Stradella: La forza delle stelle Ensemble Mare Nostrum & Andrea de Carlo

• Alessandro Stradella (1644-1682): La forza delle stelle ovvero Il Damone
• 1Sinfonia03:43
• 2Recitativo02:49
• 3Aria 'Miri mai di me chi sia'02:56
• 4Recitativo01:24
• 5Aria 'Sospiri quanto sa'01:22
• 6Aria 'Non può, non sa, non vuole'01:23
• 7Recitativo01:11
• 8Aria 'Quante stelle nel ciel rimiro'01:33
• 9Recitativo00:34
• 10Duetto 'Io se t’amo - Io se t’adoro'01:24
• 11Recitativo00:42
• 12Duetto 'O stelle adorate'00:53
• 13Sinfonia – Balletto02:11
• 14Terzetto 'Chi segue - chi fugge Cupido'01:27
• 15Recitativo02:49
• 16Terzetto 'Grand’incanto d’una beltà'02:37
• 17Recitativo01:16
• 18Duetto 'Chi cerca farsi beato'00:52
• 19Recitativo02:22
• 20Aria 'Disperarsi è vanità'01:40
• 21Recitativo00:55
• 22Terzetto 'L’amare è destino'01:44
• 23Terzetto 'Fugga pur quanto sa pronto il mortale'01:11
• 24Sinfonia01:33
• 25Recitativo01:26
• 26Aria 'Chi va godendo'01:22
• 27Recitativo01:24
• 28Aria 'Del nume al potere'01:00
• 29Recitativo01:01
• 30Madrigale 'Stelle, voi ch’influite'03:09
• Total Runtime49:53

Info for Stradella: La forza delle stelle

Following four successful recordings released on the Ricercar, Alpha and Arcana labels, Rome-based Andrea De Carlo and his Ensemble Mare Nostrum continue their exploration of the Roman repertoire and inaugurate here a new series of recordings, with its own distinctive artwork, devoted to the vast and multifaceted musical heritage of the Eternal City.

Recorded in Nepi (province of Viterbo), where Alessandro Stradella was born, ‘La forza delle stelle’ (‘The power of the stars’) gives us an opportunity to sample some of the fruits of the fascinating collaboration between that exceptionally expressive Baroque composer and the Roman poet Sebastiano Baldini, under the patronage of the exiled Queen Christina of Sweden. The serenata that gives the album its title, based on a scenario by Christina, deals – as was frequently the case at that time – with the subject of love, and the power of the stars to aid or thwart it. The result is a pure delight!

This world première recording is accompanied by authoritative liner notes by Carolyn Gianturco, the author of Alessandro Stradella (1639- 1682): His Life and Music (Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1994).

Ensemble Mare Nostrum
Andrea De Carlo, conductor
Guests:
Nora Tabbush, soprano
Claudia Di Carlo, conductor

Ensemble Mare Nostrum
a roman ensemble directed by Andrea De Carlo, is one of the most original and surprising baroque ensembles, already a reference to the Roman Baroque music and especially the works of the great composer Alessandro Stradella.

Founded in 2005, the Ensemble Mare Nostrum begins as a "Consort of Viols". But the ensemble opens immediately to a wider repertoire, to explore the relationship between language, affetti and nature of sounds. The personal research of Andrea De Carlo in this field opens new prospects in technique and aesthetic of 17th c. vocal music. ​

Music for "Consort of Viols" but also the interpretation of works for organ and harpsichord - a common practice in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries - has led the Ensemble Mare Nostrum to different projects: an original orchestration of ORGELBUCHLEIN by J. S. Bach for MA Recordings (USA) receives the unanimous applause of the international critic, and the Diapason "Decouverte" in the French magazine DIAPASON (May 2011). A CD dedicated to French polyphony LE CONCERT DES VIOLES for the label RICERCAR (OUTHERE) is awarded with 5 Diapason (January 2010), and “Coup de coeur” 2010 by the Charles Cros Academy in Paris.

In 2012 is released for the label ALPHA (OUTHERE) the Cd "NUEVA ESPANA", a journey between the Spanish and Mexican music from the Renaissance to modern times.

In 2012 EMN begins to dedicate to roman music with the Cd "IL CONCERTO DELLE VIOLE BARBERINI" together with the Ensemble Vox Luminis for the label RICERCAR (OUTHERE), followed by a CD of roman unknown cantatas by Marco Marazzoli for the label ARCANA (OUTHERE) "OCCHI BELLI, OCCHI NERI." ​

The 2013 saw the birth of THE STRADELLA PROJECT, a CDs collection for the label ARCANA (OUTHERE) dedicated to the works of this great composer, recorded in the International Festival Alessandro Stradella Nepi (Italy), his native town. ​

The first release, a world premiere recording, is the Serenade of Alessandro Stradella "LA FORZA DELLE STELLE" (5 Diapason), followed by the world premiere recording of the oratorio S. GIOVANNI CRISOSTOMO (5 Diapason) 2014, the world premiere recording of the oratorio S. EDITTA, VERGINE E MONACA, REGINA D'INGHILITERRA in 2016 (5 Diapason), the oratorio S. PELAGIA in 2017 (5 Diapason) and the very first opera by Stradella, LA DORICLEA with the ensemble Il Pomo d'Oro In 2018 (5 Diapason). in 2019 will be released a new and unknown opera by Stradella, AMARE E FINGERE, followed by the oratorio ESTER, LIBERATRICE DEL POPOLO EBREO.

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