Vartolo, Sergio

Monteverdi: Complete Operas on Brilliant Classics

10 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2010-02-09

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo; Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria; L'incoronazione di Poppea, opera in 3 acts, SV 308; Unspecified: Orfeo and L'Incoronazione di Poppea
Performers: Antonelli, Giordano; Bucci, Angela; Canihac, Jean-Pierre; Coelati, Riccardo Rama; Giannelli, Jean Michel; Giardini, Luca; Gintoli, Loredana; Imbert, Jean; Lechartier, Eric; Lucchi, Frédé...
Conductors: Vartolo, Sergio

Monteverdi's three great operas (a fourth, Arianna, only survives in part) are among the earliest surviving examples of opera, and are still regular fixtures on...continue...
Recording information: Auditorium of Pigna, Corsica (10/2006); Pigna Auditorium, Corsica, France (10/2006)....continue...

The Best of Monteverdi

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-06-30

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Vespers of the Blessed Virgin; Lamento d'Olimpia; Crudel, perché mi fuggi (Madrigals Book 2); Madrigals, Book 4; Cruda Amarilli (Libro 5); Lamento d'Arianna (Madrigals Book...
Performers: Bovo, Daniele; Carmignani, Alessandro; Costa, Paolo; Leoni, Carmen; Piantelli, Maurizio; Zanon, Vittorio
Conductors: ; Longhini, Marco; Vartolo, Sergio
Ensemble: Capella Musicale di San Petronio; Concerto delle Dame di Ferrara; Delitiae Musicae; Scholars Baroque Ensemble

Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643) was a musical revolutionary who championed the new style of music that replaced intricate Renaissance counterpoint with the more theatrical music of...continue...

Opera Explained - An Introduction to Monteverdi: Orfeo

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-11-25

Works: Thomson Smillie: An Introduction to Monteverdi's "Orfeo", narration with musical examples
Performers: Timson, David
Conductors: Vartolo, Sergio

Monteverdi's 'Orfeo', first performed in 1607, generates a special excitement because it is the first unquestioned masterpiece of opera. Notable for its precise orchestration and...continue...

Discover - Opera

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-10-31

Works: Orazio Vecchi: L'Amfiparnaso; Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo; Francesco Cavalli: Calisto; Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z 626; George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo; Jean-Philippe Rameau: Castor et Pollux,...
Performers: Alperyn, Graciela; Amps, Kym; Banditelli, Gloria; Barr, Frank; Benackova, Gabriela; Biel, Ann-Christine; Bordogna, Paolo; Borst, Martina; Buchanan, Alison; Carmignani, Alessandro; Cigna, Patrizia; Da...
Conductors: Vartolo, Sergio; ; Medlam, Charles; Mallon, Kevin; Östman, Arnold; Halász, Michael; Segerstam, Leif; Zedda, Alberto; Humburg, Will; Rahbari, Alexander; Davis, Colin; Casadesus, Jean-Claude;...
Ensemble: ; Aradia Ensemble; London Baroque; Scholars Baroque Ensemble

For 400 years, opera has illuminated the innermost recesses of human existence. Once the sport of kings and princes, it now provides the soundtrack of...continue...

Monteverdi: L'Incoronazione di Poppea / Vartolo, et al

4 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2006-06-06

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: L'Incoronazione di Poppea
Conductors: Vartolo, Sergio
Ensemble: Capella Musicale di San Petronio

Cavalli: Arias & Duets from Didone, Egisto, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-02-22

Works: Francesco Cavalli: Didone; Egisto; L' Ormindo, opera; Giasone; Calisto
Performers: Abbondanza, Roberto; Banditelli, Gloria; Cecchetti, Mario; Doro, Gianluca Belfiori; Frisani, Rosita
Conductors: Vartolo, Sergio
Ensemble: Mediterraneo Concento

This overview of Cavalli's operatic music paints a picture of both the nature of early opera and the composer's own talent. Although influenced by Monteverdi,...continue...

The Instruments of the Orchestra / Jeremy Siepmann

7 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-11-01

Works: Jeremy Siepmann: The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts; Anonymous, Troubadour: Domna, pos vos ay chausida; Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dances (21) for orchestra, WoO 1; Con...
Performers: Andresen, Ivar; Banks, Kevin; Banowetz, Joseph; Biret, Idil; Bisengaliev, Marat; Bloch, Thomas; Bostridge, Ian; Burashko, Andrew; Cano, Carmen; Castets, Maryse; Chapelle, Corinne; Clynes, Mandred; Do...
Conductors: Elmendorff, Karl; Posch, Michael; Bogár, István; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Ward, Nicholas; Wildner, Johannes; Müller-Brühl, Helmut; Studt, Richard; Mogrelia, Andrew; Clark, Keith...
Ensemble: ; Accentus; Accentus Austria (Early Music); Almanac Singers; Aradia Ensemble; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; Bournemouth Sinfonietta; BRT Philharmonic Orchestra; Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmoni...

Not just a cursory overview of the instruments, this is a set of portraits in depth, featuring individual instruments in many contexts (orchestral, chamber, folk,...continue...

The World of Early Music

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1999-12-13

Works: Gregorian Chant: Kyrie; In Paradisum Angeli; Hildegard von Bingen: O pastor animarum; Richard I Coeur-de-lion: Ja nuns hons pris, for consort; Walther von der Vogelweide: Palästinalied (Kreutzfa...
Performers: Cano, Carmen; Christie, James David; Landauer, Bernhard; Laurence Cummings [Conductor/Harpsichord]; Payne, Joseph; Posch, Michael; Richards, Steven; Rumsey, Shirley; Schenale, Manuela; Wilson, Christ...
Conductors: Turco, Alberto; Randon, Alessio; Summerly, Jeremy; ; Holten, Bo; Wimmer, Thomas; Vartolo, Sergio; Morel, Christine; Fasolis, Diego; Bychkov, Semyon; Crees, Eric; Mallon, Kevin; Niquet, Hervé; Kr...
Ensemble: ; Accentus Austria (Early Music); Aradia Ensemble; Capella Istropolitana; Ensemble Unicorn; Les Voix Humaines; London Baroque; Rose Consort of Viols; Scholars Baroque Ensemble; Westra Aros Pijpare

Early Music - Monteverdi: Canzonette (1584) / Vartolo, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1998-10-05

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Canzonettas for 3 voices, SV 1-21
Conductors: Vartolo, Sergio
Ensemble: Concerto delle Dame di Ferrara

"...Listening to this succession of songs for three women's voices and three strings with continuo is an ongoing delight...Anyone who is hesitant to invest in...continue...

Early Music - Monteverdi: L'Orfeo / Vartolo, Carmignani, etc

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1998-01-15

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo
Performers: Abbondanza, Roberto; Alloisio, Roberta; Astesano, Bruno; Carmignani, Alessandro; Corna, Cristina; Faenzi, Roberto; Frisani, Rosita; Gagliardo, Massimiliano; Ghiringhelli, Gianluigi; Goethem, Michel v...
Conductors: Vartolo, Sergio
Ensemble: Capella Musicale di San Petronio

Palestrina: Missa sine nomine, etc / Vartolo

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1997-02-17

Works: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Peccantem me quotidie; Missa Sine nomine, for 6 voices; Sicut cervus; Missa L'homme armé, for 4 voices (from Masses Book IV); Super flumina Babylonis
Performers: Tamminga, Liuwe
Conductors: Vartolo, Sergio
Ensemble: Capella Musicale di San Petronio members

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...

Vecchi: L'Amfiparnaso / Sergio Vartolo, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) Import / 1996-09-03

Works: Orazio Vecchi: L'amfiparnasso, madrigal comedy
Conductors: Vartolo, Sergio
Ensemble: Capella Musicale di S. Petronio di Bologna

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

Lamenti Barocchi Vol 1 / Cappella Musicale di San Petronio

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1995-08-03

Works: Gregorian Chant: Lamentations of the Prophet Jeremiah; Claudio Monteverdi: Iam moriar, mi Fili, motet for soprano (from Selva morale e spirituale), SV 288; Giovanni Felice Sances: Cantata a voce sopr...
Performers: Abete, Antonio; Banditelli, Gloria; Miatello, Cristina; Pederzoli, Maura; Vaccari, Patrizia
Conductors: Vartolo, Sergio
Ensemble: Cappella Musicale di S. Petronio

"...Music by Monteverdi, Sances, Rossi and Strozzi is prefaced by six minutes of Gregorian chant all expertly performed by the soloists of the Capella Musicale...continue...