Xavier Sabata, Le Concert de l'Hostel Dieu, Franck-Emmanuel Comte
AP425 - 1CD - 63' - Apr 10, 2026
Xavier Sabata and Le Concert de l’Hostel Dieu, under the direction of Frank-Emmanuel Comte, revisit the myth of Orlando through a programme highlighting the different facets of the chivalric hero.
The myth of Orlando Furioso, conceived by Ludovico Ariosto in the 16th century, is one of the most fertile for dramatic and musical imagination. Between chivalrous heroism, romantic torment and psychological turmoil, it explores the limits of passion and the fractures of the human soul, offering Baroque composers an ideal terrain for expressing the tension between reason and madness, order and chaos. This programme bears witness to this, traversing the many faces of Orlando through excerpts from operas by Vivaldi, Handel, Steffani, Fux and Porpora, where recitatives, arias and instrumental movements mirror his inner world.
Nicola Porpora (1686-1768)
L’Angelica (1720)
1. “La bella mia nemica” 3’30
2. “Ove son? Chi mi guida? / Da me che volete” 7’04
Johann Joseph Fux (1660-1741)
Angelica vincitrice di Alcina (1716)
3. “Sì, pugnate, pugnate ognor”* 4’00
4. Gique from Serenade in C major K.352 (1701) 0’48
Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)
Orlando (1733)
5. “T’ubbidirò, crudele / Fammi combattere” 4’19
6. “Ah! Stigie larve” 7’44
7. “Già per la man d’Orlando / Già l’ebbro mio ciglio” 5’55
Johann Joseph Fux
8. Rigadon et Lourré from Overture in G minor K.355 (1701) 2’39
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Orlando furioso (1727)
9. “Nel profondo cieco mondo” 4’29
Agostino Steffani (1654-1728)
Orlando generoso (1691)
10. Ouverture 2’34
11. “A che ti serve, Orlando / In quest’alma che langue, che geme” 5’23
12. “Che vidi! Che ascoltai? /Armi, stragi, vendetta, furore!” 3’21
Johann Joseph Fux
Angelica vincitrice di Alcina (1716)
13. Aria per le furie* 2’14
Agostino Steffani Orlando generoso (1691)
14. “Io dunque senz’armi” 9’28
* World premiere recording
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