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Sin Palabras: Stefano Grondona plays the Romantic Transcriptions for Guitar by Miguel Llobet

1 CD / Stradivarius / 2012-04-10

Works: Franz Schubert: Moments musicaux (6) for Piano, D 780/Op. 94; Felix Mendelssohn: Songs without words, vol 2, Op. 30; Song Without Words for piano no 39 in E flat major, Op. 85/3; Georges Bizet: L' Ar...
Performers: Grondona, Stefano

A new album by Stefano Grondona, considered one of the best Italian guitarists, entirely devoted to the Romantic Transcriptions for guitar by Miguel Llobet....continue...
Recording information: Chiesa di S. Barnaba, Laghi (VI)....continue...

Piazzolla: 4 Estaciones Porteñas / Trio Artelli

1 CD / Stradivarius / 2012-02-14

Works: Astor Piazzolla: Las estaciones porteñas (4); Enrico IV; Río Sena, tango; Milonga del Angel; Jeanne y Paul, tango (for film, Cadaveri eccelente); Chiquilín de Bachin; Chau Paris; T...
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Ensemble: Trio Artelli (Piano Trio)

This CD by the Trio Artelli presents some of the most significant works by Astor Piazzolla, illustrating once again the inexhaustible creativity of this Argentinian...continue...
Recording information: Napoli (09/2011)....continue...

Contemporary Voice in Italy, Vol. 5 / Tiziana Scandaletti, Riccardo Piacentini

1 CD / Stradivarius / 2012-01-10

Works: Lorenzo Ferrero: Canzoni d'amore; Giorgio Battistelli: Lettera di Angela, song (from "Divorzio all'italiana"); Fabio Vacchi: Lo stesso mare; Pieralberto Cattaneo: Se..., for voice, flute & piano; Vic...
Performers: Arancio, Virginia; Savoldi, Carla
Conductors: ; Gianola, Roberto
Ensemble: Duo Alterno

This collection brings together various declinations of love, including excursions into vocal traditions via masters of the love song who have certainly not been forgotten...continue...

East Travel: Antonio Carlos Jobim

1 CD / Stradivarius / 2011-06-14

Works: Norman Gimbel: How Insensitive; Antonio Carlos Jobim: Cancâo De Amor Demais; Wave, song; Por causa de voce; A Felicidade; Sabi; Corcovado, song; Triste; Look to the Sky; Chega de Saudade; Garota...
Performers: Gurtu, Trilok; Marzi, Mario; Sanesi, Federico; Zanchini, Simone

A fascinating voyage dedicated to A. C. Jobim, the "poet of music" who was among the first to create a universal musical language starting from...continue...
Recording information: Digitubestudio, Mantova, Italy (04/2010).

The packaging of the CD version of this little Italian release gives no information about how it came about, other than the fact...continue...

Cantar Venetiana

1 CD / Stradivarius / 2010-03-09

Works: Bartolomeo Tromboncino: Sú, sú, leva, alza le ciglia, for vocal ensemble; Marchetto Cara: Mentre io vo per questi boschi; Cangia spera mia voglia; Tante volte; Marco dall'Aquila: Recercar; ...
Performers: Bortolotto, Leonardo; Pavan, Franco; Rasi, Alberto
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Ensemble: Accademia Strumentale Italiana

This release offers a fascinating overview of Venetian music in the 15th and 16th centuries....continue...
Recording information: Soave (VR), chiesetta di S. Maria dei Domenicani (10/27/2009-10/30/2009)....continue...

Giulio Caccini: Il Cantar d'Affetto

1 CD / Stradivarius / 2010-01-12

Works: Anonymous, Italian: Saltarello; Giulio Caccini: Mentre che fra doglie e pene, for voice & continuo; Queste Lagrim'amare; Sfogava Con Le Stelle; Non ha'l ciel; Amor, io parto; Nuove musiche e nuova ma...
Performers: Ansermet, Claudine; Cherici, Paolo

Marescotti published Giulio Caccini's collection Le nuove musiche in Florence in 1602. Caccini's collection embodies the new way of composing and the new manner of...continue...
Recording information: Villa Bradamante, Parzanica, Bergamo, Italy (03/2009)....continue...

6 Books of Music for the Vihuela / Massimo Lonardi

1 CD / Stradivarius / 2009-10-13

Works: Luis de Milán: Libro de música de vihuela de mano intitulado El maestro; Pavan for vihuela No 2; Pavan for vihuela No 3; Pavan for vihuela No 4; Pavan for vihuela No 5; Pavan for vihuela ...
Performers: Lonardi, Massimo

The vihuela had a rather short life: little more than half a century passed from the edition of El Maestro (1535–36), which was the first...continue...

Jokes / Quintetto Bislacco

1 CD / Stradivarius / 2009-07-14

Works: Johann Strauss II: Unter Donner und Blitz, Op. 324; Astor Piazzolla: Libertango; La muerte del Angel; Melodia in A minor; Bernardo Stalman: Pizzicato Milongueado; Traditional: Celtic Dance; Paul McCa...
Performers: Fagone, Enrico; Fioravanti, Gustavo; Galfetti, Duilio; Radaelli, Marco; Zagato, Walter
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Ensemble: Quintetto Bislacco

Founded a few years ago by five musicians rather bored by their daily routine, Quintetto Bislacco resolved to fight against the torpor that rules over...continue...

Humoresque - Llobet: Transcriptions for 2 guitars / Stefano Grondona, Lucia Mondiello

1 CD / Stradivarius / 2008-08-12

Works: Isaac Albéniz: Cantos de Espagna, Op. 232; Iberia Suite, Book 1; Catalonia, suite populaire, for orchestra (only 1st of 3 parts completed); Enriqué Granados: Rapsodia Aragonesa; Danse espag...
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Ensemble: Grondona-Mondiello Guitar Duo

The seventh release by Stefano Grondona on Stradivarius is also the last volume of the complete works of Miguel Llobet. Grondona is one of the...continue...

Piazzolla: Milonga del Angel, etc; Corea, Gismonti, etc / Marzi, et al

1 CD / Stradivarius / 2008-05-13

Works: Egberto Gismonti: Cego Aderaldo; Palhaço; Karate; Chick Corea: Children's Songs (20); Simone Zanchini: Valzer storto; Hermeto Pascoal: Chorinho Pra Ele; Ernesto Nazareth: Apanhei-te, Cavaquinh...
Performers: Marzi, Mario; Scaioli, Matteo; Zanchini, Simone; Zannini, Paolo

Guitar Collection Vol 16 - Ceci n'est pas une guitare

1 CD / Stradivarius / 2008-01-08

Works: Ulrich Krieger: Histoire de l'oeil, for electric guitar & live electronics; György Kurtág: A kis csáva for piccolo, guitar & trombone, Op. 15b ( "The Little Predicament"); Steve Re...
Performers: Durisov, Tatiana; Forni, Emanuele E.; Ito, Noe; Pfiffner, Andreas; Rothlisberger, Simon; Tschanz, Angela

Guitarist Emanuele Forni states: "My approach to music has always been transversal and I still find myself tackling different repertoires with the same passion and...continue...

La voce contemporanea in Italia Vol 2 / Duo Alterno

1 CD / Stradivarius / 2006-11-14

Works: Ennio Morricone: Epitaffi sparsi, for voice & piano; Bruno Maderna: Liriche su Verlaine, for soprano & piano; Ada Gentile: La giornata di Betty Boop, for voice & piano; Carlo Mosso: Canzoni piemontes...
Performers: Piacentini, Riccardo; Scandaletti, Tiziana; Shapiro, Madeleine
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Ensemble: Duo Alterno

Following the successful first volume of vocal music by Corghi, Guaccero, Dallapiccola, Petrassi, Piacentini, Scelsi and Nono, this second volume of contemporary Italian vocal music...continue...

Echo - Monteverdi - A Voce Sola con Sinfonie / Rasi, et al

1 CD / Stradivarius / 2006-09-12

Works: Giovanni Paolo Cima: Sonata à 4 (dai Concerti Ecclesiastici, Milano 1610); Claudio Monteverdi: Madrigals, Book 10; Madrigals, Book 9; Scherzi musicali, volume 2; Lasciatemi morire "Lamento d'Ari...
Performers: Guglielmi, Luca; Invernizzi, Roberta; Pornon, Beatrice; Rasi, Alberto
Conductors: Rasi, Alberto
Ensemble: Accademia Strumentale Italiana; Italian Instrumental Academy

"Intersperses some of Monteverdi's best-known solo vocal pieces with contemporary works for viola da gamba consort and keyboard, expertly and lovingly played by Alberto Rasi...continue...

Falla: Homenaje; Llobet: Transcriptions / Montiel, Grondona

1 CD / Stradivarius / 2006-08-08

Works: Manuel de Falla: Homenaje - M. de Falla; Canciones populares españolas (7); El sombrero de tres picos; El Amor brujo, concert version for small orchestra, G. 48; Piezas Españolas (4) for ...
Performers: Grondona, Stefano; Mondiello, Laura; Montiel, María José
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Ensemble: Nova Lira Orfeo

Miguel Llobet (1878-1938) was a close contemporary and friend of Manuel de Falla, but never became so famous. In fact, his fame stems largely from...continue...

Dowland: Come away, come sweet love, etc / Invernizzi, et al

1 CD / Stradivarius / 2002-09-03

Works: John Dowland: Firste Booke of Songes; Semper Dowland semper dolens, P 9; Second Booke of Songes
Performers: Invernizzi, Roberta
Conductors: Rasi, Alberto
Ensemble: Italian Instrumental Academy

Maderna: Liriche su Verlaine, etc / Gorli, Arciuli, et al

1 CD / Stradivarius / 2002-08-06

Works: Bruno Maderna: Liriche su Verlaine; Y después; Concerto for Piano; Concerto for Oboe no 2
Performers: Bellocchio, Maria Grazia; Càsoli, Elena; Caiello, Alda; Zoboli, Omar
Conductors: Gorli, Sandro
Ensemble: Verdi Grand Symphonic Orchestra Milan

Bruno Madrna was the most famous avant-garde Italian composer, along with Luciano Berio, with whom he founded the Electronic Music Studio at Milan Radio. These...continue...

Honegger: Works for Violin & Piano / Wallin, Pagny

1 CD / Stradivarius / 2000-10-17

Works: Arthur Honegger: Sonata for Violin and Piano no 0 in D minor; Sonata for Violin and Piano no 1; Sonata for Violin and Piano no 2; Morceau de concours for Violin and Piano; Arioso for Violin and Piano
Performers: Pagny, Patricia; Wallin, Ulf

Malìa - Rossini, Donizetti, Tosti, et al / Michele Pertusi

1 CD / Stradivarius / 1997-08-04

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Les soirées musicales; Gaetano Donizetti: Amor marinaro; Francesco Paolo Tosti: Romanze (3)
Performers: Pertusi, Michele
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Ensemble: Parma Opera Orchestra