombra,
\nSe \u00e0 Rai dell\u2019Honore
\nUn Sol non appar.
\nVil Anima ingombra
\nChi tanto Splendore
\nLasci\u00f2 vacillar.<\/p>\n