Alessandrini, Rinaldo

Handel: Sacred Music - Includes Messiah; A Song for St Cecilia's Day; Streams of Pleasure; Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno / Crowe, Croft, Gauvin, Lemieux, Fink, Varcoe [6 CD]

6 CD / Naïve / 2012-10-30

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno; A Song for St. Cecilia's Day, HWV 76; Belshazzar, HWV 61; Theodora, HWV 68; Alexander Balus, HWV 65; Susanna, HWV 66; Juda...
Performers: Corti, Francesco; Cousin, Florian; Croft, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Crowe, Lucy; Dawson, Lynne; Gauvin, Karina; Graf, Hans Peter; Moor, Chris de; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]; Wieboldt, Nils
Conductors: Malgoire, Jean-Claude; Alessandrini, Rinaldo; Minkowski, Marc; Curtis, Alan
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano; Il Complesso Barocco; La Grande Écurie et la Chambre du Roy ; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble

This glittering Christmas boxed set gathers the finest Handel sacred music recordings from the Naïve catalogue including A Song for St Cecilia's Day, Messiah and...continue...

Sacred Baroque Masterpieces - works by Bach, Monteverdi, Pergolesi, Scarlatti, Allegri / Lucy Crowe, Julia Lezhneva, Nathalie Stutzmann [6 CDs]

6 CD / Naïve / 2012-10-30

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV 232; Claudio Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine; Giovanni Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; Alessandro Scarlatti: Stabat Mater, for soprano, alto, 2 violins & c...
Performers: Bertagnolli, Gemma; Carnovich, Daniele; Dordolo, Luca; Ferrarini, Gianluca; Invernizzi, Roberta; Piccinini, Monica
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc; Alessandrini, Rinaldo; Fabre-Garrus, Bernard
Ensemble: ; Concerto Italiano; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble

This Christmas boxed set gathers together some of the most renowned sacred works from the baroque era: Bach's B minor mass, Monteverdi's Vespers, Pergolesi and...continue...

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: Concertos / Rolf Lislevand, lute; Christophe Coin, cello. Concerto Italiano; Il Giardino Armonico et al. [6 CDs]

6 CD / Naïve / 2012-10-30

Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo; Antonini, Giovanni; Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Dantone, Ottavio
Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina; Concerto Italiano; Ensemble Mattheus; Il Giardino Armonico

This Christmas boxed set gathers some of the finest Vivaldi concertos released in the Vivaldi Edition. Artists include Rolf Lislevand (lute), Christophe Coin (cello), Concerto...continue...

Royal Handel - a collection of favorite orchestral and vocal works / Piau, Petibon, Crowe, Bayo, Fink, Minkowski et al.

2 CD / Naïve / 2012-09-25

Works: George Frederick Handel: Coronation Anthem; Rodelinda; Sonata for Flute in F major; A Song for St. Cecilia's Day; Joseph and His Brethren; L' Allegro, il Penseroso, ed il Moderato; Belshazzar; Il Tri...
Performers: Bayo, Maria; Cousin, Florian; Croft, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Crowe, Lucy; Expert, Robert; Gaillard, Heloise; Gauvin, Karina; Guerra, Alberto; Lehtipuu, Topi; Marsch, Molly; Petibon, Patricia; Piau, Sa...
Conductors: Summerly, Jeremy; ; Minkowski, Marc; Montanari, Stefano; Curtis, Alan; Alessandrini, Rinaldo; Malgoire, Jean-Claude; Sempe, Skip; Rousset, Christophe; Equilbey, Laurence
Ensemble: ; Amarillis; La Grande Écurie et la Chambre du Roy ; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble; Les Talens Lyriques; Royal Academy Consort

Naive Classique presents Royal Handel, a special project dedicated to one of the baroque music masters. It presents highlights of Handel's opera, choral, sacred or...continue...

Antonio Maria Bononcini: Messa; Stabat Mater / Frigato, Milanesi, Arrivabene, Biscuola, Mingardo, Contaldo, Giordani

1 CD / Naïve / 2012-08-28

Works: Antonio Maria Bononcini: Mass for 5 voices, chorus, strings & continuo in G minor; Stabat Mater for 4 voices, chorus, strings & continuo in C minor
Performers: Milanesi, Raffaella
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano

Naïve Classique presents a recording of two gems of the sacred music repertoire, including a world premiere recording of the monumental Messa a cinque concertata....continue...
Recording information: Wiener Konzerthaus (01/2012)....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...

1600 / Rinaldo Alessandrini, Concerto Italiano

1 CD / Naïve / 2012-02-28

Works: Anonymous: Fantaisie for string ensemble "Les pleurs d'Orphée ayant perdu sa femme"; Giovanni Gabrieli: Canzon no 1 ("La Spiritata"), for 4 parts, C. 186; Tarquinio Merula: La Chremasca (Libro I...
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano

The Independent
This collection focuses largely on works by lesser-known composers such as Zanetti, Merula and Salvatore, but includes two standout works in the "Fantaisie" attributed...continue...
Recording information: Pontificio Istituto di Musica Sacra, Rome, Italy (03/2011)....continue...

Bach: Italian Concerto; Brandenburg Concerto; Vivaldi: Four Seasons [6 CDs]

6 CD / Naïve / 2011-11-15

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Concerto for 2 violins, cello, strings & continuo in D minor ("L'estro armonico" no 11), Op. 3/11,; Concerto for Violin...
Performers: Alessandrini, Rinaldo; Azzaro, Stefania; Belli, Ettore; Ferreira, Mauro Lopes; Minasi, Riccardo; Mion, Andrea; Peverini, Luca; Secondi, Antonio De; Vicari, Francesca
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: ; Concerto Italiano

Highlights from La Senna Festegiante / Biondi, Jaroussky, Lemieux, Savall et al.

1 CD / Naïve / 2011-10-25

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: La Senna festeggiante, RV 693; Gloria, RV 589; Orlando furioso, RV 728; Nisi Dominus, RV 608; Concerto for Flute in G minor, Op. 10 no 2/RV 439 "La notte"; La Fida ninfa, RV 714; Con...
Performers: Azzaro, Stefania; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Jaroussky, Philippe; Lehtipuu, Topi; Marq, Sebastien; Piau, Sandrine; Zanazi, Furio
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo; Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; ; Fasolis, Diego; Savall, Jordi
Ensemble: ; Concerto Italiano; Ensemble Matheus; Europa Galante; I Barocchisti

This special product is linked to the Venise Vivaldi Versailles festival that took place in the Château de Versailles from June 24th to July 17th....continue...

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...

Galuppi: L'Inimico Delle Donne / Adami, Panzarella, Rinaldi [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Dynamic / 2011-10-03

Works: Baldassare Galuppi: L'Inimico Delle Donne
Performers: Adami, Filippo; Panzarella, Anna Maria; Rinaldi, Alberto
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Stefano Mazzonis di Pralafera

Classical Music
Anna Maria Panzarella tops a fine cast, the staging is colourful and Alessandrini conducts with zest.
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Run Time: min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Subtitles: French, Italian, German, English
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Handel: Arias & Duos / Sandrine Piau, soprano; Sara Mingardo, contralto

1 CD / Naïve / 2011-09-27

Works: George Frederick Handel: Poro, re delle Indie, HWV 28; Orlando, HWV 31; Radamisto, HWV 12a; Flavio, Re dei Longobardi, HWV 16; Tamerlano, HWV 18; Ezio, HWV 29; Rinaldo, HWV 7a; Alessandro, HWV 21; Am...
Performers: Piau, Sandrine
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: ; Concerto Italiano

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: Institut Pontifical de Musique Sacrée, Roma, Italy....continue...

Monteverdi: The Sixth Book of Madrigals / Concerto Italiano

1 CD / Naïve / 2011-09-27

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Lamento d'Arianna (Madrigals Book 6); Il sesto libro de madrigali; Una Donna fra l'altre honesta e bella vidi, madrigal for 5 voices (from Book 6), SV 109; A Dio, Florida bella, m...
Performers: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano

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: Palazzo Farnese, Rome, Italy (12/2005)....continue...

Antonio Vivaldi: Arias for Bass Baritone / Lorenzo Regazzo, bass

1 CD / Naïve / 2011-09-27

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Armida al campo d'Egitto, RV 699-A; Tito Manlio, RV 738-A; Orlando furioso, RVAnh 84; Semiramide, RV 733; Il Farnace, RV 711-D; La Silvia, RV 734; Sinfonia, for strings & continuo in...
Performers: Regazzo, Lorenzo
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano

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: Auditorium of the Accademia Santa Cecilia, Rome, Italy (05/2005)....continue...

Alessandro Scarlatti: Magnificat; Dixit Dominus / Alessandrini

1 CD / Naïve / 2011-09-27

Works: Alessandro Scarlatti: Dixit Dominus (no 1) (Psalm 109), for chorus & organ; Sdengo la fiamma estinse; Mori, mi dici; O selce, o tigre, o ninfa; O morte; Arsi un tempo e l'ardore; Magnificat for soloi...
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano

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: PIM's, Roma, Italy (02/2000)....continue...

Antonio Vivaldi: Il Prete Rosso

10 CD / Scandinavian Classic / 2011-08-30

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Concerto for Violin, strings & continuo in D major ("L'estro armonico" no 9), Op. 3/9, RV 2; Concerto for Violin, strin...
Performers: Ancillotti, Mario; Antonaz, Laura; Aonzo, Carlo; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Boganini, Barbara; Chamorro, Adrian; Ciotto, Patrizia Del; Esposito, Paolo; Fedi, Elena Cecchi; Giacalone, Sonia; Giaccaglia, ...
Conductors: Martini, Alberto; Alessandrini, Rinaldo; Volta, Sandro; ; Sardelli, Federico Maria; Faldi, Paolo
Ensemble: ; Concerto Italiano; Doron Ensemble; Ensemble Respighi; Modo Antiquo; Nuovo Quintetto Di Venezia

Antonio Vivaldi, the "Red Priest", established himself as one of Italy's most important composers - and as one of the most important of the Baroque...continue...

Per La Vergine Maria

1 CD / Naïve / 2011-06-28

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Laetaniae della Beata Vergine, motet for 6 voices (from Messa a quatro voci, et Salmi), SV 204; Pietro Paolo Bencini: Magnificat for 8 voices; Alessandro Melani: Salve regina, mot...
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano

Since the death of her son, the world has sought to praise the Blessed Mother through song - and now, thanks to the efforts of...continue...
Recording information: Santa Barbara Basilica, Mantua, Italy (06/2010)....continue...

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...

Monteverdi: L'Orfeo / Alessandrini, Nigl, Invernizzi, Mingardo [DVD]

1 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2011-03-29

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo
Performers: de Donato, Luigi; Invernizzi, Roberta; Mingardo, Sara; Nigl, Georg
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Monteverdi's seminal first opera tells the dramatic story from Ovid's Metamorphoses of the descent of Orfeo (Georg Nigl) into the underworld to recover his beloved...continue...
Run Time: 114 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.0 Surround
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spani...continue...

Monteverdi: L'Orfeo / Alessandrini, Nigl, Invernizzi, Mingardo [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2011-03-29

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo
Performers: de Donato, Luigi; Invernizzi, Roberta; Mingardo, Sara; Nigl, Georg
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Monteverdi's seminal first opera tells the dramatic story from Ovid's Metamorphoses of the descent of Orfeo (Georg Nigl) into the underworld to recover his beloved...continue...
Run Time: 114 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.0 Surround
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spani...continue...

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

Alessandro Melani: Mottetti / Concerto Italiano

1 CD / Naïve / 2010-08-31

Works: Alessandro Melani: Litanie per la Beata Vergine, motet; Ave regina coelorum, motet; Clamemus ante Deum, motet; O voces formidandæ, motet; De necessitatibus, motet; Laudate pueri, motet; Vivere s...
Performers: Alessandrini, Rinaldo; Dordolo, Luca; Foresti, Sergio; Giordani, Raffaele; Piccinini, Monica; Simbola, Anna
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano

"If you avoid early sacred music because you believe it to be proper, sterile, aloof ritual, this recording will be nothing less than a revelation....continue...
Recording information: Rome, Italy (10/2006)....continue...

Mozart: Great Operatic Arias

1 CD / Naïve / 2010-07-27

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: La nozze di Figaro; Don Giovanni; Le nozze di Figaro; Così fan tutte, K 588; The Magic Flute; Le nozze di figaro; Zaïde; The Abduction from the Seraglio
Performers: Borst, Danielle; Claessens, Hubert; Donnelly, Patrick; Fournier, Sophie; Lecoq, Valerie; Marin-Degor, Sophie; Piau, Sandrine; Polverelli, Laura; Rivenq, Nicolas
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo; Malgoire, Jean-Claude; Von der Goltz, Gottfried

Mozart's operas are part of our cultural heritage. Everyone knows, more or less consciously, the most famous arias, which are even available as ringtones for...continue...

Frescobaldi: Primo Libro Dei Madrigali

1 CD / Naïve / 2010-06-29

Works: Girolamo Frescobaldi: Madrigali, Book I, for 5 voices
Performers: Banditelli, Gloria; Bertini, Rossana; Foresti, Sergio; Franzetti, Elisa; Maletto, Giuseppe; Naglia, Sandro
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo

Recording information: Salone della Musica, Villa Medici, ora Giulini, Briosco (05/1995)....continue...

Vivaldi: Armida / Alessandrini

3 CD / Naïve / 2010-05-25

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Armida al camp d'Egitto, opera in 3 acts (act 2 lost), RV 699 A/D
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo

International Record Review
The title-role is taken - no, grabbed by the scruff of the neck - by Sara Mingardo. Her emotionally intense performance cuts a...continue...
Recording information: Pontificio Istituto di Musica Sacra, Rome, Italy (10/2009)....continue...

10 Greatest Classical Emotions

1 CD / Naïve / 2010-02-23

Works: Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei; Franz Schubert: Schwanengesang; Antonio Vivaldi: Nisi Dominus, RV 608; Juditha triumphans, RV 644; Claudio Monteverdi: Lamento della Ninfa (Canto Amoroso); Johann Sebastian ...
Performers: Bertagnolli, Gemma; Blumenthal, Daniel; Desert, Claire; Gastinel, Anne; Jaroussky, Philippe; Kozena, Magdalena; Piau, Sandrine
Conductors: Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Minkowski, Marc; Marchi, Alessandro de; Von der Goltz, Gottfried; Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: ; Academia Montis Regalis; Ensemble Matheus; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble

Marenzio: Madrigali

2 CD / Naïve / 2009-11-17

Works: Luca Marenzio: Madrigals for 4 voices, Book 1 (Madrigali...libro primo a 4 voci); Basciami basciami mille mille volte, madrigal for 5 voices (Il quinto libro de madrigali a 5 voci); Satiati Amor ch'a...
Performers: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano

The Gramophone Award winning release of Luca Marenzio's Madrigals performed by Concerto Italiano under the direction of Rinaldo Alessandrini. The disc that earned Alessandrini and...continue...

Histoires sacrées - Bach, Beethoven, Charpentier, Vivaldi

4 CD / Naïve / 2009-08-25

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, motet for chorus, BWV 225 (BC C1); Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf, BWV 226; Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227; Fürchte dich nicht, ich bi...
Performers: Azzaretti, Jael; Bauchau, Nicolas; Davislim, Steve; Duthoit, Marie Louise; Kermes, Simone; Lesne, Gerard; Nedelec, Ronan; Novelli, Jean-Francois; Spogis, Raimonds
Conductors: Cao, Pierre; Spering, Christoph; Lesne, Gérard; Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano; Das Neue Orchester; Il Seminario Musicale; Les Basses Réunies; Seminario Musicale

Mozart: Overtures / Rinaldo Alessandrini

1 CD / Naïve / 2009-08-25

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: La Clemenza de Tito; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduc...
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Norwegian Opera Orchestra

Gramophone Magazine
Rinaldo Allessandrinià has an innate understanding of Mozart's conception of "sonata form" as concentrated drama. He also has an uncanny ear for sonority. Alessand...continue...

Les Classiques au Soleil

1 CD / Naïve / 2009-08-25

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite for solo cello no 1 in G major, BWV 1007; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in G minor, Op. 8 no 2/RV 315 "L'estate"; Chamber Concerto for Lute and 2 Violins in D majo...
Performers: Baldi, Jesus Castro; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Cangemi, Veronica; Domingo, Placido; Garrus, Anne-Garance Fabre Dit; Gastinel, Anne; Lehtipuu, Topi; Lislevand, Rolf; Meyer, Wolfgang [Clarinet]; Moretti,...
Conductors: ; Ros Marbà, Antoni; Colomer, Edmon; Oren, Daniel; Lombard, Alain; Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Malgoire, Jean-Claude; Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: ; Bordeaux Aquitaine Orchestra; Concerto Italiano; Ensemble Kapsberger; Europa Galante; La Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy; Matheus Ensemble; Quatuor Mosaïques ; Seville Royal Symphony Orche...

Vivaldi: Gloria / Rino Alessandrini, Sara Mingardo, Concerto Italiano

1 CD / Naïve / 2009-08-25

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Ostro picta in D major, RV 642; "Domine Deus" from Gloria RV 589, for Soprano, Trumpet and Continuo; Jubilate o amoeni chori, introduzione to Gloria (RV 588), for voice, two oboes, o...
Performers: Dantcheva, Alena; Dordolo, Luca; Guido Campana; Piccinini, Monica; Robinson, Nicholas; Serafini, Lia; Simbola, Anna
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo

"Alessandrini's mastery in this repertoire is evident in the supple elegance of the performances, his keen sense of pacing, and particularly in the nuanced balance...continue...

Baroque Voix\Voices Vol 25 - Gesualdo: O dolorosa gioia, madrigals; Monte, Luzzaschi, Montella, Nenna / Alessandrini, et al

1 CD / Naïve / 2009-08-25

Works: Philippe de Monte: Di mie dogliose note, madrigal for 5 voices; Pomponio Nenna: Occhi miei che vedeste (Il Quarto Libro de Madrigali à cinque voci. Venetia, 1609); Giovani Domenico Montella: S...
Performers: Galassi, Mara
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano

"Concerto Italiano, founded and directed by Renaissance and Baroque specialist Rinaldo Alessandrini, is an outstanding vocal and instrumental ensemble... The individuality of the members and...continue...

Baroque Voix\Voices Vol 28 - Vivaldi: Stabat Mater, etc / Alessandrini, Mingardo, et al

1 CD / Naïve / 2009-08-25

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in C major, RV 556 "Per la solenità di S Lorenzo"; Clarae stellae in F major, RV 625; Concerto for Violin & organ or violin ad lib & cello, strings & continuo in C ma...
Performers: Belli, Ettore; Ciociola, Paolo; Cola, Luca; Ferreira, Mauro Lopes; Mion, Andrea; Piovano, Luigi; Secondi, Antonio De; Vicari, Francesca
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano

Monteverdi: Tasso Madrigals / Rinaldo Alessandrini, Camerata Italiano

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2009-08-11

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Al lume delle stelle
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano

Monteverdi's madrigals are among the very finest examples of the genre, and he was among the last composers that brought the form to its pinnacle....continue...

Handel: Arias for Bass / Alessandrini, Regazzo, Concerto Italiano

1 CD / Naïve / 2009-06-30

Works: George Frederick Handel: Siroe; Orlando; Agrippina; MEDLEY; Alcina; Tamerlano; Dalla Guerra Amorosa, cantata for voice & continuo, HWV 102; Apollo e Dafne (La Terra è Liberata), dramatic cantata...
Performers: Bertagnolli, Gemma; Regazzo, Lorenzo
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano

"Egarr's playing is predictably expert and agile and his direction always reliable. Sometimes I miss the kind of animation and energy that Koopman brought to...continue...

Esprit - Baroque

1 CD / Naïve / 2009-05-26

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria; Concerto for Flute in F major, Op. 10 no 1/RV 433 "La tempesta di mare"; Griselda, RV 718; Orlando furioso, RV 728; Alessandro Marcello: Concerto for Oboe in D minor; Arcange...
Performers: Bayo, María; Cangemi, Veronica; Jaroussky, Philippe; Lesne, Gérard; Marq, Sébastien; Piau, Sandrine
Conductors: ; Rousset, Christophe; Biondi, Fabio; Gester, Martin; Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: ; Concerto Italiano; Ensemble Matheus; L'Europa Galante; Le Parlement de Musique; Les talens lyriques

Esprit - Sacré

1 CD / Naïve / 2009-05-26

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Stabat Mater in F minor, RV 621; John Dowland: Second Booke of Songes or Ayres; Johann Sebastian Bach: Saint Matthew Passion, BWV 244; Giovanni Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; George Freder...
Performers: Lesne, Gérard; Mingardo, Sara; Piau, Sandrine
Conductors: Krivine, Emmanuel; ; Alessandrini, Rinaldo; Spering, Christoph; Niquet, Hervé; Malgoire, Jean-Claude
Ensemble: ; Accentus; Concerto Italiano; Das Neue Orchester; La Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy; Le Concert spirituel

Esprit - Zen

1 CD / Naïve / 2009-05-26

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A major, K 581; Concerto for Piano no 23 in A major, K 488; Antonio Vivaldi: Orlando furioso, RV 728; L'Olimpiade, RV 725; Franz Schubert:...
Performers: de la Salle, Lise; Gastinel, Anne [cello]; Guy, François-Frederic; Jaroussky, Philippe; Lemieux, Marie-Nicole; Lislevand, Rolf; Mingardo, Sara; Say, Fazil; Smith, Hopkinson; Sokolov, Grigory
Conductors: ; Alessandrini, Rinaldo; Equilbey, Laurence; Spinosi, Jean-Christophe
Ensemble: ; Accentus; Concerto Italiano; Ensemble Kapsberger; Ensemble Matheus; Mosaïques String Quartet

Esprit - Melancolique

1 CD / Naïve / 2009-05-26

Works: Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei, Op. 11; Gabriel Fauré: Elégie for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 24; George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo, HWV 7; Tomaso Albinoni: Adagio for Organ and Strings in G mino...
Performers: Gastinel, Anne [cello]; Korcia, Laurent; Piau, Sandrine; Sokolov, Grigory
Conductors: Rousset, Christophe; ; Alessandrini, Rinaldo; Antonini, Giovanni; Gardiner, John Eliot; Equilbey, Laurence
Ensemble: ; Accentus; Concerto Italiano; English Baroque Soloists; Il Giardino Armonico; Les talens lyriques

Vivaldi: Concerti for Strings / Rinaldo Alessandrini, Fabio Biondi, Concerto Italiano

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2009-05-05

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Strings in A major, RV 158; Concerto for Strings in A major, RV 159; Concerto for Strings in G major, RV 151 "Alla rustica"
Performers: Biondi, Fabio
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano

Handel: Opera Arias / Alessandrini, Concerto Italiano, et al

1 CD / Naïve / 2009-04-28

Works: George Frederick Handel: Poro, Rè dell'Indie, HWV 28; Orlando, HWV 31; Radamisto, HWV 12; Flavio, Rè di Longobardi, HWV 16; Tamerlano, HWV 18; Ezio, HWV 29; Rinaldo, HWV 7; Alessandro, ...
Performers: Mingardo, Sara; Piau, Sandrine
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano

Gramophone Magazine
The duets are exquisitely interpreted and show an excellent feeling for musico-dramatic character: the two singers combine to rapturous effect in "Carol" Dolce! Amico...continue...

The Vivaldi Edition Operas

28 CD / Naïve / 2008-11-25

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: L'Orlando finto pazzo, RV 727; Juditha triumphans, RV 645; Tito Manlio, RV 738; La verità in cimento, RV 739; Orlando furioso, RV 728; L'Atenaide, RV 702; Il Farnace, RV 711; ...
Conductors: De Marchi, Alessandro; Dantone, Ottavio; Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Sardelli, Federico Maria; Savall, Jordi; Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Academia Montis Regalis; Accademia Bizantina; Concerto Italiano; Ensemble Matheus; Le Concert des Nations; Modo Antiquo Ensemble

The Vivaldi Edition, the quixotic project conceived by musicologist Alberto Basso to record the music by Vivaldi found in manuscripts in the Biblioteca Nazionale in...continue...

Palestrina: Il primo libro di madrigali / Concerto Italiano

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2008-11-11

Works: Giovanni Palestrina: Deh, or foss'io; S'il disse mai; Queste saranno ben lacrime; Che non fia che giammai; Rime, dai sospir miei; Lontan dalla mia diva; Nessun visse giammai; Il primo libro di madrig...
Performers: Banditelli, Gloria; Carnovich, Daniele; Cavina, Claudio; Damiani, Andrea; Maletto, Giuseppe; Naglia, Sandro
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano

Giovanni Palestrina is one of the giants of late Renaissance music. Probably better known for his religious works he also composed a large number of...continue...

G. Pergolesi: Messa Romana; A. Scarlatti: Messa per il Santa Natale / Alessandrini, Concerto Italiano

1 CD / Naïve / 2008-10-28

Works: Giovanni Pergolesi: Mass (Kyrie & Gloria), for soloists, chorus & orchestra in F major (4 versions); Alessandro Scarlatti: Messa per il Santissime Natale, for double chorus, 2 violins & continuo in A...
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano

Gramophone Magazine
Concerto Italiano are on especially good form in Scarlatti's finely woven counterpoint (Agnun Dei is exquisite), though both neglected Masses benefit from Alessandrini's ...continue...

10 ans et toujours Naïve! - Mahler, Schubert, Vivaldi, Bach, etc / Alessandrini, Korcia, et al

2 CD / Naïve / 2008-10-28

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor; Franz Schubert: Schwanengesang, D 957; Antonio Vivaldi: Orlando furioso, opera in 3 acts, RV 728; Nisi Dominus in G minor, RV 608; La verità in cim...
Performers: Bertagnolli, Gemma; Chamayou, Bertrand; Desert, Claire; Gastinel, Anne; Greilsammer, David; Jaroussky, Philippe; Khachatryan, Sergey; Kopatchinskaya, Patricia; Korcia, Laurent; Kozena, Magdalena; Pia...
Conductors: Equilbey, Laurence; Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Krivine, Emmanuel; Alessandrini, Rinaldo; Rousset, Christophe; ; Minkowski, Marc; Raisin-Dadre, Denis; Marchi, Alessandro de; Sokhiev, Tugan
Ensemble: ; Concerto Italiano; Ensemble Kapsberger; Les Talens Lyriques; Matheus Ensemble; Quatuor Mosaïques

Vivaldi: Vespri per l'Assunzione di Maria Vergine / Alessandrini, Concerto Italiano, et al

2 CD / Naïve / 2008-10-28

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; Ascende laeta, RV 635; Dixit D...
Performers: Belli, Ettore; Bellotto, Matteo; Bertagnolli, Gemma; Ferrarini, Gianluca; Ferreira, Mauro Lopes; Invernizzi, Roberta; Moi, Francesco; Scavazza, Marco; Schifani, Ignazio; Secondi, Antonio De; Simbola,...
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano

Masterworks: Vivaldi [Box Set]

10 CD / Brilliant Classics Import / 2008-10-21

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, strings & continuo i...
Performers: Adam, Orzse; Affourtit, Pieter; Assink, Jeroen; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Boeken, Marten; Bussi, Marcelo; Casazza, Enrico; Frankenberg, Peter; Kraemer, Manfredo; Laurin, Dan; Leusink, Martinus; Mate, B...
Conductors: ; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Alessandrini, Rinaldo; Leusink, Pieter Jan
Ensemble: ; Concerto Italiano; Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble; Florilegium Musicum Ensemble (Netherlands); Il Giardino Armonico; La Magnifica Comunità ; Modo Antiquo; Musica ad Rhenum

Baroque Collection [Box Set]

25 CD / Brilliant Classics Import / 2008-10-21

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Concerto for Violin in G minor, Op. 8 no 2/RV 315 "L'estate"; Autumn (The Four Seasons); Concerto for Violin in F major...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Baudet, Remy; Becker-Bender, Tanja; Belder, Pieter-Jan; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Boeken, Marten; Boer, Johannes; Brown, Jonathan [Organ]; Bruggen, Albert; Bruine, Frank de; Carter,...
Conductors: Warchal, Bohdan; Belder, Pieter-Jan; Wentz, Jed; Cleobury, Stephen; Marriner, Sir Neville; Brown, Iona; Matt, Nicol; ; Indermuhle, Thomas; Brown, Timothy; Kapp, Richard; Alessandrini, Rinaldo; Szosta...
Ensemble: ; Amsterdam Bach Soloists; Baroque Brass of London; Brandenburg Consort; Concerto Italiano; Florilegium Musicum Ensemble (Netherlands); Il Giardino Armonico; Modo Antiquo; Musica ad Rhenum; Musica Am...

Tuma - Partitas, Sonatas and Sinfonias / Alessandrini, Concerto Italiano

1 CD / Naïve / 2008-06-24

Works: Frantisek Ignác Antonín Tuma: Sonata a 4 in A minor; Partita for chamber orchestra in D minor; Sinfonia a 4 in B flat major; Partita 3 in C minor; Sonata a 4 in E minor; Sonata a 3 in A min...
Performers: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano

BBC Music Magazine
Tumaà is never less than engaging. àthe players reveal a great deal of refinement, particularly enjoyable in the more contrapuntal movements.
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