- Performer: Jane Archibald
- Orchestra: Orchestre Symphonique Bienne
- Conductor: Thomas Rosner
- Composer: Haydn Joseph
- Audio CD (April 26 2011)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Atm
- ASIN: B004P96WZO
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#7,802 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
- #23 in Music > Opera & Vocal > Arias
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Tuneful, Virtuosic Haydn, Beautifully Sung, Feb 25 2012
By M. Figg - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Haydn Arias (Audio CD)
Haydn's operas can seem lightweight next to the historical and musicological heft of his symphonies and quartets. Taking the arias heard here on their own terms i.e. entertainment (that dirty word!) composed for Haydn's patron Esterhazy, makes for a charming example of the composer's melodic wit and sense of lyricism. The opening "Al Tuo Seno Fortunato" ("To Your Joyous Breast") might as well be a concerto for voice, an excuse for sprinting coloratura despite a cliche text. Vocalist Jane Archibald starts strong and stays that way. Some listeners may find her unadorned delivery too detached, but the soprano's surefire technique and light (never thin) voice lets Haydn's music speak for itself. "Filomena Abbandonata" ("Philomena Abandoned") is an elegant statement of despair, and Archibald conveys a young girl's first flowering of love in the recitative and aria from L'Isola Disabitata with credibly girlish restraint rather than showy histrionics. The Orchestre Symphonique Bienne under the direction of Thomas Rosner ably accompany Archibald and contribute a few instrumental overtures. Not much groundbreaking, but plenty of beauty and fun.
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