Renato Dolcini: Vivaldi: Il Bajazet - COMPACT DISCS

Renato Dolcini: Vivaldi: Il Bajazet - COMPACT DISCS

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Title:

Vivaldi: Il Bajazet

Artist:

Renato Dolcini

Label:

Naxos

Product Type:

COMPACT DISCS

UPC:

730099061674

Genre:

Classical Artists

Release Date:

2026-01-16

Number of Discs:

3

Il Bajazet was commissioned in 1735 to open Verona's carnival season. Vivaldi chose a libretto by Agostino Piovene drawn from the well-known story of the defeated Ottoman sultan, King Bajazet, captured by Tamerlane who duly falls in love with Bajazet's proud daughter, Asteria. Vivaldi was in his late maturity when he completed the opera, modifying his music to suit contemporary taste, and using the pasticcio form, incorporating some arias written by other, mostly Neapolitan, composers. Repurposing of this kind was wholly acceptable at the time and such works enjoyed great popularity. The conductor and Vivaldi specialist, Federico Maria Sardelli, has integrated lost arias, clarified the use of historically appropriate orchestration, and brought the opera to rich theatrical life.

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