Ok, on a happier note, you have to listen to this one, too, especially if all you've heard from Vivaldi are the "Four Seasons". They claim that Vivaldi composed the same piece for some 1000 times, but I find this little aria quite refressing. Listen to it all the way through, and keep your eyes on Bartoli although it may hurt your precious retinae. She's wild. People usually either love or hate the way she sings, but that's how it often is with true artists. Remember Callas?
Listening to Bartoli reminds me of upper secondary school years, of L and her reaperman-like piano fingers. And looking at her makes me think of a cross breed between Essi wuorela, the Cyclops, and ADHD hamster on speed, to borrow -A's old chracterization.
Oh yeah, she's supposed to be agitated by two winds. Must be some sexual innuendo involved, there always is. Never think that composers or poets of yesteryear were prunes because, in fact, they were masters of perv.
Agitated by two winds trembling waves in the turbulent sea and the frightened steersman already awaits to be shipwrecked. By duty and by love this heart is assailed; it cannot resist and seems to give up and begins to despair.
2 bon(s) mot(s):
Talk about overacting! She (and well, the whole orchestra, like you mentioned) was really gushy, but maybe that kind of behaviour is just a precondition if one wants to perform Vivaldi's music? ;)
And as far as sexual innuendos are concerned.. Well, do you know anyone who has for example listened to Mozart's operas and still believes classical music is purely sublime?.. :D
An ADHD hamster on speed... Sounds familiar, but I have no idea why or when I would have used such a characterization.
I found her utterly amusing to watch, and I wouldn't say I hated the way she sings.
And yes, the leader in the first violin was just hilarious :D
Ta, T.
BTW, no-one who has really familiarized himself with what is called classics in art in general can neglect the open sexuality in them. "Oh, the people in 16th century (for example) were not nearly as vile as nowadays..." Keep on dreaming!
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