Il Sedecia, re di Gerusalemme (Album)

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Il Sedecia, re di Gerusalemme
Sedecia album cover.jpg
Studio album by
  • Gérard Lesne
  • Virginie Pochon
  • Philippe Jaroussky
  • Mark Padmore
  • Peter Harvey
  • Il Seminario Musicale
Released2001, re-released 2016
Recorded2 November 1999 – 6 November 1999[1]
VenueÉcole Sainte-Geneviève, Versailles, France.
Length93:00
Producer
  • Étienne Collard
  • Michel Pierre
Alternative cover
Sedecia 2016 cover.jpg

Recorded in 1999, Il Sedecia, re di Gerusalemme was released in 2001.

Recording and production

Il Sedecia, re di Gerusalemme was recorded at the recorded at the École Sainte-Geneviève, Versailles, France.

Full album credits

Executive producer Alain Lanceron
Recorded Enregistrement École Sainte-Geneviève, Versailles, 2-6 November 1999
Artistic director Étienne Collard
Sound engineer Michel Pierre
Edit Étienne Collard
Layout (Maquette) Sacha Davison
Text revisions Peter Vogelpoel

Music and libretti

The Album is a complete recording of Alessandro Scarlatti's Il Sedecia, re di Gerusalemme, in the version premiered in 1706.

Title and artwork

Nebuchadnezzar destroys Jerusalem, colour lithograph by R. Weibezahl, illustration from the Allgemeine Weltgeschichte by C. von Rottek, Meißen and Pest 1832/AKG London.

Musicians

Cast

Role Singer
Sedecia Gérard Lesne
Anna Virginie Pochon
Ismaele Philippe Jaroussky
Nadabbe Mark Padmore
Nabucco Peter Harvey

Il Seminario Musicale

Gérard Lesne: direction

Strings

Violins

  • Fabrizio Cipriani (1st violin)
  • Patrick Cohën-Akenine
  • Catherine Girard
  • Thérèse Kipfer
  • Stéphanie Paulet
  • Frank Pichon

Violas

  • Christine Angot
  • Diane Chmela

Cellos

  • Bruno Cocset
  • Emmanuel Jacques

Double bass

  • Richard Myron

Theorbo

  • Pascal Monteilhet

Woodwinds

Oboe

  • Anne Vanlancker

Brass

Trumpets

  • Jean-François Madeuf
  • Joël Lahens

Percussion

Timpani

  • Louis Sauvêtre

Harpsichord, positive organ

  • Blandine Rannou


Certifications

Performances

The oratorio has been performed live at the Festival de musique Baroque d'Ambronay

Release history

List of release dates, showing region, edition(s), format(s), label(s) and reference.

Region Date 1st release Date re-release Format(s) Label(s) and Catalogue Number(s) EAN/UPC etc.
France 2001 1 February 2016
  • First release:
  • CD

Re-release:

  • CD
  • Streaming
  • Digital download
Virgin Veritas, 545452-2

Re-issue: Erato, 554475

Re-release:

  • EAN-13 0825646001071
Germany 13 November 2001* 26 January 2016
Japan 26 September 2001 15 January 2016
UK 2001 29 January 2016
US 2001 18 March 2016
Source:[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

*Source missing

Accolades

Track listing

CD 1: Prima Parte
No.TitleRoleLength
1."Sinfonia" 3:26
2."Gia il possente monarca" (recitativo)Nadabbe0:40
3."Le corone ad un regnante" (aria)Nadabbe2:37
4."O qual strano timore" (recitativo)Sedecia0:40
5."Sì, che il barbaro tiranno" (aria)Sedecia1:31
6."Tanto sperar degg'io per te" (recitativo)Nadabbe, Sedecia, Ismaele1:05
7."Del mio cor nel più segreto" (aria)Ismaele3:57
8."Valoroso consorte" (recitativo)Anna0:28
9."Se il generoso cor" (aria)Anna3:44
10."Nei cimenti l'uom saggio" (recitativo)Sedecia, Anna0:47
11."L'empia sorte" (aria)Sedecia3:13
12."Sinfonia" 0:50
13."Del signor d'Israele" (recitativo)Nabucco1:04
14."Contro te di sdegno armato" (aria)Nabucco1:51
15."Sire, del fier nemico" (recitativo)Nadabbe, Ismaele0:34
16."Il nitrito dei fieri cavalli" (aria)Ismaele2:00
17."Figlio, oh quanto m'aggrada" (recitativo)Sedecia0:40
18."Vado, e il nome altero e grande" (aria)Nadabbe2:41
19."Arrida, o chiaro Duce...Va, ma torna vincitore" (recitativo and aria)Anna2:24
20."Sù, sù, miei fidi, all'armi" (recitativo)Nabucco0:46
21."In mezzo ai rai del dì" (aria)Nabucco1:57
22."Mio diletto Ismaele" (recitativo)Anna, Ismaele1:28
23."Caro figlio / Madre cara" (duetto)Anna, Ismaele4:18
24."Ahimè, lassa che veggio?" (recitativo)Anna, Ismaele1:08
25."Fermati, o barbaro" (aria)Anna2:50
Total length:46:54
CD2: Seconda Parte
No.TitleRoleLength
1."Denso stuol dei miei pensieri" (aria)Anna2:22
2."Ma qual nuovo fragore" (recitativo)Anna, Ismaele0:51
3."Doppio affetto" (aria)Ismaele2:10
4."Figlio, consorte" (recitativo)Sedecia0:40
5."Copri, o sol, l'aurato manto" (aria)Sedecia3:09
6."Tolga, benigno fato" (recitativo)Anna0:38
7."Nelle tue cure estreme" (aria)Anna1:55
8."Ah, troppo è i Ciel da nostre colpe offeso" (recitativo)Sedecia0:44
9."Per punire il mio pubblico errore" (aria)Sedecia2:15
10."Ma, Nadabbe, dov'è" (recitativo)Sedecia, Anna1:10
11."Come la tua costanza" (aria)Anna2:01
12."Ferma, ferma, infelice rè" (recitativo)Nabucco0:46
13."Va, d'Eggito ai regi indegni" (aria)Nabucco1:44
14."Anzi, perché non soffra" (recitativo)Nabucco0:24
15."Fermati, o barbaro" (aria)Anna0:55
16."O di tenera prole" (recitativo)Nabucco, Ismaele, Anna1:02
17."Caldo sangue" (aria)Ismaele4:44
18."Oh Dio, sento che morte" (recitativo)Anna0:33
19."Col tuo velo i lumi miei" (duetto)Anna, Sedecia3:41
20."O del morto mio figlio ombra insepolta" (recitativo)Anna1:34
21."O di forte fanciullo" (recitativo)Nadabbe, Sedecia0:42
22."Come turbine rapace" (aria)Nadabbe1:46
23."Sedecia per pietà di tue sconfitte" (recitativo)Nabucco0:48
24."Gite pur, che assai vedeste" (aria)Sedecia4:10
25."Vieni, o infelice rè" (recitativo)Nabucco0:39
26."Io v'adoro, o mie ritorte" (aria)Nadabbe2:07
27."Ma lasso, io ben comprendo" (recitativo)Sedecia1:36
28."Orsù fidi campioni" (recitativo)Nabucco0:36
29."Vieni, incontro alla vittoria" (Coro)SSATB1:23
Total length:47:22

(Total length as indicated on the CDs.)

The aria "Fermati, ò barbaro", originally assigned to Ismaele in the 1706 libretto and sheet music[9][10], is given to Anna.

References

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  9. "Sedecia, Re di Gerusalemme". Scores at the International Music Score Library Project. International Music Score Library Project. 1706. Retrieved August 21, 2021.
  10. "Sedecia, Re di Gerusalemme, Libretto". Google Books. Google. 1706. Retrieved September 22, 2021.