Cavalli, Francesco > Cecchetti, Mario

Francesco Cavalli: 5 Magnificat & Other Sacred Works

1 CD / Dynamic / 2009-12-08

Works: Francesco Cavalli: Magnificat à 6; Magnificat, for 8 voices & strings; Canzona for 10 voices (from Musiche Sacre); Vespero della Beata Vergine, 1675; Vespero delle Domeniche, 1675; Vespero delli...
Performers: Bellotto, Matteo; Buratto, Gianluca; Cecchetti, Mario; Fernandez, Yetzabel Arias; Ferrarini, Gianluca; Ouatu, Florin Cezar; Pasquini, Pietro
Conductors: Gini, Bruno
Ensemble: Ensemble La Pifarescha

Recording information: Abbazia Cistercense, Abbadia Cerreto (LO), Italy (09/30/2008-10/04/2008)....continue...

Cavalli: Vespero delle cinque Laudate, etc / Gini, et al

1 CD / Dynamic / 2007-01-30

Works: Francesco Cavalli: Vespero delli cinque Laudate, for 8 voices; Canzona à 8; Plaudite, cantate cimbalis; In virtute tua Domine; Magnificat à 6; Laudate Dominum à 8; Lauda Jerusalem
Performers: Bertuzzi, Elena; Buratto, Gianluca; Cecchetti, Mario; Jo Nagao; Ouatu, Florin Cezar; Pasquini, Pietro; Scavazza, Marco
Conductors: Gini, Bruno
Ensemble: Ensemble de Saqueboutiers; Quoniam

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...