Durante, Francesco

Francesco Durante: Neapolitan Christmas, Vol. 2 / Michael Alexander Willens, Die Koelner Akademie

1 CD / CPO / 2012-11-13

Works: Francesco Durante: Pastorale "Cito Pastores", motet; Laudate, pueri "Breve" "Detto il Grottesco", motet; Litanie for 2 voices & violin in E minor; Kyrie-Gloria Mass, "in Pastorale" in A major, for vo...
Performers: Dahlmann, Thilo; Doest, Alberto ter; Kuhne, Christina [Soprano Vocal]; Piccinini, Monica
Conductors: Willens, Michael Alexander
Ensemble: Die Kölner Akademie

The Kölner Akademie under its proven conductor Willens now presents more atmospheric Christmas compositions by Francesco Durante, one of the greatest Neapolitan church composers of...continue...
Recording information: Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal (11/14/2011-11/17/2011)....continue...

Voice from Assisi / Friar Alessandro

1 CD / Decca / 2012-10-16

Works: Donovan Leitch: Brother Sun, Sister Moon (Fratello sole, sorella luna); Steven Baker: Pater Noster (The Lord's Prayer), for voice & orchestra; Paul Mealor: Le Lodi di Dio Altissimo, for voice & orche...
Performers: Brustenghi, Alessandro, Friar

The legendary Mike Hedges (U2, The Cure, Manic Street Preachers) discovered Alessandro while in Italy, after years of searching for "the next Italian Tenor". Much...continue...

24 Italian Songs and Arias

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2012-08-28

Works: Giovanni Bononcini: Per la gloria d'adorarvi; Non posso disperar, for voice & continuo; Giulio Caccini: Amarilli mia bella, for voice & continuo (from Le nuove musiche); Antonio Caldara: La costanza ...
Performers: Liu, Qi [Piano]; Yueh, Chai-lun

Recording information: Crowell Concert Hall, Wesleyan University, Middletown,....continue...

Italian Concertos by Vivaldi, Pergolesi, Durante, Scarlatti & Leo / Concerto Koln [Hybrid SACD]

2 CD / Capriccio / 2012-03-27

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 violins, 2 recorders, 2 oboes, bassoon, strings & continuo in D minor, RV 566; Double Orchestra Concerto, for 2 violins, 2 recorders, cello; 2 violins, 2 recorders, ce...
Performers: Hambitzer, Gerald; Keller, Andrea [Violin]; Matzke, Werner; Mings, David; Niesemann, Michael; Zummach, Eberhard
Conductors: Ehrhardt, Werner
Ensemble: ; Concerto Köln

The genius of the musician subjects the whole universe to his art ... So if you wish to know if any spark of this consuming...continue...

Concerts & Follies in Pergolesi's Time

1 CD / Master Music / 2012-03-20

Works: Francesco Geminiani: Concerto Grosso, for 2 violins, strings & continuo no 12 in D minor ("La Follia"; after Corelli Op.; Giovanni Pergolesi: Concerto for Violin in B flat major; Antonio Vivaldi: Con...
Performers: Anselmi, Antonio; Bosna, Pietro; Paternoster, Vito; Serino, Marco
Conductors:
Ensemble: I Musici

Recording information: Casa di Spiritualità S. Teresa - Padri Carmelitani Scal (08/12/2009-08/14/2009)....continue...

Francesco Durante: Neapolitan Christmas / Mameli, Eittinger, Post, MacLeod

1 CD / CPO / 2011-11-15

Works: Francesco Durante: Ad presepe venite "Pastorale o Mottetto per la nativitate Jesu Christe" in G major, for voices & ens; Magnificat in B flat major; Litanie della BMV in F minor, for voices & ensembl...
Performers: Eittinger, Ursula; MacLeod, Stephan; Mameli, Roberto [Soprano Vocal]; Post, Andreas
Conductors: Willens, Michael Alexander
Ensemble: Die Kölner Akademie

Ever since the late 17th century, Christmas music, especially in the form of cantatas and motets, had been a Neapolitan tradition. Durante continued this tradition...continue...
Recording information: Deutschlandfunk, Kammermusiksaal (11/18/2010-11/21/2010)....continue...

Il Canto della Sirena: Cantate Napoletane dell' eta barocca

3 CD / Glossa / 2011-11-03

Works: Italian Traditional: Tarantella del Gargano; Giuseppe Tricarico: Sdegno, campion audace, for voice & orchestra; Francesco Provenzale: Squarciato appena havea, for voice & orchestra; Care selve amati ...
Performers: Andalo, Roberta; Invernizzi, Roberta; Ippolito, Antonella; Totaro, Rosario; Vittorio, Pino de
Conductors: Florio, Antonio
Ensemble: I Turchini

During the early 1990s Antonio Florio made substantial discoveries in the field of Baroque repertoire from Naples.

Glossa are delighted to be bringing back into circulation...continue...

Il Giardino Armonico play Bach, Biber, Corelli, Locke, Monteverdi, Rossi, Vivaldi

11 CD / Warner Classics / 2011-05-31

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Il ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria; Dario Castello: Ciaccona; Sonata quarta, for 2 instruments & continuo no 4 in A minor (Sonata Concertate I/4); Sonate concertate in stil moderno Boo...
Performers: Dantone, Ottavio; Onofri, Enrico; Pianca, Luca
Conductors: Antonini, Giovanni
Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico; Innsbruck Trumpet Consort

"Il Giardino Armonico's performances burst with freshness and prove how exciting original instruments can be" (USA Today). The career of Il Giardino Armonico, the award...continue...

Jauchze, Jubilier und Singe / 18th century masterpieces for chorus

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2011-01-11

Works: Johann Theile: Nun ich singe! Gott ich knie; Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow: Cantata for Whitsun Day. Ruhe. Friede. Freud und Wonn; Antonio Lotti: Crucifixus; Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria D-Dur, RV 589; Johann ...
Conductors: Katschner, Wolfgang; Kohler, Dorothea; Güttler, Ludwig; Hauschild, Wolf-Dieter

Il Ritiro / Raffaella Milanesi, soprano

1 CD / Fuga Libera / 2010-08-10

Works: Francesco Durante: Concerto no 4 in E minor; Leonardo Leo: Vado dal Piano al Monte, cantata for solo voice, strings & continuo; Concerto for Cello, Strings and Basso continuo in C minor, L 30; Sinfon...
Performers: Milanesi, Raffaella
Conductors: Sasso, Giorgio
Ensemble: Insieme Strumentale di Roma

The Instrumental Ensemble with Giorgio Sasso is, without doubt, the most elegant and refined among the old music Italian ensembles. Awarded by international critics (Diapason,...continue...
Recording information: Roma, Chiesa di S. Lorenzo in Panisperna (03/10/2009-03/12/2009)....continue...

Francesco Durante: Vespro Breve; Miserere

1 CD / Tactus / 2010-08-10

Works: Ascanio Maione: Toccata no 2, for organ; Francesco Durante: Vespro Breve, for vocal soloists, chorus & ensemble; Miserere, for 5 voice chorus & continuo in C minor; Giovanni Maria Trabaci: Ricercare ...
Performers: Bari, Vittorio; Binetti, Mariangela; Mosconi, Milena; Mutinati, Gianpiero; Pozzi, Davide
Conductors: Acciai, Giovanni
Ensemble: Sagittario Instumental Ensemble

Recording information: Chiesa di Santa Teresa dei Maschi, Bari - Italia (09/15/2007-09/19/2007)....continue...

Icon: Tito Gobbi / The Complete Solo Recordings

5 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-03-23

Works: Francesco Cilèa: L'Arlesiana; Adriana Lecouvreur; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Zazà, opera; Pagliacci; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Le nozze di Figaro; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlo; Otello...
Performers: Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Arie, Raffaele; Callas, Maria; Canali, Anna Maria; Caselli, Dario; Clabassi, Plinio [Bass Vocal]; Cornoldi, Claudio; de los Angeles, Victoria; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Dickie...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Erede, Alberto; Robertson, James; Green, Philip; Susskind, Walter; Braithwaite, Warwick; Olivieri, Dino; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Bizzelli, Annibale; Serafin, Tullio; Santini, Ga...

This 5-CD set, devoted to the outstanding Italian baritone Tito Gobbi, is a further release in the EMI Classics ICON series. The bulk of this...continue...

Francesco Durante: Concerto no 1-8 / Concerto Köln

2 CD / Phoenix Edition / 2009-09-29

Works: Francesco Durante: Concerto no 1 á 4 in F minor; Concerto no 2 in G minor; Concerto no 3 in E flat major; Concerto no 4 in E minor; Concerto no 5 in A major; Concerto no 6 in A major; Concerto n...
Performers: Hambitzer, Gerald
Conductors: Ehrhardt, Werner
Ensemble: Concerto Köln

Chamber Music of Napels / Durante, Mancini, Sarri, A. Scarlatti, D. Scarlatti

1 CD / Teldec / 2008-09-04

Works: Domenico Natale Sarro: Chamber Concerto for recorder, 2 violins, viola & continuo in A minor; Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord in D minor, K 90/L 106; Francesco Durante: Concerto...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico

Motetten alter Meister / Mauersberger, Dresdner Kreuzchor

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Venite exultemus Domino, motet for 5 voices & continuo (Cantiones Sacrae no 9); Hodie Christus natus est; Johann Kuhnau: Tristis Est Anima Mea; Antonio Lotti: Crucifixus, M...

Dresden Kreuzchoir - Legendary Recordings

10 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Heinrich Schütz: Symphoniae sacrae, Op. 10; Wohl dem, der nicht wandelt (Psalm 1), for double chorus & continuo, SWV 28 (Op. 2/7); Psalms of David, Op. 2; Psalms of David, Op 2; Der Herr ist mei...
Performers: Adam, Theo; Berndt, Tobias; Collum, Herbert; Diedrich, Michael; Ginzel, Reinhart; Hammer, Ernst-Ludwig; Hauptmann, Gerhard; Hoher, Frank; Jaroslawski, Werner; Krahmer, Renate; Krause, Reinhold; Kunze...
Conductors: Mauersberger, Rudolf; Flämig, Martin; ; Stier, Gothart
Ensemble: Blasende Music Leipzig; Capella Fidicinia am Musikinstrumenten-Museum der; Dresden Kreuz Choir; Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra

The Kreuzchor of Dresden developed through a church foundation in the early 13th century, making it one of the oldest institutions of its kind in...continue...

Italiano Barocco

4 CD / Deutsche Harmonia Mundi Import / 2008-05-13

Works: Pietro Antonio Giramo: Festa, riso, gioco, e gioia; Giovanni Legrenzi: Lumi, potete piangere, motet; Claudio Monteverdi: Il quinto libro de madrigali; Madrigals, Book 7; Scherzi musicali, volume 1; A...
Performers: Lier, Sabine; Monoyios, Ann; Schreiber, Anne-Katharina; Teichmanis, Daniela; Von der Goltz, Gottfried
Conductors: Hengelbrock, Thomas
Ensemble: ; Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble

Pavarotti - The Studio Albums

12 CD / Decca / 2007-11-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Luisa Miller; I due Foscari; Un ballo in maschera; Macbeth; Il Trovatore; Rigoletto; Aida, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Il Duca d'Alba; La Favorita; Dom Sébas...
Performers: Auger, Arleen; Baillie, Peter; Bartoli, Alberto; Beck, Jeff; Bonaviri, Daniele; Brown, Kameron; Bunger, Reid; Centonze, Michele; Cortesi, Manuela "Manu"; Fabbri, Giorgio "Cartolo"; Flossman, Gilels; ...
Conductors: Downes, Edward; Rescigno, Nicola; Magiera, Leone; Bonynge, Richard; Karajan, Herbert von; Mehta, Zubin; Adler, Kurt Herbert; Chiaramello, Giancarlo; Guadagno, Anton; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Chailly, ...

'The Studio Albums' comprise the twelve original studio albums Luciano Pavarotti recorded during the course of his unparalleled career spanning four decades from the earliest...continue...

Prokofiev: Symphony no 5; et al / Thomas Schippers

1 CD / Medici Masters / 2007-10-30

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Symphony no 5 in B flat major, Op. 100; Gioachino Rossini: L'assedio di Corinto; Antonio Vivaldi: Sinfonia al Santo Sepolcro, sonata for 2 violins, viola & continuo in B minor, RV 1...
Conductors: Schippers, Thomas
Ensemble: Alessandro Scarlatti Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

Thomas Schippers was one of the most brilliant American conductors of the 20th Century but died when he was just consolidating his reputation and moving...continue...

Pavarotti - Mattinata - Bellini, Rossini, etc / Gamba, et al

1 CD / Decca Import / 2007-10-23

Works: Antonio Caldara: La costanza in amor vince l'inganno; Vincenzo Ciampi: Tre giorni son che Nina; Vincenzo Bellini: Vaga luna, che inargenti, song for voice & piano; Francesco Durante: Danza, danza fan...
Performers: Pavarotti, Luciano
Conductors: Gamba, Piero; Tonini, Antonio
Ensemble: ; London Philharmonic Orchestra; National Philharmonic Orchestra

Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; Durante / Schneebeli, Bovi, et al

1 CD / Alpha Productions / 2007-09-01

Works: Anonymous, Italian: Stabat Mater, intonation; Tarantella (Naples); Stabat Mater à trois voix (MS Monopoli in alteration with MS Santoro); Stabat Mater (MS Menus Plaisirs du Roi); Francesco Duran...
Performers: Arrieta, Bernard; Bovi, Patrizia; Guillon, Damien; Levreur, Bruno; Maigrot, Florent; Meier, Arno; Planinsek, Marie; Vittorio, Pino de
Conductors: Schneebeli, Olivier
Ensemble: Le Poème Harmonique

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Giacinto Prandelli Vol 2

1 CD / Preiser / 2007-07-01

Works: Alessandro Scarlatti: Work(s); Il Tigrane; Antonio Lotti: Pur dicesti, o bocco bella, song; Francesco Durante: Vergin, tutto amor; Giovanni Battista Bassani: Ah se tu dormi ancora, for voice & piano;...
Performers: Lio, Tosca Da; Maero, Philip; Marzollo, Dick; Ongaro, Renata Ferrari; Pontiggia, Luigi; Prandelli, Giacinto; Scott, Norman
Conductors: Perlea, Jonel

Still vital in his nineties, Giacinto Prandelli is a living testament to the great traditions of Italian vocalizing between the World Wars, with its roots...continue...

Pergolesi: Stabat Mater, etc / Pierlot, Rial, Mena, et al

1 CD / Mirare / 2006-01-10

Works: Giovanni Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; Salve Regina in A minor; Francesco Durante: Concerto no 1 á 4 in F minor
Performers: Mena, Carlos [Countertenor Vocal]; Rial, Nuria
Conductors: Pierlot, Philippe [Gamba]
Ensemble: Ricercar Consort

We know very little about the life of Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, which contrasts strangely with the staggering fame of his music, as he died of...continue...

Recital 2000

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2004-11-23

Works: Henry Purcell: The Lord Is My Strength and My Song (Purcell); Fairy Queen, Z 629; Come, ye sons of art, away, Z 323; George Frederick Handel: As When the Dove Laments Her Love (Handel); Francesco Dur...

Arie Antiche

1 CD / Philips Import / 2004-11-09

Works: Giacomo Carissimi: Vittoria, vittoria, mio core; Antonio Vivaldi: Tito Manlio, RV 738; Christoph Willibald Gluck: O del mio dolce ardor; Orfeo; Giuseppe Giordani: Caro mio ben, for voice & piano (or ...
Performers: Constable, John [Keyboards]; Hvorostovsky, Dmitri; Kenny, Elizabeth [Theorbo]; Latchem, Malcolm; Sillito, Kenneth
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville

Philips Classics. 2004....continue...

Arie Antiche - Scarlatti, Caccini, et al / Margiono Quintet

1 Super Audio CD / Challenge Classics / 2004-10-05

Works: Alessandro Scarlatti: Il Pirro e Demetrio; La donna ancora è fedele; Il Pompeo; Vincenzo Ciampi: Tre giorni son che Nina; Antonio Lotti: Arminio; Louis Niedermeyer: Pietà, Signore; Giul...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Margiono Quintet

Bach, Schütz, Caccini, Caldara, et al / Suzanne Danco

1 CD / Testament / 2003-10-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 51, "Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen," BWV 51; Cantata no 202, "Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten" ("Wedding Cantata") BWV 202; Komm, süsser Tod, komm, sel'ge R...
Performers: Agosti, Guido; Danco, Suzanne; Demessieux, Jeanne
Conductors: Munchinger, Karl

Arie Antiche - Scarlatti, Caccini, et al / Margiono Quintet

1 CD / Challenge Classics / 2003-02-04

Works: Alessandro Scarlatti: Il Pirro e Demetrio; La donna ancora è fedele; Il Pompeo; Vincenzo Ciampi: Tre giorni son che Nina; Antonio Lotti: Pur dicesti, o bocco bella, song; Louis Niedermeyer: Pi...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Margiono Quintet

Songs of Many Lands / Gérard Souzay, Dalton Baldwin

1 CD / Testament / 2001-09-10

Works: Johannes Brahms: German folk songs (49) for voice & piano, WoO 33; Felix Mendelssohn: Erntelied "Es ist ein Schnitter", Op. 8/4 (hymn); Arne Oddvar Dorumsgaard: Jägerleben, for voice & piano; Om...
Performers: Baldwin, Dalton; Souzay, Gerard

Arie e Canzoni del Barocco Italiano / Bergonzi, Lavilla

1 CD / Ensayo / 2000-03-01

Works: Alessandro Scarlatti: Work(s); Il Pompeo; L'honestà negli amori; Il Pirro e Demetrio; Antonio Vivaldi: Ingrata, Lidia, hai vinto, cantata voice & continuo (doubtful authenticity), RV 673; Teuz...
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Lavilla, Felix

The Soul of Italy - Richard Tucker

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1999-11-09

Works: Vincenzo d'Annibale: 'O paese d' 'o sole; Eldo di Lazzaro: Reginella Campagnola, for voice & orchestra ("Woodpecker"); Eduardo di Capua: I' te vurria vasà; Ernesto de Curtis: Tu ca nun chiagne; ...
Performers: Tucker, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Wustman, John
Conductors: Flagello, Nicolas;
Ensemble: ; Columbia Chamber Ensemble

Gérard Souzay - Lieder and Mélodies

1 CD / Pearl / 1999-10-19

Works: Charles Gounod: A la brise (Aura gentil che mormori), song for voice & piano; Quanti Mai, song for voice & piano; O ma belle rebelle, song for voice & piano (Six Songs no 2); Absence; Mignon, song fo...
Performers: Aitoff, Irene; Bonneau, Jacqueline; Damase, Jean-Michel; Lubin, Germaine; Souzay, Gerard; Viseur, Georges

Concertos for the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies / Aadland, etc

1 CD / Hyperion / 1999-06-01

Works: Alessandro Scarlatti: Sinfonie di concerto grosso no 12 for flute, 2 violins, viola, cello & continuo in C minor; Concerto grosso no 6 in E major; Giovanni Pergolesi: Concertino for Strings in G majo...
Performers: Sollima, Giovanni; Viscardi, Giulio Giannelli

'Stylishly played and naturally recorded ... I urge you to share the pleasure I have had from this record' (Gramophone)

'Elegant listening' (American Record Guide)...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...

Barocco Napoletano - Scarlatti, Pergolesi, et al / Catemario

1 CD / Arts / 1997-01-01

Works: Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata for Harpsichord in E minor, K 198/L 22; Sonata for Harpsichord in A major, K 208/L 238; Sonata for keyboard in A major, K. 533 (L. 395); Sonata for Harpsichord in C minor, ...
Performers: Catemario, Edoardo

The Neapolitan Organ In The 18th Century Vol 2 / Sacchetti

1 CD / Arts / 1997-01-01

Works: Alessandro Scarlatti: Toccata for keyboard in A minor (Primo e secondo libro di Toccate no 2; Toccate per Cembalo no 11); Toccata per cembalo in Sol magg. ([Allegro], Fuga, presto); Francesco Nicola ...
Performers: Sacchetti, Arturo

Songs With A Touch Of Bass / Stoffel, Masciadri, Frazier

1 CD / ACA Digital / 1996-10-01

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: None but the Lonely Heart, Op. 6, no 6; Pilgrim's song; Jean-Baptiste Lully: Alceste, LWV 50; Samuel Barber: Songs (4), Op. 13; American Traditional: Shenandoah, folk song;...
Performers: Frazier, Ivan; Masciadri, Milton; Stoffel, David

Mancini: Concerti da Camera / Musica Pacifica

1 CD / Sono Luminus / 1996-07-13

Works: Francesco Mancini: Sonata for recorder, 2 violins & continuo no 17 in A minor; Sonata no 10 in B flat major; Sonata no 20 in C minor; Sonata no 19 in E minor; Sonata for recorder, 2 violins & continu...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Musica Pacifica

"The Neapolitan Francesco Mancini...is the major composer on this recording...The music is of high quality...Some of the best music here is Mancini's Sonatas 20 in...continue...

Durante: Lamentationes Jeremiae Prophetae / Neumann, et al

1 CD / CPO / 1995-11-01

Works: Francesco Durante: Lectio Prima in Feria Sexta Parasceve for soprano, Flutes, horns, Violins, Viola, and continuo; Lectio Secunda in Feria Sexta Parasceve for soprano, Alto, Violins, Viola and contin...
Performers: Bach, Mechthild; Frimmer, Monika; Husgen, Bernhard
Conductors: Neumann, Peter
Ensemble: Collegium Cartusianum

"...The performances are first-rate...The sound is lovely...I have mixed feelings about the music and its place in the liturgy, but none about these endearing renditions....continue...