Carlo Francesco Cesarini: Cantatas Stéphanie Varnerin, L'Astrée and Giorgio Tabacco

• Carlo Francesco Cesarini (1666-1741): Filli, no'l niego, io dissi per soprano, 2 violini e basso continuo "La Gelosia":
• 1 I. Introduzione 00:53
• 2 II. Canzone 02:12
• 3 III. Recitativo "Filli, no'l niego, io dissi" 00:50
• 4 IV. Aria "Compatitemi, sono infermo" 02:02
• 5 V. Recitativo "Un Mongibello è il petto" 00:57
• 6 VI. Aria "E di Tantalo i sospiri" 02:17
• 7 VII. Recitativo "Pur se fallo in amoe à l'amar poco" 00:52
• 8 VIII. Aria "È il moi timore" 01:55
• Già gl'augelli canori per Soprano e basso continuo "L'Arianna":
• 9 I. Recitativo "Già gl'augelli canori" 01:48
• 10 II. Aria "Dove infido e dove vai?" 02:17
• 11 III. Recitativo "Ah, perfido, tu fuggi e qui mi lasci" 01:14
• 12 IV. Aria "Austri terriblili" 02:59
• 13 V. Recitativo "Eppur vorrai lasciarmi" 01:40
• 14 VI. Aria "Aure, voiche in mezzo al mare" 02:06
• Fetonte, e non ti basta, per Soprano e basso continuo:
• 15 I. Recitativo "Fetonte, e non ti basta" 00:42
• 16 II. Aria "Suole il padre, con saggio consiglio" 03:15
• 17 III. Recitativo "Tu giovinetto in su l'april degl'anni" 01:10
• 18 IV. Aria "Se per l'onda d'Acheronte 02:04
• 19 V. Recitativo "Disse il Sol, ma Fetonte" 00:23
• 20 VI. Aria "Fa l'amre un lieve danno" 03:22
• Penso di non mirarvi, per Soprano e basso continuo:
• 21 I. Aria "Penso di non mirarvi" 03:37
• 22 II. Recitativo "Chi cieco nelle fasce" 01:48
• 23 III. Aria "Ah, non avessi mai" 02:52
• 24 IV. Recitativo "Addio Roma, ddio Tebro, addio mia Clori" 01:39
• 25 V. Quel che di me sarà 02:05
• V'è una bella tutta ingegno, per Soprano e basso continuo:
• 26 I. Aria "V'è una bella tutta ingegno" 01:55
• 27 II. Recitativo "Veste mille sembianze" 00:47
• 28 III. Aria "O guardi o scherzi o rida" 01:21
• 29 IV. Recitativo "Degl'altri amanti il duolo" 00:49
• 30 V. Aria "Non bastava a colmarmi di pene" 02:42
• Oh dell'Adria reina, per Soprano, 2 violini e basso continuo:
• 31 I. Introduzione 00:53
• 32 II. Canzone 02:01
• 33 III. Recitativo "Oh dell'Adria reina" 00:49
• 34 IV. Aria "Era l'ora che l'aurora" 03:09
• 35 V. Recitativo "Movea quel crine il vento e il nuovo sol" 00:27
• 36 VI. Aria "So che giammai" 03:47
• 37 VII. Recitativo "Se preme il pellegrino" 01:30
• 38 VIII. Aria "Fuggiete amanti" 01:48
• Total Runtime 01:08:57

Info for Carlo Francesco Cesarini: Cantatas

This album marks the rediscovery of one of the most important composers of the Italian Baroque: Carlo Francesco Cesarini (1666-1741?), a virtuoso violinist also known as Carlo del Violino. The six previously unreleased cantatas on this recording were composed in the early 18th century and regularly performed between 1700 and 1717. They are all taken from Manuscript 2248 of the Biblioteca Casanatense in Rome, a rich anthological collection assembled for Cardinal Pamphili, a major figure in Roman cultural life. The themes treated are in the pure Arcadian-pastoral tradition: the suffering caused by an unreciprocated love (Penso di non mirarvi), betrayal and distance from the loved one (Oh dell’Adria reina), jealousy (Filli no’l niego io dissi). Two of the cantatas are based on mythological episodes: Ariadne for 'Già gl’augelli canori', and Phaeton for 'Fetonte e non ti basta'. This major rediscovery is sublimated by the divine Stéphanie Varnerin and L'Astrée (Academia Montis Regalis), in the expert hands of Giorgio Tabacco, enhanced by the famous Aparté recording quality that will delight the most demanding audiophile.

Stephanie Varnerin, soprano
L'Astrée
Giorgio Tabacco

Stéphanie Varnerin
French soprano Stéphanie Varnerin has obtained several awards including First prize of the 2014 International Baroque Singing Competition of Froville, the first prize of excellence at the Concours International de chant Léopold Bellan (Paris), the 2010 Orphée from the Academy of Lyrical record for the production of JP Calvin’s La Cantarice Chauve. In 2013 she is finalist of the Armel Internation Opera Competition.

During her training she enters for a year the Ateneo Internationale della lyrica in Sulmona (Italy) where she works under Mirella Freni, Gianni Raimondi, Lucianna Serra, Dario Lucantoni, Italo Nuziata. She takes part to masterclasses with artists such as Andreas Scholl, Gérard Lesne, Martin Köningsberger, Wieland Kuijken, José Cura... in 2012 she enters the Opera Studio in Geneva.

On stage, Stephanie Varnein is Mrs Martin in JP Calvin’s La Cantatrice Chauve at L’Athénée-Louis Jouvet in Paris with the Lamoureux Orchestra, Caroline in Strauss’s Die Fledermaus, Véronique (title part) in Messager’s Opera, Lecoq’s La fille de Mme Angot (title part). She is also Blanche de la force in Poulenc’s Dialogue des Carmélites. During her course at the Opera Studio in Geneva she is Livietta in Pergolesi’s Livietta e Tracolo, Colette in Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s Le Devin du village and both Melle Lambercier and Melle Goton in JM Curti’s Tic-Tac Rousseau.

She usually performs in concert with Le Collegium Orpheus conducted by J-M Labylle in Vivaldi, Handel or Mozart programs; with Le Folies du Temps conducted by Olivier Dejours in Bach or Pergolesi programs. With the Lamoureux Orchestra she performs in opera extracts programs... Stephanie Varnerin is now able to defend all the repertories from baroque music to modern music through Opera Comique or Romantic Music.

During the 2013 Armel International Opera Competition she is the Governess in Britten’s The Turn of the screw in Istanbul and Szeged Opera Houses. Following the competition, this production wins the Arte Live Web Award and the critics largely hail Stephanie Varnerin’s interpretation.

Stéphanie Varnerin is also forming a duo with her brother Mathieu The Duo Varnerin. Together they perform French Melodies with a special rewriting for Guitare and Soprano. www.duovarnerin.com

This season she performs regularly with the Italian ensemble l’Astrée (Chamber version of the Academia Montis Regalis) in a Vivaldi’s Cantatas Program in places such as the Festival Cervantino in Mexico or the Quirinale (Italian Presidential Palace) where the program is recorded by RAI 3.

In September 2015 Stéphanie Varnerin was invited on France Musique Radio in the Generation Jeunes Interprètes (Gaëlle Le Gallic) program where she performs Vivaldi’s Cantatas with Giorgio Tabacco (cemballo) and Patrick Cohen-Akénine (violon).

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