Paisiello/Mozart/Jommelli – 2 Concerts & 1 Opera (3 Streaming videos – sub: EN)

3 DVD-Box dedicated to the Neapolitan School of the Eighteenth Century.
Riccardo Muti brought these titles to the Salzburg Festival during his tenure as Artistic Director.

LIVE Recordings with video-introductions by Riccardo Muti subtitled in English.

Jommelli’s and Mozart’s Betulia Liberata and Paisiello’s Missa Defunctorum, the latter conducted by Muti again in May 2019 in the Cathedral of Pavia and at the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in Florence.

Jommelli’s and Paisiello’s works are performed in the wonderful setting of Basilica di Sant’Apollinare in Classe, UNESCO Heritage for its world-wide famous Byzantine mosaics from the Sixth Century. One of the most visited Italian churches.

Mozart’s Betulia Liberata, recorded at Teatro Alighieri in Ravenna, shows the influence of the Neapolitan School of the Eighteenth Century on the young Austrian composer, who personally met Jommelli at the age of 16.

On the front cover: the Gulf of Naples in a gouache from the 18th Century

Content:

Video 1 – Giovanni Paisiello, Missa defunctorum
Requiem per soli, coro e orchestra

with introduction by Riccardo Muti

Riccardo Muti
Orchestra Giovanile Luigi Cherubini
La Stagione Armonica
Chorus Master Sergio Balestracci

Beatriz Diaz soprano
Anna Malavasi mezzo
Juan Francisco Gatell tenor
Nahuel Di Pierro bass

Arianna Venditelli, Lucia Napoli sopranos
Alessandra Visentin alto
Baltazar Zúñiga tenor
Dragoljub Bajic′, Raffaele Pisani, Fabrizio Da Ros basses

Ravenna, Basilica di Sant’Apollinare in Classe

Running time: 1h 48′

Video 2 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Betulia liberata
Opera – Azione sacra in due parti KV 118

with introduction by Riccardo Muti

Riccardo Muti
Orchestra Giovanile Luigi Cherubini
Philharmonia Chor Wien
Chorus master Walter Zeh
Cembalo Speranza Scappucci

Ozìa Michael Spyres
Giuditta Alisa Kolosova
Amital Marta Vandoni Iorio
Achior Nahuel di Pierro
Cabri Barbara Bargnesi
Carmi Arianna Vendittelli

Marco Gandini director
Italo Grassi scenes
Gabriella Pescucci costumes
Marco Filibeck lights

Ravenna, Teatro Alighieri

Running time: 2h 32′

Video 3 – Niccolò Jommelli, Betulia liberata
Oratorio per quattro voci, coro e strumenti

with introduction by Riccardo Muti

Riccardo Muti
Orchestra Giovanile Luigi Cherubini
Philharmonia Chor Wien
Chorus master Walter Zeh

Giuditta Laura Polverelli
Ozìa Antonio Giovannini
Carmi Dmitry Korchak
Achior Vito Priante

Vittorio Ghilemi viola da gamba
Marta Gramolino harp
Simone Gulli, Matteo Riboldi organ and cembalo

Ravenna, Basilica di Sant’Apollinare in Classe

Running time: 2h 6′

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