1 Pietro Baldassari (bef. 1690 - after 1768):
Il Goder un bel sembiante 5:30
aria of Venere from the opera Il giudizio di Paride (1707) (soprano, viola da gamba I, viola da gamba II, bc:
theorbo, organ)

2 Attilio Ariosti (1666-1729):
Sa il crudel 5:22
aria of Pace from the poemetto drammatico Marte placato (1707) (soprano, viola da gamba solo, bc:
theorbo, baroque guitar, viola da gamba II, organ)

3 Giovanni Battista Bononcini (1670-1747):
E pur le mie rovine 4:46
aria of Giuba from the opera Il ritorno di Giulio Cesare vincitore della Mauritania (1704/1705) (soprano, viola da gamba solo, bc:
viola da gamba II)

4 Johann Joseph Fux (ca 1660-1741):
Sento nel core 7:45
aria from the componimento pastorale eroico La decima fatica d’Ercole, ovvero La sconfitta di Gerione in Spagna (1710), K307 (soprano, viola da gamba solo, bc:
harpsichord, theorbo)

5 Giovanni Battista Bononcini:
Amante ozioso 4:02
aria of Eurilla from the opera Il fiore delle eroine (1704) (soprano, viola da gamba solo, viola da gamba II)

6 Attilio Ariosti:
Sinfonia 2:56 (oboe I & II, viola da gamba I & II, bc:
theorbo, organ)

7 Johann Joseph Fux:
So’ che piace 7:15
aria of Misericordia from the oratorio Il Fonte della Salute aperto dalla grazia nel Calvario (1716), K293 (soprano, viola da gamba solo, viola da gamba II)

8 Attilio Ariosti Tal vicina a Giglio 3:18
aria of Placidia from the poemetto drammatico La Placidia (1709) (soprano, viola da gamba solo, bc:
viola da gamba II, baroque guitar, theorbo)

9 Attilio Ariosti:
Prole tenera 5:35
aria of Donna Seconda from the oratorio Le profezie d’Eliseo nell’assedio di Samaria (1705) (soprano, viola da gamba I, viola da gamba II, bc:
theorbo, organ)

10 Johann Joseph Fux Non sdegnar 5:11
aria of Cleria from the opera Il mese di Marzo consacrato a Marte (1709), K306 (soprano, chalumeau, viola da gamba I, bc:
theorbo, organ)

11 Johann Joseph Fux:
Lascio d’esser Ninfa 5:33
aria of Dafne from the opera Dafne in Lauro (1714), K308 (soprano, viola da gamba solo, bc:
theorbo, viola da gamba II)

The young Czech soprano Hana Blažíkóva is currently one of the most exciting voices in the baroque scene today. After receiving her final diploma at the Conservatory of her native city Prague in 2002, the singer very rapidly gained an excellent reputation as a baroque interpreter. Conductors such as Philippe Herreweghe, Masaaki Suzuki and Vaclav Luks frequently invite her for CD recordings, concerts and tours. She regularly appears at renowned festivals including Prague Spring, Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht, Resonances in Vienna and the Early Music Days in Regensburg.

The title "Vienna 1709" is representative of those arias from operas and oratorios that were composed during the first two decades of the 18th century in Vienna especially for the birthday or namedays of members of the imperial family. This selection presents arias of Fux, Ariosti and Bononcini in which the solo voice enters into a dialogue with one of several violas da gamba. In these performances, the Ensemble Tourbillon under the direction of the Prague gambist Petr Wagner supports Hana Blažíkóva and her clear, angelic soprano voice - capable of both great virtuosity and delicate sensitivity.