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IL DILUVIO UNIVERSALE, FALVETTI

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IL DILUVIO UNIVERSALE, FALVETTI

Michelangelo Falvetii - Il Diluvio Universale - Chœur de chambre de Namur , Cappella Mediterranea, Dir: Leonardo García Alarcón
1 CD | AAC 256 kbps (VBR) | 124.76 MB (zip)
SEPT 2011 | 1 CD Box | Classical | Music | Language: Italian

A reel atomic bomb! The story is taken from one of the best-known and most catastrophic episodes in the Old Testament: the Lord, weary of earthly wickedness and corruption, decides to exterminate humanity by making it rain continuously for 40 days and 40 nights. He will spare only Noah, his family, and the animals of each species which He has ordered to be given shelter in the Ark. The subject is splendidly suited to dramatic treatment, and librettist Vincenzo Giattini and Falvetti take full advantage of this throughout the piece. The listener will long remember the tender duet between Noah and his wife Rad; rain overwhelms the desperate chorus, the final light of hope.

Il diluvio universale has lain forgotten for three centuries and displays an originality unparalleled in the history of the Italian oratorio. What image is more powerful than the Flood for a composer, choirmaster of a city ravaged by earthquakes and tidal waves? In 1682, this was the theme that inspired Michelangelo Falvetti to write his oratorio, in Messina, Sicily.
Leonardo Garciá Alarcón has collaborated with the Iranian master of percussion, Keyvan Chemirani on the restoration of Falvetti’s Baroque masterpiece, performed at the Ambronay Festival in 2010. Keyvan has restored to us the elements of improvisation often lost by blindly following a score. In Sicily, especially, these elements are still a living presence in folk music.

The story is taken from one of the best-known and most catastrophic episodes in the Old Testament: the Lord, weary of earthly wickedness and corruption, decides to exterminate humanity by making it rain continuously for 40 days and 40 nights. He will spare only Noah, his family, and the animals of each species which He has ordered to be given shelter in the Ark. The subject is splendidly suited to dramatic treatment, and librettist Vincenzo Giattini and Falvetti take full advantage of this throughout the piece. The listener will long remember the tender duet between Noah and his wife Rad; rain overwhelms the desperate chorus, the final light of hope.

Magali Arnault (Acqua), Mariana Flores (Rad), Caroline Weynants (Natura humana), Evelyn Ramirez Munoz (Giustizia Divina), Fabián Schofrin (Morte), Fernando Guimarães (Noè), Matteo Bellotto (Dio) & Keyvan Chemirani (Zarb, Oud, Darf) Cappella Mediterranea & Namur Chamber Choir, Leonardo Garciá Alarcón


Tracks list

1. Sinfonia - Prologo (Cedi Pietà) 2:13
2. Troppo, ah troppo soffersi 0:49
3. A' miei cenni ubbidienti 0:18
4. O Giustizia Divina 1:01
5. Seguaci del mio volere 1:57
6. Scoppijn gravidi 1:31
7. Gli protervi nel mar 0:10
8. Del tuo divino impero 0:20
9. Le nubi funeste 2:18
10. Dolce sposo Noè 6:09
11. Il Gran Dio di pietà 4:17
12. Divin Monarca 1:19
13. Motor Divino 3:14
14. Sì mie potenze armatevi 1:09
15. I tuoi decreti 1:45
16. Dal naufragio comune 0:33
17. Grazie a la man tonante 2:08
18. Empij mortali 1:23
19. Sinfonia di tempeste (A fuggire) 1:27
20. Da le caverne oscure 2:31
21. E chi mi dà aita 4:17
22. La morte ingoio 4:08
23. Son pur'io (no'l vedete) 1:59
24. Apritemi il varco a la Morte 1:45
25. Ahi che nel fin 2:50
26. Ho pur vinto 3:00
27. Placati Dio di bontà 1:45
28. Mio core festeggia 1:16
29. Cangia dolce mio Dio 1:02
30. Ecco l'Iride paciera 3:00
31. Or se tra sacre Olive