PEDRO ANTONIO AVONDANO Morte d’Abel
GCD 923538. 2 CDs — Raquel Camarinha, Abel (soprano)Ana Vieira Leite, Caino (soprano)Valentina Varriale, Eva (soprano)Filippo Mineccia, Angelo (alto)Sergio Foresti, Adamo (bass) Divino Sospiro Massimo Mazzeo —
Production details Total playing time 79:59 + 72:52 Recording: Capela da Bemposta (Academia Militar), Lisbon (Portugal), 28 February -3 March 2022 Musical supervision, editing, mixing & mastering: Elisa Bestetti Sound engineering: Pierre Lavoix (Mediaqual) Technical assistance: Lourisom Final editing & mixing: Joaquim Monte (Namouche Studios, Lisbon), Massimo Mazzeo Executive producers: Massimo Mazzeo, Michael Sawall
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PEDRO ANTONIO AVONDANO (1714-1782)Morte d’Abel
CD I Parte Prima01 Sinfonia (Presto - Andante - Allegro) 4:3602 Recitativo (Abel, Caino, Eva) O mirabile in tutte 5:3003 Aria (Abel) Quel buon pastor son io 7:4504 Recitativo (Eva, Caino) /Recitativo accompagnato (Eva) Qual funesta, o Caino 2:4605 Aria (Eva) Qual diverrà quel fiume 9:5506 Recitativo (Caino) Io del minor germano 0:4407 Aria (Caino) Alimento il mio proprio tormento 7:3008 Recitativo (Angelo, Caino) Qual ira è questa? 2:2109 Aria (Angelo) Con gli astri innocenti 7:4610 Recitativo (Caino, Abel) Non bastava oltraggiarmi 2:4311 Aria (Abel) L’ape e la serpe spesso 8:2712 Recitativo (Caino, Abel, Adamo) Temerario, importuno! E fronte avrai 4:5813 Aria (Adamo) Con miglior duce 8:1914 Recitativo (Caino, Eva, Adamo, Abel) Godi, Abelle, e trionfa 4:2015 Coro O di superba figlia 2:10 CD II Parte Seconda 01 Recitativo (Caino, Abel, Eva) / Recitativo accompagnato (Eva, Abel) Sì, risoluto è il colpo 5:12 02 Aria (Abel) Questi al cor fin ora ignoti 9:22 03 Recitativo (Eva, Adamo) Oh di pietoso figlio 0:45 04 Aria (Adamo) Dunque si sfoga 9:08 05 Recitativo (Eva, Adamo) Sì, consorte, io son lieta 1:55 06 Aria (Eva) Dall’istante del fallo primiero 9:08 07 Recitativo (Adamo, Eva, Caino, Angelo) Lo so ma il mio timore 4:38 08 Aria (Angelo) Vivrai ma sempre in guerra 7:39 09 Recitativo (Caino, Eva) Misero! In quale abisso 3:26 10 Aria (Caino) Del fallo m’avvedo 4:37 11 Recitativo / Recit. accompagnato (Eva) Mentisci, empio, mentisci 2:54 12 Aria (Eva) Non sa che sia pietà 10:06 13 Recitativo (Adamo, Eva) / Recitativo accompagnato (Adamo) Eva, del nostro pianto 2:17 14 Coro Parla l’estinto Abelle 1:37 –
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Paris, London, Naples, Venice... and Lisbon! The cartography of the (late) Baroque music of Europe gives an ever better overview also of the musical happenings in the Portuguese capital in the 18th century. The revival of the Portuguese musical heritage is one of the main activities of the Divino Sospiro orchestra under its director Masssimo Mazzeo. A particularly worthwhile discovery is the composer Pedro Antonio Avondano (1714-1782), descended from a dynasty of musicians of Italian origin who were active in Lisbon in the 18th century. His oratorio Morte d’Abel (c. 1780) is based on a popular material by Pietro Metastasio, which was set to music some 40 times in the Baroque period and thereafter. Avondano’s feverish drama fully explores the souls of the protagonists of the story’s first murder. In doing so, he employs all the expressive possibilities of the Baroque musical language, which already points to the classical period. A brilliant cast of singers rounds off this meritorious first ever recording.