Vivaldi a Due Voce

Editorial Reviews
From the Artist
Singing Vivaldi’s works is a special thrill for a singer. The music is lovely, challenging, and varied. It requires both lightness and strength. Since Vivaldi spent much of his life composing music for treble (soprano and alto) voices (when he wasn’t composing instrumental music), he truly explored the limits. There are great leaps in pitch, quicksilver runs and coloratura patterns, soaring lyricism, all beautifully suited to the text. His musical output was enormous, and much of it, particularly the vocal music, is just being rediscovered. Much of this music was therefore new to us, and probably will be to you. To say that we had a wonderful time singing it is to be guilty of gross understatement. We hope you get as great pleasure out of listening to it.

About the Artist
Concert artist/actress Eileen Mager made her debut as a recitalist in Chicago, and has been performing solo recitals in Arizona for the past sixteen years. She also has appeared as featured soloist in many Phoenix venues. Ms. Mager was the Artistic Director of the 2000-2001 Arizona Vivaldi Festival, the director of the Festival’s American Premiere performance of La Fida Ninfa, and a featured soloist at the original Festival in 1998. Her repertoire is very broad — ranging from opera... read more

Album Description
Both of these brilliantly gifted artists are new to the Eroica Classical Recordings label.

Eileen Mager, soprano Eileen studied voice with Marie S. Kraft at the Cleveland Institute of Music, with Julia LeVine in Chicago, and now works with John Merwin in Scottsdale. She began singing professionally in Chicago, moved with her husband to California, and then to Arizona in 1982. She is one of that rare breed: a recitalist. She is a leading performer for the Arizona Vivaldi Festivals, sings with the Arizona chamber choir Cantemus, and is a frequent solo performer in Arizona churches and concert venues. She was Artistic Director for the 2000-2001 Arizona Vivaldi Festival. Her repertoire is very broad - from opera to jazz, Broadway to folk, classical religious works to spirituals and gospels - and her performances have included works of more than 80 composers, in 15 languages.

Ellen Brown, piano and keyboard Versatility is the word to use when describing Ellen Brown. A native of Ohio, she was educated in classical music and holds the Bachelor of Music Education degree from Mount Union College, and the Master of Music degree from Arizona State University, but her musical tastes go far beyond the classics. She has performed in a wide variety of musical venues, including doing two-piano jazz concers with her husband Glenn Brown, accompanying for opera stars, jazz singers, Broadway shows, and classical organ concerts. She has arranged and accompanied for the McGuire Sisters, and for Metropolitan and New York City Opera singers Robers Hale, Richard McKee, and Patricia Miller. She is currently a professional church organist and choir director, and a member of the Adjunct Faculty at Phoenix College.

Vivaldi a Due Voce

Vivaldi a Due Voce, Music, Antonio Vivaldi, members of Apperson Strings, Isola Jones, members of Four Seasons Orchestra, Eileen Mager, Choral, Classical, Classical Vocals, Gloria, If you like the Metropolitan Opera, you'll love this Eroica cd, featuring two world renowned divas., Italian Baroque Opera, Magnificat, Opera, Psalm Setting, Solo Voice(s) and Small Ensemble, Vocal

Average customer rating: A Vivaldi Lover's Paradise

Vivaldi a Due Voce Manufacturer: Eroica Classical ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Vivaldi | Vivaldi, Antonio | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Magnificats | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Psalms | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Classical | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00005S0L5 Release Date: 2001-10-01

Tracks:

1. T'intendo si mio cor, from T'intendo si mio cor, RV 688 (Mager)
2. Aure soavi e grate, from T'intendo si mio cor, RV 688 (Mager)
3. Placido zeffiretto, from T'intendo si mio cor, RV 688 (Mager)
4. Dimmi, pastore, from La Fida Ninfa, RV 714 (Jones & Mager)
5. O qui coeli terraeque serenitas, from O qui coeli terraeque serenitas, RV 631 (Jones)
6. Fac ut sordescat tellus, from O qui coeli terraeque serenitas, RV 631 (Jones)
7. "T'intendo si mio cor," from T'intendo si mio cor, RV 688 (Mager)
8. "Aure soavi e grate," from T'intendo si mio cor, RV 688 (Mager)
9. "Placido zeffiretto," from T'intendo si mio cor, RV 688 (Mager)
10. "Dimmi, pastore," from La Fida Ninfa, RV 714 (Jones & Mager)
11. "O qui coeli terraeque serenitas," from O qui coeli terraeque serenitas, RV 631 (Jones)
12. "Fac ut sordescat tellus," from O qui coeli terraeque serenitas, RV 631 (Jones)
13. "Rosa quae moritur," from O qui coeli terraeque serenitas, RV 631 (Jones)
14. "Alleluia," from O qui coeli terraeque serenitas, RV 631 (Jones)
15. "Gloria et divitiae," from Beatus vir, RV 595 (Mager & Jones)
16. "Sposa son disprezzata," from Bajazet, RV 703 (Mager)
17. "Di due rai," aria, RV 749.4 (Jones)
18. "Agitata da due venti," from La Griselda, RV 718 (Mager)
19. "Laudamus te," from Gloria, RV 589 (Mager & Jones)

Album Description

Eileen Mager, soprano Eileen studied voice with Marie S. Kraft at the Cleveland Institute of Music, with Julia LeVine in Chicago, and now works with John Merwin in Scottsdale. She began singing professionally in Chicago, moved with her husband to California, and then to Arizona in 1982. She is one of that rare breed: a recitalist. She is a leading performer for the Arizona Vivaldi Festivals, sings with the Arizona chamber choir Cantemus, and is a frequent solo performer in Arizona churches and concert venues. She was Artistic Director for the 2000-2001 Arizona Vivaldi Festival. Her repertoire is very broad - from opera to jazz, Broadway to folk, classical religious works to spirituals and gospels - and her performances have included works of more than 80 composers, in 15 languages.

Ellen Brown, piano and keyboard Versatility is the word to use when describing Ellen Brown. A native of Ohio, she was educated in classical music and holds the Bachelor of Music Education degree from Mount Union College, and the Master of Music degree from Arizona State University, but her musical tastes go far beyond the classics. She has performed in a wide variety of musical venues, including doing two-piano jazz concers with her husband Glenn Brown, accompanying for opera stars, jazz singers, Broadway shows, and classical organ concerts. She has arranged and accompanied for the McGuire Sisters, and for Metropolitan and New York City Opera singers Robers Hale, Richard McKee, and Patricia Miller. She is currently a professional church organist and choir director, and a member of the Adjunct Faculty at Phoenix College.

Customer Reviews:

A Vivaldi Lover's Paradise.......2002-06-25

Average customer rating: It's Okay...

Vivaldi a Due Voce Manufacturer: Eroica Classical Recordings ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Vivaldi | Vivaldi, Antonio | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Magnificats | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Psalms | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B0000C0UFX Release Date: 2003-08-12

Tracks:

1. Laudamus te - Duet from "Introduzione al Gloria", RV 588
2. Lascera - Aria from "Il Tigrane", also known as "La virtu triumfante del amore", RV 740 (Isola Jones)
3. La farfalletta saggira al lume - Aria from cantata of the same name, RV 660 (Eileen Mager)
4. Sebben sente - Aria from "Ercole sul Termodonte", RV 710 (Jones)
5. Esurientes implevit bonis - Duet from "Magnificat", RV 610
6. Spirat anguis inter flores - Aria from "Nulla in mundo pax sincera",
7. Aria: Tintendo sio cor
8. Recitative: Aure soavi e grate
9. Aria: Placido zeffiretto
10. Dimmi, pastore - Duet from "La Fida Ninfa", RV 714
11. Aria: O qui coeli terraeque serenitas
12. Recit: Fac ut sordescat tellus
13. Aria: Rosa quae moritur
14. Alleluia
15. Gloria et Divitiae - Duet from "Beatus vir", RV 595
16. Sposa son disprezzata - Aria from "Bajazet", also known as "Tamerlano",
17. Di due rai - Aria, RV 749.4 (Jones)
18. Agitata da due venti - aria from "La Griselda", RV 718 (Mager)
19. Laudamus te (Duet from "Gloria", RV 589)

Album Description

Customer Reviews:

It's Okay..........2007-04-25

Music Review:

1. A Ceremony of Carols
2. A.E. Housman: A Shropshire Lad, Complete in verse and song
3. Abduction From the Seraglio (Hungarian)
4. Alfred Cortot Plays Short Works
5. Angel's Song: New Music Salisbury Cathedral
6. Antonio Scotti
7. Arne Nordheim: Complete Violin Music
8. Beethoven Piano Concertos
9. Bluebeard's Castle / Violin Sonata
10. Brahms: String Sextet No. 2; Kurt Hopstein: Vergessene Gärten

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