d'Avalos: Maria di Venosa

Cat. No. CHAN 10355(2)

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No. of discs: 2

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CD available From: 12 September 2005

Maria di Venosa

Francesco dAvalos (b. 1930)

premiere recording

Maria di Venosa (1992)

112:38

Music drama for orchestra, soloists and chorus in two parts and fourteen scenes

Dramatis personae

Carlo Gesualdo, Prince of Venosa

Maria d'Avalos, Princess of Venosa

Fabrizio Carafa, Duke of Andria

Giulio Gesualdo, uncle of Carlo

Priest Musician in the service of Carlo Gesualdo

Laura Scala, chief lady-in-waiting to Maria d'Avalos

COMPACT DISC ONE

First Part

Scene I. Castle at Gesualdo -

9:38

Room of Carlo Gesualdo, Prince of Venosa - Night - On the wall there is a portrait of Gesualdo's second wife, Eleonora d'Este -

Scene II. The room of Maria d'Avalos,…

7:38

…Princess of Venosa, and the adjoining hall in the Palace at Naples on her wedding day -

Scene III. Music room in the Castle at Venosa -

6:01

Scene IV. Maria's room in the Castle at Venosa -

9:19

Scene V. Music room in the Castle at Venosa -

8:00

Scene VI. The garden of the Castle at Venosa on a stormy night -

6:57

Scene VII. Ballroom in the Palace of the Viceroy of Naples - Ball

6:00

53:38

COMPACT DISC TWO

Second Part

Scene VII. Ballroomn in the Palace of the Viceroy -

4:45

Continuation of the last scene of the First Part -

Scene VIII. A balcony of the Palace of the Viceroy during the ball,

5:39

and the beach beneath it -

Scene IX. Maria's room in the Palace at Naples -

4:08

Scene X. A tavern -

10:33

Scene XI. Maria's room in the Palace at Naples -

6:44

Scene XII. A forest - Hunt -

10:13

Scene XIII. Piazza San Domenico in Naples with the

5:06

Palace in which the Gesualdos live - Night -

Scene XIV. Castle at Gesualdo - Room of Carlo Gesualdo -

11:48

Night - Sequel to the first scene - Death of Carlo Gesualdo

59:00

Susan Bullock soprano

Hilary Summers contralto

Philharmonia Chorus

Apollo Voices

Ruth Holten soprano

Helen Parker soprano

Robin Blaze counter-tenor

Robert Johnston tenor

Christopher Foster bass

Philharmonia Orchestra

Francesco dAvalos

Recorded in:

All Saints' Church, Tooting, London

August 1994

Producer(s)

Brian Culverhouse

Sound Engineer(s)

Brian Culverhouse

Format: Digital CD 16Bit 44.1Khz
Originally recorded in: 24Bit 96Khz

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