Renaissance Period > Opera/Operetta

Venezia - Opera Arias of the Serenissima / Max Emanuel Cencic, countertenor

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2013-02-05

Works: Antonio Caldara: Adriano in Siria; Costanzo Porta: La costanza combattuta in amore; Anonymous, Italian: A' piedi miei svenato (attrib. Vivaldi); Anche in mezzo a perigliosa (attrib. Vivaldi); Frances...
Performers: Cencic, Max Emanuel; Marocchi, Stefano
Conductors: Minasi, Riccardo
Ensemble: Il Pomo d'Oro

For today's audiences, Vivaldi's name exemplifies Venetian opera in the early 18th century - but he was not the only composer to shape the distinctive...continue...
Recording information: Sala Rossa of Villa San Fermo, Lonigo, Vicenza, Italy (08/27/2012-09/03/2012)....continue...

Il Pianto d'Orfeo - Monteverdi, Peri, Caccini

1 CD / New Classical Adventure / 2009-10-27

Works: Lorenzo Allegri: Sinfonia per il Gran Principe, for lute; Primo Ballo della notte d'amore; Jacopo Peri: Euridice; Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo; Giulio Caccini: L'Euridice; Marc-Antoine Charpentier: La...
Performers: Katschner, Wolfgang; Rensburg, Kobie van; Vieweg, Matthias
Conductors: Katschner, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Lautten Compagney

"Orfeo moved us because of being a human", wrote Monteverdi to Alessandro Striggio in a very often quoted letter from the 9th of February 1616....continue...
Recording information: Deutschlandradio, Studio 10 im Funkhaus Berlin (02/03/2004-02/06/2004)....continue...

Orpheus with his Lute - Rubbra, et al / Morgan, Witsenburg

1 CD / Globe / 2009-09-01

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo; Jacopo Peri: Euridice, opera; Luigi Rossi: Orfeo; Stefano Landi: La Morte D'Orfeo, opera; Franz Joseph Haydn: L'anima del filosofo ossia Orfeo ed Euridice; Christoph Will...
Performers: Morgan, Rachel Ann; Witsenburg, Edward

Caccini: L'Euridice / Achten, Scherzi Musicali, et al

1 CD / Ricercar / 2009-01-13

Works: Giulio Caccini: Euridice, opera
Performers: Achten, Nicolas [Conductor]; Berten, Olivier; El-Bushra, Magid; Mecheken, Reinoud van; Renson, Laurence; Roy, Marie de; Vieslet, Céline
Conductors: Achten, Nicolas

Caccini's lyricism, emotion, and skilled vocal writing show clearly that his 'L'Euridice' is the true forerunner of Monteverdi's 'L'Orfeo'. Ricercar now proudly presents this world...continue...

Italia 1600 Argentina 1900 / Verónica Cangemi, Una Stella Ensemble, et al

1 CD / Naïve / 2008-11-25

Works: Nicola Porpora: Polifemo, opera; Gli orti esperidi, opera; Antonio Vivaldi: Catone in Utica, RV 705; La Fida Ninfa; Claudio Monteverdi: Madrigals, Book 9; Astor Piazzolla: Milonga en ay menor, vocal ...
Performers: Cangemi, Veronica
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Ensemble: Una Stella Ensemble

"this is not a "historical performance," although it draws on the insights developed in that field. It is something better: a Baroque recital in which...continue...

Firenze 1616 - Belli, Caccini, Malvezzi, Saracini

1 CD / Alpha Productions / 2008-03-11

Works: Claudio Saracini: Io moro, aria for voice & continuo; Giulio Caccini: Tutto'i di piango, solo madrigal for voice & continuo; Non ha'l ciel; Ineffabile Ardore (Final chorus Il Rapimento di Cefalo); Le...
Performers: Bucher, Aurore; Druet, Isabelle; Dumestre, Vincent; Marzorati, Arnaud; Padaut, Catherine; Poul, Camille; Roche, Philippe; van Elsacker, Jan
Conductors: Dumestre, Vincent
Ensemble: Le Poème Harmonique

This record delves into the ideology and the aesthetics of the early baroque to reveal a subtle and brotherly alliance between intellect and feeling. As...continue...

ARTS Sampler

1 CD / Arts / 1997-09-16

Works: Tomaso Albinoni: Concerto à cinque, for 2 oboes, 2 violins, viola, cello & continuo no 3 in F major, Op. 9/3 (T. 9/3; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; John Field: Rondo on...
Performers: Banditelli, Gloria; Benvenuti, Monica; Bertini, Rossana; Cecchetti, Mario; Devia, Mariella; Spada, Pietro; Ziegler, Delores
Conductors: ; Maag, Peter; Bellini, Gabriele; Scimone, Claudio; Caro, Roberto de; Spada, Pietro; Joo, Arpad
Ensemble: ; Concerto Armonico (Budapest); Ensemble Arpeggio; I Solisti Veneti

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