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Vivaldi: Sacred Music / Sandrine Piau, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Philippe Jaroussky. Concerto et al. [6 CDs]

6 CD / Naïve / 2012-10-30

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Double Orchestra in F major, RV 584; Domine ad adjuvandum me festina (Psalm 69), for soprano, double chorus, 2 oboes, double strings & co; Ascende laeta, RV 635; Dixit D...
Performers: Bertagnolli, Gemma; Dantone, Ottavio; Ferreira, Mauro Lopes; Herrmann, Anke; Invernizzi, Roberta; Jaroussky, Philippe; Moi, Francesco; Montanari, Stefano; Piau, Sandrine; Piccinini, Monica; Polverell...
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo; Marchi, Alessandro de; Dantone, Ottavio; Spinosi, Jean-Christophe
Ensemble: Academia Montis Regalis; Accademia Bizantina; Concerto Italiano; Ensemble Matheus

For Christmas, a Naive boxed set that gathers the finest sacred works composed by Antonio Vivaldi and performed by some of the most recognized artists...continue...
Recording information: Abbaye de Saint-Michel, Thiérache (03/2009); Chiesa di S. Bernardino, Auditorium B. Manenti, Crema, (03/2009); Istituto di Musica Antica Academia Montis Regalis, Mond (03/2...continue...

Vivaldi ma non solo - Vivaldi: Stabat mater; Handel, Bertoni / Marita Papaizou, messo soprano

1 CD / MD&G / 2012-06-19

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Orlando Furioso; Amen; Farnace; George Frederick Handel: Teseo; Ferdinando Bertoni: Addio, o miei sospiri, aria for voice & orchestra (from Tancredi, also used in Gluck's "Orfeo ed E...
Performers: Paparizou, Marita
Conductors: Scimone, Claudio
Ensemble: ; I Solisti Veneti

Recording information: Chiesa di San Francesco a Schio (09/13/2011-09/15/2011)....continue...

Opera 2012

2 CD / Decca / 2012-05-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro; Don Giovanni; Così fan tutte, K 588; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore; Rigoletto; La traviata; Nabucco; V...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bartoli, Cecilia; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bocelli, Andrea; Braun, Victor; Caballe, Montserrat; Calleja, Joseph; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Chiara...
Conductors: Ono, Kazushi; Mehta, Zubin; Luisi, Fabio; Pappano, Antonio; Antonini, Giovanni; Armiliato, Marco; Abbado, Roberto; Solti, Sir Georg; Wellber, Omer Meir; Bonynge, Richard; Molinari-Pradelli, France; C...

This magnificent collection features the greatest starts of opera including Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann, Joyce DiDonato, Juan Diego Florez, Cecilia Bartolia, Andrea Bocelli and many...continue...

Ladies Sing Baroque / Piau, Kozena, Lemieux, Antonacci, Petibon, Stutzmann, Crowe et al.

2 CD / Naïve / 2012-03-27

Works: Giovanni Pergolesi: Stabat mater dolorosa a due; Antonio Vivaldi: Mottetto In furore iustissimae irae; Ercole sul Termodonte, RV 710; Juditha triumphans; La verità in cimento; Orlando furioso;...
Performers: Antonacci, Anna Caterina [Soprano]; Bertagnolli, Gemma; Bertini, Rossana; Cangemi, Veronica; Cousin, Florian; Crowe, Lucy; Gauvin, Karina; Hallenberg, Ann; Invernizzi, Roberta; Kazimierczuk, Angela; ...
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo; Dantone, Ottavio; Minkowski, Marc; Sardelli, Federico Maria; Marchi, Alessandro de; Spering, Christoph; Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Rousset, Christophe; ; Curtis, Alan; Antonini,...
Ensemble: ; Academia Montis Regalis; Accademia Bizantina; Bizzarrie Armoniche; Concerto Italiano; Ensemble Amarillis; Ensemble Matheus; Il Complesso Barocco; Il Giardino Armonico; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Gre...

Naïve Classique presents a special project dedicated to the gorgeous voices that enlighten masterpieces of the baroque masters, featuring Sandrine Piau, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Karina Gauvin,...continue...

Vivaldi: Orlando Furioso / Spinosi, Lemieux, Larmore, Cangemi [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Naïve / 2012-02-28

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Orlando furioso, RV 728
Performers: Basso, Romina; Cangemi, Veronica; Hammarstrom, Kristina; Jaroussky, Philippe; Larmore, Jennifer; Lemieux, Marie-Nicole; Senn, Christian
Conductors: Spinosi, Jean-Christophe
Ensemble: Ensemble Matheus

Available for the first time on DVD, Nanve presents the 2011 world premiere staged recording of Orlando Furioso, seven years after the CD release that...continue...
Run Time: 190 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Subtitles: English, French
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In Search of Vivaldi / Music from the Operas, Sacred Music & Concertos

2 CD / Naïve / 2011-10-25

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: La fida ninfa; Orlando furioso; Atenaide; Ottone in villa; L'Olimpiade; Juditha triumphans; La verità in cimento; Griselda; Farnace; Argippo; Orlando finto pazzo; Concerto in ...
Performers: Azzolini, Sergio; Basso, Romina; Bernardini, Alfredo; Coin, Christophe; Genaux, Vivica; Invernizzi, Roberta; Jaroussky, Philippe; Kozena, Magdalena; Lehtipuu, Topi; Lezhneva, Julia; Lislevand, Rolf; ...
Conductors: Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Sardelli, Federico Maria; Antonini, Giovanni; Alessandrini, Rinaldo; Marchi, Alessandro de; ; Dantone, Ottavio
Ensemble: Academia Montis Regalis; Accademia Bizantina; Concerto Italiano; Ensemble Kapsberger; Ensemble Matheus; Ensemble Zefiro; Il Giardino Armonico; L'Aura Soave Cremona; Modo Antiquo

Amazing product: 2 CD & Book set, created to (re) discover Vivaldi. Disc 1 contains opera Highlights. Disc 2 includes sacred music & concertos. The...continue...

Vivaldi: Montezuma / Alan Curtis, Priante, Nesi, Cherici [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Dynamic / 2011-10-03

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Montezuma, opera in 3 acts, RV 723
Performers: Cherici, Laura; Gottwald, Franziska; Nesi, Mary-Ellen; Priante, Vito
Conductors: Curtis, Alan
Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

Run Time: 153 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0,
Subtitles: French, Englsih, German, Spanish, Italian
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The Opera Show

2 CD / / 2011-09-27

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata; Un ballo in maschera (A Masked Ball); Aida, opera; Rigoletto; Gioachino Rossini: L'italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers); Tancredi; Il barbiere di Siviglia (Th...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bartoli, Cecilia; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Burrows, Stuart; Campbell, Fiona; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cautoruccio, Paolo; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Do...
Conductors: Pritchard, John; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Frizza, Riccardo; Divall, Richard; Chailly, Riccardo; Varviso, Silvio; Armiliato, Marco; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Bonynge, Richard; Karajan, Herbert von; Do...

Antonio Vivaldi: Opera Arias / Sandrine Piau, Ann Hallenberg, Paul Agnew

1 CD / Naïve / 2011-09-27

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: La Candace, RV 704; La Silvia, RV 734; La verità in cimento, RV 739; Ercole sul Termodonte, RV 710; Tito Manlio, RV 738a; Tieteberga, RV 737; Se fido rivedrò l'oggetto,...
Performers: Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Hallenberg, Ann; Laurens, Guillemette; Piau, Sandrine
Conductors: Sardelli, Federico Maria
Ensemble: ; Modo Antiquo

Following the success of the first 40 recordings in the 'Baroque voice' series, a further ten volumes have been added under the same, easyily identifiable...continue...
Recording information: Oratorio dei Vanchetoni, Firenze, italy (01/2005)....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: Vespers; String Concertos; Glorias

4 CD / Naïve / 2011-06-28

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Double Orchestra in F major, RV 584; Domine ad adjuvandum me festina (Psalm 69), for soprano, double chorus, 2 oboes, double strings & co; Dixit Dominus (Psalm 109), for...
Performers: Ferreira, Mauro Lopes; Foresti, Sergio; Giordano, Laura; Invernizzi, Roberta; Kulikova, Marianna; Moi, Francesco; Novaro, Riccardo; Piccinini, Monica; Schifani, Ignazio; Simbola, Anna; Vicari, France...
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: ; Concerto Italiano

This superb box from naïve classique gathers together the quintessential Vivaldi recordings of Rinaldo Alessandrini and Concerto Italiano. Included are beloved favorites like Vivaldi's "Gloria",...continue...

Opera 2011 / EMI

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-04-19

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Stabat Mater; Antonio Caldara: L'Olimpiade; Thomas Arne: Rosamond; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot; Madama Butterfly; La boh&egrav...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bennett, Mark [Trumpet]; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bostridge, Ian; Callas, Maria; Capitanucci, Fabio Maria; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Franco; Damrau, Dian...
Conductors: Ono, Kazushi; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Labadie, Bernard; Pappano, Antonio; Kohn, Eugene; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Rhorer, Jérémie; Inkinen, Pietari; Barenboim, Daniel; Muti, Riccardo; Gardner, ...
Ensemble: ; Il Seminario Musicale; L'Arpeggiata

The Vivaldi Experience

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2011-02-22

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Nulla in mundo pax sincera, RV 630; Ottone in Villa, RV 729; Orlando furioso, RV 728; Arsilda, Regina di Ponto, RV 700;...
Performers: Bertagnin, Glauco; Browne, Sandra; de los Angeles, Victoria; Fornaciari, Marco; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Mazzucato, Daniela; Rampal, Jean-Pierre; Sasaki, Kazuki; Scalabrin, Fabrizio; Smi...
Conductors: Scimone, Claudio; Corboz, Michel
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Vocal et Instrumental de Lausanne

Vivaldi: Sacred Music / Negri/John Alldis Choir

7 CD / Newton Classics / 2011-02-22

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Lauda Jerusalem in E minor, RV 609; Ostro picta in D major, RV 642; "Domine Deus" from Gloria RV 589, for Soprano, Trumpet and Continuo; Laudate Pueri Dominum (Psalm 112), for voice,...
Performers: Alpermann, Raphael; Beers, Adrian; Bethge, Dietrich; Burgess, Sally; chke, Thomas; Collins, Anne; Constable, John [Keyboards]; Daniel, Susan; Garcia, Jose Luis; Graeme, Edward; Hegedus, Olga; Holl, R...
Conductors: Negri, Vittorio

For many years after his death, Vivaldi's vast output of sacred music lay silent and forgotten until Alberto Gentili tracked down an incredible 27 volumes...continue...

Sospiri / Cecilia Bartoli

1 CD / Decca / 2011-01-11

Works: George Frederick Handel: Il Trionfo del Tiempo e del Disinganno; Antonio Vivaldi: Il Farnace; Geminiano Giacomelli: Merope; Antonio Caldara: La Morte d'Abel; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figa...
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia; Florez, Juan Diego; Goldschmidt, Maria; Maurizio, Cinzia; Pezzotti, Daniel; Piovano, Luigi; Prelle, Una; Rossi, Daniele; Terfel, Bryn
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc; Antonini, Giovanni; Abbado, Claudio; Chung, Myung-Whun; Marchi, Alessandro de; Adam, Fischer
Ensemble: ; Il Giardino Armonico; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble

After great success with the deluxe edition, Sospiri is now available in a jewel version. In this special new collection, Cecilia sings tender, sensual arias...continue...

Vivaldi: Ecole Su'l Termodonte / Curtis, Il Complesso Barocco / Stains, Nesi, et al [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Dynamic / 2011-01-01

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Ercole sul Termodonte, RV 710
Performers: Cherici, Laura; Dordolo, Luca; Nesi, Mary-Ellen; Stains, Zachary
Conductors: Curtis, Alan
Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

Run Time: 136 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Vivaldi: Opera Highlights from Naïve

3 CD / Naïve / 2010-11-16

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Juditha Triumphans; L'Olimpiad, RV 725; La verità in cimento, RV 739
Performers: Bertagnolli, Gemma; Comparato, Marina; Foresti, Sergio; Giordano, Laura; Hermann, Anke; Invernizzi, Roberta; Jaroussky, Philippe; Kozena, Magdalena; Kulikova, Marianna; Laurens, Guillemette; Novaro, ...
Conductors: Marchi, Alessandro de; Alessandrini, Rinaldo; Spinosi, Jean-Christophe

Sospiri / Cecilia Bartoli

2 CD / Decca / 2010-11-09

Works: George Frederick Handel: Serse; Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno; Geminiano Giacomelli: Merope; Antonio Vivaldi: Farnace; Antonio Caldara: La morte d'abel figura di quella del nostro redentore; ...
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia; Flórez, Juan Diego; Goldschmidt, Maria; Maurizio, Cinzia; Pavarotti, Luciano; Pezzotti, Daniel; Piovano, Luigi; Prelle, Una; Rossi, Daniele; Savini, Mary Cotton; Terfel, Bryn...
Conductors: Antonini, Giovanni; Minkowski, Marc; Abbado, Claudio; Chung, Myung-Whun; Marchi, Alessandro de; Fischer, Adam; Chailly, Riccardo
Ensemble: ; International Chamber Soloists

Cecilia Bartoli is loved the world over for vocal fireworks and spectacular coloratura, but she is also adored for her spine-tingling pianissimi and her ability...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...

Vivaldi!

1 CD / Naïve / 2010-08-31

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: La fida ninfa, RV 714; In Furore iustissimae irae, RV 626; Laudate Pueri, RV 601; La Candace, RV 704; Atenaide, RV 702-B; Ercole sul Termodonte, RV 710; La Silvia, RV 734
Performers: Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Cangemi, Veronica; Hallenberg, Ann; Jaroussky, Philippe; Laurens, Guillemette; Lehtipuu, Topi; Piau, Sandrine
Conductors: Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Dantone, Ottavio; Sardelli, Federico Maria

Vivaldi: Mottetti

1 CD / Naïve / 2010-06-29

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Longe mala umbrae terrores in G minor, RV 629; O qui coeli, RV 631; Vestro principi divino, solo motet for voice, strings & continuo in F major, RV 633; Canta in Prato, ride in monte...
Performers: Herrmann, Anke; Polverelli, Laura
Conductors: Marchi, Alessandro de
Ensemble: Academia Montis Regalis

Recording information: Istituto di Musica Antica Academia Montis Regalis, Mond (10/2001)....continue...

Opera 2010

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2010-06-29

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot; Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette; Gioachino Rossini: La donna del lago; Antonio Vivaldi: Griselda; Orlando finto pazz...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Brightman, Sarah; Callas, Maria; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cencic, Max Emanuel; Ciofi, Patrizia; Corelli, Franco; Damrau, Diana; Daniels,...
Conductors: Pappano, Antonio; Ettinger, Dan; Müller, Eduardo; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Muti, Riccardo; Langrée, Louis; Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Bicket, Harry; Bateman, Paul; Pidò, Evelino; Harding...

Following the enormous success of the album 'Opera 2009', EMI Classics releases Opera 2010. With 40 tracks, and over 21/2 hours of operatic arias and...continue...

Antonio Vivaldi: Juditha Triumphans

2 CD / ABC Classics / 2010-06-08

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto per la solennità di S Lorenzo, for violin, 2 oboes, 2 horns, strings & continuo in D major,; Juditha triumphans, RV 645
Performers: Campbell, Fiona; Macliver, Sara; Martin, René; Russell, Sally-Anne; Walker, David
Conductors: Cremonesi, Attilio

Australia's most exciting opera company, pinchgut opera has attracted rave reviews since making its debut with handel's semele in 2002. Abc classics has been with...continue...

Vivalid: Bajazet [Includes DVD]

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-04-20

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Bajazet, RV 703 "Tamerlano"; Unspecified: [Bajazet] Synopsis & Libretto [CD-ROM track]
Performers: Garanca, Elina
Conductors: Biondi, Fabio [Violin]

Recording information: Musica Numeris, Flagey Studio 4, Brussels (04/10/2004-04/15/2004)....continue...

Tears On Toast: Opera's Greatest Tragedies & Triumphs

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Rigoletto; Antonin Dvorák: Rusalka; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Turandot; The Girl of the Golden West; Charles Gounod: Faust; ...
Performers: Aragall, Giacomo; Araiza, Francisco [Tenor Vocals]; Barker, Cheryl; Bartoli, Cecilia; Begg, Heather; Crook, Paul [Tenor Vocal]; Dobson, John; Domingo, Placido; Egerton, Francis; Elvin, William; Fowle...
Conductors: Fritzsch, Johannes; Noseda, Gianandrea; Bonynge, Richard; Summers, Patrick; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Divall, Richard; Cohen, Brad; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Hogwood, Christopher; Karajan, Herbert vo...

Vivaldi - New Discoveries / Sardelli, et al

1 CD / Naïve / 2009-02-24

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Argippo; Concerto for 2 Violins and Cello in G minor, RV 578a; Sonata for Recorder in G major, RV 806; Vos invito, RV 811; Sonata for Violin and Basso Continuo in D major, RV 798; Co...
Performers: Basso, Romina; Pollastri, Paolo; Sardelli, Federico Maria
Conductors: Sardelli, Federico Maria
Ensemble: Modo Antiquo Ensemble

Gramophone Magazine
Sardelli's band Modo Antiquo deliver turbulent music with vigorous refinement and successfully convey the fizzy excitement and fantasy of Vivaldi's writing. "se lento anc...continue...

Daniel Hope Plays Vivaldi

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2009-02-03

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin, strings & continuo in D major ("L'inquietudine"), RV 234; Concerto for Violin, strings & continuo in E minor, RV 273; Trio Sonata for 2 Violins and Basso Continu...
Performers: Bezuidenhout, Kristian; Hope, Daniel [Violin]; von Otter, Anne Sofie

The winning team of Daniel Hope and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe come together again for Hope's second album on DG. Hope is joined by...continue...

Vivaldi Edition - Orlando furioso [Highlights], etc / Spinosi, Ensemble Matheus, et al

2 CD / Naïve / 2008-10-28

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Orlando furioso, opera in 3 acts, RV 728; Griselda, RV 718; La verità in cimento, opera in 3 acts, RV739; Concerto for Flute in G minor, Op. 10 no 2/RV 439 "La notte"; Amen
Performers: Bertagnolli, Gemma; Cangemi, Veronica; Ferrari, Stefano; Hallenberg, Ann; Jaroussky, Philippe; Kermes, Simone; Larmore, Jennifer; Marq, Sebastien; Regazzo, Lorenzo; Staskiewicz, Blandine
Conductors: Spinosi, Jean-Christophe
Ensemble: Ensemble Matheus

"Soprano Simone Kermes' coloratura is nothing less than flabbergasting in two arias from Griselda. These samples are a transparent ploy to entice listeners to seek...continue...

Vivaldi: Sacred Music Vol 3 / Mallon, Huhtanen, McMurtry, McLeod, Modolo

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-09-30

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Magnificat, for 2 vocal soloists, chorus, strings & continuo in G minor (Venice Version), RV 611; Salve Regina, antiphon for voice, violin, strings & continuo in F major, RV 617; Con...
Performers: Huhtanen, Carla; McLeod, Eve Rachel; McMurtry, Lynn; Modolo, Jennifer Enns
Conductors: Mallon, Kevin
Ensemble: Aradia Ensemble

Vivaldi's sacred music occupies a place of honor in his vast output, dovetailing passages of great tenderness and sombre beauty, rich in 'cantabile' expressiveness, with...continue...

Vivaldi: Orlando furioso, RV 728 / Sardelli, Delser, Kennedy, Dordolo, Modo Antiquo, et al

3 CD / CPO / 2008-05-27

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Il Farnace, RV 711; Orlando furioso, opera in 3 acts, RV 728
Performers: Desler, Anne; Dordolo, Luca; Gregoire, Thierry; Kennedy, Nicki; Kronthaler, Martin; Liso, Marina De; Sciannimanico, Lucia
Conductors: Sardelli, Federico Maria
Ensemble: Coro da Camera Italiano

"Vivaldi demonstrates real psychological insight into his characters here, more so than in his other operas that have been recorded. He doesn't have the dramatic...continue...

Best 100 Vivaldi

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-02-12

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Concerto for 3 violins, strings & continuo in F major, RV 551; Concerto for 4 Violins and Cello in B minor, Op. 3 no 10...
Performers: Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Ciofi, Patrizia; Comparato, Marina; D'Arcangelo, Ildebrando; Daniels, David; Genaux, Vivica; LeBlanc, Suzie [Soprano Vocals]; Lisi, Leonardo de; McFadden, Claron; Place, Aliso...
Conductors: Warren-Green, Christopher; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; ; Parrott, Andrew; Stubbs, Stephen [Lute]; Medlam, Charles; Curtis, Alan
Ensemble: ; Europa Galante; Il Complesso Barocco; Il Seminario Musicale; London Baroque; Taverner Choir, Consort & Players; Teatro Lírico (Ensemble)

Following the success of the previous 'Best Mozart 100' and 'Best Beethoven 100', EMI classics is proud to offer the latest composer to get the...continue...

Vivaldi: Jiditha triumphans / de Marchi, Kozena, et al

1 CD / Naïve / 2008-01-29

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Juditha Triumphans
Performers: Comparato, Marina; Hermann, Anke; Herrmann, Anke; Kozena, Magdalena; Trullu, Maria Jose
Conductors: Marchi, Alessandro de

Since it was launched in 2000 with the purpose of recording the complete scores of Vivaldi held in the National Library in Torino (Italy), the...continue...
Recording information: Istituto di Musica Antica Academia Montis Regalis, Mond (10/2000)....continue...

Vivaldi Adagios

1 CD / Virgin Classics Import / 2007-12-04

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Andromeda Liberata, serenata (opera; attributed); Concerto for Flute in G minor, Op. 10 no 2/RV 439 "La notte"; Amen; Concerto per eco in lontana, for 4 violins, strings & continuo i...
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: ; Europa Galante; Il Complesso Barocco; Il Seminario Musicale; Matheus Ensemble; Taverner Choir, Consort & Players

Compiled from Virgin Classics’ rich Vivaldi discography, and drawn from the composer’s instrumental and vocal works (both operatic and religious), each track is performed by...continue...

Vivaldi: Atenaide / Sardelli, Piau, Genaux, et al

3 CD / Naïve / 2007-10-30

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for strings & continuo in E minor, RV 133; L'Atenaide, RV 702
Performers: Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Basso, Romina; Ferrari, Stefano; Genaux, Vivica; Laurens, Guillemette; Piau, Sandrine
Conductors: Sardelli, Federico Maria
Ensemble: Modo Antiquo Ensemble

The Vivaldi Edition presents the world premiere recording of the opera 'Atenaid'. The cast features some of the greatest modern day interpreters of Vivaldi’s music,...continue...

Vivaldi: 100 Chefs d'Ouvre

6 CD / Virgin Classics Import / 2007-09-25

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Concerto for 3 violins, strings & continuo in F major, RV 551; Concerto for 4 Violins and Cello in B minor, Op. 3 no 10...
Performers: Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Ciofi, Patrizia; Comparato, Marina; D'Arcangelo, Ildebrando; Daniels, David; Genaux, Vivica; Labelle, Dominique; LeBlanc, Suzie [Soprano Vocals]; Lisi, Leonardo de; McFadden, ...
Conductors: Warren-Green, Christopher; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; ; Parrott, Andrew; Stubbs, Stephen [Lute]; Medlam, Charles; Curtis, Alan
Ensemble: ; Europa Galante; Il Complesso Barocco; Il Seminario Musicale; London Baroque; Taverner Choir, Consort & Players; Teatro Lírico (Ensemble)

Ultimate Vivaldi - The Essential Masterpieces

5 CD / Decca / 2007-09-11

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Concerto for 4 Violins and Cello in B minor, Op. 3 no 10/RV 580; Concerto for 3 violins, strings & continuo in F major,...
Performers: Accardo, Salvatore [Violin/Conductor]; Batjer, Margaret; Bennett, William; Black, Neil; Blum, Norbert; Bowen, Kenneth; Brown, Iona; Brown, Timothy; Cuckston, Alan; Davis, Robin; Fernandez, Eduardo [C...
Conductors: ; Marriner, Sir Neville; Brown, Iona; Guest, George; Malcolm, George
Ensemble: ; I Solisti di Napoli Orchestra; Los Romeros

100 Best Sacred Works

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-04-03

Works: Gregorian Chant: Sub tuum praesidium, antiphon in mode 7; Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; John Dunstable: Veni Sancte Spiritus, isorhythmic motet for 4 voices, MB 32; Thomas Tallis: In manus tuas; Spem i...
Performers: Alain, Marie-Claire; Altmeyer, Theo; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Argenta, Nancy; Auger, Arleen; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bar, Olaf; Barley, Peter; Bayco, Frederic; Beasley-Murray...
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen; ; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Wulstan, David; Stevens, Denis; Willcocks, David; Guest, George; Parrott, Andrew; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Jochum, Eugen; Gönnenwein, Wolfgang; Nelson, ...
Ensemble: ; Clerkes of Oxenford; Collegium Cartusianum; Consortium Musicum; Maîtrise d'Antony ; Philip Jones Brass Ensemble; Royal Military School of Music Band; String & Brass Ensemble; The Hilliard Ens...

The newest title in the Best Classics 100 series, Best Sacred Classics 100, features 6 CDs, each containing an average of 16-17 tracks. 6 CDs...continue...

Vivaldi, il furioso!

1 CD / Naïve / 2006-11-21

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Tito Manlio, RV 738; Orlando furioso, opera in 3 acts, RV 728; Alleluia; Concerto for Flute in F major, Op. 10 no 1/RV 433 "La tempesta di mare"; L'Olimpiade, opera in 3 acts, RV 725...
Performers: Azzolini, Sergio; Bernardini, Alfredo; Bertagnolli, Gemma; Comparato, Marina; Jaroussky, Philippe; Kozena, Magdalena; Marq, Sebastien; Onofri, Enrico; Piau, Sandrine; Regazzo, Lorenzo; Ulivieri, Nico...
Conductors: Dantone, Ottavio; ; Alessandrini, Rinaldo; De Marchi, Alessandro; Fava, Giorgio
Ensemble: Academia Montis Regalis; Accademia Bizantina; Concerto Italiano; Ensemble Zefiro; L'Astrée ; Matheus Ensemble; Suonatori de la Gioiosa Marca

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Vivaldi: Arias for Mezzo-soprano / Giulia Casiraghi

1 CD / Doremi / 2006-09-12

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Orlando furioso, opera in 3 acts, RV 728; Juditha triumphans, RV 645; Alla caccia, alla caccia, RV 670; Magnificat, for 2 vocal soloists, chorus, strings & continuo in G minor (Venic...
Performers: Casiraghi, Giulia

Giulia Casiraghi, whose concert repertoire includes numerous vocal works by Vivaldi, Handel, Cavalli, Purcell, and Bach, graduated from the Donizetti Conservatory in Bergamo, Italy. Although...continue...

Vivaldi: Montezuma / Curtis, Priante, Mijanovic, et al

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2006-05-09

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Montezuma, opera in 3 acts, RV 723
Performers: Basso, Romina; Beaumont, Maite; Invernizzi, Roberta; Kalna, Inga; Mijanovic, Marijana; Priante, Vito
Conductors: Curtis, Alan
Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

"The performance is stunning. Vivaldi augments the usual strings and winds with horns and trumpets, and Curtis leads a rich reading, filled with more drama...continue...

Vivaldi: Gloria; Bach: Magnificat / Boston Baroque

1 CD / Telarc / 2006-01-24

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: "Domine Deus" from Gloria RV 589, for Soprano, Trumpet and Continuo; Johann Sebastian Bach: Magnificat
Performers: Frazure, Don; Matthews, Tamara; Meek, Deanne; Powell, Stephen
Conductors: Pearlman, Martin
Ensemble: Boston Baroque

Returning from their critically acclaimed recording of Mozarts Flute Concertos and Jupiter Symphony which were hailed by American Record Guide as an excellent balance of...continue...

Vivaldi: Tito Manlio / Sardelli, Modo Antiquo

3 CD / CPO / 2006-01-17

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Tito Manlio, RV 738
Performers: Dominguez, Rosa; Foresti, Sergio; Kennedy, Nicki; Livermore, Davide; Scholl, Elisabeth; Sciannimanico, Lucia; Taddia, Bruno
Conductors: Sardelli, Federico Maria
Ensemble: Modo Antiquo Ensemble

Tito Manlio is one of the four music drams that Vivaldi had represented in the Mantua during the time he was in the employ of...continue...

Vivaldi: Tito Manlio / Accademia Bizantina, Dantone

3 CD / Naïve / 2006-01-17

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Tito Manlio, RV 738
Performers: Beronesi, Debora; Castri, Barbara Di; Gauvin, Karina; Hallenberg, Ann; Milhofer, Mark; Ulivieri, Nicola; Vasquez, Christian Senn
Conductors: Dantone, Ottavio

With its outstanding format, its luxurious instrumentation and its numerous gems never to be recycled, Tito Manlio thus remains a brilliant symbol of the Mantuan...continue...

Vivaldi: The Complete Sacred Music / King, King's Consort

11 CD / Hyperion / 2005-11-08

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Magnificat, for 2 vocal soloists, 2 choruses, 2 oboes, 2 strings & 2 continuo in G minor, RV 610a; Lauda Jerusalem in E minor, RV 609; Kyrie, for double vocal soloists, double chorus...
Performers: Atkinson, Lynton; Auchincloss, Daniel; Bellamy, Alexandra; Bickley, Susan; Blackadder, David; Blaze, Robin; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Brown, Jonathan; Brown, Rachel; Connolly, Sarah [Mezzo-...
Conductors: King, Robert
Ensemble: King's Consort

'King has given us the ultimate Vivaldi anthology, abundant in energy, rich with emotion, animation, and color, and enshrined in Hyperion's fabled, warm, and incomparable...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Fedora Barbieri

1 CD / Preiser / 2005-09-01

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: La Favorita; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Un ballo in maschera; Don Carlos; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Jules Massenet: Werther; Antonio Vivald...
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora; Marzollo, Dick
Conductors: Quadri, Argeo; Cleva, Fausto; Morelli, Giuseppe
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano

Vivaldi: Arie d'opera / Piau, Hallenberg, Sardelli, et al

1 CD / Naïve / 2005-08-16

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: La Candace, o siano Li veri amici, RV 704; La Silvia, Rv 734; La verità in cimento, opera in 3 acts, RV739; Ercole sul Termodonte, RV 710; Tito Manlio, RV 738; Tieteberga, RV ...
Performers: Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Hallenberg, Ann; Laurens, Guillemette; Piau, Sandrine
Conductors:
Ensemble: Modo Antiquo

This is Volume 28 of the Foa collection in the Biblioteca Nazionale at Turin contains a collection of superb pieces from Vivaldi's earliest stage works....continue...

Vivaldi: Concerti e cantate da camera III / Polverelli

1 CD / Naïve / 2005-07-19

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Chamber Concerto, for recorder, oboe, 2 violins & continuo in C major, RV 87; Amor hai vinto, RV 683; Chamber Concerto ("La tempesta di mare"), for flute, oboe, violin, bassoon & con...
Performers: Mion, Andrea; Polverelli, Laura; Voltan, Aligi
Conductors: Tabacco, Giorgio
Ensemble: L'Astrée

This third volume of Vivaldi's complete chamber concertos offers three small masterpieces, notably an ultra-dramatic treatment of the famous theme of the 'storm at sea'....continue...

The King's Consort Collection

1 CD / Hyperion / 2005-04-12

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Laetatus sum; Deus tuorum militum sors et corona, motet for alto, tenor, bass & 2 violins (from Selva morale et sp; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 Oboes, Bassoon, 2 Horns and Vio...
Performers: Bellamy, Alexandra; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Clark, Andrew; Daniels, Charles; Evans, Robert; Fullbrook, Charles; Gilchrist, James [Tenor Vocal]; Gritton, Susan; Harvey, Peter Harvey; Hellg...
Conductors: King, Robert
Ensemble: King's Consort

Released to celebrate the group's 25th anniversary, this wonderfully varied selection of music (which opens with a thrilling 'taster' of delights to come in the...continue...

Vivaldi: Orlando furioso / Spinosi, et al

3 CD / Naïve / 2005-01-18

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Orlando furioso, opera in 3 acts, RV 728
Performers: Cangemi, Veronica; Hallenberg, Ann; Jaroussky, Philippe; Larmore, Jennifer; Regazzo, Lorenzo; Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Staskiewicz, Blandine
Conductors: Spinosi, Jean-Christophe
Ensemble: Ensemble Matheus

"This might just be the best recording ever made of a baroque opera." - Lawson Taitte, Dallas Morning News...continue...

Vivaldi: Arsilda / Sardelli, et al

3 CD / CPO / 2005-01-18

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Arsilda, regina di Ponto, opera in 3 acts, RV 700
Performers: Cavalli, Simonetta; Cornwell, Joseph; Fedi, Elena Cecchi; Foresti, Sergio; Kennedy, Nicki; Rossi, Alessandra; Sciannimanico, Lucia
Conductors: Sardelli, Federico Maria
Ensemble: Coro da Camera Italiano

The great success of 'Arsilda, Regina di Ponto' fulfilled an agenda that Vivaldi had been working on for some time - conquering the stages of...continue...