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Claudio Monteverdi, Gabriel Garrido, Ensemble Elyma
Monteverdi - Il ritorno d'Ulisse In Patria / Garrido
Genres: Alternative Rock, Classical

Track Listings (10) - Disc #1
1. Sinf - Ens Elyma/Gabriel Garrido
2. Prologue - Fabian Schofrin/Marcello Vargetto/Maria Cristina Kiehr/Adriana Fernandez
3. Atto Primo, Scene I: 'Di Misera Regina' - Gloria Banditelli/Alicia Borges
4. Atto Primo, Scene II: 'Duri E Penosi' - Marcio Cecchetti/Guillemette Laurens
5. Atto Primo, Scene III: 'Fermimo I Sibili' - Chor Antonio Il Verso
6. Atto Primo, Scene IV Et V - Antonio Abete/Giovanni Caccamo
7. Atto Primo, Scene VI: 'In Questo Basso Mondo' - Chor Antonio Il Verso
8. Atto Primo, Scene VII: 'Dormo Ancora O Son Desto?' - Furio Zanasi
9. Atto Primo, Scene VIII: 'Cara E Lieta Gioventu' - Furio Zanasi/Maria Cristina Kiehr
10. Atto Primo, Scene IX - Chor Antonio Il Verso/Maria Cristina Kiehr/Furio Zanasi
Track Listings (14) - Disc #2
1. Atto Secondo, Scene I: 'Donate Un Giorno' - Gloria Banditelli/Guillemette Laurens
2. Atto Secondo, Scene II: 'Oh, Come Mal Si Salva' - Roberto Abbondanza
3. Atto Secondo, Scene III: 'Pastor D'Armenti Puo' - Roberto Abbondanza/Gian Paolo Fagotto
4. Atto Secondo, Scene IV: 'Ulisse Generoso' - Furio Zanasi/Roberto Abbondanza
5. Atto Secondo, Scene V: 'Lieto, Lieto Camino' - Maria Cristina Kiehr/Jean-Paul Fouchecourt
6. Atto Secondo, Scene VI: 'O Gran Figlio D'Ulisse!' - Roberto Abbondanza/Furio Zanasi/Jean-Paul Fouchecourt
7. Atto Secondo, Scene VII - Jean-Paul Fouchecourt/Furio Zanasi
8. Atto Terzo, Scene I: 'Eurimaco, La Donna' - Mario Cecchetti/Guillemette Laurens
9. Atto Terzo, Scene II: 'Sono L'Altre' - Giovoanni Caccamo/Fabian Schofrin/Mario Cecchetti/Gloria Banditelli/Marcello Vargetto
10. Atto Terzo, Scene III: 'Dame In Amor' - Il Ritorno D' Ulisse In Patria
11. Atto Terzo, Scene IV - Roberto Abbondanza/Gloria Banditelli
12. Atto Terzo. Scene V: 'Compagni, Udiste?' - Giovanni Caccamo/Fabian Schofrin/Mario Cecchetti/Marcello Vargetto
13. Atto Terzo, Scene VI: 'Perir Non Puo' - Maria Cristina Kiehr/Furio Zanasi
14. Atto Terzo, Scene VII: 'Lo Vidi, O Pellegrin' - Furio Zanasi/Roberto Abbondanza
Track Listings (11) - Disc #3
1. Atto Quarto, Scene I: 'Del Mio Lungo' - Gloria Banditelli/Jean-Paul Fouchecourt
2. Atto Quarto, Scene II: 'Sempre, Villano' - Roberto Abbondanza/Gian Paolo Fagotto/Furio Zanasi/Gloria Banditelli//Marcello Vargetto
3. Atto Quarto, Scene III: 'Generosa Regina' - Gloria Banditelli/Giovanni Caccamo/Guuillemette Laurens/Fabian Schofrin
4. Atto Quinto, Scene I: 'Oh Dolor, Oh Martir Che L'Alma...' - Gian Paolo Fagotto
5. Atto Quinto. Scene II A IV: 'E Quai Nuovi Rumori'/'Forza D'Occulto Affetto' - Gloria Banditelli/Guuillemette Laurens/Roberto Abbondanza/
6. Atto Quinto, Scene V: 'E Saggio Eumete' - Roberto Abbondanza/Gloria Banditelli/Jean-Paul Fouchecourt
7. Atto Quinto, Scene VI: 'Fiamma E L'Ira' - Adriana Fernandez/Maria Cristina Kiehr
8. Atto Quinto, Scene VII: 'Gran Giove' - Giovanni Caccamo/Antonio Abete/Chor Antonio Il Verso/Adriana Fernandez
9. Atto Quinto, Scene VIII: 'Ericlea, Che Vuoi Far?' - Alicia Borges
10. Atto Quinto, Scene IX Et X: 'Ogni Nostra Ragion'/'O Delle Mie Fatiche' - Jean-Paul Fouchecourt/Roberto Abbondanza/Alicia Borges/Gloria Banditelli/Furio Zanasi
11. Atto Quinto, Epiloque: 'Pugna Spesso' - Chor Antonio Il Verso

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All Artists: Claudio Monteverdi, Gabriel Garrido, Ensemble Elyma, Coro Antonio Il Verso, Gloria Banditelli, Furio Zanasi, Maria Cristina Kiehr, Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, Fabian Schfrin, Guillemette Laurens
Title: Monteverdi - Il ritorno d'Ulisse In Patria / Garrido
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: K617 Records France
Release Date: 1/25/1999
Album Type: Import
Genres: Alternative Rock, Classical
Style: Opera & Classical Vocal
Number of Discs: 3
SwapaCD Credits: 3
UPC: 789368840625

Synopsis

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Monteverdi's Il Ritorno d'Ulisse ("The Return of Ulysses") is more difficult to bring off on record than the more famous L'Orfeo. Whereas Orfeo has a virtuoso centerpiece aria, memorable choruses, and a large, colorful orchestra, Ulisse survives with only the characters' vocal parts notated over basso continuo (a bass line over which chordal instruments improvise an accompaniment)--the choruses and the instrumental interludes indicated in the libretto are missing. Most conductors reviving Ulisse today orchestrate the score--René Jacobs, for example, not only imported sinfonias from other works, but composed extensive parts for violins, cornetts, etc. to accompany the singers. Gabriel Garrido has added instrumental pieces and adapted madrigals for the choruses to accommodate the full libretto, but he leaves accompanying the soloists to his 10 splendid continuo players. Those soloists are outstanding, with pleasing voices, excellent diction, and solid Monteverdian style. Most crucially, Garrido and his cast show an unerring sense of when to speed through recitative as if it were conversation, when to linger over the notes, and when to employ a solid rhythmic pulse. Jacobs's version may have more theatrical excitement, but Garrido makes more beautiful music--and, ultimately, more convincing drama. --Matthew Westphal

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CD Reviews

The best Ulisse available

Sergio Mascate Pires (spires@bn.pt) | Lisbon, Portugal | 10/14/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Forget the old Harnoncourt recording: Sure it was an outstandig achievment in the early seventies, but today is really outdated. Jacobs version is fine indeed, but this recording is splendid and surpasses it. The singers are simply starring, specially Gloria Banditelli as Penelope (the lament in the fist act is breathtaking). Garrido chooses the right instruments for each ocasion, and the right sinfonias and chorus for the missing parts, all with a high sense of good taste and sensibility for the drama. An exceptional recording."

A noble and magical saga - and cheap too

Julian Grant | London, Beijing, New York | 03/28/2000

(4 out of 5 stars)

"This set presents a different reading to the opulent Rene Jacobs performance, though that is extremely enjoyable too. This one is restrained, but has an intensity in its story telling that is very compelling. It is extremely well cast, with singers that can act with the voice, subtle vocal inflexion being an essential to bring alive Monteverdi's extraordinary declamation. Gloria Banditelli presents a Penelope that is very much a slow burner, but riveting in her intensity of the opening lament (CD 1, track 3), and in her scene with Telemaco (Jean Paul Fouchecourt) who handles the big monologue about Helen of Troy very impressively (CD 3 track 1). Garrido, like Jacobs fills in the missing portions of this drama with music from other works of Monteverdi, and some of his contemporaries, and these scenes, in general more fully scored and extrovert, contrast well with the more intimate and sparsely instrumented scenes of human drama. I would question the use of an interpolated chorus at the very close of Act 5 - Jacobs ends the opera with the duet for the reunited Ulisse and Penelope, which feels musically and dramatically right - but its a small point, and you can omit the chorus yourself!I'm giving 4 out of 5 stars, just because the set does not come with an English translation - a drawback in as literary an opera as this - it is translated into French. Is this why it's so cheap? - a bargain indeed."