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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...

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

Alessandro Melani: Mottetti / Concerto Italiano

1 CD / Naïve / 2010-08-31

Works: Alessandro Melani: Litanie per la Beata Vergine, motet; Ave regina coelorum, motet; Clamemus ante Deum, motet; O voces formidandæ, motet; De necessitatibus, motet; Laudate pueri, motet; Vivere s...
Performers: Alessandrini, Rinaldo; Dordolo, Luca; Foresti, Sergio; Giordani, Raffaele; Piccinini, Monica; Simbola, Anna
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano

"If you avoid early sacred music because you believe it to be proper, sterile, aloof ritual, this recording will be nothing less than a revelation....continue...
Recording information: Rome, Italy (10/2006)....continue...

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...

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

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...

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...

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: 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