Vivaldi: Gelido in ogni vena (from Farnace, RV 711)
10:49
Thomas Dunford, Jupiter, Lea Desandre
Vivaldi: Armatae face et anguibus (from Juditha triumphans, RV 644)
3:15
Thomas Dunford, Jupiter, Lea Desandre
Vivaldi: Bassoon Concerto, RV 495 in G minor
9:38
Thomas Dunford, Jupiter, Peter Whelan
I. Presto
3:28
II. Largo
3:01
III. Allegro
3:09
Vivaldi: Nisi dominus, RV 608: Cum dederit
4:35
Thomas Dunford, Jupiter, Lea Desandre
Vivaldi: Veni, veni me sequere fida (from Juditha triumphans, RV 644)
5:43
Thomas Dunford, Jupiter, Lea Desandre
Vivaldi: Cello Concerto in G minor, RV416
9:59
Thomas Dunford, Jupiter, Bruno Philippe
I. Allegro
3:38
II. Adagio
3:26
III. Allegro
2:55
Vivaldi: Vedrò con mio diletto (from Giustino, RV 717)
6:03
Thomas Dunford, Jupiter, Lea Desandre
Vivaldi: Lute Concerto in D Major, RV 93
9:44
Thomas Dunford, Jupiter
I. Allegro
3:21
II. Largo
3:58
III. Allegro
2:25
Vivaldi: Mentre dormi, Amor fomenti (from L'olimpiade, RV 725)
7:12
Thomas Dunford, Jupiter
Vivaldi: Agitata da due venti (from Griselda, RV 718)
5:23
Thomas Dunford, Jupiter
Jupiter: We Are the Ocean
4:31
Thomas Dunford, Jupiter, Lea Desandre
In founding the Jupiter ensemble, the lutenist Thomas Dunford wanted to ‘rediscover the spirit of chamber music in the Baroque repertory. Jupiter operates in a kind of fraternity, as if we had always known each other... Vivaldi’s highly contrasted music demands precisely this natural response – almost like improvisation’. Lea Desandre speaks of a ‘search for colour and almost limitless inflections. This music was the “pop” of the eighteenth century’. The Franco-Italian mezzo, named ‘Révélation lyrique’ (vocal newcomer of the year) at the Victoires de la Musique Classique in 2017, performs arias from operas including Il Giustino, Juditha triumphans, Il Farnace and Griselda, as well as the famous ‘Cum dederit’ from the Nisi Dominus. The programme also includes four concertos, for lute in D major, for lute and violin, for bassoon in G minor and for cello in G minor. In addition to Thomas Dunford on lute, Peter Whelan on bassoon and the cellist Bruno Philippe, also a ‘Révélation’ at the Victoires de la Musique (2018), this flamboyant programme features Jean Rondeau on harpsichord and organ, Cecilia Bernardini and Louis Creac’h (violins), Jérôme Van Waerbeke (viola) and Douglas Balliett (double bass).