The rest of the cast aren't in the same league. An elegant expression of classic style and of constructive concept in line with the tradition, the stove presents ceramic inserts that embellish and make it. Sara Mingardo gives a towering performance, and there are wonderful contributions from MartÃn Oro and Romina Basso. Parts of the second act are missing from Vivaldi's manuscript, so a huge amount of reconstructive work has been done for this recording by its conductor, Rinaldo Alessandrini. Baroque, Easter, Instructional, Multicultural, Standards, World. The scoring is very austere, and with the exception of one soprano role, the entire thing is written for low voices. There's a very high proportion of recitative to arias, and some of the latter are perfunctory. For a work on an erotic subject by one of music's great sensualists, it's curiously dark and difficult. Its source is Tasso's war epic Gerusalemme Liberata, but whereas most other composers were inspired by the great love affair across battle lines between Rinaldo and Armida, Vivaldi dramatises its messy aftermath, in which Armida heads for Egypt, where she uses all her sexual powers in an attempt to persuade the caliph and his generals to raise an army against Rinaldo's forces on her behalf. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at Last.fm. E ven by Vivaldi's own quirky standards as an opera composer, this is strange. Listen free to Rinaldo Alessandrini Vivaldi : Armida al campo d'Egitto (Armida al Campo d'Egitto - Sinfonia - Allegro, Armida al campo d'Egitto - Sinfonia - Andante and more).
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