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| 1. Ouverture in C (1770 for wind instruments, strings und basso continuo: Allegro con spirito |
| 2. Ouverture in C (1770 for wind instruments, strings und basso continuo: Andante ma non troppo |
| 3. Ouverture in C (1770 for wind instruments, strings und basso continuo: Allegro spiritoso |
| 4. Cantata Il primo amore (1778) for soprano, wind instruments, strings and basso continuo: Recitativo Ah troppo è ver! |
| 5. Cantata Il primo amore (1778) for soprano, wind instruments, strings and basso continuo: Aria Sol che un istante |
| 6. Cantata Il primo amore (1778) for soprano, wind instruments, strings and basso continuo: Recitativo Nè sol, quando la miro |
| 7. Cantata Il primo amore (1778) for soprano, wind instruments, strings and basso continuo: Aria Bella fiamma del mio core |
| 8. Concerto per Cembalo in E - Dur (1766) for harpischod solo, wind instruments and strings: Allegro |
| 9. Concerto per Cembalo in E - Dur (1766) for harpischod solo, wind instruments and strings: Andante |
| 10. Concerto per Cembalo in E - Dur (1766) for harpischod solo, wind instruments and strings: Allegro |
| 11. Sonata per Cembalo A - Dur (ca. 1765): Allegro |
| 12. Sonata per Cembalo A - Dur (ca. 1765): Adagio |
| 13. Sonata per Cembalo A - Dur (ca. 1765): Tempo di Minuetto |
| 14. Scelta d`Arie composte per suo diletto da Marianna Martines (1767) Aria Berenice, ah che fai? |
| 15. Scelta d`Arie composte per suo diletto da Marianna Martines (1767) Aria Berenice, ah che fai? |
| 16. Scelta d`Arie composte per suo diletto da Marianna Martines (1767) Aria Berenice, ah che fai? |
| 17. Scelta d`Arie composte per suo diletto da Marianna Martines (1767) Aria Berenice, ah che fai? |
| 18. (for soprano, wind instruments, strings and basso continuo): Aria Perché, se tanti siete |
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Marianna Martines was one of the most accomplished and highly honoured female musicians of the eighteenth century. She studied with the young Joseph Haydn and was known in Vienna to be a gifted singer and keyboard player, who performed duets with Mozart himself. Despite the fact that many of her compositions appeared in print during her own lifetime many of her works are still missing, among them a total of probably 28 sonatas and eight concertos for harpsichord.
This album includes four world premiere recordings, and is released to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Marianna Martines who died on March 11th 1812. The 28-page booklet is complete with elaborate liner notes and full libretti in German, English and French.
Spanish Catalan soprano Nuria Rial is famous for her shining, crystal clear and beautiful voice and is one of the most fitting voices for baroque arias. She was described as "a silvery sounding voice, as clear as a bell" (Opernglas).
Nicholetta Paraschivescu is a dedicated harpsichord player and musical director of "La Floridiana". Concerts have taken her across Europe and to major festivals such as the Davos Festival, Bach Dies Cremona, the Rheinland-Pfalz Organ Festival, Culturescapes Basel and the L'Aquila Festival in Rome. La Floridiana is a Swiss-based, period instrument ensemble that performs unknown works in the main that have been unearthed in libraries and private collections with the aim of expanding the current repertoire of the Early Music scene.
This album includes four world premiere recordings, and is released to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Marianna Martines who died on March 11th 1812. The 28-page booklet is complete with elaborate liner notes and full libretti in German, English and French.
Spanish Catalan soprano Nuria Rial is famous for her shining, crystal clear and beautiful voice and is one of the most fitting voices for baroque arias. She was described as "a silvery sounding voice, as clear as a bell" (Opernglas).
Nicholetta Paraschivescu is a dedicated harpsichord player and musical director of "La Floridiana". Concerts have taken her across Europe and to major festivals such as the Davos Festival, Bach Dies Cremona, the Rheinland-Pfalz Organ Festival, Culturescapes Basel and the L'Aquila Festival in Rome. La Floridiana is a Swiss-based, period instrument ensemble that performs unknown works in the main that have been unearthed in libraries and private collections with the aim of expanding the current repertoire of the Early Music scene.
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Three Great Women: Martinez, Paraschivescu & Rial
23 May 2012
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Should you purchase this latest Martinez compilation and enjoy it as much as I did, then I can safely say that you've made an excellent choice. For not only did you invest in a fascinating new recording, but I have no doubt that you will receive many years of listening pleasure from it; which is certainly a great investment to me! Marianna Martinez is another of those countless and celebrated composers who were not only eminent in their day, but have sadly fallen into obscurity with the passing of time. As a composer, she was certainly of no mediocre talent - indeed far from it. I first came across Martinez's music about fifteen years ago, having purchased the Koch Schwann Aulos (3-1788-2; 1995) recording of her two Psalm Cantatas - 'In Exitu Israel' and 'Dixit Dominus' for soloists, choir and orchestra, played by the Clara Schumann Orchestra Koln & the Kolner Kurrende under the direction of Elke M. Blankenburg. Even though I greatly admired the performance and the recording, I was really mesmerized by the music of this charming composer. It was to my delight that I was informed recently through Amazon's `recommendations' that a second recording of Martinez's gorgeous music with orchestra has hit the `shelves' so to speak.
This latest CD from Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, entitled `Il Primo Amore' is a beautiful compilation, the sound recording is crystal clear and the performances are truly first class. Happily, I was unable to single out any imperfection in the recording or the playing, nor for a moment had I received any inkling of reservation. The European soprano, `Nuria Rial', who is unknown to me, sings with colour, vibrancy, grace and elegance - no doubt reflecting the ambience of the music of the period. This she does extremely well in the cantata 'Il Primo Amore' (1778) and 'Berenice, ah che fai?' (1767). Nicoleta Paraschivescu, the founder of the ensemble `La Floridiana', as well as its conductor and harpsichordist, deserves every accolade for putting this orchestra together and bringing the very soul of Martinez back to life. As a solo performer in Martinez's 'Harpsichord Concerto in E major', her playing is magnificent. With clear and distinct articulation and beautiful phrasing, the harpsichord is almost transformed from instrument to concert vocalist. This is a brilliant recording and a must have for any connoisseur of fine eighteenth century music. I hope to see and hear more new recordings of this calibre from Rial and Paraschivescu in the very near future.
This latest CD from Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, entitled `Il Primo Amore' is a beautiful compilation, the sound recording is crystal clear and the performances are truly first class. Happily, I was unable to single out any imperfection in the recording or the playing, nor for a moment had I received any inkling of reservation. The European soprano, `Nuria Rial', who is unknown to me, sings with colour, vibrancy, grace and elegance - no doubt reflecting the ambience of the music of the period. This she does extremely well in the cantata 'Il Primo Amore' (1778) and 'Berenice, ah che fai?' (1767). Nicoleta Paraschivescu, the founder of the ensemble `La Floridiana', as well as its conductor and harpsichordist, deserves every accolade for putting this orchestra together and bringing the very soul of Martinez back to life. As a solo performer in Martinez's 'Harpsichord Concerto in E major', her playing is magnificent. With clear and distinct articulation and beautiful phrasing, the harpsichord is almost transformed from instrument to concert vocalist. This is a brilliant recording and a must have for any connoisseur of fine eighteenth century music. I hope to see and hear more new recordings of this calibre from Rial and Paraschivescu in the very near future.
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