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Early opera underwent a strange development in the 17th century under pressure from the paying public, comic elements increasingly overshadowed the fates of the great heroic figures it was supposed to be about. At some point, the brakes were applied and opera seria emerged, in which only noble characters acted. Slapsticks were isolated and played as interludes in front of the curtain for the audience's enjoyment. The two most famous of these intermezzi, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi's Serva padrona and Livietta e Tracollo, were recorded by the Boston Early Music Festival after several live performances in Bremen last fall - two caprices that were real InchhitsInch even during the (very short) lifetime of their creator and still unfold their Neapolitan wit today The story of the maid who cleverly conquers her master's heart and the turbulent Inchrobber's taleInch of the cunning peasant girl who puts the scoundrel on the right path to the marriage haven are available here in an irresistible double pack. Album Tracks 1. prigionier superbo, P. 143i~Sinfonia. I. Allegro e spirituoso 2. prigionier superbo, P. 143i~Sinfonia.II. Largo 3. prigionier superbo, P. 143i~Sinfonia.III. Allegro spiritoso 4. serva padrona~Aspettare e non venire 5. serva padrona~Questa è per me disgrazia 6. serva padrona~Sempre in contrasti con te si sta 7. serva padrona~In somma delle somme, per attendere al vostro bene 8. serva padrona~Stizzoso, mio stizzoso, voi fate il borioso 9. serva padrona~Benissimo, Hai tu inteso? 10. serva padrona~Lo conosco a quegli occhietti 11. serva padrona~Sinfonia 12. serva padrona~Or che fatto tu sei dalla mia parte 13. serva padrona~A Serpina penserete qualche volta 14. serva padrona~Ah! quato mi sa male di tal risoluzione 15. serva padrona~Son imbrogliato io già 16. serva padrona~Favorisca, signor, passi 17. serva padrona~Content
