Consort Maghini - Caldara Gioseffo [CD]

Antonio Caldara (1670-1736) was revered by his contemporaries as one of the greatest European composers.

After his training, he worked in the most important cities and courts of Italy as well as in Barcelona at the court of King Charles III of Habsburg. When he was elected Emperor as Charles VI, he brought the composer to the Habsburg court in Vienna as vice-chapelmaster.

At the height of his creative powers, Caldara created the oratorio Gioseffo che interpreta i sogni (Joseph, the interpreter of dreams) for the Viennese imperial court in 1726. It takes up the Old Testament story of Joseph, who interprets dreams in prison during his Pharaonic captivity, until this even reaches the Pharaoh. He has him released from prison and finally elevates him to the rank of minister because of his gift. In addition to the biblical figures of Joseph and Pharaoh as well as the baker and the cupbearer, the librettist Giovanni Battista Neri adds the figure of the deceitful servant Zedekiah and a narrator who comments on the action in a lyricalmanner.

Caldara set his text to music according to the musical taste of the emperor, who, as an accomplished connoisseur, also appreciated artful counterpoint and fugue technique. The work is also characterized by its colourful orchestration, in which instruments such as the chalumeau and psaltery are also used.

Coro Maghini (Maghini Choir) is a professional choral ensemble based in Turin, Italy who has worked closely with Italian Radio Television (Rai) Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai since 1995. This prestigious collaboration has seen many important performances, including the Mass in B minor, St. Matthew and St John Passion and Magnificat (JS Bach). They have performed under such prestigious directors as Rafael Fruhbeck De Burgos, Kirill Petrenko, Gerd Albrecht, Kristian Jarvi, Gianandrea Noseda, Christopher Hogwood and Ivor Bolton.Since 2007 the chorus has worked regularly with Academia Montis Regalis and its director Alessandro de Marchi, with whom numerous Baroque concert projects have been realised including this new recording on the Glossa label.

Antonio Caldara: Gioseffo che interpreta i sogni - Sinfonia

Testo Dorme l'uomo: e allor che dorme

Testo E del Giusto il cor un foco

Testo A questo degli spirti

Testo Tal fra gelidi marmi

Faraone Il favellar dell'ombre, chi l'intende?

Gioseffo Chi vi toglie

Faraone Sedecia, e dove sei?

Gioseffo Forse vi turba il ritener avvinto

Sedecia No, piu di me non puo

Coppiere Godi, giubila, o cor

Faraone Tutti in mille pensieri

Gioseffo Si, si, godrai sicuro

Faraone e Sedecia Deh! replica l'arti

Panatiere O crudelissimo

Testo Udia queste del Rege

Testo Cosi prospero all'uno

Coppiere Fulminate un core ingrato

Faraone Ecco il Di, che di gigli e di rose

Coppiere Mio Re, su la tua fronte

Faraone Fumino in lauta mensa

Gioseffo Liberta cara, e gradita

Coppiere e Faraone Dolce suono di tromba giuliva

Coppiere Dubbio non v'e; gia tolti

Testo Correa tutto sommerso in festa

Coppiere e Sedecia Felice il cor non sa che piu sperar

Gioseffo E quando mai potro cessar di piangere?

Gioseffo Taci, che dopo il riso

Gioseffo Chi da queste catene

Gioseffo Se Dio tutto puo

Gioseffo Son di Dio giusti comandi

Faraone Se mi spiegasti il sogno

Panatiere Da' tuoi saggi pensieri

Coro O Gioseffo di Christo

Ritonello Strumentale

Panatiere Par che l'anima si consoli

Ritonello Strumentale

Gioseffo Cio che non puoi fuggire, incontra ardito

Coro di Prigionieri Del gran Dio d'Israele al sovran cenno

• Genre: Classical
• Product Type: AUDIO CD
• Barcode: 8424562235434
• Release Date: June 20, 2025

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