Cavalli, Francesco > Banditelli, Gloria

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2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-10-31

Works: Orazio Vecchi: L'Amfiparnaso; Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo; Francesco Cavalli: Calisto; Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z 626; George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo; Jean-Philippe Rameau: Castor et Pollux,...
Performers: Alperyn, Graciela; Amps, Kym; Banditelli, Gloria; Barr, Frank; Benackova, Gabriela; Biel, Ann-Christine; Bordogna, Paolo; Borst, Martina; Buchanan, Alison; Carmignani, Alessandro; Cigna, Patrizia; Da...
Conductors: Vartolo, Sergio; ; Medlam, Charles; Mallon, Kevin; Östman, Arnold; Halász, Michael; Segerstam, Leif; Zedda, Alberto; Humburg, Will; Rahbari, Alexander; Davis, Colin; Casadesus, Jean-Claude;...
Ensemble: ; Aradia Ensemble; London Baroque; Scholars Baroque Ensemble

For 400 years, opera has illuminated the innermost recesses of human existence. Once the sport of kings and princes, it now provides the soundtrack of...continue...

Cavalli: Arias & Duets from Didone, Egisto, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-02-22

Works: Francesco Cavalli: Didone; Egisto; L' Ormindo, opera; Giasone; Calisto
Performers: Abbondanza, Roberto; Banditelli, Gloria; Cecchetti, Mario; Doro, Gianluca Belfiori; Frisani, Rosita
Conductors: Vartolo, Sergio
Ensemble: Mediterraneo Concento

This overview of Cavalli's operatic music paints a picture of both the nature of early opera and the composer's own talent. Although influenced by Monteverdi,...continue...