The Volta: A Galant Gesture of Culmination
Music Theory Spectrum 42 no. 2 (Fall 2020)
Audio Examples
Example 1. Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Stabat Mater (1736), IX. “Sancta mater istud agas,” mm. 1-11. (Diego Fabris, conductor)
Example 2. Pergolesi, Stabat Mater, XI, “Inflammatus et accensus,” mm. 26–29. (Diego Fabris, conductor)
Example 4(a). Johann Adolf Hasse, Cleofide (1731), Act III Scene 1, “Pupillette vezzosette,” mm. 15–19. (William Christie, conductor)
Example 4(b). Hasse, Cleofide, Act III Scene 1, “Pupillette vezzosette,” mm. 66–69. (William Christie, conductor; Randall Wong, soprano)
Example 7. Hasse, Cleofide, Act II Scene 12, “S’è ver che t’accendi,” mm. 6–10. (William Christie, conudctor)
Example 8. Hasse, Cleofide, Act I Scene 2, “Che sorte crudele,” mm. 25–27. (William Christie, conductor; Emma Kirkby, soprano)
Example 10. Leonardo Vinci, Artaserse (1730), Act I Scene 7, “Bramar di perdere,” mm. 62–66. (Diego Fasolis, conductor; Valer Sabadus, soprano)
Example 11(a). Vinci, Catone in Utica (1729), Act II Scene 13, “Dovea svenarti allora,” mm. 37–40. (Riccardo Minasi, conductor; Juan Sancho, tenor)
Example 11(b). Pergolesi, La serva padrona (1733), Act II Scene 3, “Son imbrogliato io già,” mm. 4–8. (Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor)
Example 11(c). Carl Phillipp Emanuel Bach, Sonata in F major Wq. 48 no. 1 (1740), I, mm. 20–23. (Miklós Spányi, clavichord)
Example 11(d). Giovanni Battista Ferrandini, Catone in Utica (1753), Act II Scene 5, “Soffre talor del vento,” mm. 77–81. (Christoph Hammer, conductor; Kobie van Rensburg, soprano)
Example 11(e). Baldassare Galuppi, L’amante di tutte (1760), Act II Scene 4, “Conoscerete un giorno,” mm. 12–14.
Example 11(f). Hasse, Ruggiero (1771), Act II Scene 6, “Lo sdegno ancor che fiero,” mm. 111–113. (Arnold Bosman, conductor; Barbara Vignudelli, soprano)
Example 11(g). Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Idomeneo K. 366 (1781), Act III Scene 2, “S’io non moro a questi accenti,” mm. 54–55. (René Jacobs, conductor; Bernarda Fink & Sunhae Im, sopranos)
Example 11(h). Mozart, Così fan tutte K. 588 (1790), Act II Scene 7, “Per pietà, ben mio, perdona,” mm. 89–92. (Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Miah Persson, soprano)
Example 14. Ludwig van Beethoven, Sonata in E-flat major Op. 7 (1796/97), II, mm. 1–8. (Alfred Brendel, piano)
Example 15. Hasse, Cleofide, Act I Scene 8, “Se mai turbo il tuo riposo,” mm. 25–29. (William Christie, conductor; Emma Kirkby, soprano)
Example 16. Vinci, Didone abbandonata (1726), Act I Scene 19, “Se resto sul lido,” mm. 9–10. (Carlo Ipata, conductor)
Example 18(a). Joseph Haydn, Symphony No. 73 in D major (ca. 1781), I, mm. 60–61. (Roy Goodman, conductor)
Example 18(b). Haydn, Symphony No. 66 in B-flat major (ca. 1778), III, mm. 40–42. (Hans-Martin Linde, conductor)
Example 18(c). Haydn, Symphony No. 56 in C major (1774), IV, mm. 36–38. (Christopher Hogwood, conductor)
Example 18(d). Haydn, Symphony No. 54 in G major (1774), I, mm. 39–42. (Christopher Hogwood, conductor)
Example 18(e). Haydn, Symphony No. 68 in B-flat major (ca. 1778), I, mm. 43–46. (Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor)
Example 18(f). Haydn, Symphony No. 70 in D major (1779), I, mm. 73–77. (Roy Goodman, conductor)
Example 20. Andrea Bernasconi, L’Olimpiade (1764), Act II Scene 10, “Se cerca, se dice,” mm. 16–19.
Example 21. Hasse, Cleofide, Act III Scene 6, “Cervo al bosco che piagato,” mm. 63–66. (William Christie, conductor; Randall Wong, soprano)
Example 22. Carl Heinrich Graun, Der Tod Jesu (1755), “Ein Gebeth um neue Stärke,” abridged by Heinrich Koch.
Example 23. Leonardo Leo, Solfeggio in F major, Dresden A No. 27 (before 1744), mm. 26–35.
Example 24. Hasse, Cleofide, “Che sorte crudele.” mm. 21–28. (William Christie, conductor; Emma Kirkby, soprano)
Example 25. Hasse, Cleofide, “Che sorte crudele.” mm. 38–40. (William Christie, conductor; Emma Kirkby, soprano)
Example 26. Johann Christian Bach, Catone in Utica (1761), Act III Scene 4, “Quell’amor che poco accende,” mm. 26–37. (Arnold Bosman, conductor; Stefania Donzelli, soprano)
Example 27. Galuppi, Artaserse (1751), Act I Scene 1, “Conservati fedele,” mm. 27–31.
Example 28. Haydn, Symphony No. 18 in G major (ca. 1764), I, mm. 52–57. (Christopher Hogwood, conductor)
Example 30. Pergolesi, Adriano in Siria (1734), Act I Scene 11, “Chi soffre senza pianto,” mm. 26–31. (Ottavio Dantone, conductor; Nicole Heaston, soprano)
Example 31. Pergolesi, L’Olimpiade (1735), Act II Scene 10, “Se cerca, se dice,” mm. 153–165. (Alessandro de Marchi, conductor; Olga Pasichnyk, soprano)
Example 32. Vinci, Artaserse (1730), Act III Scene 7, “Tu vuoi ch’io viva o cara,” mm. 32–37. (Diego Fasolis, conductor; Franco Fagioli & Max Emanuel Cencic, sopranos)
Example 33. Giovanni Battista Sammartini, Symphony in G major J-C 39 (before ca. 1744), I, mm. 9–17. (Daniel Ferrari, conductor)
Discography
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel. 2017. The Solo Keyboard Music, Volume 1. Miklós Spányi, clavichord. Bis: 878.
Bach, Johann Christian. 2001. Catone in Utica. Arnold Bosman, conductor. With Davide Livermore, Silvia Bossa, Stefania Donzelli, Barbara Vignudelli, Sibongile Mngoma, and Ricardo Mirabelli. Associazione Musica Rara: cd004.
Beethoven, Ludwig van. 2010. Complete Piano Sonatas & Concertos. Alfred Brendel, piano. Decca: CD ADD / DDD 0289 478 2607 1 DB 12.
Ferrandini, Giovanni Battista. 2004. Catone in Utica. Christoph Hammer, conductor. With Kobie van Rensburg, Simone Schneider, Johnny Maldonado, Robert Crowe, Florian Simson, and Sandra Moon. OEHMS Classics: 901.
Hasse, Johann Adolf. 1987. Cleofide. William Christie, conductor. With Emma Kirkbi, Derek Lee Ragin, Agnès Mellon, Dominique Visse, Randall K. Wong, and David Cordier. Capriccio: 10 193/96.
______. 2011. Il Ruggiero. Arnold Bosman, conductor. With Robert Chafin, Silvia Bossa, Gianluca Belfiori Doro, Alla Simonishvili, Barbara Vignudelli, Mauro Bonfanti. Associazione Musica Rara: cd001.
Haydn, Joseph. 1990. Symphony No. 73 in D major (‘La Chasse’), Symphony No. 74 in E-flat major, Symphony No. 75 in D major. Roy Goodman, conductor. Hyperion: CDA66520.
______. 1992. Symphony No. 70 in D, Symphony No. 71 in B flat, Symphony No. 72 in D. Roy Goodman, conductor. Hyperion: CDA66526.
______. 1993. Symphonies, Volume 1. Christopher Hogwood, conductor. L'Oiseau-Lyre: 436 428-2OH3.
______. 1998. Symphonies, Volume 8. Christopher Hogwood, conductor. L'Oiseau-Lyre: 4437812.
______. 2008. Symphonies 68 & 93–104. Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor. Warner Classics: 2564 69612-2.
______. 2009. Symphonien. Hans-Martin Linde and Ferdinand Leitner, conductors. Capriccio: C51090.
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus. 2009. Idomeneo. René Jacobs, conductor. With Richard Croft, Bernarda Fink, Sunhae Im, Alexandrina Pendatchanska, Kenneth Tarver, Nicolas Rivenq, and Luca Tittolo. Harmonia Mundi: 90 2036/38.
______. 2013. Così fan tutte. Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor. With Miah Persson, Angela Brower, Adam Plachetka, Rolando Villazón, Mojca Erdmann, And Alessandro Corbelli. Deutsche Grammophon: 479 0641GH3.
Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista. 2000. La serva padrona, Livieta e Tracollo. Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor. With Nancy Argenta, Werner van Mechelen, Patricia Biccirè, Donato di Stefano. Accent: 10123.
______. 2011a. Adriano in Siria. Ottavio Dantone, conductor. With Marina Comparato, Lucia Cirillo, Annamaria Dell’Oste, Nicole Heaston, Stefano Ferrari, and Francesca Lombardi. Opus Arte: OA1065D.
______. 2011b. L’Olimpiade. Alessandro de Marchi, conductor. With Raffaella Milanesi, Ann-Beth Solvang, Olga Pasichnyk, Jennifer Rivera, Martin Oro, Jeffrey Francis, and Markus Brutscher. Deutsche Harmonia Mundi: 88697807712.
______. 2013. Stabat Mater, Laudate Pueri, Confitebor. Diego Fasolis, conductor. With Philippe Jaroussky and Julia Lezhneva. 2013. Erato: 5099931914727.
Sammartini, Giovanni Battista. 2008. The Complete Early Symphonies. Daniel Ferrari, conductor. Nuova Era Internazionale: NEI231996.
Vinci, Leonardo. 2012. Artaserse. Diego Fasolis, conductor. With Philippe Jaroussky, Max Emanuel Cencic, Daniel Behle, Franco Fagioli, Valer Barna-Sabadus, and Yuriy Mynenko. Erato: 50999 6028702.
______. 2015. Catone in Utica. Riccardo Minasi, conductor. With Juan Sancho. Franco Fagioli, Valer Sabadus, Max Emanuel Cencic, Vince Yi, and Martin Mitterrutzner. London: Decca, 468 8194.
______. 2017. Didone abbandonata. Carlo Ipata, conductor. With Giada Frasconi, Gabriella Costa, Marta Pluda, Carlo Allemano, Roberta Mameli, and Raffaele Pé. Dynamic: 7788.