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Carmina Nova: La Tradizione nel Contemporaneo - Works by Scattolin, Kurti and Benati / Latinobalcanica Ensemble

1 CD / Tactus / 2013-02-12

Works: Pier Paolo Scattolin: E nanna nanne, for voice, chorus & ensemble; Addonna va ssa Filumena, for voice, chorus & ensemble; Lamentazioni, for voice, chorus & ensemble; Sarvi Rriggina, for voice, chorus...
Performers: Frei, Constance; Malferrari, Stefano; Morini, Anna Maria; Pezzoli, Giuseppe [Percussion]; Tricomi, Fabio; Windsor, Lorna
Conductors:
Ensemble: Latinobalcanica Ensemble

The Carmina Nova project stems from the observation that for certain solo and choral repertoires it is possible consistently to identify and try out some...continue...
Recording information: Chiesa di S.Girolamo Certosa di Bologna-Italia (09/2009-12/2010)....continue...

Paolo Cavallone: Confini / Nicholas Isherwood, voice; Magnus Andersson, guitar; Roberto Fabbriciani, flute

1 CD / Tactus / 2012-04-10

Works: Paolo Cavallone: (Dis)tensioni, pieces (8) for clarinet & piano; Confini, for fortepiano; Trompe l'o(r)eil(le), for viola; Scenderò a patti, for voice; Milagros, for chitarrone & fortepiano; Fra...
Performers: Andersson, Magnus; Arnold, Tony [Soprano Vocal]; Avery, James; Domenici, Catarina; Fabbriciani, Roberto; Gosling, Stephen; Kopperud, Jean; Pogossian, Movses; Sanzo, Luca; Windsor, Lorna
Conductors: Baldini, Christian; ; Lena, Marco
Ensemble: Farben Ensemble (Chamber ensemble); June in Buffalo Contemporary Ensemble (Chamber ens

In the contemporary music scene, Paolo Cavallone represents a latter-day Renaissance man, with an intimate love for all forms of art. This CD features pieces...continue...

The Women in the Italian Opera - Arias from Norma, Un Ballo, La Boheme, Don Pasquale et al. / Federica Zanello, soprano

1 CD / Tactus / 2010-03-09

Performers: Cecconi, Elena; Devoti, Paola; Zanello, Federica
Conductors:
Ensemble: Ensemble Le Pleiadi

The Pleiades is the name of the Seven Sisters, a cluster of stars located in the Taurus constellation. According to Greek mythology, the god Zeus...continue...

G.M. Bononcini: Cantate e Sonate da camera

1 CD / Tactus / 2009-08-11

Works: Giovanni Maria Bononcini: Cantate per camera a voce sola, Op. 10; Varii fiori del giardino musicale, Op. 3; Arie, Correnti, Sarabande, Gighe et Alemande, Op. 4; Trattenimenti musicali a 3 et a 4 istr...
Performers: Bonvicini, Fabio; Giusti, Riccardo; Oliva, Alida; Rocco, Stefano
Conductors:
Ensemble: La Scatola dai Suoni

The works of Giovanni Maria Bononcini are part of the cultural heritage of the Este dynasty, created to a large extent by the duke Francesco...continue...

Albergati: Corona dei Pregi di Maria Op. 13; Victoria / Oliva, Aureli, Mazzoni, Rocco, Ensemble La Flora

1 CD / Tactus / 2009-03-10

Works: Tomás Luis de Victoria: Sancta Maria succure miseris - Tomás Luis de Victoria (c. 1548-1; Senex puerum portabat; Ne timeas, Maria; Vidi speciosam; Congratulamini mihi, motet for 6 voices;...
Performers: Mazzoniu, Matteo; Oliva, Alida; Rocco, Stefano
Conductors:
Ensemble: Ensemble La Flora

Monteverdi: Combattimenti di Tancredi e Clorinda, / Gini, Ensemble "Concerto"

1 CD / Tactus / 2008-09-09

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Madrigals, Book 8
Performers: Cadelo, Cettina; Gaifa, Carlo; Manno, Vincenzo [tenor]
Conductors: Gini, Roberto
Ensemble: Concerto Ensemble

Francesco Petrarca nelle musiche del primo Cinquecento

1 CD / Tactus / 2008-09-09

Works: Francesco Petrarch: Canzoniere, collection of poems; Bartolomeo Tromboncino: Virgine bella, che di sol vestita, for vocal ensemble (Canzoni nove con alcune scelte de varii libri; Virgine belle, for v...
Performers: Bertuzzi, Elena
Conductors:
Ensemble: Consort Veneto

Ghezzi: L'Adamo, Dialoghi sacri, etc / Cascio, et al

1 CD / Tactus / 2008-08-12

Works: Ippolito Ghezzi: L'Adamo, oratorio for 3 voices & continuo (from Op. 3); Dialoghi sacri ovvero motetti, for 2 voices, 2 violins & continuo, Op. 5; Lamentationi per la Settimana Santa, for voice & con...
Performers: Cascio, Robert; Sarti, Gastone; Vignudelli, Barbara
Conductors: Cascio, Robert
Ensemble: Cappella Musicale di San Giacomo Maggiore di Bolog

Ippolito Ghezzi was not only a performer and composer, but was also committed to the research and definition of musical theories....continue...

Laudario di Cortona - Devotional Songs of the 13th Century / La Dolce Vista Vocal Ensemble

1 CD / Tactus / 2008-07-08

Works: Anonymous, Cortona Codex: Salve, salve, virgo pia, devotional song (Laudario di Cortona); De la crudel morte de Cristo, devotional song (Laudario di Cortona); Ave donna Sanctissima, devotional song (...
Performers: Bucci, Angela; Galasso, Giulia; Paolini, Dario; Siniscalchi, Raffaela
Conductors:
Ensemble: La Dolce Vista

Laudes are the prayers sung at dawn during the monastic Office of the Hours and are linked to the genesis of the Laudes creaturarum of...continue...

D. Scarlatti: Messa di Madrid, Stabat Mater, Messa "La Stella" / Sartori, et al

1 CD / Tactus / 2008-05-13

Works: Domenico Scarlatti: Missa quatuor vocum, for chorus in G minor; Stabat Mater, for double chorus & continuo in C minor; Missa, for chorus & organ in A minor ("La stella")
Performers: Gheller, Simone; Vaccari, Patrizia; Zoccatelli, Gian Luca
Conductors: Sartori, Elena
Ensemble: Melodi Cantores

Although Domenico Scarlatti's success in the 18th century and continued fame after his death are due exclusively to his sonatas for harpsichord, he left a...continue...

Domenico Gabrielli: San Sigismondo, re di Borgogna / Baldassari, Les Nations Ensemble

1 CD / Tactus / 2008-04-08

Works: Domenico Gabrielli: S. Sigismondo, re di Borgogna, oratorio for 5 voices & ensemble
Performers: Antonaz, Laura; Biscuola, Elena; Favari, Andrea; Furnari, Fabio; Vaccari, Patrizia
Conductors: Baldassari, Maria Luisa
Ensemble: Ensemble Les Nations

The oratorio as a genre enjoyed particular favor in Bologna, flourishing first in the hands of Giovanni Paolo Colonna (a pupil of Carissimi), and later...continue...

Musica Sacra nella Napoli del '700 - Leo, Pergolesi, Jommelli / Marzola, Shen, et al

1 CD / Tactus / 2008-03-11

Works: Leonardo Leo: Salve Regina in F major; Miserere mei deus, concertanto for 8 voices & continuo; Giovanni Pergolesi: Salve Regina in A minor; Niccolò Jommelli: Miserere for 5 voices & continuo i...
Performers: Shen, Dan
Conductors: Marzola, Luigi
Ensemble: Ensemble Arione (Italy)

In 18th century Naples, rites based on miracles or the saints were innumerable, and allowed for an immediate explication of the sacred and of popular...continue...

Rossini: Petite Messe solennelle / Scogna, et al

1 CD / Tactus / 2007-10-09

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Petite Messe solennelle
Performers: Battagion, Lorenzo; Brumat, Letizia Calandra; Carbonara, Michelangelo; Filippo, Giuliano De; Pavoni, Alberto; Polimanti, Enrico Maria
Conductors: Scogna, Flavio Emilio
Ensemble: Petrassi Chamber Choir

Rossini's last masterpiece is best realized with the salon sound of chamber music - a sound all the more modern when tied to the timbre...continue...

Boccherini: Stabat Mater / Scogna, Vignudelli, et al

1 CD / Tactus / 2007-08-07

Works: Luigi Boccherini: Stabat Mater for soprano, cello & orchestra in F minor, G. 532 (revised for 3 voices & orchestra, Op
Performers: Vignudelli, Barbara
Conductors: Scogna, Flavio Emilio
Ensemble: Benedetto Marcello Chamber Orchestra

Of all the settings of the traditional Stabat Mater text by the great composers, perhaps that by Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805) is least known, a fact...continue...

Perti: Messa, Salmi, Sinfonie e Magnificat / Faldi, et al

1 CD / Tactus / 2007-07-10

Works: Giacomo Antonio Perti: Messa a cinque, for 5 voices, choir & orchestra; Dixit Dominus, for 4 voices & orchestra; Magnificat, for 4 voices & orchestra
Performers: Donato, Vincenzo di; Lucciarini, Pamela; Sarti, Gastone; Vajente, Silvia
Conductors: Faldi, Paolo
Ensemble: Bologne Baroque Orchestra; Color Temporis

Giacomo Antonio Perti (1661-1756) was a significant figure of the Bolognese school in the Italian Baroque. He lived for ninety-five years, dying in the year...continue...

Pergolesi: La serva padrona / Dallara, Zanello, Govi, Regia

1 CD / Tactus / 2007-06-12

Works: Giovanni Pergolesi: La serva padrona
Performers: Govi, Michele; Zanello, Federica
Conductors: Dallara, Marco
Ensemble: Ensemble Regia Accademia

Pergolesi (1710-1736) was one of the miracles of music history, creating a number of masterpieces in a life ten years shorter even than Mozart's. In...continue...

Luchesi: La Passione di Gesù Christo / Columbro, Cremona

1 CD / Tactus / 2007-06-12

Works: Andrea Lucchesi: La Passione di Gesú Cristo
Performers: Bertuzzi, Elena; Manfredini, Paola; Pierattelli, Manuel
Conductors: Columbro, G. Battista

This Passion setting by Andrea Luchesi (1741-1801) was probably written in 1776, just before Luchesi was named Kapellmeister "for life" of the Principate of Cologne...continue...

Albergati: Il convito di Baldassare / Cascio, Fortuna

1 CD / Tactus / 2007-05-08

Works: Pirro Capacelli Albergati: Il Convito di Baldassarro, oratorio for 5 voices with instruments
Performers: Domenicali, Valentina; Fusari, Andrea; Magnelli, Maria Adele; Sarti, Gastone; Ventura, Marcella
Conductors: Cascio, Robert
Ensemble: Fortuna Ensemble

Relatively little is known of the Bolognese composer Pirro Capacelli Albergati (1663-1735) except for the contents of a folder in the State Archives marked "Honors...continue...

Duetti Profani / Viola & Rochetti

1 CD / Tactus / 2006-10-10

Works: Sigismondo d'India: Le musiche, book 1; Le musiche, book 2
Performers: Polsini, Luigi; Ronchetti, Paola; Thyssen, Margarethe; Viola, Matelda

In 1615 the Venetian publisher Ricciardo Amadino issued 'Le Musiche' by Sigismondo d'India (1580-1629), feeling certain that he was offering a product which would prove...continue...

Favorite Arias from the Time of Napoleon / Barazzoni, Volta

1 CD / Tactus / 2006-10-10

Works: Carlo Michele Alessio Sola: Or che fra nube asconde, languente for voice & guitar; Quel cor che mi prometti, moderato for voice & guitar; Alla vezzosa Clori, affettuoso for voice & guitar; Un serto d...
Performers: Barazzoni, Maurizia; Bonelli, Mauro; Volta, Sandro

The widespread popularity of the guitar in the chambers of the aristocracy did not cease even after the French revolution. The instrument, having acquired the...continue...

Giuliani: Opere per voce e chitarra / C. Curti, A. Vianello

1 CD / Tactus / 2006-06-13

Works: Mauro Giuliani: Cavatinas (6), for voice & guitar (or piano), Op. 39; Waltzes (12), for guitar, Op. 57; German Songs (6), for voice & piano, Op. 89; Ariettas (6), Op. 95
Performers: Curti, Cristina; Vianello, Aldo

Mauro Giuliani was the great guitar virtuoso of his age. Friend of both Beethoven and Rossini, he wrote hundreds of pieces for the guitar, plus...continue...

Caldara: Musica Sacra / Ermacora, Aita, Parodi, et al

1 CD / Tactus / 2005-11-08

Works: Antonio Caldara: Sinfonia a quattro no 4 in B minor ("Morte e sepoltura di Christo"); Missa Dolorosa; Mottetti sacri
Performers: Aita, Danila; Aita, Giovanna; Castiglioni, Filippo Pina; Ermacora, Valentino; Parodi, Debora; Ristori, Riccardo
Conductors: Ermacora, Valentino

Antonio Caldara was a prolific and important composer in the service of the Imperial Court in Vienna when these sacred words were written. In his...continue...

Vivaldi: Sacred Works / Pedronetto, Antonaz, et al

1 CD / Tactus / 2005-09-13

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Laudate Pueri Dominum (Psalm 112), for voice, flute, 2 oboes, strings & continuo in G major, RV 601; Cur sagittas in B flat major, RV 637; Ascende laeta, RV 635; Non in pratis aut in...
Performers: Antonaz, Laura; Pedronetto, Vania
Conductors:
Ensemble: Orchestra barocca "G.B. Tiepolo"

Soror mea, sponsa mea / Cappella Artemisia

1 CD / Tactus / 2005-07-12

Works: Francesco Martini: Tota pulchra es, for vocal ensemble; Gregorian Chant: In odorem; Jam hiems transit, antiphon; Ista est speciosa, antiphon; Dum esset rex, antiphon; Vittoria Aleotti: Vidi speciosam...
Performers: Aureli, Miranda; Biscuola, Elena; Croce, Teresina; Fiori, Alessandra; Forlani, Frida; Moretti, Gloria; Oliva, Alida; Pasetto, Claudia; Piccinini, Monica; Smith, Candace; Testoni, Silvia; Vaccari, Pat...

Includes nigra sum sed formosa, motet (nanino); ecce tu pul by various composers....continue...

Monteverdi: Il ballo delle ingrate, etc / Volta, et al

1 CD / Tactus / 2005-02-01

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Madrigali guerrieri, et amorosi... Libro ottavo; Madrigals, Book 8
Performers: Barazzoni, Maurizia; Bragadin, Giovanna Dissera; Gaspari, Daniele; Martorana, Elisabetta; Ventura, Marcella; Zane, Francesco
Conductors: Volta, Sandro
Ensemble: Ensemble Symphonia Perusina

Giovanni Legrenzi: Il Cuor umano all'incanto

1 CD / Tactus / 2004-03-02

Works: Giovanni Legrenzi: Il Cuor umano all'incanto, oratorio for 4 voices & continuo
Performers: Cecchetti, Mario; Freddi, Carola; Scavazza, Marco
Conductors:
Ensemble: Ensemble Legrenzi

Zipoli: Cantate e Sonate / Fedi, Cozzolino, Hoffmann, et al

1 CD / Tactus / 2004-03-02

Works: Domenico Zipoli: Dell'offese a vendicarmi chiamo all'armi; Sonata for Violin and Basso Continuo in A major; Sonate d'intavolatura; Mia bella Irene
Performers: Cecchi Fedi, Elena; Cozzolino, Luigi; Fedi, Alfonso; Hoffmann, Bettina; Lastraioli, Gian Luca

Cantate Domino - Motetti e Sonate del Seicento Veneziano

1 CD / Tactus / 2004-02-03

Works: Pier Francesco Cavalli: Canzon à 3; Cantate Domino; Paolo Cornetti: Quam pulchra es; Giovanni Fontana: Sonate per il violino, o altro istromento; Alessandro Grandi: Motetti con sinfonie, libro...
Performers: Serafini, Lia
Conductors:
Ensemble: Il Viaggio Musicale

Sellito: Drusilla e Don Strabone; Sarro / Prontera, et al

1 CD / Tactus / 2003-09-03

Works: Giuseppe Sellitto: Drusilla e Strabone
Performers: De Leonardis, Angelo; Tatulli, Antonella
Conductors: Prontera, Cosimo
Ensemble: La Confraternita de' Musici

Pastorali Italiane Vol 1 / Francesco Tasini, Lia Serafini

1 CD / Tactus / 2003-07-02

Works: Girolamo Frescobaldi: Toccate e partite d'intavolatura di cimbalo et organo, Book 1; Tarquinio Merula: Curtio precipitato et altri capricii, Op. 13; Bernardo Pasquini: Introduction and Pastorale for ...
Performers: Serafini, Lia; Tasini, Francesco

Canoro Pianto di Maria Vergine / Oliva, Ensemble "La Flora"

1 CD / Tactus / 2003-06-03

Works: Anonymous: Pianto di Maria Vergine alla Croce; O già della mia mano; Fronte già bianca e hor vermiglia rosa; Angelico Patto: O viso, che già viso fosti; Dunque, estinto Amor mio;...
Performers: Oliva, Alida
Conductors:
Ensemble: Ensemble La Flora

Marcello: Lo Specchio della Nostalgia

1 CD / Tactus / 2001-10-02

Works: Benedetto Marcello: Arianna abbandonata; Ahi, quanto è fiero e doloroso passo; Lontananza per me troppo acerba; Ah, che no può più vivere; Amai, nol niego, un gentil sembianza; F...
Performers: Moi, Francesco; Oro, Martin; Simboli, Anna
Conductors: Moi, Francesco
Ensemble: Accademia degli Invaghiti

Leo: Serenade e Cantate / Prontera, Matello, Bianchi, et al

1 CD / Tactus / 2001-10-02

Works: Leonardo Leo: Così del vostro suono "Il Trionfo della Gloria"; Sorge Lidia la notte; Splende più dell'usato
Performers: Bianchi, Emanuele; Miatello, Cristina
Conductors: Prontera, Cosimo
Ensemble: La Confraternita de' Musici

Tromboncino: Dulces Exuviae / Baldassari, Les Nations

1 CD / Tactus / 2001-09-04

Works: Bartolomeo Tromboncino: Sú, sú, leva, alza le ciglia; A la guerra a la guerra; Vale diva, vale in pace; Hor che'l ciel e la terra; Deus in adiutorium; Occhi mei, lassi; Si è debi...
Performers: Baldassari, Maria Luisa; Biscuola, Elena; Crescimanno, Fabio; Croce, Rossella; Croce, Teresina; Favari, Andrea; Lupo, Luigi; Monkobodzky, Pamela; Muzzatti, Marco; Oliva, Alida; Pascucci, Massimo; Roc...
Conductors: Baldasarri, Maria Luisa
Ensemble: Ensemble Les Nations

Monteverdi: Lamneto d'Arianna, etc / Cera, Arte-Musica

1 CD / Tactus / 2000-10-17

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Lasciatemi morire "Lamento d'Arianna a 1"; L'Incoronazione di Poppea; Scherzi musicali, volume 2
Performers: Custer, Manuela; Frisani, Rosita
Conductors: Cera, Francesco
Ensemble: Arte-Musica Ensemble

Stradella: Cantata per la Notte del SS.mo Natale / Casazza

1 CD / Tactus / 2000-02-15

Works: Alessandro Stradella: A Santo Natale
Performers: Abbondanza, Roberto; Calvi, Caterina; Miatello, Cristina
Conductors: Casazza, Enrico
Ensemble: Accademia della Magnifica Comunità

Vivaldi: Le Cantate Vol 2 / Sardelli, Fedi, Modo Antiquo

1 CD / Tactus / 1999-09-14

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Tra l'erbe, i zeffiri, RV 669; Era la notte, RV 655; Geme l'onda che parte, RV 657; Il povero mio cor, RV 658; Indarno cerca la tortorella, RV 659; La farfalletta s'aggira, RV 660
Performers: Cecchi Fedi, Elena
Conductors: Sardelli, Federico Maria
Ensemble: Modo Antiquo Ensemble

Bononcini: Cantate Italiane / Banditelli, Miatello, et al

1 CD / Tactus / 1999-06-15

Works: Giovanni Bononcini: Il Lamento d'Olimpia; Care Luci del mio Bene; Cieco nume, tiranno spietato; Ah, non avesse, no, permesso il fato; Vidi in cimento due vaghi amori; Che tirannia di stelle
Performers: Banditelli, Gloria; Miatello, Cristina
Conductors:
Ensemble: Aurora