The surviving second and third acts of Catone in Utica, one of Metastasio's most dramatic libretti, premiered in Verona in the spring of 1737 in a setting by Vivaldi, contain some of his finest, most mature, and most original arias, and are published here for the first time. They evince a potential dramatic intensity that makes us regret all the more the loss of the first act. Only one aria of Act I can be definitely recovered from a surviving opera, but the rest has now also been successfully reconstructed by Alessandro Ciccolini, whose intimate knowledge of Vivaldi's working methods, combined with brilliant stylistic insight won universal acclaim for his work on Vivaldi's Motezuma and Ercole sul Termodoonte. Ciccolini has also composed cadenzas and da capo variations for all the arias, published here in an appendix.A complete recording under the direction of Alan Curtis is available from Naïve Records(OP30545).Press Quotes:'[For his completion,] Alessandro Ciccolini, who, mindful that Vivaldi frequently adapted vocal music for his instrumental works and vice versa, has composed the missing passages using themes from the concertos as his starting point. His arias dovetail beautifully with Vivaldi's scheme of things...' The Guardian'Ciccolini and Curtis deserve enormous credit for transforming an incomplete obscurity into a coherent and compelling opera.'Gramophone'The opera survives incomplete, but this is a fascinating and apt reconstruction and there is some marvellous stuff here.' BBC Music Magazine / Conducteur

Arrangeur: Larry Foster. Pianiste de formation classique, Roberta Flack fait partie, avec Donny Hathaway ou Bill Withers, d'une génération de chanteurs soul intimistes qui s'est imposée au début des années 70. En 1973, le titre Killing Me Softly (qui sera revisité par les Fugees en 1996) caracole en tête des hit-parades du monde entier. Killing Me Softly a définitivement mis une étiquette sur cette chanteuse à la voix délicate, caressante et envoûtante qui n'est pas sans rappeler Carole King, Carly Simon et Janis Ian. La suite appartient à la légende. / Niveau : 3 / Recueil / Conducteur

Arrangeur: Larry Foster. Pianiste de formation classique, Roberta Flack fait partie, avec Donny Hathaway ou Bill Withers, d'une génération de chanteurs soul intimistes qui s'est imposée au début des années 70. En 1973, le titre Killing Me Softly (qui sera revisité par les Fugees en 1996) caracole en tête des hit-parades du monde entier. Killing Me Softly a définitivement mis une étiquette sur cette chanteuse à la voix délicate, caressante et envoûtante qui n'est pas sans rappeler Carole King, Carly Simon et Janis Ian. La suite appartient à la légende. / Niveau : 3 / Répertoire / Conducteur

Couverture Rigide. Par MARTINU BOHUSLAV. Replaces H 277 The two concertos contained in this volume represent two different stylistic periods within Martinu's work. The 'Concerto da Camera” (1941) is the last of his works inspired by the Baroque concerto grosso. The 'Rhapsody-Concerto”, composed eleven years later (1952), was the first work of his so-called 'fantasia period”, marked by a more open sense of form and an expansion of tonality. The edition of the 'Concerto da Camera' shows, for the first time, the extend of Martinu's modifications to the work since its composition and publication, particularly on the solo violin part. The edition of the 'Rhapsody-Concerto” takes into account, among others, the discovery of previously unknown contemporary performance materials. This volume of the Bohuslav Martinu-Complete Edition (BMCE) is based on a wealth of text and music sources, in particular autographs and contemporary copies that were recognized by the composer and early performers of the works, as well as some first editions created in collaboration with Martinu./ Répertoire / Conducteur