Several years ago I founded my own ensemble, the Tulipa Consort. As a singer I have the privilege of performing with countless conductors, orchestras and choirs at the most beautiful and unique venues in the world. It gives me great delight to sing, but so often in the run-up to the concerts compromises have to be made between the performers (especially between conductor and singer) so that they can agree on the approach, and this is often no easy task. Working with my own ensemble has given me artistic freedom from the very beginning, for by selecting my own repertoire and musicians I feel entirely at home in the music, which greatly benefits the performance. For the first CD by the Tulipa Consort I have chosen sacred music by Antonio Vivaldi. The idea occured to me several years ago when I sang his Laudate Pueri in Montreal with the cellist Jaap ter Linden. I was moved and impressed by the diversity of this work. Vivaldi is too often associated only with the Four Seasons and the Gloria, while there is so much more. This soon became apparent when I began to compile a programme around Laudate pueri: the somewhat slower pieces in particular, such as the second movement of Laudate pueri, ‘Sit nomen Domine’ and the second aria from RV 631 ‘Rosa quae moritur’, proved to possess great depth and beauty. And we simply had to include the lively ‘Ascende Laeta’, which bubbles and foams with joy. I hope you will enjoy listening to this repertoire just as much as we, the Tulipa Consort, have enjoyed performing it. Johannette Zomer
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Additional information
| Label | |
|---|---|
| SKU | 38216 |
| Qualities | |
| Channels | 2ch Stereo, 5 Channel Surround Sound, 2ch Stereo & 5ch Surround |
| Artists | |
| Composers | |
| Genres | |
| Cables | van der Hul |
| Digital Converters | Grimm DSD AD |
| Mastering Engineer | Jared Sacks |
| Mastering Equipment | Grimm LS1 |
| Microphones | Bruel & Kjaer, Schoeps |
| Mixing Board | Rens Heijnis custom made |
| Instruments | Harpsicord, Mandolin, Recorder, Theorbo, Double bass, Cello, Organ, Viola, Violin |
| Original Recording Format | |
| Producer | Jared Sacks |
| Recording Engineer | Jared Sacks, Annemiek Dirkzwagger |
| Recording location | Waalse Church Amsterdam, Holland |
| Recording Software | Merging |
| Recording Type & Bit Rate | DSD64 |
| Release Date | April 29, 2016 |
Press reviews
Klassik.com
Zomer verfügt über eine klare, beinahe etwas zarte, auch noch in den Koloraturen mühelos flexible, leichte und ganz natürliche Stimme. Sie bewährt sich besonders in den Stücken, die Frieden und Idylle ausstrahlen.
Klassieke Zaken
(…) de Emma Kirby van de lage landen (…) Samenvattend: Vivaldi is altijd opwindend en Johannette Zomer zingt altijd ademstokkend mooi. (…)
OperaNederland – CD of the Month
Bij Johannette Zomer is emotie en esthetiek gegarandeerd.
Audio Review
(…) Needless to say Zomer sings in a suitably authentic manner, eschewing such expressive devices as variable vibrato and unbroken legato phrasing.
NRC
(…) Zomers vroeger extreem strakke geluid is gerijpt, de interpretaties zijn prettig en liefdevol.
Luister 9
Ensemble en solist zijn goed in balans, dat is zeker ook een verdienste van de opname techniek – levendig en direct. (…) Dit is een Vivaldi voor luisteraars bij wie oprechte vreugde en dankbaarheid de juiste snaar raken. (…)
Noordhollands Dagblad
(…) De sopraan heeft lekker ‘natuurlijk’, nooit te veel spektakel, maar accent op samenspel met orkest en het vertellen van inhoud. (…)
Opusklassiek
(…) Vivaldi op zijn best, dankzij de gloedvolle sopraan Johannette Zomer (…) zeer fraaie strijkersklank (…) Zomer dringt door tot het wezen van de muziek en daardoor weet ze te ontroeren. (…) Een formidabele cd.
Tijdschrift Oude Muziek
Johannette Zomers interpretaties zijn een combinatie van vocale schoonheid en een expressieve tekstbehandeling en het Tulipa Consort begeleidt haar op hetzelfde niveau. (…) Ook solistisch is hun niveau hoog: in Sinfonia Al Santo Sepolcro wordt de melancholieke sfeer perfect getroffen.
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