Baritone > Zanasi, Furio

Bernardo Pasquini: Cain & Abel, oratorio / Parizzi, Cipriani, Panzeri, Dirckinck, Boden

1 CD / New Pan / 2012-12-06

Works: Alessandro Stradella: Sonata for 2 violins & continuo in F major, 7. 3-6; Bernardo Pasquini: Caino e Abele, oratorio for 5 voices & orchestra; Arcangelo Corelli: Sonata a 4, for 2 violins, violetta &...
Performers: Cavina, Claudio; Fagotto, Gian Paolo; Galante, Andreana; Marchi, Alessandro de; Ragni, Nadia; Zanasi, Furio
Conductors: Marchi, Alessandro de
Ensemble: ; Il Teatro Armonica

The name of Bernardo Pasquini (1637-1717) has until now been associated above all with his music for keyboard, a situations perhaps explained by the fact...continue...
Recording information: Chiesa di S.Salvatore in Lauro, Rome, Italy (04/1990)....continue...

Monteverdi: Il Combatimentto di Tancredi & Clorinda / Les Sacqueboutiers

1 CD / Flora / 2012-04-10

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Madrigals, Book 8; Alexander Goehr: Paraphrase on the Dramatic Madrigal 'Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda' by Monteverdi, for cla; Paolo Quagliati: Carro di fedelta d'amore
Performers: Fernandez, Adriana; Sancho, Juan [Vocals]; Verdier, Jean-Francois; Zanasi, Furio
Conductors:
Ensemble: Les Sacqueboutiers

At the junction of madrigal, opera, and intermezzo, Il Combattimento di Tancredi & Clorinda marks a clear milestone in the evolution of Monteverdi's full attention...continue...
Recording information: La chapelle Saint Romain de Moirans-en-Montagne, Franch....continue...

Giuseppe Giordani: Lamentazioni, Miserere

2 CD / New Pan / 2012-03-07

Works: Giuseppe Giordani: Quomodo sedet, lamentation; Et egressus, lamentation; Manum suam, lamentation; Cogitavit Dominus, lamentation; Matribus suis, lamentation; Ego vir videns, lamentation; Misericordia...
Performers: Fagotto, Gian Paolo; Gall, Jeffrey; Pennicchi, Marinella; Zanasi, Furio
Conductors:
Ensemble: Il Terzo Suono

Giuseppe Giordani (1751-1798) received his musical training at the prestigious conservatory of S. Maria di Loreto in his native city Naples, alongside Domenico Cimarosa and...continue...
Recording information: Church of S. Pietro in Rosis, Ginestreto/Pesaro, Italy (08/08/1994-08/11/1994)....continue...

Faure: Requiem Op.48, Pelleas Et Melisande Suite, Three Melodies, Etc.

1 CD / Scandinavian Classic / 2011-08-30

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48; Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80; Rêve d'amour, Op. 5 no 2; Après un rêve, Op. 7 no 1; Aurore, Op. 39 no 1; Pavane, Op. 50
Performers: Mertova, Nadezda; Spang-Hanssen, Ulrik; Zanasi, Furio; Zdvihal, Petr
Conductors: Bostock, Douglas
Ensemble: Chamber Philharmonic of Bohemia

Bellini: Mass No.2 In G Minor/Geremia: Missa Pro Defunctis, Tantum Ergo

1 CD / Scandinavian Classic / 2011-03-29

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Mass in G minor; Giuseppe Geremia: Tantum Ergo per soprano, coro e orchestra; Missa Pro Defunctis per soli, coro e orchestra
Performers: Fisichella, Salvatore; Ricciarelli, Katia; Zanasi, Furio
Conductors: Bostock, Douglas
Ensemble: Camerata Polifonica Siciliana

Galluppi: L'Olimpiade / Marcon/Venice Baroque Orch., Mark Tucker, Ruth Rosique, Roberta Invernizzi [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Dynamic / 2011-01-01

Works: Baldassare Galuppi 1706 - 1785): L'Olimpiade
Performers: Adami, Filippo; Basso, Romina; Gottwald, Franziska; Invernizzi, Roberta; Rosique, Ruth; Tucker, Mark; Zanasi, Furio
Conductors: Marcon, Andrea
Ensemble: Venice Baroque Orchestra

Run Time: 210 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): SS 5.1, LPCM 2.0
Subtitles: Italian, English, German, French and Spanis...continue...

Alessandro Scarlatti: Sacred Works

1 CD / CPO / 2010-10-26

Works: Alessandro Scarlatti: Benedicta et venerabilis es, gradual for soprano, chorus, 2 violins, viola & continuo; Varia partite (10) obligate al basso, for keyboard; Salve Regina no 1, antiphon for sopran...
Performers: Abete, Antonio; Bertagnolli, Gemma; Coen, Andrea; Croce, Rossella; Fernandez, Adriana; Zanasi, Furio
Conductors: Di Lisa, Marcello
Ensemble: Concerto De' Cavalieri

Alessandro Scarlatti was born in Naples in 1660 and worked mainly in the city of his birth and in Rome. As fate would have it,...continue...
Recording information: Roma, Oratorio del Gonfalone / Basilica di San Giovanni (2008-06-30_2008-07-03&2008-)....continue...

Dinastia Borja (The Borgia Dynasty / Hespèrion XXI.

3 Super Audio CD / Alia Vox / 2010-09-14

Works: Traditional Arabic-Andalusian: Billadi Askara Min adbi Llama, traditional mowachah; Anonymous: Le Ductia; Viva el Gran Re Don Fernando; Fortuna Desperata; Un Cavalier Di Spagna, for consort; Fanfare;...
Performers: Elmalich, Lior; Figueras, Montserrat; Lawrence-King, Andrew; Mayoral, David; Nedyalkov, Nedyalko; Vilamajo, Luis; Zanasi, Furio
Conductors:
Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI

To coincide with the 500th anniversary of the birth of Saint Francis Borgia, Fourth Duke of Gandia, Jordi Savall and Alia Vox offer this visually...continue...

Bononcini: San Nicola di Bari / Peter Van Heyghen, Les Muffatti

1 CD / Ramee / 2009-11-10

Works: Giovanni Bononcini: San Nicola di Bari
Performers: Bertotti, Lavinia; Fedi, Elena Cecchi; Zanasi, Furio
Conductors: Heyghen, Peter van
Ensemble: Les Muffatti

Within the vast repertoire of the Baroque oratorio, San Nicola di Bari is unique in two ways. It is the only composition to treat a...continue...

Vivaldi: Farnace / Savall, Zanasi, Mingardo, Fernández, et al

3 CD / Naïve / 2009-08-25

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Il Farnace, RV 711
Performers: Bettini, Fulvio; Fernandez, Adriana; Forte, Cinzia; Zanasi, Furio
Conductors: Savall, Jordi
Ensemble: Le Concert des Nations

BBC Music Magazine
This wonderfully energetic and expressive score is expertly handled by Jordi Savall. There are a few rough edges, but so much of the...continue...

La Voce di Orfeo / Egüez, Zanasi, La Chimera, et al

1 CD / Naïve / 2009-06-30

Works: Francesco Rasi: Filli mia, Filli dolce; E si lieto il mio core, madrigal; Dove, misero, mai; Un guardo ohime ch'io moro, madrigal; Torquato Tasso: Amor l'ali m'impenna, madrigal; Sigismondo d'India: ...
Performers: Fernandez, Francois; Zanasi, Furio
Conductors:
Ensemble: La Chimera

Includes sinfonia (egüz) / io son amante di un crin aurato by various composers....continue...

Handel: Admeto, Arminio, Deidamia, Radamisto, Rodrigo, Fernando / Alan Curtis, Furio Zanasi, et al

16 CD / Virgin Classics / 2009-04-21

Works: George Frederick Handel: Rodrigo, HWV 5; Radamisto, HWV 12; Admeto, Rè di Tessaglia, HWV 22; Sosarme, HWV 30; Arminio, HWV 36; Deidamia
Performers: Abete, Antonio; Adami, Filippo; Banditelli, Gloria; Banerjee, Neal; Beaumont, Maite; Bonitatibus, Anna; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Buwalda, Sytse; Cangemi, Veronica; Cencic, Max Emanuel; Che...
Conductors: Curtis, Alan
Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

This 16-CD boxed set contains six complete Handel operas composed over a period of more than 30 years, and arrives just in time to celebrate...continue...

Vivaldi: Dixit Dominus RV 595 & RV 807 / Fanna, Zanetti, Galli, Zanasi, et al

1 CD / Stradivarius / 2008-10-14

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Ascende laeta, RV 635; Dixit Dominus in D major, RV 595; Canta in Prato, ride in monte (II) solo motet for voice, 2 oboes, strings & continuo in G major, RV; Dixit Dominus, RV 807
Performers: Cecchetti, Mario; Galli, Emanuela; Honeyman, Ian [Tenor Vocal]; Zanasi, Furio; Zanetti, Monique
Conductors: Fanna, Francesco; Capuano, Gianluca
Ensemble: Ensemble Pian & Fort; Ensemble Pian & Forte; Pian e Forte Ensemble

Rarely performed, gorgeous choral music! A wonderful project by the greatest living Vivaldi scholar, Michael Talbot, with two Dixit Dominus settings introduced by relative Motets....continue...

Handel: Operas - Flavio, Giulio Cesare, Rinaldo / René Jacobs, et al

10 CD / Harmonia Mundi Import / 2008-10-14

Works: George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo; Flavio, Rè di Longobardi, opera, HWV 16; Giulio Cesare; Tanti strali al sen mi scocci, duet for soprano, alto & continuo, HWV 197; Sento là che ristret...
Performers: Banchini, Chiara; Dumaux, Christophe; Fagotto, Gian Paolo; Figueiredo, Nicolau de; Fink, Bernarda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Gall, Jeffrey; Genaux, Vivica; Hogman, Christina; Kalna, Inga; Lallouette, Oli...
Conductors: Jacobs, René;
Ensemble: ; Concerto Vocale

Invocation to the Night / Figueras, Savall, Hespèrion XXI, Le Concert des Nations, et al

2 CD / Alia Vox / 2008-09-09

Works: Sephardic Traditional: Durme, hermosa donzella, traditional lullaby (Rhodes); Quando el rey Nimrod; Anonymous, Villancico: Ay luna que reluzes; Cristóbal de Morales: Officium Defunctorum; Bartom...
Performers: Arruabarrena, Maite; Badura-Skoda, Paul; Banditelli, Gloria; Carnovich, Daniele; Casademunt, Sergi; Climent, Lambert; Costa, Paolo; Díaz-Latorre, Xavier; Dalal, Yair; El Maloumi, Driss; Esteva...
Conductors: Savall, Jordi
Ensemble: Hespèrion XX ; Hespèrion XXI ; Le Concert des Nations

"This production has great sound all through, and performances are stunning... Alia Vox is a model of production values; while others cut, they offer book...continue...

Rejoice - A Vision of Christ through Music / Fasolis, Summerley, Pitts, Brown, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-03-18

Works: Dietrich Buxtehude: Membra Jesu nostri, BuxWV 75; Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Messe des morts a 4 voix et symphonie, H 10; Giovanni Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; Antony Pitts: Hark, my soul!; Anonymous: De ...
Performers: Bailey, Simon; Balconi, Roberto; Balducci, Antonella; Cecchetti, Mario; Fasolis, Diego; Faulner, Julia; Gilchrist, James; Gonda, Anna; Invernizzi, Roberta; Labusch, Dorothee; Rausch, Ulrich; Thomas, ...
Conductors: ; Fasolis, Diego; Niquet, Hervé; Halász, Michael; Pitts, Antony; Schermerhorn, Kenneth; Summerly, Jeremy; Müller-Brühl, Helmut; Edison, Noel; Brown, Timothy; Donath, Klaus; Yu...
Ensemble: Amici; Budapest Camerata; Choir of Trinity College, University of Melbourne; City of London Sinfonia; Clare College Choir; Cologne Cathedral Boys Choir; Cologne Chamber Orchestra; Dresden Chamber Cho...

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...

Ludi Musici

1 CD / Alia Vox / 2007-09-11

Works: Afghan Traditional: Laila Djân, song; Berber Traditional: Amazigh Lullaby ("I met my big brother"); Anonymous, Turkish: Makam 'Uzäl Sakil "Turna", traditional melody (Ms. de Kantemiroglu); ...
Performers: Alqhai, Fahmi; Arman, Khaled; Behringer, Michael; Bernal, Miguel; Borras, Josep; Canihac, Jean-Pierre; Carnovich, Daniele; Casademunt, Sergi; Cheetham, Richard; Climent, Lambert; Clos, Marc; Dalal, Y...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Ensemble Kaboul; Hespèrion XX ; Hespèrion XXI ; Le Concert des Nations

The most danceable and foot-stomping tracks chosen from the recordings Jordi Savall has made for Alia Vox are brought together in this lively seventy-minute collection....continue...

Per la nascita del Verbo - Caresana, et al / Florio, et al

1 CD / Naïve / 2007-07-31

Works: Cristofaro Caresana: La Caccia del Toro a 5 voci e strumenti; La Tarantella a 5; La Pastorale a 5 voci e strumenti; La Vittoria dell' Infante a 6 voci e strumenti; Orazio Giaccio: Pastorale sulla cia...
Performers: Andalo, Roberta; Invernizzi, Roberta; Totaro, Rosario; Vittorio, Giuseppe De; Zanasi, Furio
Conductors: Florio, Antonio
Ensemble: Cappella della Pieta de'Turchini

Paisiello: La Daunia Felice

1 CD / Dynamic / 2007-05-29

Works: Giovanni Paisiello: La Daunia Felice
Performers: Concetta, d'Alessandro; Dordolo, Luca; Galasso, Francesco Pio; Lombardi, Donatella; Marasco, Nicola; Zanasi, Furio
Conductors: Guglielmo, Federico

Christophorus Columbus - Lost Paradises / Savall, et al

2 Super Audio CD / Alia Vox / 2007-03-20

Works: Jordi Savall: Christophorus Columbus
Performers: Alqhai, Fahmi; Casademunt, Sergi; Climent, Lambert; Diaz-Latorre, Xavier; El Maloumi, Driss; Estevan, Pedro; Figueras, Montserrat; Hamon, Pierre; Mayoral, David; Mena, Carlos [Countertenor Vocal]; Ol...
Conductors: Savall, Jordi
Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI ; La Capella Reial de Catalunya

The famous navigator Christopher Columbus was also a clear-sighted witness of the changes of the fifteenth century. It was the end of 'Al-Andalus,' the Muslim...continue...

Echo - Carissimi: Cantata e Messa / Marco Longhini, et al

1 CD / Stradivarius / 2006-05-09

Works: Giacomo Carissimi: Missa "Sciolto havean dall'alte sponde," mass for 5 voices & continuo; Suscitavit Dominus, motet for alto, tenor, bass & continuo; Exurge cor meum in cithara; Ardens est cor meum [...
Performers: Bertotti, Lavinia; Miatello, Cristina; Naglia, Sandro; Zanasi, Furio
Conductors: Longhini, Marco
Ensemble: Le Istituzioni Harmoniche, Verona

The current taste for Carissimi's secular cantatas has somewhat obscured his sacred music, and Maestro Longhini was struck by the very secular title of a...continue...

Don Quijote de la Mancha / Savall, Figueras , et al

2 Super Audio CD / Alia Vox / 2006-01-10

Works: Jordi Savall / Manuel Forcano: Miguel de Cervantes
Performers: Behringer, Michael; Bonavita, Rafael; Carnovich, Daniele; Climent, Lambert; Diaz-Latorre, Xavier; El Maloumi, Driss; Estevan, Pedro; Figueras, Montserrat; Garcia-Bernalt, Carlos; Garrigosa, Francesc;...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI

400 years since the publication of Don Quixote, Jordi Savall presents this fascinating collection featuring all the airs, songs and ballads written or quoted by...continue...

Monteverdi: Amor, Dicea

1 CD / Virgin Classics Import / 2005-03-01

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Voi ch'ascoltate in rime sparse, motet for 5 voices & 2 violins (from Selva morale e spirituale), SV; O come vaghi, o come cari, madrigal for 2 tenors, SV 315; O mio bene, o mia v...
Performers: Abete, Antonio; Dordolo, Luca; Fagotto, Gian Paolo; Invernizzi, Roberta; Monaco, Daniela del; Piccollo, Silvia; Zanasi, Furio
Conductors:
Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine / Alessandrini, et al

2 CD / Naïve / 2004-11-16

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine
Performers: Abete, Antonio; Carnovich, Daniele; Donato, Vincenzo di; Dordolo, Luca; Ferrarini, Gianluca; Invernizzi, Roberta; Piccinini, Monica; Simbola, Anna; Spagnoli, Pietro; Zanasi, Furio
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano

This highly anticipated recording of Monteverdi's 'Vespro della Beata Vergine' is a new construction by Rinaldo Alessandrini. Monteverdi is one of our most important composers,...continue...

Bononcini: La nemica d'amore fatta amante / Banchini, et al

1 CD / Zig Zag Territoires / 2004-01-13

Works: Giovanni Bononcini: La Nemica d'Amore fatta Amante, serenata à 3
Performers: Banchini, Chiara; Fernandez, Adriana; Nasillo, Gaetano; Oro, Martin; Zanasi, Furio
Conductors: Banchini, Chiara
Ensemble: Ensemble 415

Note: This title is rare and is considered a collector’s item. It is priced according to its common market value. If the record label that...continue...

Handel: Giulio Cesare / Jacobs, Larmore, Schlick, et al

4 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2003-01-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare
Performers: Fink, Bernarda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Jacobs, Rene; Lallouette, Olivier; Ragin, Derek Lee; Rorholm, Marianne; Schlick, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Visse, Dominique [Countertenor Vocal]; Zanasi, Furio
Conductors: Jacobs, René

"This set recommends itself as the most magnificently sung recording of a Handel opera ever made." -International Opera Collector...continue...

Vivaldi: Farnace / Savall, Zanasi, Mingardo, Fernández, et al

3 CD / Alia Vox / 2002-09-01

Works: Francesco Corselli: Il Farnace, opera; Antonio Vivaldi: Il Farnace, RV 711
Performers: Banditelli, Gloria; Bettini, Fulvio; Eguez, Eduardo; Fernandez, Adriana; Mingardo, Sara; Zanasi, Furio
Conductors: Savall, Jordi
Ensemble: Le Concert des Nations

"Savall has assembled a strong cast. Furio Zanasi (Pharnaces) has a powerful, clearly focused voice which conveys his vengeful character with robust vigor. Adriana Fernandez...continue...

Galuppi: Il mondo alla roversa / Fasolis, et al

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-09-25

Works: Baldassare Galuppi: Il Mondo alla roversa, opera
Performers: Bettini, Fulvio; Diego Fasolis [Conductor/Organ]; Dominguez, Rosa; Livermore, Davide; Pennicchi, Marinella; Serafini, Lia; Zanasi, Furio
Conductors: Fasolis, Diego
Ensemble: I Barocchisti

It's quite a wonder that this consummate comic opera was first staged in 1750 -- the year of Bach's death. With it's sparkling orchestral writing...continue...

Handel: Giulio Cesare (Excerpts) / Jacobs, Larmore, et al

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2001-06-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare
Performers: Fink, Bernarda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Jacobs, Rene; Ragin, Derek Lee; Rorholm, Marianne; Schlick, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Zanasi, Furio
Conductors: Jacobs, René

"If this isn't the greatest of all baroque operas, indeed the greatest opera before Mozart, then I really don't know what is. There have been...continue...

Palestrina: Missa l'homme armé; Cavazzoni / Vartolo, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-02-01

Works: Girolamo Cavazzoni: Ricercar no 1; Intavolatura cioe recercari, canzoni, himni, magnificati, composti per...Book 1; Ricercar terzo; Ricercar no 4; Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Missa "L'Homme arm...
Performers: Bez, Renzo; Carmignani, Alessandro; Donato, Vincenzo di; Foresti, Sergio; Goethem, Michel van; Scavazza, Marco; Tamminga, Liuwe; Vartolo, Sergio; Zanasi, Furio

Born in Italy in the 16th century, Palestrina ranks with Lassus and Byrd as one of the most important figures in the music of this...continue...

Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine / Fasolis, et al

2 CD / Arts / 2000-09-12

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine
Performers: Beasley, Marco; Carnovich, Daniele; Dordolo, Luca; Grandini, Alfredo; Maletto, Giuseppe; Naglia, Sandro; Pennicchi, Marinella; Simbola, Anna; Zanasi, Furio
Conductors: Fasolis, Diego
Ensemble: Concerto Palatino; Ensemble More Antiquo; I Barocchisti

Caldara: Missa Dolorosa, Stabat Mater / Clemencic, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2000-08-01

Works: Antonio Caldara: Sant'Elena al Calvario; Stabat Mater; Sinfonia in E minor; Missa Dolorosa
Performers: Beasley, Marco; Dominguez, Rosa; Graudini, Alfredo; Piccollo, Silvia; Ragni, Nadia; Schofrin, Fabian; Serafini, Lia; Zanasi, Furio
Conductors: Clemencic, René
Ensemble: Aura Musicale; Italian Switzerland Radio/TV Chorus

"The 'Stabat Mater' is an elaborate setting of the full poem which reveals Caldara's mastery both of homophonic and imitative writing. Chromaticism, suspension and instrumental...continue...

Eisler: Die Mutter, Four Pieces, etc / Fasolis, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2000-07-25

Works: Hanns Eisler: Die Mutter, Op 25; Vorspruch, for chorus & speaker (percussion ad lib.), Op. 13/1; Gesang der Besiegten, for chorus, Op. 13/2; Naturbetrachtung, for chorus, Op. 13/3; Kurfürstendam...
Performers: Arciuli, Emanuele; Labusch, Dorothee; Libetta, Francesco; Zanasi, Furio

J.S. Bach/Orff/Jirasek: St Luke Passion / Bostock, et al

1 CD / Classico (Denmark) / 2000-03-15

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Saint Luke Passion, BWV 246
Performers: Ballhorn, Rüdiger; Clear, Marc; Cold, Ulrik; Piricone, Antonio; Zanasi, Furio
Conductors: Bostock, Douglas
Ensemble: Munich Symphony Orchestra

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

Handel: Dixit Dominus, Dettingen Te Deum / Fasolis, et al

1 CD / Arts / 1999-09-14

Works: George Frederick Handel: Te Deum in D major, HWV 283 "Dettingen"; Dixit Dominus
Performers: Abete, Antonio; Beasley, Marco; Zanasi, Furio
Conductors: Fasolis, Diego
Ensemble: Ensemble Vanitas

An authentic performance in period style, with brilliant sound makes this CD unique at its price point. Diego Fasolis has received wide acclaim for his...continue...

Bellini: Messa Seconda; Geremia / Bostock, Ricciarelli, etc

1 CD / Classico (Denmark) / 1999-03-04

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Mass in G minor; Giuseppe Geremia: Tantum Ergo per soprano, coro e orchestra; Missa Pro Defunctis per soli, coro e orchestra
Performers: Fisichella, Salvatore; Ricciarelli, Katia; Zanasi, Furio
Conductors: Bostock, Douglas
Ensemble: Camerata Polifonica Siciliana

The enterprising Danish label Classico has gone to Sicily, the birthplace of Vincenzo Bellini to bring us the world premiere recording of his Second Mass....continue...

Durante: Lamentationes Jeremiae, Vespro Breve / Fasolis

1 CD / Arts / 1999-02-23

Works: Francesco Durante: Lectio Terza in Feria Sexta Parasceve, for soloists, 4-part chorus, horns, violins, viola & continuo; Vespro Breve, for vocal soloists, chorus & ensemble
Performers: Abete, Antonio; Beasley, Marco; Galli, Emanuela; Invernizzi, Roberta; Zanasi, Furio
Conductors: Fasolis, Diego
Ensemble: Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca

"Every time I encounter music by Francesco Durante, I wonder why this fine composer is not better known...Durante could well have been a worthy influence...continue...

Fauré: Requiem, Pelleas et Melisande, etc / Bostock, et al

1 CD / Classico (Denmark) / 1998-12-24

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48; Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80; Pavane, Op. 50
Performers: Dyk, Vojtech; Spang-Hanssen, Ulrik; Zanasi, Furio
Conductors: Bostock, Douglas
Ensemble: Bohemian Chamber Philharmonic; Pueri Gaudentes Choir

Carissimi: Jonas, Dives malus, Beatus Vir / Fasolis, et al

1 CD / Arts / 1998-09-15

Works: Giacomo Carissimi: Jonas; Beatus Vir, motet for double chorus & continuo (doubtful); Dives Malus (Historia Divitis), oratorio for 2 sopranos, tenor, bass, chorus & continuo
Performers: Abete, Antonio; Battistella, Massimo; Beasley, Marco; Bettini, Fulvio; Cialfi, Massimo; Diego Fasolis [Conductor/Organ]; Donato, Vincenzo di; Fava, Giorgio; Ghielmi, Lorenzo; Invernizzi, Roberta; Mar...

"Giacomo Carissimi (1605-74) is best remembered today as the most important pioneer in the form we have come to know as oratorio, or 'historiae', as...continue...

Purcell: Ode For St. Cecilia's Day, etc / Fasolis, et al

1 CD / Arts / 1997-08-01

Works: Henry Purcell: Jehova, quam multi sunt, Z 135; Beati omnes, hymn, for soprano, bass, chorus & continuo, Z. 131; Fairy Queen, Z 629; Music on the Death of Queen Mary (Funeral Sentences / The Queen's E...
Performers: Abete, Antonio; Bacchetta, Loredana; Balconi, Roberto; Beasley, Marco; Cera, Francesco; Costa, Paolo; Ghielmi, Lorenzo; Invernizzi, Roberta; Piccollo, Silvia; Rasi, Alberto; Robinson, Paul [Bass-Bari...
Conductors: Fasolis, Diego
Ensemble: Ensemble Vanitas; Theatrum Instrumentorum

Liszt: Sacred Choral Music / Fasolis, Radio Svizzera Lugano

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1997-05-20

Works: Franz Liszt: Ave Maria (I), for chorus & organ in B flat major, S. 20/1(LW J1/1); Die Seligkeiten, S 25; Pater Noster III (I & II), for chorus & organ (or piano) in F major, S. 41/1 (LW J26/1); Via C...
Performers: Balducci, Antonella; Crivellaro, Paolo; Labusch, Dorothee; Rausch, Ulrich; Zanasi, Furio
Conductors: Fasolis, Diego
Ensemble: Italian Switzerland Radio/TV Chorus

"Once scorned for its harmonic daring, the Via Crucis has become, at least on disc, Liszt's most popular choral work...Fasolis's excellent new version - which...continue...

Early Music - Lamenti Barocchi Vol 3 / Vartolo, San Petronio

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1996-10-22

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Lasciatemi morire "Lamento d'Arianna a 1"; Pietro Antonio Giramo: Lamento della Pazza; Barbara Strozzi: Lamento del marchese Cinq-mars; Giacomo Carissimi: Ferma lascia ch'io parli...
Performers: Zanasi, Furio
Conductors: Vartolo, Sergio
Ensemble: Soliosts of Cappella Musicale di San Petronio (Sol

"...It's an interesting collection of tales, historically speaking, and the performances are worthy. Soprano Anna Caterina Antonacci is unknown to me, but she has the...continue...

Lamenti Barocchi Vol 2 / Cappella Musicale di San Petronio

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1996-06-11

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Lamento della Ninfa (Canto Amoroso); Giovanni Battista Bassani: Il musico svogliato; Luigi Rossi: Lamento di Zaida mora; Ingordo hyman desio; Fabrizio Fontana: Lamento dell'impote...
Performers: Abete, Antonio; Carmignani, Alessandro; Donato, Vincenzo di; Manzotti, Angelo; Miatello, Cristina; Vaccari, Patrizia; Zanasi, Furio
Conductors: Vartolo, Sergio
Ensemble: Cappella Musicale di S. Petronio

Peri: Euridice / Roberto de Caro, et al, Ensemble Arpeggio

2 CD / Arts / 1996-06-01

Works: Jacopo Peri: Euridice, opera
Performers: Banditelli, Gloria; Benvenuti, Monica; Bertini, Rossana; Cecchetti, Mario; Col, Paolo da; Fagotto, Gian Paolo; Falqui, Stefano; Foresti, Sergio; Tavassi, Cristiano; Veronesi, Carlo Alberto; Zambon, G...
Conductors: Caro, Roberto de

Handel. Giulio Cesare. Concerto Koln, R.jacobs

4 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 1991-11-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare
Performers: Fink, Bernarda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Lallouette, Olivier; Larmore, Jennifer; Ragin, Derek Lee; Rorholm, Marianne; Schlick, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Visse, Dominique [Countertenor Vocal]; Zanasi, Fur...
Conductors: Jacobs, René

"An excellent cast in one of Handel's greatest operas." -BBC Music...continue...