Andre Campra: Gli Strali d'Amore

ラ・リゾナンサの新譜はカンプラ！ ソプラノはインヴェルニッツィ！
イタリア語のアリア、カンタータの真髄を追い求めるボニッツォーニ＆ラ・リゾナンサが注目したのは、舞台音楽に魅了され“オペラ・バレ”のスタイルを確立したフランス・バロックの音楽家アンドレ・カンプラ（1660-1744）！ リュリとラモーの間に位置されるフランス・オペラの重要作曲家カンプラはイタリア音楽からの影響も受けており、ボニッツォーニはこの“イタリア的な部分”を集めることにより、音楽による1つのストーリーを創り上げている。ラ・リゾナンサと共演するインヴェルニッツィ、オーヴィティ、ヴィターレの歌声が、カンプラのイタリア・アリアの“美”を見事なまでに表現する。
東京エムプラス

The "divertimento immaginario" offered here is just that: a group of Italian arias by Andre Campra, from around the turn of the 17th to the 18th century, assembled into a lighthearted tale of a little love triangle by the Italian historical-performance group La Risonanza and its leader-keyboardist, Fabio Bonizzoni. The names are redone, recitatives are added with text by Angela Romagnoli and idiomatic music by Bonizzoni himself, and the whole is interspersed with sonatas by Louis-Nicolas Clerambault. Annotator Barbara Nestola claims that Campra would have approved, and there is no reason to doubt her; appreciation of Italian opera in France did not begin with Francois Couperin but existed on the margins of official French style for several decades prior to that. Campra's arias were incorporated into French tragedies lyriques, circulated singly among enthusiasts, and generally written to fill a need even if the purity of the French style was officially maintained. So while there isn't direct evidence of pastiches like this, the idea would probably not have been without sense at the time. The program as a whole represents a sort of fusion of Italian and French style. It may be of most interest to avid followers of Baroque opera; the story of the divertimento as such does not hold together with much specificity. But the singing of soprano Roberta Invernizzi is as freely gorgeous as ever, and there are a few lovely arias. Sample the hypnotic sleep duet, track 20, to hear the nearly as-good male singers. The small string group and the theorbo-and-harpsichord continuo of La Risonanza creates a relaxed sound that passes for the 17th-century equivalent of a mellow romantic mood. Recommended, especially for fans of the divine Invernizzi.