Naïve's Aria d'Opera dal fondo Foà 28 gathers a number of singers in performances of pieces taken from the National Library of Turin's Vivaldi manuscript identified by its shelfmark as "Foà 28." This manuscript, assembled by Antonio Vivaldi himself, is a collection of 47 arias and ensemble pieces taken from various operas; it is so obscure that many of the operas from which these arias are taken are yet unidentified, and its list of contents wasn't even published until 1998. Cecilia Bartoli recorded a few pieces from Foà 28 ...
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Naïve's Aria d'Opera dal fondo Foà 28 gathers a number of singers in performances of pieces taken from the National Library of Turin's Vivaldi manuscript identified by its shelfmark as "Foà 28." This manuscript, assembled by Antonio Vivaldi himself, is a collection of 47 arias and ensemble pieces taken from various operas; it is so obscure that many of the operas from which these arias are taken are yet unidentified, and its list of contents wasn't even published until 1998. Cecilia Bartoli recorded a few pieces from Foà 28 on her The Vivaldi Album, and one of these is repeated here, but the remaining 15 selections are split between soprano Sandrine Piau, mezzo-sopranos Ann Hallenberg and Guillemette Laurens, and tenor Paul Agnew. The musical accompaniment is provided by period instrument ensemble Modo Antiquo in editions prepared by its leader, Federico Maria Sardelli.Aria d'Opera dal fondo Foà 28 gets off to kind of a slow start, as both singers and ensemble seem to be sneaking up on the music, as...
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