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COLOMBANO
Colombano: Psalms for Six Voices La Cappella Musicale Della Cattedrale di Vercelli, Denis Silano [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Nov/2018 ] The conventual franciscan Orazio Colombano (c.1554-after 1595) hailed from Verona and came to the ancient city of Vercelli, in Piedmont, east of Turin, in 1579 to take up his first professional appointment as Moderator for Music at the Cathedral, a... |
ALESSANDRO STRADELLA
Cantata for Christmas Eve and Sinfonias La Magnifica Communita [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 14/Oct/2008 ] A contemporary of Buxtehude and Lully Antonio Stradella (1644-1682) remained in Italy his entire life. He benefited from important patrons in Rome, including Christina of Sweden. Here in the mid-seventeenth century, with the theatres being closed for... |
BOCCHERINI
Boccherini Edition (37 CDs of Symphonies, Chamber Music and the Stabat Mater) La Magnifica Communita / Ensemble Claviere / Petersen Quartet / New Berlin Chamber Orchestra and others [ Brilliant Classics / 37 CD Box Set - released 20/Aug/2012 ] One of the most distinguished figures of the Classical period, the Italian composer Luigi Boccherini (1743--1805) was revered by 18th-century listeners and musicians for the charm, elegance and lyrical beauty of his music. Although his legacy has... |
BOCCHERINI
String Quintets - Volume 9 La Magnifica Comunita [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Feb/2011 ] This is brilliantly written music by a masterful composer at the peak of his creative talent. |
BOCCHERINI
String Quintets - Volume 1 La Magnifica Comunita [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 14/Aug/2005 ] "These performers 'La Magnifica Comunita' add to the interest by taking great care with dynamics and shading - some of which will not be in the original score - and with a wider variety of articulation even using harmonics when a pianissimo effect... |
BOCCHERINI
String Quintets Volume 7 La Magnifica Comunita [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 12/Dec/2009 ] Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805) was an exact contemporary of Josef Haydn, and knew his Austrian colleague well. He also knew the younger Mozart. |
FRANCESCO ANTONIO BONPORTI
Bonporti: Sonatas Op.2 for 2 Violins and B.C. Labirinti Armonici [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 25/May/2018 ] Francesco Bonporti (1672-1749) lived for the largest part of his life in Trento, his native town. He studied in Rome, and was influenced by Arcangelo Corelli, whose style of imitative counterpoint he invests with dramatic elements. His fame spread... |
FRANCESCO ANTONIO BONPORTI
Bonporti: Sonatas Op. 1 for 2 Violins Labirinti Armonici, Andrea Ferroni [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 14/Feb/2020 ] "If you haven't heard anything of Bonporti, this budget disc is an excellent opportunity to get to know him. The players of Labirinti Armonici are skilled and enthusiastic advocates of his oeuvre. I look forward to future recordings." MusicWeb |
ALFREDO PIATTI
Piatti: Complete Cello Sonatas Lamberto Curtoni (cello) Giovanni Doria Miglietta (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 10/May/2022 ] Alfredo Piatti (1822-1901) was the "Paganini of the Cello", as his admirer Franz Liszt called him, having given him a valuable Amati cello. Piatti was born in Bergamo. |
VIVALDI
La Cetra 12 Violin Concertos, Op.9 L'Arte dell'Arco, Federico Guglielmo [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 24/Jun/2016 ] A new instalment of Guglielmo's recording cycle of the complete Opus number 1‐12 by Vivaldi: the 12 violin concertos Op. 9, known as "La Cetra", dedicated to Charles VI, the holy Roman Emperor of the Hapsburg empire. As in the other concerto... |
VIVALDI
6 Sonatas Op.5 L'Arte dell'Arco, Federico Guglielmo [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 22/Apr/2016 ] This CD presents the first recording on period instruments of Vivaldi's complete Opus 5, consisting of 4 violin sonatas for violin solo and continuo, as well as two Trio Sonatas for two violins and continuo. In the years of composition of these... |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: Complete Concertos & Sonatas Op 1 - 12 L'Arte dell'Arco, Federico Guglielmo [ Brilliant Classics / 20 CD Box Set - released 20/Sep/2016 ] "these performances are light enough confections, low enough in calories to make sure you can keep tasting for ages without feeling uncomfortable. The price, plus the good notes and recording make these a bit of a bargain." CDReview |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Violin Concertos Opp. 11 & 12 L'Arte dell'Arco, Federico Guglielmo (solo violin & concertmaster), Pier Luigi Fabretti (oboe) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2016 ] With this new release, L'Arte dell'Arco complete their survey of the concertos and sonatas Opp. 1-12 which spread the fame of Antonio Vivaldi across Europe thanks to their publication by Etienne Roger in Amsterdam. These final two sets were published... |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: La stravaganza - 12 concerti, Op. 4 L'Arte dell'Arco, Federico Guglielmo (violin and concert master) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 22/Nov/2016 ] The 12 violin concertos which Antonio Vivaldi published as "La Stravaganza" do full justice to their title: the range of expression is enormous, from the tender lyricism of the slow movements to the wild and tempestuous fast movements, where the solo... |
VIVALDI / ALBINONI / LOCATELLI / CORELLI / STRADELLA / VITALI / MANCINI
Italian Baroque: The Instrumental Edition L'Arte dell'Arco/Federico Guglielmo, Ensemble Cordia/Stefano Veggetti, Violini Capricciosi/Igor Ruhadze, Musica Amphion/Pieter-Jan Belder [ Brilliant Classics / 50 CD Box Set - released 30/Jan/2017 ] This set present an anthology of Italian Baroque composers, featuring their instrumental output. Obviously the famous composers have their fair share: Vivaldi, Albinoni, Locatelli, Corelli, but also lesser-known composers are featured: Barsanti,... |
SCHOENBERG / BERG / WEBERN
Second Viennese School -String Quartets LaSalle Quartet [ Brilliant Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 20/Feb/2009 ] For many years the recordings of the complete string quartets of Schoenberg by the LaSalle Quartet were the top recommendation of the critics. |
ZEMLINSKY
String Quartets (complete) LaSalle Quartet [ Deutsche Grammophon/ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 20/May/2010 ] 'The LaSalle Quartet have a special authority in the music of Schoenberg, his pupils and associates, yet there is nothing in the least forbidding about these well-thought-out, unfailingly exciting performances. The LaSalle players are masters of all... |
VILLA-LOBOS
Complete String Quartets Latin American Quartet [ Brilliant Classics / 6 CD - released 14/Aug/2005 ] "Bearing comparison with those of Bartók, Shostakovich or Simpson and containing some of his finest music - 1942's Seventh - Villa-Lobos's quartets are not as well known as they should be. The Latin American's performances are a match for the... |
FEDERIGO FIORILLO
Violin Concerto / Sinfonia Concertanti Laura Bortolotto (violin) / Accademia d'Archi Arrigoni, Domenico Mason [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 24/Sep/2015 ] Though born in Brunswick, Federigo Fiorillo (1755-c.1823) was of Neopolitan descent, as the most casual appreciation of these fine and rare concertante works will confirm. Indeed his work owes as much to the style of Albinoni, who died five years... |
NICOLA PORPORA
Porpora: Cantatas for Soprano Laura Maria Martorana (soprano) / I Virtuosi Italiani, Alberto Martini [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 10/Feb/2013 ] A dazzling display of vocal virtuosity, by the stunning coloratura soprano Maria Laura Martorana. |
