Il complesso barocco
Il complesso barocco is a European baroque ensemble , founded in 1977 in Amsterdam by Alan Curtis .
History and focus
The ensemble was one of the first to fully commit itself to historical performance practice, tried to find forgotten works in particular by Carlo Gesualdo , Antonio Vivaldi and Georg Friedrich Händel , and quickly established itself as an outstanding ensemble in the international concert scene. The important rediscoveries by Il complesso barocco , most of which have also appeared as audio documents, include:
- Handel's Admeto on June 2, 1977 in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam (as part of the Holland Festival )
- Handel's Ariodante on 22. – 28. August 1982 at the Innsbruck Festival of Early Music
- Cestis Il Tito on August 25 and 26, 1983 at the Innsbruck Festival of Early Music
- Handel's Rodrigo on August 29, 1984 at the Innsbruck Festival of Early Music
- Cestis Semiramide 1987 at the Innsbruck Festival of Early Music
- Handel's Rodrigo on July 20, 1997 in Siena
- Handel's Arminio on July 22, 2000 in Solothurn, July 26, 2000 in Siena and December 2, 2000 in Amsterdam
- Handel's Deidamia on July 8, 2002 in Siena
- Handel's Radamisto on September 28, 2003 in the Vienna Konzerthaus
- Handel's Sosarme in the first version as Fernando, Re di Castiglia on February 18, 2005 in the Teatro Nacional de São Carlos , Lisbon
- Handel's Lotario on November 12, 2005 in the Teatro Arriaga , Bilbao
- Vivaldi's Ercole su'l Termodonte , reconstructed by Alessandro Ciccolini at the Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto 2006
- Handel's Giove in Argo on May 28, 2007 at the International Handel Festival in Göttingen
- Handel's Ariodante in July 2007 in Spoleto
- Vivaldis Motezuma on October 10, 2007 in Paris, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées
- Domenico Scarlatti's Tolomeo e Alessandro 2007 at the Piccola Accademia di Montisi , then at the Festival Via Stellae in Santiago de Compostela , at the Ciclo Los Siglos de Oro in Madrid, at the Paris Théâtre des Champs-Élysées and at the Theater an der Wien
- Handel's Tolomeo on February 14, 2009 in Madrid, Teatro Real
- Handel's Theodora on April 8, 2009 in Cuenca, Teatro Auditorio
- Handel's Berenice, Regina di Egitto on November 21, 2009 at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris
- Handel's Agrippina on November 5, 2009 in Madrid, Teatro Real
- Handel's Ariodante on May 20, 2009 in Baden-Baden and later on a major tour
- Monteverdi's L'incoronazione di Poppea on June 22, 2011 in Florence, Teatro della Pergola
- Handel's Giulio Cesare in Egitto on November 25, 2011 in Paris, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées
Donna Leon has a long friendship with the ensemble and its director. In 2010 the CD Animals and Tones was released with texts by Donna Leons and drawings by Michael Sowa . In 2012 Joyce DiDonato achieved a veritable triumph together with the Complesso barocco and Alan Curtis: Her aria program Drama Queens included Cesti, Gluck and Handel as well as the rediscovered song Lasciami piangere from Reinhard Keiser's Fredegunda . In the Theater an der Wien , in Prague , Bratislava , Budapest , Amsterdam and Monte Carlo there were standing ovations for the musicians and hymn reviews.
Well-known former members of the ensemble include the Italian pianist and violinist Alessandro Bares , the Japanese lutenist Yasunori Imamura , the Brazilian violinist Luís Otávio Santos and the Finnish violinist Tuomo Suni .
Cooperation with the Theater an der Wien
In 2007 Alan Curtis and the Complesso Barocco started working together with the Theater an der Wien , especially for concert performances . It began with three rarely performed works - Vivaldi's Motezuma (2007), Gluck's Ezio (2008) and Tolomeo e Alessandro by Domenico Scarlatti (2009). Since then there has been a systematic presentation of Handel's musical and dramatic work: 2009 Agrippina , 2010 Giove in Argo and Tolomeo , 2011 Berenice, Regina d'Egitto and Giulio Cesare in Egitto , 2012 Deidamia and Ariodante , 2013 Arianna in Creta and Amadigi di Gaula , as well 2014 Admeto . A relatively constant and select ensemble of singers is available for this - including the sopranos Laura Aikin , Emőke Baráth , Véronique Gens , Karina Gauvin and Roberta Invernizzi , the mezzo Ann Hallenberg and the contralto Marie-Nicole Lemieux and Sonia Prina , occasionally the countertenors Max Emanuel Cenčić , Iestyn Davies and Franco Fagioli , as well as the basses Gianluca Buratto , Luigi De Donato and Johannes Weisser .
Awards
- 2000 Premio Internazionale del Disco “Antonio Vivaldi” - for Rodrigo
- 2002 International Haendel Recording Prize - for Arminio
- 2003 German Record Critics' Prize - for Deidamia
- 2004 International Haendel Recording Prize - for Deidamia
- 2005 International Haendel Recording Prize - for Radamisto
- 2012 ECHO Klassik opera recording of the year - for Ezio by Christoph Willibald Gluck
- 2014 Grammy Award nomination - for Drama Queens with Joyce DiDonato
Discography (selection)
Unless otherwise stated, these recordings were conducted by Alan Curtis .
Antonio Vivaldi
- Catone in Utica RV 705:
- Ercole sul Termodonte : Mary-Ellen Nesi (Antiope), Marina Bartoli (Ippolita), Laura Cherici (Martesia), Zachary Stains (Ercole), Randall Scotting (Teseo), Luca Dordolo (Alceste), Filippo Mineccia (Telamone)
- Il Giustino RV 717
- Curiosities from Venice - Seven concerts by Vivaldi, conducted by Riccardo Minasi , Diogenes 2011
georg Friedrich Handel
- Admeto . Virgin 61369-2 (1977): René Jacobs (Admeto), Rachel Yakar (Alceste), Jill Gomez (Antigona), James Thomas Bowman (Trasimede), Ulrik Cold (Ercole), Rita Dams (Orindo), Max von Egmond (Meraspe ). (217 min.)
- Alcina . DG / Archive 477 7374 (2007): Joyce DiDonato (Alcina), Maite Beaumont (Ruggiero), Karina Gauvin (Morgana), Sonia Prina (Bradamante), Kobie van Rensburg (Oronte), Vito Priante (Melisso), Laura Cherici (Oberto ). (DVD)
- Ariodante . Virgin Classics 50999 07084423 (2011): Joyce DiDonato (Ariodante), Karina Gauvin (Ginevra), Sabina Puértolas (Dalinda), Marie-Nicole Lemieux (Polinesso), Topi Lehtipuu (Lurcanio), Matthew Brook (Il Re), Anicio Zorzi Giustianini (Odoardo).
- Arminio : Virgin Veritas 5 45621 2 (2000): Vivica Genaux (Arminio), Geraldine McGreevy (Tusnelda), Dominique Labelle (Sigismondo), Manuela Custer (Ramise), Luigi Petroni (Varo), Furio Zanasi (Segeste) Sytze Buwalda ( Tullio). (146 min)
- Berenice, Regina di Egitto : * Virgin Classics (EMI Music) 50999 6285362-0 (2010): Klara Ek (Berenice), Ingela Bohlin (Alessandro), Franco Fagioli (Demetrio), Romina Basso (Selene), Mary-Ellen Nesi ( Arsace), Anicio Zorzi Giustiniani (Fabio), Vito Priante (Aristobolo). (166 min)
- Deidamia : Virgin Veritas 5 4550 2 (2002): Simone Kermes (Deidamia), Dominique Labelle (Nerea), Anna Maria Panzarella (Achille), Anna Bonitatibus (Ulisse), Furio Zanasi (Fenice), Antonio Abete (Licomede). (181 min)
- Ezio . Archive production 477 8073 (2008): Ann Hallenberg (Ezio), Karina Gauvin (Fulvia), Sonia Prina (Valentiniano), Marianne Andersen (Onoria), Anicio Zorzi Giustiniani (Massimo), Vito Priante (Varo). (187 min)
- Fernando, Re Di Castiglia , first version of Sosarme . Virgin Classics 65483 (2007). Lawrence Zazzo , Veronica Cangemi , Filippo Adami , Marianna Pizzolato , Neal Banerjee (tenor), Max Emanuel Cenčić (countertenor), Antonio Abete
- Floridante : DGG Archive Production 477 656-6 (2005): Marijana Mijanovic (Floridante), Vito Priante (Oronte), Sharon Rostorf-Zamir (Rossane), Joyce DiDonato (Elmira), Roberta Invernizzi (Timante), Riccardo Novaro (Coralbo) . (164 min)
- Giove in Argo : Virgin Classics 7231162 (2013): Anicio Zorzi Giustiniani (Arete), Ann Hallenberg (Iside), Vito Priante (Erasto), Theodora Baka (Diana), Karina Gauvin (Calisto), Johannes Weisser (Licaone). (157 min)
- Giulio Cesare in Egitto : Naive OP30536 (2012). With Marie-Nicole Lemieux (Giulio Cesare), Karina Gauvin (Cleopatra), Romina Basso (Cornelia), Emőke Baráth (Sesto), Filippo Mineccia (Tolomeo), Johannes Weisser (Achilla), Milena Storti (Nireno), Gianluca Buratto (Curio )
- Lotario . Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 82876587972 (2004): Sara Mingardo (Lotario), Simone Kermes (Adelaide), Steve Davislim (Berengario), Hillary Summers (Matilde), Sonia Prina (Idelberto), Vito Priante (Clodomiro). (abridged version, 157 min)
- Radamisto : Virgin Classics 5456732 (2003), 1st version: Joyce DiDonato (Radamisto), Maite Beaumont (Zenobia), Zachary Stains (Tiridate), Patrizia Ciofi (Polissena), Dominque Labelle (Fraarte), Laura Cherici (Tigrane), Carlo Lepore (Farasmane). (177 min)
- Rodelinda : Archive Production 00289 477 5391 (2004): Simone Kermes (Rodelinda), Marijana Mijanovic (Bertarido), Steve Davislim (Grimoaldo), Sonia Prina (Eduige), Marie-Nicole Lemieux (Unulfo), Vito Priante (Garibaldo).
- Rodrigo : Virgin Classics 7243 5 45897 2 0 (1997): Gloria Banditelli (Rodrigo), Sandrine Piau (Esilena), Elena Cecchi Fedi (Florinda), Rufus Müller (Giuliano), Roberta Invernizzi (Evanco), Caterina Calvi (Fernando). (154 min)
- Tolomeo : Archive Production 477 7106 (2006): Ann Hallenberg (Tolomeo), Karina Gauvin (Seleuce), Anna Bonitatibus (Elisa), Romina Basso (Alessandro), Pietro Spagnoli (Araspe). (148 min)
such as:
- Amor e gelosia . Duets by Handel. With Patrizia Ciolfi and Joyce DiDonato , veritas 2007.
- Hidden Haendel . With Ann Hallenberg , 2013.
- La Maga Abbandonata . Arias from Rinaldo , Alcina and Amadigi . With Simone Kermes and Maite Beaumont , as well as Donna Leon (narration), DHM 2007
- Sento brillar - Handel's arias for Giovanni Carestini , with Vesselina Kasarova , RCA Red Seal 2008.
- Streams of Pleasure - Handel, sung by Karina Gauvin and Marie-Nicole Lemieux , Naive 2011.
- Animals and sounds . Animals at Handel, presented by Alan Curtis, Donna Leon and Michael Sofa, 2010.
More shots
- Conti : David Oratorio
- Gluck : Ezio . Original Prague version from 1750. With Sonia Prina (Ezio), Max Emanuel Cenčić (Valentiniano), Ann Hallenberg (Fulvia), Topi Lehtipuu (Massimo), Julian Prégardien (Varo), Mayuko Karasava (Onorio)
- Scarlatti : Tolomeo e Alessandro
- Drama queens . With Joyce DiDonato (2012)
- Il pastor fido , Madrigali amorosi. With Caterina Tragu-Röhrig , Roberta Invernizzi , Roberto Balconi , Antonio Abete . (2011)
- Re-Joyce . The Best of Joyce DiDonato (2013)
- Rossi & Lotti: Madrigals (2013)