Vivaldi: Agitata da due venti (Griselda) - Cangemi

High resolution and stereo sound:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNA0J2bJg3k&fmt=18

"Agitata da due venti",
from the opera Griselda, RV 718
Opera in three acts

Music: Antonio Vivaldi
Libretto: Carlo Goldoni after Apostolo Zeno
First performance: 18 May 1735, in Venice, Teatro San Samuele

Costanza: Veronica Cangemi, soprano
Ensemble Matheus,
conducted by Jean-Christophe Spinosi

Recorded in November 2005


Agitata da due venti,
freme l'onda in mar turbato
e 'l nocchiero spaventato
già s'aspetta a naufragar.
Dal dovere da l'amore
combattuto questo core
non resiste e par che ceda
e incominci a desperar.

Translation (by Steven Paul Spears):

Agitated by two winds
trembling waves in the turbulent sea
and the frightened steersman
already awaits to be shipwrecked.
By duty and by love
this heart is assailed;
it cannot resist and seems to give up
and begins to despair.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Antonio
• Vivaldi
• Agitata
• da
• due
• venti
• Griselda
• Veronica
• Cangemi
• Jean
• Christophe
• Spinosi

[CubbyNH]

Does anyone know who this aria was actually written for?

[civileso]

According to Wikipedia article on VIvaldi's setting of Griselda, soprano Margherita Giacomazzi has sung the role of Costanza for the first performance in 18 May 1735. I haven't finished developing my video description yet. Soon, I should give more details.

[margotlorena]

she is from argentina right?

[civileso]

Yes, she is.

[HARMONICO101]

That's exactly what you should do in a baroque aria. Ornament the hell out of it. That's what the castrati would have done.

[jradetzky]

aguante Argentina!

[mmmaaarrrcccooo]

Impresionante voz!

[hypnosimos]

Muy buena! impresionante! Bravisima!

[singingtruth76]

Excellent rendition of a challenging area. Much better than Bartoli's and Genaux's, both celebrated and overrated beyond any understandable limit.

[RosauraGlezRam]

La verdad ,creo que tiene una técnica más pulida que Bartoli y Genaux.lástima que no sea tan famosa.

[Piancol]

@PsychoLemur42 I guess you haven't heard Cecilia Bartoli's unbelievable rendition yet... the best in my opinion. Although I should note this version comes in a very close second place actually!

[PsychoLemur42]

This is probably this best rendition of this aria I've heard yet. Her ornamentation isn't really appropriately baroque, as far as I know, but her coloratura is much more fluid than any other singer I've heard do this.

[DanielBaroque]

Everyone has their own opinions on an aria like this. To me, Veronica Cangemi sings this piece purely and beautifully. She has a big range, a pure soprano voice and a daunting technique. There is no over-the-top singing, as has been done by certain other well-known mezzo celebs. She has the chops to do the piece in this way and it sounds natural, effortless & powerful. This is the style and kind of singing that the superstars engaged in, as well as the young unknowns that Vivaldi hired.

[iHondeux]

Incredible!!

I love Bartolis version, but Cangemi sings it so purely it just seems right.

Love it :D

[JvanLiempt]

@HARMONICO101 4:42 - 4:50