Josquin: Missa Hercules Dux Ferrariae / De Labyrintho1 CD / Stradivarius / 2009-11-10 Works: Josquin Desprez: Salve Regina, motet for 5 parts; Missa "Hercules Dux Ferrariae", for 4 parts; Virgo salutiferi genitrix/Ave Maria, motet for 5 parts; Miserere mei deus (Psalm 51), motet for 5 partsConductors: Testolin, Walter Ensemble: De Labyrintho Stradivarius presents another amazing disc performed by Ensemble De Labyrintho. This is music that explores man's most intimate feelings, and creates unequalled depths of emotion....continue... ![]() 1685 - Bach, Handel, Scarlatti / Maurizio Croci1 CD / Stradivarius / 2009-10-13 Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Fantasia and Fugue in A minor, BWV 904; Canzona in d, BWV 588; Aria Variata in a, BWV 989 "In the Italian Style"; George Frederick Handel: Suite for Harpsichord in F major, HWV...Performers: Croci, Maurizio ![]() 6 Books of Music for the Vihuela / Massimo Lonardi1 CD / Stradivarius / 2009-10-13 Works: Luis de Milán: Libro de música de vihuela de mano intitulado El maestro; Pavan for vihuela No 2; Pavan for vihuela No 3; Pavan for vihuela No 4; Pavan for vihuela No 5; Pavan for vihuela ...Performers: Lonardi, Massimo The vihuela had a rather short life: little more than half a century passed from the edition of El Maestro (1535–36), which was the first...continue... ![]() Traiettoria/Spirali - Stroppa/Arditti String Quartet/Mainard1 CD / Stradivarius / 2009-09-08 Works: Marco Stroppa: Traiettoria; Spirali, for string quartetPerformers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Stroppa, Marco A new CD in the 'Ricordi Oggi' series dedicated to Italian composers of the 20th century, this is a portrait of Marco Stroppa performed by...continue... ![]() Michael Glenn Williams: Digital Animation / Enrico Pompili1 CD / Stradivarius / 2009-09-08 Works: Michael Glenn Williams: Abstract Pieces (5), for 2 pianos; Suite for piano; Scherzo, for piano; Anger Burst, for piano; Nocturne, for piano; Canzicranz Dance, for piano; Moments, for piano; Tone Poem...Performers: Baldocci, Gabriele; Pompili, Enrico Voila! Here is an uncommonly attractive and varied hour with the piano, the work of a California-based musical jack of all trades - symphonic, choral,...continue... ![]() Nuit / Ciro Longobardi1 CD / Stradivarius / 2009-08-11 Works: Salvatore Sciarrino: Notturni (4) for piano; Due Notturni crudeli (Nos. 5 & 6), for piano; De la nuit, for piano; Maurice Ravel: Gaspard de la nuitPerformers: Longobardi, Ciro Sciarrino meets the beautiful music of Ravel in a rare and precious CD of piano music. Sciarrino takes sections of Ravel's music and combines it...continue... ![]() Gesualdo: Responsoria / De Labyrintho1 CD / Stradivarius / 2009-08-11 Works: Carlo Gesualdo: Hei mihi, Domine; Responsoria ad officium hebdomadæ; Peccantem me quotidie; Ave Dulcissima Maria, motet; Vittorio Ghielmi: Memento mei, Deus (Responsorium); Elevamini portæ...Gesualdo da Venosa dedicated his life to music. He was tortured by guilt for much of his life, and he may have given expression to...continue... ![]() Scelsi Collection Vol 3 - Ballata, Hymnos, Aion / Ceccherini, Naqqara Percussion Ensemble, et al1 CD / Stradivarius / 2009-07-14 Works: Giacinto Scelsi: Aiôn "Four Episodes in one Day of Brahma", for orchestra; Hymnos; Pezzi (4) for Orchestra; Ballata, for cello & pianoPerformers: Dillon, Francesco Conductors: Ceccherini, Tito Ensemble: Ensemble di Percussioni Naqqara; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Here is proof of Giacinto Scelsi's experience of sound: more than half of his works are composed of pieces for solo instruments, about a quarter...continue... ![]() Jokes / Quintetto Bislacco1 CD / Stradivarius / 2009-07-14 Works: Johann Strauss II: Unter Donner und Blitz, Op. 324; Astor Piazzolla: Libertango; La muerte del Angel; Melodia in A minor; Bernardo Stalman: Pizzicato Milongueado; Traditional: Celtic Dance; Paul McCa...Performers: Fagone, Enrico; Fioravanti, Gustavo; Galfetti, Duilio; Radaelli, Marco; Zagato, Walter Conductors: Ensemble: Quintetto Bislacco Founded a few years ago by five musicians rather bored by their daily routine, Quintetto Bislacco resolved to fight against the torpor that rules over...continue... ![]() Maderna: Music of Gaity, etc / Maderna, et al1 CD / Stradivarius / 2009-07-14 Works: Bruno Maderna: Juilliard Serenade (Tempo Libero II), for orchestra; Music of Gaity dal "Fitzwilliam Virginal Book", for chamber orchestra; Grande aulodia, for flute, oboe & orchestraPerformers: Faber, Lothar; Gazzelloni, Severino Conductors: Maderna, Bruno Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome A new work in the series of 'Ricordi Oggi'. Italian composer Bruno Maderna conducts his own compositions, played by famous flutist Severino Gazzelloni. Dedicated "with...continue... ![]() Respighi: Deità silvane, Liriche da camera / Bertagnolli, Guadagnini, Orvieto1 CD / Stradivarius / 2009-06-09 Works: Ottorino Respighi: Deità silvane; Stornellatrice, song for soprano & piano, P. 69 (from opera "Re Enzo"); Rispetti toscani, songs (4) for soprano & piano, P. 103; Tanto bella!, song (romanza) ...Performers: Bertagnolli, Gemma; Guadagnini, Mirko; Orvieto, Aldo The origin of the musical situations of Deita silvane (1917), with lyrics by Antonio Rubino, originates in the love for the musical gestures of the...continue... ![]() La voce contemporanea in Italia Vol 4 / Alterno Duo, et al1 CD / Stradivarius / 2009-06-09 Works: Sylvano Bussotti: Lachrimae, for solo voice; Mauro Bortolotti: Schatten, for voice & piano; Ein Spiel, for voice & piano; Marcello Abbado: Vocalizzo sopra Ma se mi toccano dov'è il mio debole,...Performers: Scandaletti, Tiziana Conductors: Ensemble: Duo Alterno The fourth volume of 'Contemporary Voice In Italy' is conceived transversally from past to present with an abundance of quotations of texts, even medieval ones,...continue... ![]() Lirum Li Tronc - Sordellina, Colascione, Buttafuoco in Renaissance Naples / Esposti, Squillante, et al1 CD / Stradivarius / 2009-05-12 Works: Anonymous: Haveva 'na gallina, villanella; 'No gallo con 'no grillo, villanella; Work(s); Tarantela; Orlande de Lassus: O Lucia miau (morescha), villanelle for 3 voices, S. x/70; Anonymous, Italian: ...Performers: Sorini, Simone; Vitale, Marcelo From the middle of the 15th century in Naples, there was a great ferment due to the contact between Spanish and local cultures, with a...continue... ![]() Ronchetti: Schiffbruch mit Zuschauer, Pinocchio, Il sonno di Atys / Kluttig, Maurer, Berlin Radio SO, et al1 CD / Stradivarius / 2009-05-12 Works: Lucia Ronchetti: Schiffbruch mit Zuschauer, for orchestra; Pinocchio, una storia parallela, for vocal quartet; Il sonno di Atys, for viola & electroincsPerformers: Braig, Reinhold; Maurer, Barbara Conductors: Kluttig, Roland Ensemble: New Vocal Soloists Stuttgart ![]() Bach: Concerto nach Italienischem Gusto BWV 971, etc / Sasso, Rome Instrumental Ensemble, et al1 CD / Stradivarius / 2009-05-12 Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Oboe in D minor, BWV 1059; Italian Concerto in F major, BWV 971; Concerto for Harpsichord in E major, BWV 1053; Concerto for Oboe in G minor, BWV 1056; Concerto fo...Performers: Carchiolo, Salvatore; Mion, Andrea; Sasso, Giorgio Conductors: Sasso, Giorgio Ensemble: Rome Instrumental Ensemble There is no indication that Bach gave the Concerto "nach italienischem Gusto" different instrumentation from that which came down to us: the solo harpsichord. The...continue... ![]() Telemann: Essercizii musici P 47 / Bagliano, Astronio, Guglielmo, Collegium Pro Musica1 CD / Stradivarius / 2009-04-14 Works: Georg Philipp Telemann: Sonata for recorder & continuo in C major (Essercizii Musici no 10/19), TWV 41; Trio for recorder (or flute), violin & continuo in A minor, "Gypsy Sonata" (Essercizii Musici n...Performers: Astronio, Claudio; Bagliano, Stefano; Facchin, Marco; Guglielmo, Federico Conductors: Ensemble: Collegium Pro Musica The pieces included on this CD represent the style of Telemann very well. Besides the violin and harpsichord, the recorder is the protagonist in various...continue... ![]() In a silent way - John Cage, Morton Feldman / Barbetti, Spinosa1 CD / Stradivarius / 2009-04-14 Works: John Cage: One, for piano; Ophelia; Dream; Six Melodies, for violin & keyboard; Eight Whiskus, for violin solo; In a Landscape; Morton Feldman: For Aaron Copland, for violin; Piano Piece (to Philip G...Performers: Barbetti, Maurizio; Spinosa, Rossella A very carefully balanced program of music for viola and/or piano by John Cage and Morton Feldman. A portrait of two composers, whose poetics are...continue... ![]() Studi per il Venti Prima Secolo - Gabrio Taglietti, Gabriele Manca / Antonio Sardi de Letto1 CD / Stradivarius / 2009-04-14 Works: Gabrio Taglietti: Studies (8), for piano; Gabriele Manca: Études d'un ticqueur, for piano; Studi meccanici, for pianoPerformers: Sardi de Letto, Antonio The Study is a classic compositional device: composers can build an object in sound starting from a single brick, a technical-digital movement which, when explored...continue... ![]() Erkoreka: Afrika, Kantak, Jukal, Akorda / Encinar, et al1 CD / Stradivarius / 2009-02-10 Works: Gabriel Erkoreka: Afrika, for marimba & orchestra; Kantak, for piccolo & chamber ensemble; Jukal, for guitar & chamber ensemble; Akorda, for accordion & orchestraPerformers: Alberdi, Inaki; Arago, Salvador; Arriola, Victor; Berg, Nelleke Ter; Carneiro, Pedro; Dominguez, Rafael; Martin, Eva; Schmid, Michaela Conductors: Encinar, Jose Ramon This new installment in a series devoted to orchestral contemporary music from Spain features music from one of the leading new composers in Spain....continue... ![]() Self Portrait - Giacomo Manzoni / Pomàrico, Echo Ensemble1 CD / Stradivarius / 2009-02-10 Works: Giacomo Manzoni: Ten Verses by Emily Dickinson, for voice, harp & strings; Symphonic Scenes (11) from Doktor Fautus, for chorus ad libitum & orchestra; Preludio, Grave & Finale, for voice, clarinet, ...Performers: Shalomei, Lilia Conductors: Pomàrico, Emilio Ensemble: Echo Ensemble This prestigious series from Stradivarius/Ricordi Oggi continues with a disc that highlights one of the most important composers of the sixties and seventies....continue... ![]() W.F. Bach: Six Duets F 54-59 / Omar Zoboli, Sergio Del Mastro1 CD / Stradivarius / 2009-01-13 Works: Wilhelm Friedemann Bach: Duets (6) for 2 flutes, F. 54-59 (BR B1-6)Performers: Delmastro, Sergio; Zoboli, Omar ![]() Bach: Pieces pour la Luth / Oscar Ghiglia1 CD / Stradivarius / 2009-01-13 Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite for lute in G minor, BWV 995; Partita for Lute in E major, BWV 1006a; Prelude, Fugue and Allegro for Lute in E flat major, BWV 998Performers: Ghiglia, Oscar ![]() Dall'Abaco: Concerti a più istrumenti Op. 6 / Rasi, Il Tempio Armonico, et al2 CD / Stradivarius / 2009-01-13 Works: Evaristo Dall'Abaco: Concerti (12) à piú Istrumenti, Op. 6Conductors: Rasi, Alberto Ensemble: Verona Baroque Orchestra ![]() Number Three - Neuwirth, Fujikura, Mantovani / Pascal Gallois, et al1 CD / Stradivarius / 2009-01-13 Works: Olga Neuwirth: In Nacht und Eis; Zefiro aleggia...nell'infinito...; Torsion; Dai Fujikura: The Voice, for bassoon & cello; Bruno Mantovani: Un mois d'octobrePerformers: de Saram, Rohan; Gallois, Pascal; Vassilakis, Dimitri Conductors: Lubman, Bradley ![]() Marco Scacchi & his time / Ensemble Vocale Veneto1 CD / Stradivarius / 2008-11-11 Works: Marco Scacchi: Dove, ah dove, madrigal; Parlo, misero, o taccio, madrigal; Chi la mia luce estinse?, madrigal; Voi volete ch'io mora, madrigal; O come sei gentile, madrigal; Era l'anima mia, madrigal...These are world premiere recordings of valuable music by an unknown composer who lived on the fringes of the musical world in Renaissance Poland....continue... ![]() Toshio Hosokawa: Tabi-bito, Sen no 6, Die Lotosblume / Takaseki, Nakamura, Cologne WDR SO, et al1 CD / Stradivarius / 2008-11-11 Works: Toshio Hosokawa: Tabi-bito "Wanderer"; Sen no 6; Die LotosblumePerformers: Nakamura, Isao Conductors: Takeseki, Ken; Huber, Rupert These world premiere recordings are of major works by a prominent composer: Toshio Hosokawa. A new Stradivarius co-production with the prestigious WDR3 radio channel....continue... ![]() Vivaldi: Dixit Dominus RV 595 & RV 807 / Fanna, Zanetti, Galli, Zanasi, et al1 CD / Stradivarius / 2008-10-14 Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Ascende laeta, RV 635; Dixit Dominus in D major, RV 595; Canta in Prato, ride in monte (II) solo motet for voice, 2 oboes, strings & continuo in G major, RV; Dixit Dominus, RV 807Performers: Cecchetti, Mario; Galli, Emanuela; Honeyman, Ian [Tenor Vocal]; Zanasi, Furio; Zanetti, Monique Conductors: Fanna, Francesco; Capuano, Gianluca Ensemble: Ensemble Pian & Fort; Ensemble Pian & Forte; Pian e Forte Ensemble Rarely performed, gorgeous choral music! A wonderful project by the greatest living Vivaldi scholar, Michael Talbot, with two Dixit Dominus settings introduced by relative Motets....continue... ![]() Richter Plays Bach4 CD / Stradivarius / 2008-10-14 Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata in C major, BWV 966; Sonata in D major, BWV 963; Sonata in D minor, BWV 964; Capriccio in E major, BWV 993; Duet for Organ in E minor, BWV 802; Duet for Organ in F major...Performers: Richter, Sviatoslav "For listeners who like their Bach played with headlong impetuosity, incandescent intensity, and uncanny intelligence, Richter is the main man, and these splendid-sounding digital recordings...continue... ![]() Biedermeier - Chopin, Czerny, Kalkbrenner, Pixis / Sello, Kropfitsch1 CD / Stradivarius / 2008-09-09 Works: Carl Czerny: Duo Concertante for flute & piano, Op. 129; Frédéric Chopin: Variations on "Non piú mesta" from Rossini's La Cenerentola, for flute & piano in E major, KK Anh.Ia; Johann P...Performers: Jess-Kropfitsch, Johannes; Sello, Luisa World premiere and rare recordings of Romantic chamber music includes music from major figures of Beethoven's time: Czerny and Kalkbrenner....continue... ![]() Vivaldi: Mottetti sacri - Laudate pueri, Lauda Jerusalem, etc / Astronio, Bertagnolli, Rydén, et al1 CD / Stradivarius / 2008-09-09 Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Lauda Jerusalem in E minor, RV 609; Laudate Pueri Dominum (Psalm 112), for 2 voices, 2 choruses, flute, 2 strings & continuo in A major,; Salve Regina, antiphon for voice, double cho...Performers: Bertagnolli, Gemma; Rydén, Susanne Conductors: Astronio, Claudio Ensemble: Harmonices Mundi String Ensemble ![]() Percussion Masterpieces - Reich, Stockhausen, Cage, etc / Rivolta, I Percussionisti della Scala1 CD / Stradivarius / 2008-09-09 Works: Steve Reich: Drumming, for 2 female voices, piccolo, 4 pairs of bongos, 3 marimbas & 3 glockenspiels; Carlos Chávez: Tambuco for Six Percussion Players; Karlheinz Stockhausen: Zyklus; John Cage:...Performers: Omar, Maurizio Ben Conductors: Rivolta, Renato Ensemble: La Scala Theater Percussionists This collection of percussion masterpieces composed between 1931 and 1971, are performed by the best group of percussionists in Italy....continue... ![]() Humoresque - Llobet: Transcriptions for 2 guitars / Stefano Grondona, Lucia Mondiello1 CD / Stradivarius / 2008-08-12 Works: Isaac Albéniz: Cantos de Espagna, Op. 232; Iberia Suite, Book 1; Catalonia, suite populaire, for orchestra (only 1st of 3 parts completed); Enriqué Granados: Rapsodia Aragonesa; Danse espag...Conductors: Ensemble: Grondona-Mondiello Guitar Duo The seventh release by Stefano Grondona on Stradivarius is also the last volume of the complete works of Miguel Llobet. Grondona is one of the...continue... ![]() Scelsi Collection Vol 4 - Rotative, 12 Preludi, etc / Donna Amato1 CD / Stradivarius / 2008-08-12 Works: Giacinto Scelsi: Preludes (12) for piano, Series 1; Variations and Fugue for piano; Capriccio, for piano; Poems (4) for piano; Rotativa, version for piano soloPerformers: Amato, Donna A well-known American pianist, specializing in mystic music, performs the music of a young Scelsi. The third installment in a successful series....continue... ![]() Suite of Suites - Graupner: Ouverture in D GWV 420, etc / Bonz, Antichi Strumenti1 CD / Stradivarius / 2008-08-12 Works: Christoph Graupner: Ouverture in D major, for orchestra, GWV 420; Ouverture in D major, for orchestra, GWV 421Conductors: Bonz, Tobias Ensemble: Antichi Strumenti ![]() Rota: Improvviso, Chamber Pieces / Albatros Ensemble1 CD / Stradivarius / 2008-07-08 Works: Nino Rota: Trio for flute, violin & piano; Sonata for flute & harp; Improvviso for violin & piano ("Un diavolo sentimentale"); Pieces (3) for 2 flutes; Pieces (5) for flute & piano; Allegro vivace, f...Performers: Crola, Giovanni; Luise, Alessia; Marangoni, Alessandro; Parrino, Francesco; Parrino, Stefano Conductors: Ensemble: Albatros Ensemble Rare repertoire features the classical, cultured side of soundtrack composer Nino Rota in authoritative performances by artists tightly linked to the Rota family....continue... ![]() Falconieri: La suave melodia, Instrumental Music; Frescobaldi, Piccinni, Corbetta, etc / Lonardi, Mela, Micheli1 CD / Stradivarius / 2008-07-08 Works: Andrea Falconieri: Gallarda; Riñen y pelean entre Berzebillo con Satansillo, y Caruf; La suave melodia y su corrente; Il Spiritillo Brando; La Benedetta, for guitar, theorbo & lute; Sinfonia sec...Performers: Lonardi, Massimo; Micheli, Lorenzo Three outstanding artists in engaging arrangements of rare, early Baroque music on period instruments....continue... ![]() Shostakovich: 7 Romances on Poems of Alexander Blok, Piano Trios / Korpacheva, Trio di Parma1 CD / Stradivarius / 2008-07-08 Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Trio for Piano and Strings no 1 in C minor, Op. 8; Suite of Romances (7) for soprano & piano trio, Op. 127; Trio for Piano and Strings no 2 in E minor, Op. 67Performers: Korpacheva, Julia Conductors: Ensemble: Trio di Parma Complete works by Shostakovich for piano trio featuring one of the leading Russian sopranos of our time, who often performs with Gidon Kremer and Kremerata...continue... ![]() Charles: Seven Looks, Concertino for Clarinet, etc / Salvador, Encinar, et al1 CD / Stradivarius / 2008-06-10 Works: Agustín Charles: Seven Looks, for orchestra; Concerto for clarinet & chamber ensemble; Concertino for orchestraPerformers: Munoz, Salvador Salvador; North, Anne Marie; Ruiz, Ana Conductors: Encinar, Jose Ramon This spectacular orchestra showcase is by a Spanish composer who has been deeply influenced by American music....continue... ![]() Cherubini: Complete String Quartets / Quartetto Savinio2 CD / Stradivarius / 2008-06-10 Works: Luigi Cherubini: Quartet for Strings no 1 in E flat major~3rd movement, Scherzo "Allegretto moderato"; Quartet for Strings no 4 in E major; Quartet for Strings no 5 in F major; Quartet for Strings no...This is the only complete set of Cherubini string quartets, on just two CDs!...continue... ![]() Piazzolla: Milonga del Angel, etc; Corea, Gismonti, etc / Marzi, et al
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