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Goffredo Petrassi: Concerto for Piano & Orchestra; La Folia di Orlando; Partita / Alfonso Alberti, piano

1 CD / Stradivarius / 2012-06-12

Works: Goffredo Petrassi: Piano Concerto; La Follia di Orlando, suite for orchestra; Partita for orchestra
Performers: Alberti, Alfonso
Conductors: Tamayo, Arturo
Ensemble: ; RAI National Symphony Orchestra

This CD is concerned with the origins of the musical identity of Goffredo Petrassi (1904 - 2003): a recognized piece, the Partita (1932); one sometimes...continue...
Recording information: Auditorium RAI Torino (05/07/2008-05/09/2008)....continue...

G. Francesco Malipiero: Cordiali saluti / Francesco Parrino, Stefano Parrino

1 CD / Stradivarius / 2012-05-08

Works: Gian Francesco Malipiero: Concerto for Violin no 2; Quartet for Strings no 1 ("Rispetti e strambotti"); Flute Concerto; Sinfonia no 6 "Degli archi"
Performers: Parrino, Francesco; Parrino, Stefano
Conductors: di Mauro, Francesco
Ensemble: ; Orchestra of the Province of Catanzaro ôLa Greciaö

Cordiali saluti contains some of the most significant orchestral works of important Italian composer Gian Francesco Malipiero, whose style is very personal and unique, and...continue...
Recording information: Lamezia Terme (CZ) (03/23/2009-03/25/2009)....continue...

Alessdandro Sbordoni: Sirius / Germano Scurti, Guido Arbonelli

1 CD / Stradivarius / 2012-02-14

Works: Alessandro Sbordoni: Virgo, for bass clarinet & bayan; A.D.C.E., for bayan; Meine Freude, for bayan; My J, for saxophone, piano, bayan & contrabass; Altro tempo, for bayan; Sirius, for bayan & orches...
Performers: Arbonelli, Guido; Scurti, Germano
Conductors: Tamayo, Arturo;
Ensemble: ; Gruppo Progetto Aleanova (Ensemble); Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI

The particular kind of accordion called "bayan" is the focal point of this release, featuring talented Italian player Germano Scurti....continue...
Recording information: Auditorium RAI, Torino, Italy (02/19/2010); VDM Studio, Roma (02/19/2010); Auditorium RAI, Torino, Italy (05/22/2009); VDM Studio, Roma (05/22/2009)....continue...

Luca Francesconi: Ballata, opera in two acts / Adamopoulos

2 CD / Stradivarius / 2011-08-09

Works: Luca Francesconi: Ballata, opera
Conductors: Ono, Kazushi

An opera by the great Italian composer Luca Francesconi featuring two acts and a wordbook by Umberto Fiori from "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" (S....continue...
Recording information: La Monnaie, Brussels, Belgium (10/29/2002)....continue...

Salvatore Sciarrino: Luci Mie Traditrici, opera in 2 acts / Ens. Algoritmo

1 CD / Stradivarius / 2011-08-09

Works: Salvatore Sciarrino: Luci mie traditrici, opera
Performers: Bode, Simon [Tenor Vocal]; Miedl, Christian; Schneider, Roland [Countertenor Vocal]; Tarandek, Nina
Conductors: Angius, Marco

Luci mie traditrici was presented on May 19, 1998 in the Schwetzinger Festpiele under the German title Die tödliche Blume ("The Deadly Flower"). It was...continue...
Recording information: Montepulciano, Siena, Italy (07/29/2010-07/30/2010)....continue...

Giovanni Bottesini: Duets

1 CD / Stradivarius / 2011-06-14

Works: Giovanni Bottesini: Double-bass Concerto no 2 in B minor; Duetto for Clarinet, Double Bass and Orchestra; Gran Duo concertante for Violin, Double Bass and Orchestra; Concerto di bravura
Performers: Fagone, Enrico; Giuffredi, Corrado; Zagato, Walter [Violin]
Conductors: Mueller, Christoph

A new CD from the greatest double bassist in the world, described as "the Paganini of the double bass."...continue...
Recording information: RSI Auditorium Stelio Molo (10/12/2009-10/16/2009)....continue...

Sylvano Bussotti: Autotono

1 CD / Stradivarius / 2011-04-12

Works: Sylvano Bussotti: El Carbonero, for vocal ensemble; Sette fogli, for flute, clarinet, piano & percussion; Lachrimae, for solo voice; Phaidra/Heliogabalus, for bass clarinet & viola; Frammenti all'Ita...
Performers: Bussotti, Sylvano; Casati, Giorgio; Casiraghi, Paolo; Dolci, Alessandro; Ehara, Daisuke; Formenti, Sonia; Fujii, Daisuke; Kakimoto, Tatsujiro; Matsudaira, Takashi; Miyagawa, Shin-Ichiro; Miyazawa, Fu...
Conductors: Sugiyama, Yoichi
Ensemble: ; MDI ensemble

One of the most interesting recordings on this CD is certainly the orchestral version of Autotono, where the performers are joined by promising young musicians...continue...

Cristian Carrara: Destinazione del Sangue; Icone

1 CD / Stradivarius / 2011-04-12

Works: Cristian Carrara: Destinazione del sangue, for cello, piano & orchestra; Icone, for orchestra
Performers: Fiorino, Nicola; Iannone, Pasquale
Conductors: Scogna, Flavio Emilio

Cristian Carrara is a young, talented Italian composer. This project, born from collaboration between Carrara and the Italian Church, is a pleasant monographic portrait of...continue...

Antonio Vivaldi: 4 Seasons of Love

1 CD / Stradivarius / 2011-03-08

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Concerto for Violin in D minor; Concerto for strings & continuo in C major, RV 114
Performers: Il Tempio Armonico; Monti, Davide; Rasi, Alberto
Conductors: Rasi, Alberto

Il Tempio Armonico, a well-known Italian ensemble devoted to the orchestral repertoire of the European Baroque, rediscovers the deepest essence of The Four Seasons with...continue...
Recording information: Villa Verità Fraccaroli Il Boschetto, San Pietro di Lav (03/12/2010-03/15/2010)....continue...

Massimo Botter: Scream

1 CD / Stradivarius / 2011-02-08

Works: Massimo Botter: Sentiero in un deserto di lava, for bass clarinet & orchestra; Seven Blades for seven instruments; And at the end... the scream, for oboe & 14 instruments; Zéula, for orchestra
Performers: Muñoz, Salvador Salvador; Stokes, John
Conductors: Encinar, Jose Ramon

If one draws a line starting from Zéula through to Scream and Seven Blades, one can see how much progress Massimo Botter has made over...continue...
Recording information: Auditorium Nacional de Música de Madrid (05/03/2010); Sede della Orquesta y Coro de la Comunidad de Madrid (05/03/2010); Auditorium Nacional de Música de Madrid (06/22...continue...

Benet Casablancas: Seven Scenes From Hamlet / Encinar

1 CD / Stradivarius / 2011-02-08

Works: Benet Casablancas: Siete escenas de Hamlet, for narrator & ensemble; Haikus (3), for piano; Alter Klang, impromptu for orchestra; Retablo sobre textos de Paul Klee, for 2 voices, piano & orchestra
Performers: Knorr, Marta; Lario, Mercedes; Segovia, Francisco Jose; Tortola, Cinta Varea; Viribay, Aurelio
Conductors: Encinar, Jose Ramon

For several years now, Benet Casablancas has cemented his position as one of the most important Spanish composers. This recording combines several recent works in...continue...
Recording information: Auditorio Nacional de Música de Madrid (05/05/2010/05/06/2010); Sede ORCAM (05/05/2010/05/06/2010); Auditorio Nacional de Música de Madrid (09/04/2009); Sede ORCAM (09...continue...

Barber: Piano Concerto; 3 Essays / Kawka

1 CD / Stradivarius / 2011-02-08

Works: Samuel Barber: Concerto for Piano, Op. 38; Essay for Orchestra no 1, Op. 12; Second Essay, for orchestra, Op. 17; Essay for Orchestra no 3, Op. 47
Performers: Nuti, Giampaolo
Conductors: Kawka, Daniel

This new CD includes Barber's Piano Concerto, which won the composer his second Pulitzer Prize, and the Three Essays for orchestra. Skilled pianist Giampaolo Nuti...continue...
Recording information: Auditorium RAI Torino (05/07/2008-05/09/2008)....continue...

Ivan Fedele: Mosaïque

1 CD / Stradivarius / 2010-09-14

Works: Ivan Fedele: Concerto for violin & orchestra; En archè, for soprano, violin & orchestra; L'orizzonte di Elettra, for electric violin& electronics & orchestra; Mosaïque, for violin & orchest...
Performers: D'Orazio, Francesco; Mologni, Corinna
Conductors: Angius, Marco

Four orchestral pieces by Ivan Fedele! Mosaïque is a re-working of a piece from 1982 for solo violin; L'orizzonte di Elettra was conceived in 1990...continue...
Recording information: Auditorium RAI Torino (05/19/2009-05/25/2009)....continue...

Ghedini: Concerto All'aperto

1 CD / Stradivarius / 2010-09-14

Works: Giorgio Federico Ghedini: Sonata da Concerto for flute, string orchestra, timpani & percussion; Concerto detto "L'Alderina", for flute, violin & orchestra; Concerto "Il belprato", for violin & string...
Performers: Parrino, Francesco; Parrino, Stefano
Conductors: di Mauro, Francesco

Together with excellent soloists Francesco Parrino and Stefano Parrino, the Stesichoros Chamber Orchestra presents three works by Giorgio Federico Ghedini, a great protagonist of the...continue...
Recording information: Centro Congressi Nicolosi (10/08/2008-10/12/2008)....continue...

Giulio Castagnoli: Missa Sancti Evasii

1 CD / Stradivarius / 2010-08-10

Works: Giulio Castagnoli: Missa Sancti Evasii, for solo voices, chorus & orchestra; Cantico Notturno, for 12 voices, percussion & electronics; Canti Pisani (3), for 6 voices, percussion & electronics; Madri...
Performers: Balbinutti, Riccardo; Hein, Folkmar; Omar, Maurizio Ben; Prati, Walter
Conductors: Chiavazza, Claudio; Jais, Ruben; Pavese, Carlo; Peelman, Roland
Ensemble: ; Hong Kong Virtuosi; Syrin Ensemble, Stockholm

This new release from Stradivarius includes one of Castagnoli's newest masterpieces, the Missa Sancti Evasii (2007), in which he melts together an ecstatic religious, joyous...continue...
Recording information: Studioclassic di Emilio Borsoi....continue...

Giacinto Scelsi Collection Vol 2 - Chukrum, Rotativa, etc

1 CD / Stradivarius / 2010-06-18

Works: Giacinto Scelsi: Prânam 2; To the Master; Wo-Ma, four songs for bass voice; Trio for 3 Percussions; Rotativa; Preghiera per un' ombra; Chukrum for Strings
Performers: Biagini, Cristina; Fevre, Veronique; Isherwood, Nicholas; Marzocchi, Marco; Mazzanti, Livia; Orvieto, Aldo; Teodoro, Carlo
Conductors: Angius, Marco; ; Pfaff, Luca
Ensemble: ; Ars Ludi; Ensemble 2E2M; Musicateatroensemble

This is the second installment in Stradivarius’s series devoted to one of most intriguing musical personalities of the 20th century, Giacinto Scelsi, with the authoritative...continue...

Erkoreka: Afrika, Kantak, Jukal, Akorda / Encinar, et al

1 CD / Stradivarius / 2009-02-10

Works: Gabriel Erkoreka: Afrika, for marimba & orchestra; Kantak, for piccolo & chamber ensemble; Jukal, for guitar & chamber ensemble; Akorda, for accordion & orchestra
Performers: Alberdi, Inaki; Arago, Salvador; Arriola, Victor; Berg, Nelleke Ter; Carneiro, Pedro; Dominguez, Rafael; Martin, Eva; Schmid, Michaela
Conductors: Encinar, Jose Ramon

This new installment in a series devoted to orchestral contemporary music from Spain features music from one of the leading new composers in Spain....continue...

Number Three - Neuwirth, Fujikura, Mantovani / Pascal Gallois, et al

1 CD / Stradivarius / 2009-01-13

Works: Olga Neuwirth: In Nacht und Eis; Zefiro aleggia...nell'infinito...; Torsion; Dai Fujikura: The Voice, for bassoon & cello; Bruno Mantovani: Un mois d'octobre
Performers: de Saram, Rohan; Gallois, Pascal; Vassilakis, Dimitri
Conductors: Lubman, Bradley

Toshio Hosokawa: Tabi-bito, Sen no 6, Die Lotosblume / Takaseki, Nakamura, Cologne WDR SO, et al

1 CD / Stradivarius / 2008-11-11

Works: Toshio Hosokawa: Tabi-bito "Wanderer"; Sen no 6; Die Lotosblume
Performers: Nakamura, Isao
Conductors: Takeseki, Ken; Huber, Rupert

These world premiere recordings are of major works by a prominent composer: Toshio Hosokawa. A new Stradivarius co-production with the prestigious WDR3 radio channel....continue...

Charles: Seven Looks, Concertino for Clarinet, etc / Salvador, Encinar, et al

1 CD / Stradivarius / 2008-06-10

Works: Agustín Charles: Seven Looks, for orchestra; Concerto for clarinet & chamber ensemble; Concertino for orchestra
Performers: Munoz, Salvador Salvador; North, Anne Marie; Ruiz, Ana
Conductors: Encinar, Jose Ramon

This spectacular orchestra showcase is by a Spanish composer who has been deeply influenced by American music....continue...

Verrando: Orchestral Works - Triptych, Sotille, etc / Valade, et al

1 CD / Stradivarius / 2008-04-08

Works: Giovanni Verrando: Triptych, for orchestra; Sottile, for chamber orchestra & electronics; Agile, for orchestra & electronics; Polyptych, for 3 groupings of electronic orchestra
Conductors: Valade, Pierre-Andre

World premiere orchestral recordings by a young talent! This is the sixth volume of collaboration between Stradivarius and the RAI orchestra....continue...

Battistelli: Prova d'orchestra / Pfaff, et al

2 CD / Stradivarius / 2008-02-12

Works: Giorgio Battistelli: Prova d'orchestra, opera
Performers: Barrell, David; Brande, Wilfried Van den; Capelle, Mireille; Engeland, Anja Van; Haegeman, Lien; Konsek, Xenia; McClung, Deborah; Owen, Stephen; Romijn, Corinne; Sheffield, Philip; Vaal, Jeroen De; V...
Conductors: Pfaff, Luca

This world premiere recording is of an opera whose libretto is adapted from the screenplay of Federico Fellini. It's one of the most frequently performed...continue...

Donatoni Edition Vol 6 Donatoni: Poll, About, etc

1 CD / Stradivarius / 2008-01-08

Works: Franco Donatoni: Algo IV, for guitar & 12 instruments; Poll, for 13 players; Refrain IV, for mandolin, guitar, harp, harpsichord, celesta, pianoforte, vibraphone & marimba; About for violin, viola & ...
Performers: Arrigo, Giulio; Cardi, Stefano; Giudice, Fabio; Pelura, Giuseppe; Recchia, Nazarena; Sanzò, Luca; Zigiotti, Sergio
Conductors: Bartoletti, Massimo; Cardi, Stefano
Ensemble: ; Freon Ensemble

Franco Donatoni was among the most prominent Italian composers of his generation, along with his contemporaries Berio and Nono. From Algo for solo guitar (1977)...continue...

Mozart: Flute Concertos / Sello, Gessi, etc

1 CD / Stradivarius / 2007-11-13

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Flute no 2 in D major, K 314 (285d); Andante for Flute and Orchestra in C major, K 315 (285e); Concerto for Flute no 1 in G major, K 313 (285c)
Performers: Sello, Luisa
Conductors: Gessi, Romolo

Rotte sonore - Vacchi: Quintet, Cesa: Armando, etc

1 CD / Stradivarius / 2007-11-13

Works: Fabio Vacchi: Quintetto da Luoghi Immaginari, for flute, bass clarinet, violin, cello & harp; Mario Cesa: Sinfonia per un quartetto, for flute, clarinet, cello & piano; Armando Gentilucci: I lontani ...
Performers: Agricola, Maria; Carbonara, Rocco; Cima, Daniela; Pasotti, Elena
Conductors: Parisi, Vittorio
Ensemble: ; Dèdalo Ensemble

Scelsi Collection Vol 1 - Maknongan, etc / Fabbriciani

1 CD / Stradivarius / 2007-10-09

Works: Giacinto Scelsi: Maknongan; Quartet for Strings no 2; Riti "Ritual March", version for Achilles, for 4 percussionists; Illustrazione (4), for piano; Riti "Ritual March", version for Charlemagne, for ...
Performers: Dillon, Francesco; Fabbriciani, Roberto; Ottaviucci, Fabrizio; Ricevuto, Fulvia
Conductors: Cocco, Enrico

The first in a series of recordings devoted to the music of Giacinto Scelsi, devised by Stradivarius in conjunction with the Isabella Scelsi Foundation. The...continue...

Solbiati: Sinfonia seconda, Die Sterne des Leidlands, etc

1 CD / Stradivarius / 2007-08-07

Works: Alessandro Solbiati: Symphony no 2; Symphony no 1; Die Sterne des Leidlands, for orchestra
Conductors: Kawka, Daniel

Alessandro Solbiati (b. 1936) is one of Italy's leading modern composers of orchestral music, known for pursuing what he calls "a sense of tradition," i.e.,...continue...

Castiglioni: Inverno In-Ver, Quodlibet, etc/ Gelmetti, et al

1 CD / Stradivarius / 2007-07-10

Works: Niccolò Castiglioni: Inverno In-ver, 11 musical poems for small orchestra; Quodlibet, for solo soprano; Quodlibet, small concerto for piano & chamber orchestra; Dickinson-Lieder, for soprano & p...
Performers: Hoffmann, Peter; Kabis, Regina; Kiuchi, Sakae; Nodinger, Annette
Conductors: Gelmetti, Gianluigi; Bernasconi, Giorgio
Ensemble: ; Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

Niccolo Castiglioni (1932-1996) was an Italian composer and pianist who refused to be swept away by the currents all around him, yet whose music today...continue...

del Puerto: Sinfonía no 2, etc / Sukarlan, Guillén, Encinar

1 CD / Stradivarius / 2007-07-10

Works: David del Puerto: Sinfonía no 2, for piano & orchestra ("Nusantara"); Concerto for Violin
Performers: Guillen, Jose; Ruiz, Ana; Sukarlan, Ananda
Conductors: Encinar, Jose Ramon

Nusantara is the ancient name of Indonesia and simply means "archipelago." The solo part of this work was written for the Indonesian musician Ananda Sukarlan....continue...

Bach: Leipzig Chorales / Stillhardt, Astronio, et al

2 CD / Stradivarius / 2007-02-13

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Komm, heiliger Geist, erfüll die Herzen; Fantasia super Komm, heiliger Geist, BWV 651; Komm, heiliger Geist, BWV 652; An Wasserflüssen Babylon, BWV 267; An Wasserfl&#...
Performers: Astronio, Claudio
Conductors: Stillhardt, P. Urban

A many-sided musician, Claudio Astronio is an accomplished organist, harpsichordist, and conductor who is active in jazz and popular music as well as classical. Astronio...continue...

Villa-Rojo: Música da Camera / LIM

1 CD / Stradivarius / 2006-11-14

Works: Jesus Villa-Rojo: Vostros y..., for chamber ensemble; Divertimento III, for 2 saxophones; Eglogas (in memoria di Juan del Enzina), for 3 trumpets, 3 horns & 3 trombones; Conmemorativa, for flute, cla...
Performers: Arias, Antonio; Kovacs, Alan; Lorente, Miguel A.; Mijan, Manuel; Oliver, Jose
Conductors: Villa-Rojo, Jesus

Voyages - Berio, Hosokawa, Schoeller / Gallois, Kawka, et al

1 CD / Stradivarius / 2006-06-13

Works: Toshio Hosokawa: Voyage II, for bassoon & ensemble; Luciano Berio: Sequenza XII, for bassoon; Philippe Schoeller: Cantate Isis, for bassoon & mixed choir
Performers: Gallois, Pascal
Conductors: Kawka, Daniel

A second CD showcasing the fabulous bassoonist Pascal Gallois, with all the works having been written for him. Gallois says: "The bassoon is such a...continue...

Dallapiccola: Orchestral Music / Queyras, Rophé, et al

1 CD / Stradivarius / 2005-10-14

Works: Luigi Dallapiccola: Pieces (2) for orchestra; Variazioni for orchestra; Dialogue for cello & orchestra; Three Questions with Two Answers for orchestra
Performers: Queyras, Jean-Guihen
Conductors: Rophé, Pascal

Verdi, et al / Banda Musicale Aeronautica Militare

1 CD / Stradivarius / 2005-03-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La battaglia di Legnano; Aida, opera; Ottorino Respighi: Fountains of Rome; Patrizio Esposito: Estroverso; Artie Shaw: Concerto for clarinet & orchestra; Gioachino Rossini: Guglielmo ...
Conductors: Esposito, Patrizio