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The Voice: Philippe Jaroussky

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2012-11-19

Works: Nicola Porpora: Polifemo; Siface; Antonio Vivaldi: Tito Manlio; Ercole sul Termodonte; Pianti, sospiri e dimandar mercede; Giustino; L'Olimpiade; Tieteberga; George Frederick Handel: Ariodante; Serse...
Performers: Cencic, Max Emanuel; Deuter, Markus; Ducros, Jerome; Gliozzi, Emilia; Huille, Jerome [Cello]; Jaroussky, Philippe; Rial, Nuria; Rivoal, Frederic
Conductors: Haïm, Emmanuelle; Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; ; Tubéry, Jean; Rhorer, Jérémie; Pluhar, Christina; Paavo, Järvi; Fasolis, Diego; Christie, William
Ensemble: ; Concerto Köln ; Ensemble Artaserse; Ensemble la Fenice (France); Ensemble Matheus; Europa Galante; L'Arpeggiata; Le Concert d'Astrée ; Les Arts Florissants

Established as one of Virgin Classics' bestselling artists, Philippe Jaroussky, who has been described as "the Apollo of countertenors" by Germany's A Die Zeit, stands...continue...

Vivaldi: L'Oracolo in Messenia / Julia Lehzneva, Vivica Genaux, Ann Hallenberg, Romina Basso. Biondi

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2012-10-09

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: L'Oracolo in Messenia, opera (mostly lost), RV 726
Performers: Biondi, Fabio [Violin]
Conductors: Biondi, Fabio [Violin]
Ensemble: Europa Galante

L'Oracolo in Messenia, an opera written by Vivaldi for Vienna in 1740, was reconstructed by Faio Biondi in 2011 in a triumphant open to the...continue...
Personnel: Nancy Glor (vocals).

Recording information: Wiener Konzerthaus, Vienna (01/13/2012-01/15/2012)....continue...

Vivaldi: Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione / Fabio Biondi

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2012-04-10

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Concerto for Violin in E flat major, Op. 8 no 5/RV 253 "La tempesta di mare"; Concerto for Violin in D minor, Op. 8 no ...
Performers: Biondi, Fabio [Violin]
Conductors: Biondi, Fabio [Violin]
Ensemble: Europa Galante

Recording information: Studio de la Fondation Tibor Varga, Sion, Switzerland (2000-07-08_2000-07-11&2000-)....continue...

Vivaldi Best Loved Adagios / Fabio Biondi, Jean-Christophe Spinosi, Europa Galante and Ensemble Matheus

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2011-08-23

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Andromeda Liberata; Concerto for Lute in G minor "La Notte" RV 439; Stabat Mater, RV 621; Concerto for Violin & second violin in A major 'Per eco in Lontano', RV 552; Laudate Pueri D...
Performers: Ciofi, Patrizia; Comparato, Marina; Daniels, David; Genaux, Vivica; Jaroussky, Philippe; See, Janet
Conductors: Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Parrott, Andrew; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Warren-Green, Christopher; Curtis, Alan
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Matheus; Europa Galante; Taverner Players

Vivaldi: 12 Concerti Op.4 'La Stravaganza' / Biondi

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2011-05-03

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin, strings & continuo in B flat major ("La stravaganza" no 1) Op. 4/1, RV; Concerto for Violin, strings & continuo in E minor ("La stravaganza" no 2) Op. 4/2, RV 27...
Performers: Biondi, Fabio [Violin]
Conductors: Biondi, Fabio [Violin]
Ensemble: Europa Galante

No major ensemble today is more closely associated with the music of Vivaldi than Europa Galante under its dynamic violinist director, Fabio Biondi. In this...continue...
Recording information: Biblioteca de Monastero di San Giovanni Evangelista, Pa (12/17/2008-12/23/2008)....continue...

Vivaldi: Ercole Sul Termodonte / Biondi, Villazon

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2011-02-15

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Ercole, su'l Termodonte, opera in 3 acts (incomplete, but mostly extant), RV 710
Performers: Biondi, Fabio [Violin]
Conductors: Biondi, Fabio [Violin]

Cast:
Rolando Villazon (Ercole), Patrizia Ciofi (Orizia), Diana Damrau (Martesia), Joyce DiDonato (Ippolita), Vivica Genaux (Antiope), Topi Lehtipuu (Telemone), Philippe Jaroussky (Alceste),...continue...
Recording information: Saloncino del Teatro della Pergola, Firenze, Italy (01/02/2009-01/06/2009); Saloncino del Teatro della Pergola, Firenze, Italy (06/06/2010-06/07/2010); Saloncino del Teatro dell...continue...

The World of the Castrati: The Voice of Angels

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2010-11-09

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo; George Frederick Handel: La Resurrezione; Giulio Cesare; Ariodante; Alcina; Serse; Admeto, re di Tessaglia; Fernando, re di Castiglia; Faramondo; Antonio Caldara: La Pass...
Performers: Baldi, Antonio; Bedini, Domenico; Blythe, Stephanie; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Cafarelli; Carestini, Giovanni; Cencic, Max Emanuel; Cicognani, Giuseppe; Ciofi, Patrizia; Daniels, David; Des...
Conductors: Haïm, Emmanuelle; Nelson, John; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Hickox, Richard; Rousset, Christophe; Christie, William; Bolton, Ivor; Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Curtis, Alan; Fasolis, Diego; Bicket, Har...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Matheus; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris

The extraordinary adulation accorded to castrati during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries is still today one of the most fascinating phenomena in the history of...continue...

Alessandro Scarlatti: La Sanctissima Trinità / Fabio Biondi

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2010-10-25

Works: Alessandro Scarlatti: La Santissima Trinità, oratorio
Conductors: Biondi, Fabio [Violin]

Recording information: Paroisse Notre-Dame du Liban, Paris (10/14/2003-10/17/2003)....continue...

Pyrotechnics - Vivaldi Opera

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2009-12-08

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Cantone in Utica, RV 705; Semiramide, RV 733; La fida ninfa, RV 714; Griselda, RV 718; Work(s); Ipermestra, RV 722; Farnace, RV 711G; Tito Manlio, RB 778; Rosmira fedele, RV 731
Performers: Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Genaux, Vivica
Conductors: Biondi, Fabio [Violin]

This album of Vivaldi arias features numbers from a dozen or so operas and includes five arias receiving their first recording. It joins Genaux's existing...continue...
Recording information: Biblioteca del Monastero di San Giovanni, Parma (12/17/2008-12/23/2008)....continue...

Bach: Cantatas 55 & 82a / Ian Bostridge, et al

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2009-10-20

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 82, "Ich habe genug" BWV 82; Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 4; Cantata no 43, "Gott fähret auf mit Jauchzen" BWV 43; Cantata no 55, "Ich armer Mensch, ich S&uum...
Performers: Abete, Antonio; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Bostridge, Ian; Casazza, Enrico; Cavasanti, Lorenzo; Giua, Roberta
Conductors: Biondi, Fabio [Violin]

Altus - From Castrato to Countertenor

3 CD / Virgin Classics / 2009-02-24

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Giustino, RV 717; Amen; Nisi Dominus in G minor, RV 608; Longe mala umbrae terrores in G minor, RV 629; Pianti, sospiri, RV 676; George Frederick Handel: MEDLEY; Der Messias; Work(s)...
Performers: Asawa, Brian; Blake, Rockwell; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Brett, Charles; Cencic, Max Emanuel; Chance, Michael; Daniels, David; Deller, Alfred; Dupré, Desmond; Esswood, Paul; Gens, V&...
Conductors: Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Lesne, Gérard; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Corboz, Michel; Linde, Hans-Martin; Parrott, Andrew; Curtis, Alan; Christie, William; Herreweghe, Philippe; Ledger, Philip, Sir...
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; City of London Sinfonia; Collegium Vocale; English Chamber Orchestra; Ensemble Artaserse; Ensemble Instrumental de Lausanne; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Europa Galan...

The male voice hits an all-time high with this new collection from Virgin Classics. Starting as far back as 1902 with the last of the...continue...

The Best of Baroque

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2008-09-02

Works: Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major; Henry Purcell: Abdelazer, Z 570 "Moor's Revenge"; George Frederick Handel: Suite for Harpsichord in D minor, HWV 437; Co...
Performers: Beckett, Rachel; Bennett, Mark [Trumpet]; Cavasanti, Lorenzo; Gens, Veronique; Goodwin, Paul [Oboe, Conductor]; Huggett, Monica; Kirshbaum, Ralph
Conductors: Parrott, Andrew; Briger, Alex; Cleobury, Stephen; Norrington, Roger; Christie, William; Reyne, Hugo; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Biondi, Fabio; Rees, Jonathan
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; English Chamber Orchestra; Europa Galante; Il Seminario Musicale; King's College Choir, Cambridge; La Simphonie du Marais; Les Arts Florissants; London Classical ...

Scarlatti: Concerti & Sinfonie / Biondi, Europa Galante

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2002-05-07

Works: Alessandro Scarlatti: Clori, Dorino e Amore, serenata for 3 voices, chorus & instruments; Concerti grossi (6) ("VI Concertos in Seven Parts"); Sonata in A minor; Domenico Scarlatti: Sinfonia no 7 for...
Performers: Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Colitto, Lorenzo; Köll, Margret; Naddeo, Maurizio; Negri, Raffaello; Zejfart, Petr
Conductors: Biondi, Fabio [Violin]
Ensemble: Europa Galante

"Fabio Biondi has by now established himself and his Europa Galante group as not only one of the most exciting and imaginative of today's period-style...continue...