MARIA & MADDALENA - Francesca Aspromonte, I Barocchisti, Diego Fasolis

ORATORIOS ON TWO ARCHETYPAL WOMEN

On her second PENTATONE album Maria & Maddalena, star soprano Francesca Aspromonte explores the Two Marys in oratorios by Lulier, Bononcini, Leopoldo I d’Asburgo, Caldara, Perti, Handel and Scarlatti, partly in new editions, documenting the extremely bloom of the genre in the years around 1700. She performs these works together with violinist Boris Begelman as well as the seasoned players of I Barocchisti under the baton of the eminent Diego Fasolis. Traditionally seen as two feminine opposites, with far-reaching moral implications, Aspromonte brings the Virgin Mary and Mary Magdalene together as two beautiful and strong women who turned their lives upside down by making the choice to dedicate themselves completely to an ideal. Her interpretation of these exceptional pieces explores all the emotions of the Two Marys, constituting a fascinating and profoundly moving portrait of what it means to be a woman.

1        Oratorio à 6 Per la Nascità Del Redentore: “Di Quei Lampi Che Vanta L’aurora”
Composed By – Giovanni Lorenzo Lulier
2        La Conversione Di Maddalena: “Del Favellar Divino…Sinché Ridon Le Rose”
Composed By – Giovanni Battista Bononcini*
3        Il Crocefisso Per Grazia (Draghi): “Ecco Qui L’incomprensibile”
Composed By – Leopoldo I D'asburgo*
4        La Maddalena Ai Piedi di Cristo: Sinfonia
Composed By – Antonio Caldara
5        La Conversione di Maddalena: “Cor Imbelle A Due Nemici”
Composed By – Giovanni Battista Bononcini*
6        La Maddalena Ai Piedi di Cristo:“Omai Spezza Quel Nodo…Pompe Inutili”
Composed By – Antonio Caldara
7        La Conversione di Maddalena: “Sì Sì, Risolvo Col Mio Dolore”
Composed By – Giovanni Battista Bononcini*
8        Oratorio à 6 Per la Nascità Del Redentore: "Tu Dormi O Figlio…Figlio Mio, Se Nel Pensiero”
Composed By – Giovanni Lorenzo Lulier
9        La Conversione di Maddalena: Sinfonia
Composed By – Giovanni Battista Bononcini*
10        La Sepoltura di Cristo: “Del Nazareno Non Era In Seno”
Composed By – Giacomo Antonio Perti
11        La Maddalena Ai Piedi di Cristo: “Deh, S’un Tempo Percossa…In Lagrime Stemprato”
Composed By – Antonio Caldara
12        Gesù al Sepolcro
Composed By – Giacomo Antonio Perti
13        La Resurrezione: Overture
Composed By – George Frideric Handel*
14        La Resurrezione: Se Maria Dunque Spera…Ho Un Non So Che Nel Cor
Composed By – George Frideric Handel*
15        La Resurrezione: Se Impassibile, Immortale
Composed By – George Frideric Handel*
16        La Santissima Annunziata
Composed By – Alessandro Scarlatti