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Francesco Cavalli: La Didone / Anna Bonitatibus, Kresimir Spicer, Xavier Sabata. William Christie, Les Arts Florissants [DVD]

1 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2012-09-25

Works: Pier Fancesco Cavalli: La Didone
Performers: Bonitatibus, Anna; Sabata, Xavier; Sanchez, Ana Maria
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants

One of the first operas deserving of the name, Didone is our first surviving musical version of the famous episode in Virgil's Aeneid where the...continue...

Francesco Cavalli: La Didone / Anna Bonitatibus, Kresimir Spicer, Xavier Sabata. William Christie, Les Arts Florissants [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2012-09-25

Works: Pier Fancesco Cavalli: La Didone
Performers: Bonitatibus, Anna; Sabata, Xavier; Sanchez, Ana Maria
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants

One of the first operas deserving of the name, Didone is our first surviving musical version of the famous episode in Virgil's Aeneid where the...continue...
Run Time: 176 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS HD Master Audio
Subtitles: English, German, French
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Scavalli: Il Giasone / Sardelli - SO Vlaamse Opera, Dumaux, Bradic, Johannsen, Clement (dir) [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Dynamic / 2012-06-26

Works: Francesco Cavalli: Giasone
Performers: Dumaux, Christophe; Johannsen, Robin
Conductors: Sardelli, Federico Maria
Ensemble: Symphony Orchestra of Vlaamse Opera Antwerp

World Premiere on Bluray! Francesco Cavalli was the most successful Venetian opera composer of the mid-seventeenth century. This new production is orchestrated and conducted by...continue...
Run Time: 198 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby Digital 5.1, PCM 2.0, DTS HD 5.1 - 1080i, 1 BD 50
Subtitles: Ger...continue...

Cavalli: Il Giasone / Sardelli, Dumaux, Bradic, Johannsen [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Dynamic / 2012-05-29

Works: Francesco Cavalli: Giasone
Performers: Bradic, Katarina; Dumaux, Christophe; Johannsen, Robin
Conductors: Sardelli, Federico Maria
Ensemble: Symphony Orchestra of Vlaamse Opera Antwerp

World Premiere on DVD! Francesco Cavalli was the most successful Venetian opera composer of the mid-seventeenth century. This new production is orchestrated and conducted by...continue...
Run Time: 198 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: Italian, French, German, Engl...continue...

Cavalli: La Didone / Biondi/Europa Galante, McFadden, Staveland, Domenech [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Dynamic / 2011-01-01

Works: Pier Fancesco Cavalli: La Didone
Performers: Abbondanza, Roberto; Alvarez, Isabel; Cluster, Manuella; De Liso, Marina; Domènech, Jordi; Lombardi, Donatella; McFadden, Claron; Morace, Filippo; Schiavo, Maria Grazia; Staveland, Magnus
Conductors: Biondi, Fabio
Ensemble: Europa Galante

Preceded by a solemn prologue in which Iride admonishes mortals that they should not offend the gods, the story of Cavalli's Didone comes to life...continue...
Run Time: 173 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Letterbox, 16:9, Color
Country of Origin: Italy
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Sances: Stabat Mater & Motets To The Virgin Mary

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2010-05-04

Works: Alessandro Grandi: Motetti con sinfonie, libro primo; O quam tu pulchra es, motet for voice & continuo; Motetti (18); Giovanni Legrenzi: Ave Regina coelorum; Francesco Cavalli: O quam suavis et decor...
Performers: Jaroussky, Philippe
Conductors:
Ensemble: Ensemble Artaserse

French superstarcounter tenor Philippe Jaroussky presents a rich selection of motets dedicated to the Virgin Mary, composed in the late 16th century–early 17th century by...continue...
Recording information: Paris, Eglise Notre-Dame du Liban (12/05/2005-12/10/2005)....continue...

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: L'Ormindo / Corréas, Piau, Les Paladins, et al

2 CD / New Pan / 2007-07-05

Works: Pier Francesco Cavalli: Ormindo
Performers: Correas, Jerome; Crook, Howard; Oro, Martin; Piau, Sandrine; Visse, Dominique
Conductors: Corréas, Jérôme
Ensemble: Les Paladins

"This new recording brings this fine example of baroque opera admirably to life once again... All the singers, well-known or otherwise, plunge into their roles...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: La Calisto. Jacobs/Concerto Vocale [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Harmonia Mundi / 2006-11-14

Works: Pier Francesco Cavalli: Calisto
Performers: Banks, Barry; Bayo, Maria; Lippi, Marcello; Oliver, Alexander; Pushee, Graham; Theodoridou, Sonia; Tyson, Robin; Visse, Dominique; Winter, Louise
Conductors: Jacobs, René
Ensemble: Concerto Vocale

"When this was first released in 1995, I thought it was the finest recording of a Baroque opera I'd ever heard. Since then there have...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Discover - Opera

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...

Best Baroque 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-08-29

Works: George Frederick Handel: Coronation Anthems (4); Solomon, HWV 67; Messiah, HWV 56; Water Music Suite no 2 in D major, HWV 349; Dixit Dominus, HWV 232; Giulio Cesare, HWV 17; Alcina, HWV 34; Jeremiah ...
Performers: André, Maurice [trumpet]; Andre, Maurice; Argenta, Nancy; Asperen, Bob van; Augér, Arleen; Auger, Arleen; Banchini, Chiara; Beckett, Rachel; Bennett, Mark; Bennett, Mark [Trumpet]; Blyt...
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen; Hickox, Richard; ; Parrott, Andrew; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Leonhardt, Gustav; Norrington, Roger; Nelson, John; Rooley, Anthony; Rees, Jonathan; McCreesh, Pau...
Ensemble: ; Academy of Ancient Music; Academy of Ancient Music (UK); Academy of London; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Boston Early Music Festival Choir; Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra; Capella Ag...

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...

O bone Jesu - Monteverdi, Rossi, et al/ The Musicke Companye

1 CD / Intim Records / 2002-10-01

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Selva morale e spirituale; Exulta, filia Sion; Alessandro Grandi: Motetti (18); O sacrum convivium; Il primo libro de motetti; Domenico Gabrielli: Ricercar for Cello solo no 3 in ...
Performers: Esswood, Paul; Hyde, Philippa; Janse, Jennifer; Rogers, Helen; Sayce, Lynda
Conductors:
Ensemble: The Musicke Companye

Cavalli: Xerse / Jacobs, Nelson, Gall, Concerto Vocale

4 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2000-11-14

Works: Francesco Cavalli: Xerse, opera
Performers: Bach, Gottfried; Dieltiens, Roel; Elwes, John; Fauche, Francois; Feldman, Jill [Soprano Vocals]; Gall, Jeffrey; Jacobs, Rene; Junghanel, Konrad; Mellon, Agnes [Soprano Vocal]; Mey, Guy de; Nelson, Ju...
Conductors: Jacobs, René
Ensemble: Concerto Vocale

"Xerse" was written using the libretto that Handel also used, 84 years later. The text adopted here is that of its premiere in Venice in...continue...