Pompa [Import]

Track Listings

 
1. Introdurso/Pompa
2. Scarognata
3. Nottingam
4. I Love My Disco Baby
5. Sfogo
6. Berta
7. Unisex
8. Famiglia Cristiana
9. Marcia Dell'equo Canone

Editorial Reviews

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Pompa,Squallor,Wea,World Beat,World Music
Vivaldi: Sacred Music [Hybrid SACD]
Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
  • Could be a personal bias
Vivaldi: Sacred Music [Hybrid SACD]

Manufacturer: Naxos
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00030B916
Release Date: 2004-11-16

Album Description

Volume 1 of Vivaldi's complete sacred music features the impressive if less familiar of the two settings of the Gloria, RV 588, the second setting of the vespers psalm Dixit Dominus, and Nulla in mundo pax sincera, used with striking effect in the film Shine. With texts divided between soloists and chorus, both compositions bear all the hallmarks of Vivaldi's finest choral works: festive brilliance, dramatic changes of mood and texture, and passages of aching melancholy. Conductor Kevin Mallon founded the Aradia Ensemble in 1996, and has already made 20 highly regarded recordings with the group for Naxos.

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars Could be a personal bias.......2007-01-15

Is it me, or are modern performances of Baroque music always inclined to be driven at much too high a tempo? This recording is symptomatic of this modern "disease." Not every single track suffers from this malady, but the joyous, usually quick tempo'd numbers are excessively so in my opinion, which annoys me. It's like a speed contest to finish the movement in the fastest time to date. Other than that, which I have returned CD's for in the past, a respectable recording.
Victor Recordings, Vol. 1 (1903-1909)
Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
  • Marston Does it Again - and Again
  • terrible sound quality
  • An excellent preservation of a remarkable voice.
Victor Recordings, Vol. 1 (1903-1909)

Manufacturer: Marston
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000004BOE
Release Date: 1997-10-14

Tracks:

  1. Dich, teure Halle
  2. Ho-jo-to-ho
  3. O patria mia
  4. Du bist die Ruh'
  5. O patria mia
  6. Einsam in truben Tagen
  7. Der Nussbaum
  8. Aus meinen grossen Schmerzen
  9. Liebchen ist da!
  10. Ave Maria
  11. Einsam in truben Tagen
  12. Ho-jo-to-ho
  13. Ave Maria
  14. Erlkonig
  15. Verborgene Wunden
  16. Like The Rose Bud
  17. O patria mia
  18. Allmacht'ge Jungfrau
  19. Dich, teure Halle
  20. Mild und leise
  21. Inflammatus et accensus

Tracks:

  1. Widmung
  2. Standchen
  3. How Much I Love You
  4. The Year's At The Spring
  5. Standchen
  6. Gretchen am Spinnrade
  7. Ritorna Vincitor
  8. Traft ihr das Schiff
  9. Selig, wie die Sonne, Take 1
  10. Selig, wie die Sonne, Take 2
  11. Voi lo sapete
  12. Irish Folk Song
  13. Ich weiss Euch einen lieben Schatz
  14. War es so schmahlich?
  15. Fort denn eile
  16. Dein Werk
  17. Jochanaan, ich bin verliebt
  18. Fliegt heim, ihr Raben
  19. Ewig war ich
  20. Fu la sorte...Alla pompa
  21. La fatal pietra...O terra addio

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Marston Does it Again - and Again.......2002-03-13

Ward Marston has developed an amazing ability to bring old recordings back to life. The Gadski collections - there are two of them on his label - are amazing preservations of one of the great but neglected dramatic sopranos of the first 50 years of the 20th century. Listeners brought up on modern sound will have trouble with the surface noise; but learn to listen beyond it. Nobody sings like this today.

1 out of 5 stars terrible sound quality.......2002-01-05

Although this CD has its place as a historic recording of Johanna Gadski, the sound quality is so terrible it is practically impossible to even evaluate Gadski's voice. If you buy this CD, do it only to have a recording of hers in your collection. DO NOT buy this CD for the great repertoire on it. It is not something you will listen to for enjoyment when wanting to hear beautiful music.

5 out of 5 stars An excellent preservation of a remarkable voice........1998-09-23

Here is the "Golden Age" dramatic soprano, captured at her best in excerpts from the German and Italian operas in which she excelled, with some truly exquisite recordings of songs thrown in for good measure. This long-neglected artist has finally achieved the recognition she has so long-since deserved.
Grieg: Works for Piano, Vol. 2
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    Grieg: Works for Piano, Vol. 2

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    Grieg: Works for Piano, Vol. 6
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      Grieg: Works for Piano, Vol. 3
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        Grieg: Works for Piano, Vol. 5
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          Grieg: Works for Piano, Vol. 4
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              3. Antonio pompa-Baldi Plays Johannes Brahms

              ASIN: B0007WFY7A
              Release Date: 2005-03-29

              Tracks:

              1. I. Allegro Con Leggerezza
              2. II. Non Allegro E Molto Espressivo
              3. III. Mazurka
              4. IV. Allegretto Con Moto
              5. I. Allegro, Ma Non Troppo
              6. II. Allegro Contabile
              7. III. Con Moto
              8. IV. Andante Con Sentimento
              9. V. Allegro Moderato
              10. VI. Allegro Scherzando
              11. I. Praeludium
              12. II. Sarabande
              13. III. Gavotte
              14. IV. Air
              15. V. Riagudon
              16. I. Allegro Moderato
              17. II. Andante Molto
              18. III. Alla Menuetto, Ma Poco Piu Lento
              19. IV. Finale: Molto Allegro
              Vivaldi: Dixit Dominus, RV 595; Gloria, RV 588; Nulla in mundo pax sincera
              Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
              • Glory be to God, for Vivaldi
              • Vivaldi's 'other' Dixit Dominus and his 'other' Gloria
              Vivaldi: Dixit Dominus, RV 595; Gloria, RV 588; Nulla in mundo pax sincera

              Manufacturer: Naxos
              ProductGroup: Music
              Binding: Audio CD

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              ASIN: B00030B9E8
              Release Date: 2004-11-16

              Tracks:

              1. Dixit Dominus: Allegro
              2. Donec Ponam Inimicos Tuos: Andante
              3. Virgam Virtutis Tuae: Allegro
              4. Tecum Principium: Allegro
              5. Juravit Dominus: Largo - Presto
              6. Dominus A Dextris Tuis: Allegro
              7. Judicabit In Nationibus: Largo - Presto
              8. De Torrente In Via Bibet: Largo
              9. Gloria Patri: Andante
              10. Sicut Erat In Principio: Allegro
              11. Et In Saecula Saeculorum: (Allegro)
              12. (Aria): Nulla In Mundo: Larghetto - Jane Archibald
              13. Recitativo: Blando Colore - Jane Archibald
              14. (Aria): Spirat Anguis: Allegro - Jane Archibald
              15. Alleluia: (Allegro) - Jane Archibald
              16. Jubilate, O Amoeni Chori: Allegro
              17. Recitativo: In Tam Solemni Pompa
              18. Sonoro Modulamine - I Gloria In Excelsis (RV 588): Allegro
              19. II. Et In Terra Pax: Largo
              20. III. Laudamus Te: Allegro
              21. IV. Gratias Agimus Tibi: Adagio
              22. V. Domine Deus, Rex Coelestis: Largo
              23. V. I Domine, Fili Unigenite: (Allegro)
              24. V. II Domine Deus, Agnus Dei: Allegro
              25. V. III Qui Tollis Peccata Mundi: Adagio
              26. IX. Qui Sedes Ad Dexteram Patris: Largo
              27. X. Quoniam Tu Solus Sanctus: Allegro
              28. XI. Cum Sancto Spiritu: Adagio - (Allegro)

              Album Description

              Volume 1 of Vivaldi's complete sacred music features the impressive if less familiar of the two settings of the Gloria, RV 588, the second setting of the vespers psalm Dixit Dominus, and Nulla in mundo pax sincera, used with striking effect in the film Shine. With texts divided between soloists and chorus, both compositions bear all the hallmarks of Vivaldi's finest choral works: festive brilliance, dramatic changes of mood and texture, and passages of aching melancholy. Conductor Kevin Mallon founded the Aradia Ensemble in 1996, and has already made 20 highly regarded recordings with the group for Naxos.

              Customer Reviews:

              5 out of 5 stars Glory be to God, for Vivaldi.......2005-10-03

              Nobody else but Vivaldi from
              the opening notes of the
              Dixit Dominus, to the
              closing ones in the
              "Cum Sancto Spiritus"
              Vivaldi's musical style
              of well specified.
              Choral music from
              the same great composer
              who brought us "The Four Seasons".
              Vivaldi's choral works
              too are as highly regarded
              as his most famous concerti.
              In the Gloria we get a bonus,
              there is an introductory "Jubilate"
              that in the original is attached to
              the RV 588 Gloria, that we do not
              get with most recordings, but the
              reason for this is that the
              "Jubilate" can be played separate.
              The Aradia Ensemble does a great
              job, and the soloists sing wonderfully.
              Mr. Mallon did a great job putting
              all together...

              5 out of 5 stars Vivaldi's 'other' Dixit Dominus and his 'other' Gloria.......2005-01-09

              Prolific as Vivaldi was, he seems to be represented in most people's minds by only a few works: 'The Four Seasons,' of course, a few others of the violin concerti and among his sacred vocal works the 'Gloria' in D major, RV 589 (with its familiar opening bouncing octaves on D) and the 'Dixit Dominus,' RV 594. Presented here, however, are the other surviving 'Gloria', RV 588, also in D major, and the rarely heard other 'Dixit Dominus,' RV 595. Confusing? Well, yes. It doesn't help that the RV numbers (Ryom-Verzeichnis, named for musicologist Peter Ryom) are contiguous in each case and thus easily mistaken for each other. It is a shame, though, that these alternative settings are not better known, and it was a brilliant idea for Kevin Mallon and his Aradia* Ensemble to put them together on a CD and, further, to give them sterling performances. I expect some buyers might obtain this CD thinking they were getting the better-known versions of 'Gloria' and 'Dixit Dominus.' Naxos makes it clear in the printed matter on the back of the CD that these are not those, but frankly even if a musiclover bought these by mistake he or she wouldn't be disappointed in the music itself, because these two lesser-known settings are every bit as good as their sister works. Indeed, in my opinion the second 'Gloria' is ultimately more satisfying because it is more subtle and also because in this presentation it is linked with a lightly scored introduction containing a da capo aria for contralto, 'Jubilate, o amoeni chori' ('Rejoice, fair choirs'), a B minor recitative, and another brief aria 'Sonoro modulamine' ('In sounding music') that then lead directly in the choir's jubilant 'Gloria in excelsis.' Nonetheless, this 'Gloria' partakes of the same joy and choral felicity as its sibling. High points include the minor-key 'Et in terra pax' with its descending scale motif with close imitation in the choral voices, against throbbing chords in the now-expanded orchestra. 'Laudamus te' is a duet for sopranos in joyous roulades in thirds. 'Domine deus, rex coelestis' is a spirited tenor solo. 'Domine, Fili unigenite' is a short choral fugue, just as it is in its better-known sister, and frankly it strikes me as having more satisfying counterpoint but, darn it, it's too brief! A plaintive oboe solo opens the soprano's aria, 'Domine Deus, Agnus Dei.' Then two oboes join in in the following choral 'Qui tollis.' These two linked movements are the sublime apex of the musical arc. Tension is released in a lilting contralto aria, 'Qui sedes ad dextram patris,' which is followed by the soprano's buoyant G major 'Quoniam tu solus sanctus.' We return to our home key of D major in the choral 'Cum Sancto Spirito,' which begins solemnly but then breaks into final fugue with baroque trumpet obbligato.

              'Dixit Dominus,' a setting of the 109th Psalm ('The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand') is scored for five vocal soloists, five part chorus, two oboes, strings and continuo. It is partly celebratory and partly minatory ('The Lord ... shall wound even kings in the day of his wrath') and Vivaldi catches both aspects of this Vespers Psalm beautifully, weaving back and forth between the joyous and the sternly remonstrative. This 20-minute work is served well by Mallon and his marvelous Aradia Ensemble, which includes both instrumentalists and chorus. His vocal soloists are largely drawn from the chorus and there is not a weak one among them. They are Michelle de Boer, soprano; Anita Krause, mezzo; Peter Mahon, countertenor; Nils Brown, tenor; and Giles Tomkins, bass.

              The only soloist from outside the chorus is Jane Archibald whose silvery and flexible soprano is heard not only in 'Dixit Dominus' and 'Gloria' but also in the extraordinarily beautiful (and new to me) motet for solo soprano, strings and continuo, 'Nulla in mundo pax sincera' ('In the world there is no real peace'), in which she charms with both her sweet tone and absolutely secure coloratura. It contains a gentle siciliano 'Nulla in mundo' that sounds as much like Handel as anything here; for some reason it reminds me of the opening chorus of his 'Solomon.' The text promises serenity in the world beyond. The following recitative and da capo aria warn that the blandishments of the world are false (with fiercesome fioriture) before returning to the hope of sacred peace, ending with an 'Alleluia.' This is a very fine piece and is done superbly by soloist and orchestra alike.

              I've increasingly come to feel that the Aradia Ensemble has become one of the better baroque music groups in the world. I look forward to each of their releases.

              Give yourself a present. Get this CD and learn some unfamiliar Vivaldi in marvelous performances.

              Scott Morrison

              *It's Aradia - not ArCadia. Aradia was Apollo's twin sister, daughter of Leto and Zeus, who was sent by the gods to teach humankind to transmute the music of the natural world into song.
              11th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition: Maxim Philippov & Antonio Pompa-Baldi
              Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
              • Pompa-Baldi is Superb Pianist
              11th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition: Maxim Philippov & Antonio Pompa-Baldi

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              ASIN: B00005QKFO
              Release Date: 2001-10-09

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              The word among piano fanciers after the completion of the 11th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition was that the Fort Worth contest had fielded the strongest team of finalists in its 40-year history. To judge by this excellent recording, the two pianists who shared second prize, Antonio Pompa-Baldi of Italy and Maxim Philippov of Russia, must have lost out to the two who shared first (Russia's Olga Kern and Stanislav Ioudenitch) by no more than a sixteenth note.

              In Chopin's Sonata No. 2 in B-flat Minor ("Funeral March"), Pompa-Baldi proves himself a more interesting Chopin player than Jon Nakamatsu, the first-prize winner of the 10th Cliburn. Pompa-Baldi's performance of the B-flat Minor Sonata is intelligently organized and lyrical. If it lacks the conviction and thrust that Evgeny Kissin brings to the piece in his BMG recording, one could make the same criticism about almost every other recording of the work by a living pianist. Pompa-Baldi does a fine job with the bright Franco-Italian colors of Poulenc's "Caprice italien" (the final movement of the composer's Napoli Suite) and the motoric rhythms of Prokoviev's Etude in D Minor. His most convincing performance is his reading of Scriabin's Sonata No. 4 in F sharp Major. In its wit and sophistication, Pompa-Baldi's Scriabin more nearly approaches the music of Debussy than that of Rachmaninov--an interpretive route that Scriabin, never a fan of his countryman's music, would, no doubt, have approved.

              Rachmaninov that sounds traditional in its dark coloration and keening poignancy is what Philippov supplies in his performances of 10 of the composer's 13 Preludes, Op. 32. This is playing I would call great were it not for versions just as reliable and slightly more wonderful--such as Ashkenazy's recording of all 24 Preludes on Decca and Richter's selection of 13 Preludes from Op. 23 and Op. 32 (most recently available on an Olympia disc). For a complete version of Op. 32 that is utterly different--more attentive to the polyphonic play of voices, less conventionally virtuosic, and lighter in textures--try Konstantin Lifschitz's brilliant account on Denon, which is coupled with music by Scriabin, including an astonishing performance of the Sonata No. 5. --Stephen Wigler

              Customer Reviews:

              5 out of 5 stars Pompa-Baldi is Superb Pianist.......2006-02-27

              I just saw Antonio Pompa-Baldi and his beautiful wife, Emanuela Frisciani, at a duo pianists concert in Merrick, LI, and they were among the top performers of the Merrick-Bellmore Community Concert Association's 50 year history. The audience adored them. I bought this CD, and it is fantastic - The only thing better would have been a DVD of the performance!

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              2. Rai: Moroccan to Algerian-The Gold Collection
              3. Reencontro [Import]
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              5. Seuls Au Monde
              6. Shake [Enhanced] [Import]
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              8. So Pra Voce
              9. Souk System [Import]
              10. Su Di Me [Import]

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