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Reviewer: David Vickers II
Pomo d’Oro only formed last year but the band already have a prolific
recording profile, with several Naïve Vivaldi Edition volumes - under their
belt. Now they are involved in two countertenor recitals, both directed by
the orchestra’s principal concertmaster Riccardo Minasi. Max Emanuel Cencic
places a few Vivaldi arias (including some whose authorship is uncertain)
alongside an attractive variety of music by close contemporaries who were
either Venetian compatriots or at least had close tics to the city. Cencic
and Il Pomo d’Oro both have a predilection for flamboyant gestures, so there
is plenty of visceral energy in quick music such as ‘Barbaro non cornprendo’
(from Caldara’s Adriano in Siria). Minasi also allows slower music to
breathe softly, such as the beguiling pastoral ‘Mormorando quelle fronde’
(from Porta’s La costanza combattuta in amore), during which two
concertino violins play in tandem with pizzicato strings. Cencic is
supremely talented at getting around fast coloratura passages (‘Io son rea
dell’onor mio’ from Vivaldi’s Argippo) but reflective lyrical arias
prove to be more memorable, such as Apollo’s ‘Pianta bella’ from Albinoni’s
serenata II nascirnento de l’Aurora. The monotony of strings and
continuo makes one yearn for some woodwind or brass. |
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