Marcello: 6 Cantate per soprano e continuo I Solisti Ambrosiani

• Benedetto Marcello ((1686 - 1739): Costanza in lontananza:
• 1 Marcello: Costanza in lontananza 08:58
• Deh vanne del mio cor:
• 2 Marcello: Deh vanne del mio cor 09:16
• Filli, quant’io t’amai:
• 3 Marcello: Filli, quant’io t’amai 08:53
• Dimando a voi pietà:
• 4 Marcello: Dimando a voi pietà 10:19
• Amor d’intorno mi sta scherzando:
• 5 Marcello: Amor d’intorno mi sta scherzando 10:22
• Se franger non potete:
• 6 Marcello: Se franger non potete 09:34
• Total Runtime 57:22

Info for Marcello: 6 Cantate per soprano e continuo

Preserved in three different libraries, the Marciana in Venice, the Library of the Naples Conservatory, and the State and University Library in Hamburg, the six cantatas that make up this world-premiere recording were composed by Benedetto Marcello in the early 18th century. These are thus youthful works, quite interesting for the originality of their writing, which helps us understand why their author was so highly regarded during his lifetime – even called the “prince of music” – and also by posterity, as he managed to blend his personal sensibility with lessons drawn from tradition and the influences of a life rich in cultural encounters.

The compositional structure of these works – less known than his concertos and theatrical works – follows the traditional format of alternating recitatives and arias. However, this does not prevent the author from experimenting with innovative solutions, particularly in the treatment of the voice. Typical of Marcello’s style is a certain inclination toward the bizarre, with the use of harmonies that can sound “estranging,” sudden modulations, chromaticism, augmented sixth chords, and the melodic interval of the diminished fourth. In some passages, he even seems to anticipate the models of the “sublime” style theorized in the mid-to late 18th century.

I Solisti Ambrosiani:
Tullia Pedersoli, soprano
Claudio Frigerio, cello
Nicola Bisotti, harpsichord
Massimo Marchese, theorbo

Tullia Pedersoli
Graduated with full marks and honors in Musical Dramaturgy at the Department of History of the Arts, Music and Performing Arts of the Faculty of Modern Letters of the University of Milan, she undertook vocal studies under the guidance of BM Casoni and D. Gioia, obtaining a Licentiate in opera singing at the Novara Conservatory under the guidance of Maestro A. Pizzoli. You have attended masterclasses and seminars with L. Serra and C. Vilalta.

Light soprano voice, particularly versed in the Renaissance and Baroque repertoire, she has deepened their executive practice under the guidance of Cristina Miatello, Evelyn Tubb and Michael Fields (International Academy of Music).

His musical training also includes the Conservatory diploma in piano (traditional system, equivalent to a second level degree).

As a soloist she is often invited to give concerts in collaboration with various organizations and associations, including I Solisti Ambrosiani , In-canto, La Classica, Ars Nova, Diletto Armonico, Associazione Musicale Villa Bossi, Cultural Center of Castanese, Circolo Spettacoli, and is often a guest of exhibitions and music festivals(Musica Sibrii, XIV Culture Week, Hidden Treasures, European Heritage Days 2012 and 2013, XXXIV Segni Barocchi Foligno Festival, LakeComo Festival IX ediz., Suoni del Garda Festival, several times TodiMusicAntica Festival, XIV The harpsichord in S. Marco, La Season of Affections of Novara, VIII, IX and X Alessandria Barocca, XXII Antiqua, XV Un Ponte di note, IV Da Vinci Baroque Festival, XIX Montesardo Festival, XXIV and XXV Altolivenza Festival, XVIII Albino Classica, SEVIQC Brezice Festival (Slovenia) , European Baroque Festival and many more.

She also performs concert activity as an instrumentalist , in various chamber ensembles and with various orchestras (in the past Microkosmos, of which she was one of the founders, and later CameratEstense, Poseidon Ensemble, Music'attiva, Prometeo Chamber, Ensemble Serenata); you have collaborated with well-known artists, including Katia Ricciarelli, Lorena Campari, Maria Josè Lomonaco, Marco Rizzi, Maja Jokanovich, Luca Maggiore, Emanuele Segre. In June 2013 you performed as second harpsichord soloist (first harpsichord Enrico Barbagli), the Concerto for two harpsichords and orchestra in C minor BWV 1062 by JS Bach, at the Church of S. Antonio alla Motta in Varese.

I Solisti Ambrosiani
is an Italian ensemble specialized in the ancient repertoire and in the philological performance on original instrumentation, founded in 2008 by the soprano Tullia Pedersoli and the violinist Davide Belosio.

The group finds its own style in the temperament of the individual components and in the flexibility of the formation – from the duo to the small chamber orchestra.

The ensemble consists of musicians who perform concerts in Italy and abroad (Slovenija, Austria, Germany, France, Spain, Switzerland, Russia, Brazil, Canada). I Solisti Ambrosiani have been guesting in prestigious festivals and musical seasons in several occasions, including: International Festival of Baroque Music (2021) , Albino Classica 2020, SEVIQC Brezice Festival 2019, Altolivenza Festival (2018, 2019), Segni Barocchi Foligno Festival (XXXIV 2013 edition), Todi Music Festival “Paolo Antonio Rolli” (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017), LakeComo Festival (14th edition 2014), “La Stagione degli Affetti” (Novara 2015), “Un Clavicembalo in S. Marco” (Milan 2015), Culture Week, Alessandria Barocca (2017, 2018, 2019), Antiqua – Rassegna Internazionale di Musica Antica (XXII 2017 Edition), “Un Ponte di Note” (XV Edition 2017), Da Vinci Baroque Festival (IV Edition 2018), Festival Il Montesardo (XIX edition 2018), several times European Heritage Days, Highlight Festival 2018 (XXIV Edition) and others .

In 2012 the Ensemble created the Musica Sibrii Festival. The Festival, since its foundation, has received the patronage of Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism, Ministry of the Interior, Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Representative Medal of the President of the Republic (editions 2012, 2013), as well as the presidential adhesion (2014).

In 2022 the ensemble was invited to the Como Conservatory music season for a concert with the Institute’s Chamber Choir.

The Ensemble has made recordings that have been well reviewed by the critics, including the recording of the intermezzo “La Dirindina”, in the dual version by D. Scarlatti and G. B. Martini (world premiere), Edizioni Bongiovanni Bologna 2016. Also the last two CDs released – “Lontan da te mia vita” with music by Tomaso Albinoni published by Urania Records, 2018 and “Antonio Caldara Sonatas and Cantatas for Violin, Soprano & continuo” with music by Antonio Caldara published by Urania Records, 2019 – include several sonatas for violin and cantatas for soprano, some of them as a first world recording.

In 2020 the group recorded a new CD on Bartolomeo Bernardi (1660-1732) “Qual di Feroce Tromba” (Urania Records, 2020) containing all the surviving works for violin, soprano and basso continuo.

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