Alessandrini, Rinaldo > Soprano

Sacred Baroque Masterpieces - works by Bach, Monteverdi, Pergolesi, Scarlatti, Allegri / Lucy Crowe, Julia Lezhneva, Nathalie Stutzmann [6 CDs]

6 CD / Naïve / 2012-10-30

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV 232; Claudio Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine; Giovanni Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; Alessandro Scarlatti: Stabat Mater, for soprano, alto, 2 violins & c...
Performers: Bertagnolli, Gemma; Carnovich, Daniele; Dordolo, Luca; Ferrarini, Gianluca; Invernizzi, Roberta; Piccinini, Monica
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc; Alessandrini, Rinaldo; Fabre-Garrus, Bernard
Ensemble: ; Concerto Italiano; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble

This Christmas boxed set gathers together some of the most renowned sacred works from the baroque era: Bach's B minor mass, Monteverdi's Vespers, Pergolesi and...continue...

Vivaldi: Sacred Music / Sandrine Piau, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Philippe Jaroussky. Concerto et al. [6 CDs]

6 CD / Naïve / 2012-10-30

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Double Orchestra in F major, RV 584; Domine ad adjuvandum me festina (Psalm 69), for soprano, double chorus, 2 oboes, double strings & co; Ascende laeta, RV 635; Dixit D...
Performers: Bertagnolli, Gemma; Dantone, Ottavio; Ferreira, Mauro Lopes; Herrmann, Anke; Invernizzi, Roberta; Jaroussky, Philippe; Moi, Francesco; Montanari, Stefano; Piau, Sandrine; Piccinini, Monica; Polverell...
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo; Marchi, Alessandro de; Dantone, Ottavio; Spinosi, Jean-Christophe
Ensemble: Academia Montis Regalis; Accademia Bizantina; Concerto Italiano; Ensemble Matheus

For Christmas, a Naive boxed set that gathers the finest sacred works composed by Antonio Vivaldi and performed by some of the most recognized artists...continue...
Recording information: Abbaye de Saint-Michel, Thiérache (03/2009); Chiesa di S. Bernardino, Auditorium B. Manenti, Crema, (03/2009); Istituto di Musica Antica Academia Montis Regalis, Mond (03/2...continue...

Royal Handel - a collection of favorite orchestral and vocal works / Piau, Petibon, Crowe, Bayo, Fink, Minkowski et al.

2 CD / Naïve / 2012-09-25

Works: George Frederick Handel: Coronation Anthem; Rodelinda; Sonata for Flute in F major; A Song for St. Cecilia's Day; Joseph and His Brethren; L' Allegro, il Penseroso, ed il Moderato; Belshazzar; Il Tri...
Performers: Bayo, Maria; Cousin, Florian; Croft, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Crowe, Lucy; Expert, Robert; Gaillard, Heloise; Gauvin, Karina; Guerra, Alberto; Lehtipuu, Topi; Marsch, Molly; Petibon, Patricia; Piau, Sa...
Conductors: Summerly, Jeremy; ; Minkowski, Marc; Montanari, Stefano; Curtis, Alan; Alessandrini, Rinaldo; Malgoire, Jean-Claude; Sempe, Skip; Rousset, Christophe; Equilbey, Laurence
Ensemble: ; Amarillis; La Grande Écurie et la Chambre du Roy ; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble; Les Talens Lyriques; Royal Academy Consort

Naive Classique presents Royal Handel, a special project dedicated to one of the baroque music masters. It presents highlights of Handel's opera, choral, sacred or...continue...

Antonio Maria Bononcini: Messa; Stabat Mater / Frigato, Milanesi, Arrivabene, Biscuola, Mingardo, Contaldo, Giordani

1 CD / Naïve / 2012-08-28

Works: Antonio Maria Bononcini: Mass for 5 voices, chorus, strings & continuo in G minor; Stabat Mater for 4 voices, chorus, strings & continuo in C minor
Performers: Milanesi, Raffaella
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano

Naïve Classique presents a recording of two gems of the sacred music repertoire, including a world premiere recording of the monumental Messa a cinque concertata....continue...
Recording information: Wiener Konzerthaus (01/2012)....continue...

Ladies Sing Baroque / Piau, Kozena, Lemieux, Antonacci, Petibon, Stutzmann, Crowe et al.

2 CD / Naïve / 2012-03-27

Works: Giovanni Pergolesi: Stabat mater dolorosa a due; Antonio Vivaldi: Mottetto In furore iustissimae irae; Ercole sul Termodonte, RV 710; Juditha triumphans; La verità in cimento; Orlando furioso;...
Performers: Antonacci, Anna Caterina [Soprano]; Bertagnolli, Gemma; Bertini, Rossana; Cangemi, Veronica; Cousin, Florian; Crowe, Lucy; Gauvin, Karina; Hallenberg, Ann; Invernizzi, Roberta; Kazimierczuk, Angela; ...
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo; Dantone, Ottavio; Minkowski, Marc; Sardelli, Federico Maria; Marchi, Alessandro de; Spering, Christoph; Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Rousset, Christophe; ; Curtis, Alan; Antonini,...
Ensemble: ; Academia Montis Regalis; Accademia Bizantina; Bizzarrie Armoniche; Concerto Italiano; Ensemble Amarillis; Ensemble Matheus; Il Complesso Barocco; Il Giardino Armonico; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Gre...

Naïve Classique presents a special project dedicated to the gorgeous voices that enlighten masterpieces of the baroque masters, featuring Sandrine Piau, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Karina Gauvin,...continue...

In Search of Vivaldi / Music from the Operas, Sacred Music & Concertos

2 CD / Naïve / 2011-10-25

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: La fida ninfa; Orlando furioso; Atenaide; Ottone in villa; L'Olimpiade; Juditha triumphans; La verità in cimento; Griselda; Farnace; Argippo; Orlando finto pazzo; Concerto in ...
Performers: Azzolini, Sergio; Basso, Romina; Bernardini, Alfredo; Coin, Christophe; Genaux, Vivica; Invernizzi, Roberta; Jaroussky, Philippe; Kozena, Magdalena; Lehtipuu, Topi; Lezhneva, Julia; Lislevand, Rolf; ...
Conductors: Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Sardelli, Federico Maria; Antonini, Giovanni; Alessandrini, Rinaldo; Marchi, Alessandro de; ; Dantone, Ottavio
Ensemble: Academia Montis Regalis; Accademia Bizantina; Concerto Italiano; Ensemble Kapsberger; Ensemble Matheus; Ensemble Zefiro; Il Giardino Armonico; L'Aura Soave Cremona; Modo Antiquo

Amazing product: 2 CD & Book set, created to (re) discover Vivaldi. Disc 1 contains opera Highlights. Disc 2 includes sacred music & concertos. The...continue...

Galuppi: L'Inimico Delle Donne / Adami, Panzarella, Rinaldi [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Dynamic / 2011-10-03

Works: Baldassare Galuppi: L'Inimico Delle Donne
Performers: Adami, Filippo; Panzarella, Anna Maria; Rinaldi, Alberto
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Stefano Mazzonis di Pralafera

Classical Music
Anna Maria Panzarella tops a fine cast, the staging is colourful and Alessandrini conducts with zest.
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Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Subtitles: French, Italian, German, English
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Handel: Arias & Duos / Sandrine Piau, soprano; Sara Mingardo, contralto

1 CD / Naïve / 2011-09-27

Works: George Frederick Handel: Poro, re delle Indie, HWV 28; Orlando, HWV 31; Radamisto, HWV 12a; Flavio, Re dei Longobardi, HWV 16; Tamerlano, HWV 18; Ezio, HWV 29; Rinaldo, HWV 7a; Alessandro, HWV 21; Am...
Performers: Piau, Sandrine
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: ; Concerto Italiano

Following the success of the first 40 recordings in the 'Baroque voice' series, a further ten volumes have been added under the same, easyily identifiable...continue...
Recording information: Institut Pontifical de Musique Sacrée, Roma, Italy....continue...

Vivaldi: Vespers; String Concertos; Glorias

4 CD / Naïve / 2011-06-28

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Double Orchestra in F major, RV 584; Domine ad adjuvandum me festina (Psalm 69), for soprano, double chorus, 2 oboes, double strings & co; Dixit Dominus (Psalm 109), for...
Performers: Ferreira, Mauro Lopes; Foresti, Sergio; Giordano, Laura; Invernizzi, Roberta; Kulikova, Marianna; Moi, Francesco; Novaro, Riccardo; Piccinini, Monica; Schifani, Ignazio; Simbola, Anna; Vicari, France...
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: ; Concerto Italiano

This superb box from naïve classique gathers together the quintessential Vivaldi recordings of Rinaldo Alessandrini and Concerto Italiano. Included are beloved favorites like Vivaldi's "Gloria",...continue...

Monteverdi: L'Orfeo / Alessandrini, Nigl, Invernizzi, Mingardo [DVD]

1 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2011-03-29

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo
Performers: de Donato, Luigi; Invernizzi, Roberta; Mingardo, Sara; Nigl, Georg
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Monteverdi's seminal first opera tells the dramatic story from Ovid's Metamorphoses of the descent of Orfeo (Georg Nigl) into the underworld to recover his beloved...continue...
Run Time: 114 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.0 Surround
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spani...continue...

Monteverdi: L'Orfeo / Alessandrini, Nigl, Invernizzi, Mingardo [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2011-03-29

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo
Performers: de Donato, Luigi; Invernizzi, Roberta; Mingardo, Sara; Nigl, Georg
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Monteverdi's seminal first opera tells the dramatic story from Ovid's Metamorphoses of the descent of Orfeo (Georg Nigl) into the underworld to recover his beloved...continue...
Run Time: 114 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.0 Surround
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spani...continue...

Vivaldi: Opera Highlights from Naïve

3 CD / Naïve / 2010-11-16

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Juditha Triumphans; L'Olimpiad, RV 725; La verità in cimento, RV 739
Performers: Bertagnolli, Gemma; Comparato, Marina; Foresti, Sergio; Giordano, Laura; Hermann, Anke; Invernizzi, Roberta; Jaroussky, Philippe; Kozena, Magdalena; Kulikova, Marianna; Laurens, Guillemette; Novaro, ...
Conductors: Marchi, Alessandro de; Alessandrini, Rinaldo; Spinosi, Jean-Christophe

Frescobaldi: Primo Libro Dei Madrigali

1 CD / Naïve / 2010-06-29

Works: Girolamo Frescobaldi: Madrigali, Book I, for 5 voices
Performers: Banditelli, Gloria; Bertini, Rossana; Foresti, Sergio; Franzetti, Elisa; Maletto, Giuseppe; Naglia, Sandro
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo

Recording information: Salone della Musica, Villa Medici, ora Giulini, Briosco (05/1995)....continue...

10 Greatest Classical Emotions

1 CD / Naïve / 2010-02-23

Works: Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei; Franz Schubert: Schwanengesang; Antonio Vivaldi: Nisi Dominus, RV 608; Juditha triumphans, RV 644; Claudio Monteverdi: Lamento della Ninfa (Canto Amoroso); Johann Sebastian ...
Performers: Bertagnolli, Gemma; Blumenthal, Daniel; Desert, Claire; Gastinel, Anne; Jaroussky, Philippe; Kozena, Magdalena; Piau, Sandrine
Conductors: Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Minkowski, Marc; Marchi, Alessandro de; Von der Goltz, Gottfried; Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: ; Academia Montis Regalis; Ensemble Matheus; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble

Vivaldi: Gloria / Rino Alessandrini, Sara Mingardo, Concerto Italiano

1 CD / Naïve / 2009-08-25

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Ostro picta in D major, RV 642; "Domine Deus" from Gloria RV 589, for Soprano, Trumpet and Continuo; Jubilate o amoeni chori, introduzione to Gloria (RV 588), for voice, two oboes, o...
Performers: Dantcheva, Alena; Dordolo, Luca; Guido Campana; Piccinini, Monica; Robinson, Nicholas; Serafini, Lia; Simbola, Anna
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo

"Alessandrini's mastery in this repertoire is evident in the supple elegance of the performances, his keen sense of pacing, and particularly in the nuanced balance...continue...

Handel: Arias for Bass / Alessandrini, Regazzo, Concerto Italiano

1 CD / Naïve / 2009-06-30

Works: George Frederick Handel: Siroe; Orlando; Agrippina; MEDLEY; Alcina; Tamerlano; Dalla Guerra Amorosa, cantata for voice & continuo, HWV 102; Apollo e Dafne (La Terra è Liberata), dramatic cantata...
Performers: Bertagnolli, Gemma; Regazzo, Lorenzo
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano

"Egarr's playing is predictably expert and agile and his direction always reliable. Sometimes I miss the kind of animation and energy that Koopman brought to...continue...

Esprit - Baroque

1 CD / Naïve / 2009-05-26

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria; Concerto for Flute in F major, Op. 10 no 1/RV 433 "La tempesta di mare"; Griselda, RV 718; Orlando furioso, RV 728; Alessandro Marcello: Concerto for Oboe in D minor; Arcange...
Performers: Bayo, María; Cangemi, Veronica; Jaroussky, Philippe; Lesne, Gérard; Marq, Sébastien; Piau, Sandrine
Conductors: ; Rousset, Christophe; Biondi, Fabio; Gester, Martin; Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: ; Concerto Italiano; Ensemble Matheus; L'Europa Galante; Le Parlement de Musique; Les talens lyriques

Esprit - Sacré

1 CD / Naïve / 2009-05-26

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Stabat Mater in F minor, RV 621; John Dowland: Second Booke of Songes or Ayres; Johann Sebastian Bach: Saint Matthew Passion, BWV 244; Giovanni Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; George Freder...
Performers: Lesne, Gérard; Mingardo, Sara; Piau, Sandrine
Conductors: Krivine, Emmanuel; ; Alessandrini, Rinaldo; Spering, Christoph; Niquet, Hervé; Malgoire, Jean-Claude
Ensemble: ; Accentus; Concerto Italiano; Das Neue Orchester; La Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy; Le Concert spirituel

Esprit - Melancolique

1 CD / Naïve / 2009-05-26

Works: Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei, Op. 11; Gabriel Fauré: Elégie for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 24; George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo, HWV 7; Tomaso Albinoni: Adagio for Organ and Strings in G mino...
Performers: Gastinel, Anne [cello]; Korcia, Laurent; Piau, Sandrine; Sokolov, Grigory
Conductors: Rousset, Christophe; ; Alessandrini, Rinaldo; Antonini, Giovanni; Gardiner, John Eliot; Equilbey, Laurence
Ensemble: ; Accentus; Concerto Italiano; English Baroque Soloists; Il Giardino Armonico; Les talens lyriques

Handel: Opera Arias / Alessandrini, Concerto Italiano, et al

1 CD / Naïve / 2009-04-28

Works: George Frederick Handel: Poro, Rè dell'Indie, HWV 28; Orlando, HWV 31; Radamisto, HWV 12; Flavio, Rè di Longobardi, HWV 16; Tamerlano, HWV 18; Ezio, HWV 29; Rinaldo, HWV 7; Alessandro, ...
Performers: Mingardo, Sara; Piau, Sandrine
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano

Gramophone Magazine
The duets are exquisitely interpreted and show an excellent feeling for musico-dramatic character: the two singers combine to rapturous effect in "Carol" Dolce! Amico...continue...

Vivaldi: Vespri per l'Assunzione di Maria Vergine / Alessandrini, Concerto Italiano, et al

2 CD / Naïve / 2008-10-28

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Double Orchestra in F major, RV 584; Domine ad adjuvandum me festina (Psalm 69), for soprano, double chorus, 2 oboes, double strings & co; Ascende laeta, RV 635; Dixit D...
Performers: Belli, Ettore; Bellotto, Matteo; Bertagnolli, Gemma; Ferrarini, Gianluca; Ferreira, Mauro Lopes; Invernizzi, Roberta; Moi, Francesco; Scavazza, Marco; Schifani, Ignazio; Secondi, Antonio De; Simbola,...
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano

Baroque Voices - Monteverdi: Lamento della ninfa, etc / Rinaldo Alessandrini, Concerto Italiano

1 CD / Naïve / 2008-05-27

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Madrigals, Book 8
Performers: Bagnati, Tiziano; Bertini, Rossana; Carnovich, Daniele; Ferrarini, Gianluca; Foresti, Sergio; Franzetti, Elisa; Ghielmi, Vittorio; Maletto, Giuseppe; Naglia, Sandro
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano

Instant Classics - Pergolèse, Vivaldi: Stabat Mater

1 CD / Naïve / 2007-11-20

Works: Giovanni Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; Antonio Vivaldi: Amen
Performers: Bertagnolli, Gemma; Mingardo, Sara
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano

Instant Classics - Vivaldi: Gloria, Magnificat

1 CD / Naïve / 2007-11-20

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: "Domine Deus" from Gloria RV 589, for Soprano, Trumpet and Continuo; Concerto for strings & continuo in D minor, RV 128; Magnificat in G minor, RV 610; Double Trumpet Concerto for 2 ...
Performers: Piccire, Patrizia; York, Deborah
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo

Monteverdi: L'Orfeo / Alessandrini, Concerto Italiano, et al

2 CD / Naïve / 2007-10-30

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo
Performers: Abete, Antonio; Dordolo, Luca; Ferrarini, Gianluca; Foresti, Sergio; Giordani, Raffaele; Piccinini, Monica; Scavazza, Marco; Simbola, Anna; Zanasi, Furio
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano

"Furio Zanasi (billed here as a tenor but as a baritone on other recordings; he sounds like a high baritone) sings Orfeo with great virtuosity...continue...

Scarlatti: Stabat Mater, Missa / Alessandrini

1 CD / Naïve / 2007-10-30

Works: Domenico Scarlatti: Stabat Mater, for double chorus & continuo in C minor; Missa quatuor vocum, for chorus in G minor
Performers: Abbondanza, Roberto; Damiani, Andrea; Dominguez, Rosa; Fanciullacci, Paolo; Fedi, Elena Cecchi; Ferrarini, Gianluca; Foresti, Sergio; Franzetti, Elisa; Perugi, Andrea; Tiso, Elisabetta
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano

A masterly composition on par with the famous version by Pergolesi. Like his father Alessandro, Domenico Scarlatti brings, to an already somewhat archaic style, great...continue...

Pergolesi, Scarlatti: Stabat maters / Alessandrini, et al

1 CD / Naïve / 2007-09-25

Works: Giovanni Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; Alessandro Scarlatti: Stabat Mater, for soprano, alto, 2 violins & continuo
Performers: Bertagnolli, Gemma; Piovano, Luigi; Vicari, Francesca
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano

As classic of Baroque music, the Stabat Mater by Pergolesi (he wrote it when he was twenty-four and he died two years later) is a...continue...

Handel: Il trionfo del tempo e del disinganno

2 CD / Naïve / 2007-08-28

Works: George Frederick Handel: Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno
Performers: Bertagnolli, Gemma; Sears, Nicholas; York, Deborah
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano

Vivaldi: Gloria, Magnificat, etc / Alessandrini, York, et al

1 CD / Naïve / 2007-07-31

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: "Domine Deus" from Gloria RV 589, for Soprano, Trumpet and Continuo; Concerto for strings & continuo in D minor, RV 128; Magnificat, for 2 vocal soloists, chorus, strings & continuo ...
Performers: Biccire, Patrizia; York, Deborah
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano

Monteverdi: Madrigali Libro VIII / Concerto Italiano

3 CD / Naïve / 2006-10-31

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Madrigals, Book 8; Madrigali guerrieri, et amorosi... Libro ottavo; Lamento della Ninfa (Canto Amoroso); Altri canti di Marte (Livre 8), a 6 voci con violini; Hor che'l ciel e la ...
Performers: Abbondanza, Roberto; Bagnati, Tiziano; Belli, Ettore; Bellotto, Matteo; Bertini, Rossana; Carnovich, Daniele; Cola, Luca; Colitto, Lorenzo; Dominguez, Rosa; Donato, Vincenzo di; Dordolo, Luca; Ermoll...
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano

"These are very 'Italian' performances - full of drama, full of intensity, not afraid of exaggeration, never hampered by reticence. Some listeners will, perhaps, find...continue...

Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine / Alessandrini, et al

2 CD / Naïve / 2004-11-16

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine
Performers: Abete, Antonio; Carnovich, Daniele; Donato, Vincenzo di; Dordolo, Luca; Ferrarini, Gianluca; Invernizzi, Roberta; Piccinini, Monica; Simbola, Anna; Spagnoli, Pietro; Zanasi, Furio
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano

This highly anticipated recording of Monteverdi's 'Vespro della Beata Vergine' is a new construction by Rinaldo Alessandrini. Monteverdi is one of our most important composers,...continue...

Vivaldi: Operas / Kozena, Mingardo, Prina, et al

1 CD / Naïve / 2004-08-01

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: La verità in cimento, RV 739; Juditha triumphans, RV 645; L'Olimpiade, RV 725; L'Orlando finto pazzo
Performers: Bertagnolli, Gemma; Comparato, Marina; Foresti, Sergio; Invernizzi, Roberta; Jaroussky, Philippe; Kozena, Magdalena; Laurens, Guillemette; Rolfe Johnson, Anthony [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Marchi, Alessandro de; Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Academia Montis Regalis; Concerto Italiano; Matheus Ensemble

Vivaldi's opera remained virtually unknown until the very end of the 20th century, even though these are incredibly rich pieces, rarely equalled for dramatic intensity...continue...

Vivaldi: Vespri per l'Assunzione di Maria / Alessandrini

2 CD / Naïve / 2004-02-01

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Double Orchestra in F major, RV 584; Domine ad adjuvandum me festina (Psalm 69), for soprano, double chorus, 2 oboes, double strings & co; Ascende laeta, RV 635; Dixit D...
Performers: Belli, Ettore; Bellotto, Matteo; Bertagnolli, Gemma; Ferrarini, Gianluca; Invernizzi, Roberta; Scavazza, Marco; Secondi, Antonio De; Simbola, Anna
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano

"If you want this kind of contextualization of Vivaldi's sacred music, and don't have or can't find the Skidmore and Malgoire releases, this new set...continue...

Pergolesi, Scarlatti, Vivaldi, Handel / Sara Mingardo, et al

1 CD / Naïve / 2002-12-12

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Amen; Cessate omai cessate, RV 684; Concerto for Strings in C major, RV 117; "Domine Deus" from Gloria RV 589, for Soprano, Trumpet and Continuo; Magnificat, for 2 vocal soloists, ch...
Performers: Bertagnolli, Gemma
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo; Lasserre, Françoise
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano

Vivaldi: L'Olimpiade / Alessandrini, Mingardo, Invernizzi

3 CD / Naïve / 2002-09-17

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: L'Olimpiade, opera in 3 acts, RV 725
Performers: Foresti, Sergio; Giordano, Laura; Invernizzi, Roberta; Kulikova, Marianna; Novaro, Riccardo
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano

"Rinaldo Alessandrini has already proved himself a stylish and persuasive Vivaldian and here his blend of scholarship with a feeling for the music's poetry results...continue...

Scarlatti: Cantate per la Notte di Natale / Alessandrini

1 CD / Naïve / 1999-12-30

Works: Arcangelo Corelli: Concerti grossi (12), Op. 6; Alessandro Scarlatti: Abramo, il tuo sembiante, cantata for soloists, chorus, 2 oboes, strings & continuo
Performers: Bertini, Rossana; Fedi, Elena Cecchi; Ferrarini, Gianluca; Foresti, Sergio; Franzetti, Elisa; Naglia, Sandro; Zanasi, Furio
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano