Series about and with Catalan gambist and conductor Jordi Savall.
Part 1 of “Juditha triumphans devicta Holofernis barbarie” of Antonio Vivaldi by Jordi Savall and his ensembles.
Antonio Vivaldi composed four oratorios; only one has been preserved. It is the story from the Bible about the Jewish heroin Judith who first charms the Assyrian warlord Holofernes, and, while he is sleeping it off after a copious meal, decapitates him.
Title: “Juditha triumphans devicta Holofernis barbarie”. This oratorio consists of two parts, in this episode, you hear the first part nearly in its entirety.
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1740)
From ‘Juditha Triumphans’ (Venice 1716):
1 Choeur des soldats Assyriens: Arma caedes, vindictae, furores
2 Récitatif (Holopherne): Felix en fausta dies
3 Aria (Holopherne): Nil arma, nil bella
4 Aria (Vagaus): Matrona inimica
5 Récitatif (Holopherne, Vagaus): Huc accedat Matrona
6 Aria (Judith): Quo cum patriae
7 Récitatif (Abra): Ne timeas non
8 Aria (Abra): Vultus tui vago splendori
9 Récitatif (Abra, Judith): Vide, humilis prostrata
10 Aria (Vagaus) & Choeur des soldats Assyriens: O quam vaga, venusta
11 Récitatif (Vagaus): Quem vides prope
12 Aria (Vagaus): Quamvis ferro, et ense gravis
13 Aria (Judith): Quanto magis generosa
14 Aria (Holopherne): Sede, o cara, dilecta speciosa
15 Récitatif (Judith, Holopherne): Tu judex es
16 Aria (Judith): Agitata infido flatu
17 Récitatif (Holopherne): In tentorio supernae
18 Aria (Vagaus) & Choeur de serviteurs: O servi volate
19 Récitatif (Vagaus, Abra): Tu quoque hebraica ancilla
20 Aria (Judith): Veni, veni, me sequere fida
21 Récitatif (Abra): Venio, Juditha, venio
Marianne Beate Kieland, mezzo-soprano (Judith). Marina de Liso, mezzo-soprano (Holofernes). Rachel Redmond, soprano (Holofernes’ servant Vagaus). Lucia Nartin-Cartón, soprano (Abra). La Capella Reial de Catalunya and Le Concert des Nations conducted by Jordi Savall
(CD: Antonio Vivaldi – Juditha Triumphans (Venezia 1716) – La Capella Reial de Catalunya and Le Concert des Nations conducted by Jordi Savall. AliaVox AVSA9935)
Special thanks to PIAS/Harmonia Mundi, Amsterdam.
Supplement:
Antonio Vivaldi
22 Concerto in D major, Op. 3, No.9, RV230
Le Concert des Nations conducted by Jordi Savall
