Paisiello, Giovanni (1740-1816)

Il Ritorno di Perseo Cantata a tre voci, 1789

Aria #5 “Ah fate, o Dio di pianto”, larghetto, allegro,

Alto, fagotto solo, 2 clarinets, 2 trombe, strings                          

Library of S. Pietro di Majella Conservatory, Naples,

Manuscript on CD 793, pp 138-165

RISM 850008836

This aria was performed in London by Mrs Ashe and James Holmes on

Friday February 14, 1806, as documented in 

Nineteenth Century Music Review 2005 Vol 2, Issue 1; p151

(Reference to this performance was noted by William Waterhouse)

 

Il Barbiere di Siviglia Act 3, Rosina “Gia ride primavera”               

Soprano, clarinet, bassoon, orchestra

Concentus Musicus, Laaber-Verlag, Vol 11, part 2,

pp 421-65. (Berlin/Weimar version)

CD Arte Nova Classics 74321 49702 2 Putbus Edition, Keitel CD 2, track 2.

CD Fischer Hungaroton HCD 12525-26 CD 2, track 3.

http://www.classicsonline.com/catalogue/product.aspx?pid=225381#

Several scores are available on-line http://www.opernprojekt.uni-koeln.de/

(Berlin ms. Act 3, p 39; Weimar ms. Act 3, p 29)

YouTube:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=1nVBKUVsGIY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5HlmGyP_cQ

With the same text and similar instrumentation, a score in Dresden

contains a different version of this aria, with more elaborate clarinet

and bassoon parts. http://www.opernprojekt.uni-koeln.de/ (Dresden ms. Act 3, p 53)

 

Aria "O virgo gloriosa"

Soprano, clarinet, bassoon, orchestra

This is a re-setting of the first version above of "Gia riede primavera"

from Barber of Seville (RISM 530001216, Veszprém H-VEs)

 

Aria: ”Or del tuo ben la sorte”

Tenore solo, violino primo, violino secondo, viola obligata, fagotto obligatissimo, con basso.

Kloster Einsiedeln, CH-E/694.5 (Ms. 4552), CH-EN/Ms A107 (Ms.5404)

This work is unlisted in the Robinson thematic catalogue

RISM 400003920

 

La passione di Jesu Cristo  (Metastasio)

Aria, part 2, Giovanni “Dovunque il guardo giro”

Tenor, fagotto solo, 2 clarinets, 2 horns, strings

The Italian Oratorio 1650-1800 vol 31 Garland Publishing, 1987, pp 73-85.

CD Fasolis CPO 777257-2 CD 2, track 8.

http://www.classicsonline.com/catalogue/product.aspx?pid=541723#

It is notable that at least four composers wrote bassoon obbligati for tenor arias

in their settings of Metastasio's La Passione:

Naumann and Salieri: Pietro “Se a librarsi in mezzo all’onde incomincia il fanciulletto”

Paisiello: Giovanni “Dovunque il guardo giro”

Lucchesi: Giuseppe “Torbido mar che freme”.

 

 I Zingara in Fiera

Aria “Non temer gli sdegni suoi”

Soprano or tenor, fagotto obligato, strings, oboes, horns

Ratsschulbibliothek, Zwickau. RSB Mus 64.5 (2).

RISM 220031149.

 

Reference: Giovanni Paisiello. A Thematic Catalogue of His Works

Vol 1 The Dramatic Works,  Vol 2  The Non-dramatic works

Michael F Robinson.  Pendragon Press, Stuyvesant, New York 1994.