Vivaldi: Fury - Mercy Channa Malkin, Mike Fentross, Kano Imada

• Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741): La fida ninfa RV 714, Act I Scene 9:
• 1 Vivaldi: La fida ninfa RV 714, Act I Scene 9: Alma oppressa da sorte crudele 05:35
• La fida ninfa RV 714, Act III Scene 10:
• 2 Vivaldi: La fida ninfa RV 714, Act III Scene 10: Dite, ohimè! Ditelo al fine 02:52
• Concerto for Strings in D Minor, RV 129 “Madrigalesco”:
• 3 Vivaldi: Concerto for Strings in D Minor, RV 129 “Madrigalesco”: I. Adagio 00:53
• 4 Vivaldi: Concerto for Strings in D Minor, RV 129 “Madrigalesco”: II. Allegro 01:51
• 5 Vivaldi: Concerto for Strings in D Minor, RV 129 “Madrigalesco”: III. Adagio 00:37
• 6 Vivaldi: Concerto for Strings in D Minor, RV 129 “Madrigalesco”: IV. Allegro 01:05
• L’Atenaide RV 702, Act III Scene 7:
• 7 Vivaldi: L’Atenaide RV 702, Act III Scene 7: Ferma, Teodosio… Arioso Qual demone (Recitativo) 01:56
• 8 Vivaldi: L’Atenaide RV 702, Act III Scene 7: Vanne tosto, fuggi (Arioso) 01:44
• 9 Vivaldi: L’Atenaide RV 702, Act III Scene 7: In bosco romito (Aria) 07:15
• Juditha Triumphans RV 644, Part 2:
• 10 Vivaldi: Juditha Triumphans RV 644, Part 2: Armatae face et anguibus 03:26
• Tito Manlio RV 738, Act II Scene 1:
• 11 Vivaldi: Tito Manlio RV 738, Act II Scene 1: Non ti lusinghi la crudeltade 08:29
• Concerto for Strings in G Minor, RV 156:
• 12 Vivaldi: Concerto for Strings in G Minor, RV 156: I. Allegro 02:31
• 13 Vivaldi: Concerto for Strings in G Minor, RV 156: II. Adagio 02:02
• 14 Vivaldi: Concerto for Strings in G Minor, RV 156: III. Allegro 02:02
• In furore iustissimae irae, RV 626:
• 15 Vivaldi: In furore iustissimae irae, RV 626: In furore iustissimae irae (Aria) 04:35
• 16 Vivaldi: In furore iustissimae irae, RV 626: Miserationum pater piissime (Recitativo) 00:33
• 17 Vivaldi: In furore iustissimae irae, RV 626: Tunc meus fletus evadet laetus (Aria) 08:04
• 18 Vivaldi: In furore iustissimae irae, RV 626: Alleluia (Aria) 01:39
• Total Runtime 57:09

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In FURY / MERCY, soprano Channa Malkin and early music ensemble La Sfera Armoniosa under the direction of Mike Fentross present a deeply personal and emotionally charged exploration of Antonio Vivaldi’s vocal and instrumental works. Moving seamlessly between operatic arias, sacred motets, and concerti, this album delves into the extremes of the human emotional spectrum—from searing rage to tender compassion.

The program opens with music from La fida ninfa, where betrayal and longing unfold through heartbreakingly intimate arias. It then journeys through the thunderous outcry of Armatae face et anguibus from Juditha Triumphans, into the serene and redemptive beauty of the motet In furore iustissimae irae. Along the way, the album draws on lesser-known Vivaldi gems—such as the Concerto in D Minor “Madrigalesco”—all chosen and interpreted with the intent to reveal the transformative power of emotion through music.

Praised by De Volkskrant, Opernglas, and Luister Magazine for her “beautiful, crystal-clear voice” and “compelling storytelling,” Channa Malkin joins La Sfera Armoniosa, recently nominated for the Edison Award, for this striking and heartfelt programme.

Channa Malkin, soprano
La Sfera Armoniosa Mike Fentross, theorbo, director

Channa Malkin
While growing up in a family of classical musicians, soprano Channa Malkin explored creative outlets like painting and writing, alongside playing the flute and singing in choirs. Her passion for opera ignited as a teenager, leading to her debut at 16 as Barbarina in Le Nozze di Figaro with the Dutch National Opera.

Channa Malkin is known for her compelling musical personality and unbridled creativity. She was recently praised by Opera Today for “her pure and smooth voice, but full of feeling” and by La Opinión de Málaga for “her balance between vocal technique and precise musical phrasing and an unquestionable artistic talent.” She excels in a broad repertoire, from Mozart to Italian Baroque opera and Sephardic chamber music.

Channa’s most recent highlights include her title role debut in Händel’s Acis and Galatea with the Joven Orquesta Barroca Andalucía in Málaga, as well as a Vivaldi and Händel aria programme with the same orchestra. She made her recital debut at the Royal Concertgebouw with a semi-staged programme around the various identities of womanhood, inspired by 17th-century Italian composer Barbara Strozzi and Russian 20th-century poet Anna Akhmatova. Part of this recital was recently released as an EP on digital streaming platforms titled Channa Malkin Live at Concertgebouw. In the main hall of the Royal Concertgebouw, Channa performed as the first soprano in Mozart’s C Minor Mass as well as in an opera gala concert. With Ensemble Odyssee, she debuted at the Utrecht Early Music Festival in a programme around Anna Magdalena Bach, including some of the most beautiful Bach cantatas.

Other performances have brought Channa to Madrid, Göttingen, Istanbul, Ankara, Tata (Hungary), Lomza (Poland), and more, presenting programmes ranging from Zarzuela and Rossini arias with orchestra to Spanish and Sephardic folk songs with guitarist Izhar Elias, to intimate 17th-century songs with the orbist Mike Fentross and baroque ensemble La Sfera Armoniosa.

La Sfera Armoniosa
founded in 1992, is a Dutch Baroque ensemble and orchestra specialized in the performance of music from the seventeenth and eighteenth century. Artistic director and conductor is Mike Fentross. In addition to the music of famous composers such as Monteverdi, Haendel and Vivaldi, the ensemble undertakes research into the manuscripts and printed works of the European libraries in order to provide a rich spectrum of music from lesser known composers. The English music magazine Gramophone wrote about their first cd: “How soon will we hear the enchanting La Sfera Armoniosa again, and what fresh buried treasure will they unearth?” La Sfera Armoniosa is known and praised for it’s lively and colourful sound and for its groundbreaking programmes. They created in 2004 a Schoenberg/ Monteverdi programme that they performed with great success in the Utrecht Early Music Festival and they performed modern world premiers from three almost forgotten opera’s: La Rosinda, l’Ipermestra and Granida. In 2012 the Concertgebouw asked La Sfera to design and perform a special program, the Amsterdam musical life before the concerthall was build, for their 125th anniversary.

La Sfera Armoniosa performed in main festivals and concert halls such as: Festival van Vlaanderen, Festival d’Ambronay, Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht, Music Center Vredenburg, Musikfestspiele Potsdam Sanssouci, Monteverdi festival Cremona, Festival de Musica Portico de Zamora, Festival Musica Antiqua Bruges, and the Concertgebouw of Amsterdam.

About their performance of the opera La Rosinda by Francesco Cavalli in Musikfestspiele Potsdam Sanssouci the press wrote: "This evening, the orchestra has proven that it is amongst the leading baroque orchestras. I will not soon forget the nuances that came from the orchestra pit. That was great art. Nothing more and nothing less."

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