Milano, Fiorentino, etc: Pieces for Lute / Beier1 CD / Stradivarius / 2008-01-08 Works: Perino Fiorentino: Fantasia for lute no 5; Fantasia for lute no 4; Fantasia for lute no 2; Fantasia for lute no 1; Fantasia for lute no 8; Fantasia for lute no 3; Fantasia for lute no 6; Fantasia for...Performers: Beier, Paul The result of a collaboration between Perino and the Dorico Press publishing company, published in 1546, contained 12 fantasies by the Milanese lutenist, 10 of...continue... ![]() Casale: Studio 1 for Horn, Studio 2a for Bass Recorder, etc1 CD / Stradivarius / 2008-01-08 Works: Emanuele Casale: 9, for flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano & percussion; Studio 2a, for flute; Studio 1, for horn; Composition for 5 instruments, for flute, clarinet, violin, cello & piano;...Performers: Caggiano, Antonio; Caroli, Mario; Clementi, Anna; Gallois, Pascal; Garmark, Maria Sook; Melbye, Svend; Persia, Maurizio; Politano, Antonio; Polo, Angelo Conductors: Bernasconi, Giorgio; Ensemble: Ex Novo Ensemble; Icarus Ensemble A portrait of a shining star among young Italian composers! The chamber music of Emanuele Casale is full of frantic microevents and hit-and-run playful counterpoints....continue... ![]() Kurtág: Un brin de bruyère, etc: Works for Cimbalom1 CD / Stradivarius / 2008-01-08 Works: György Kurtág: Un brin de bruyère à Witold...in memoriam Witold Lutoslawski, for piano; Szálkák (Splinters), for cimbalom, Op. 6/c; Pezzi (3) for clarinet & cimbalon, Op...Performers: Fauci, Michela La; Gaggero, Luigi; Gunnlaugsdottir, Freyja; Moretti, Andrea Luigi Gaggero is the only professor of cimbalom in Western Europe; he teaches at the Strasbourg Conservatory. He has performed with the Berlin Philharmonic, Orchestra...continue... ![]() Mozart: Flute Concertos / Sello, Gessi, etc1 CD / Stradivarius / 2007-11-13 Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Flute no 2 in D major, K 314 (285d); Andante for Flute and Orchestra in C major, K 315 (285e); Concerto for Flute no 1 in G major, K 313 (285c)Performers: Sello, Luisa Conductors: Gessi, Romolo ![]() Recital - Ysae: Violin Sonata no 4, etc / Andriani1 CD / Stradivarius / 2007-11-13 Works: Eugène Ysaÿe: Sonata for violin solo no 4 in E minor (dedicated to F. Kreisler), Op. 27/4; Nathan Milstein: Paganiniana for violin; Sergey Prokofiev: Sonata for violin solo in D major, Op. ...Performers: Andriani, Carmelo ![]() Dall'Ongaro: Grimoire,Alter, Traccia, etc / Visentin, et al1 CD / Stradivarius / 2007-11-13 Works: Michele Dall'Ongaro: Grimoire, for soprano, violin & electronics; Alter, for solo viola; Danni collaterali, for solo cello, clarinet, violin, viola & piano; La musica di E.Z., for solo violin; Trio f...Performers: Lazari, Carlo; Paladin, Mario; Pellegrino, Annamaria; Ruggieri, Daniele; Teodoro, Carlo; Vidolin, Alvise; Visentin, Sonia Conductors: ; Dall'Ongaro, Michele Ensemble: Ex Novo Ensemble ![]() Rotte sonore - Vacchi: Quintet, Cesa: Armando, etc1 CD / Stradivarius / 2007-11-13 Works: Fabio Vacchi: Quintetto da Luoghi Immaginari, for flute, bass clarinet, violin, cello & harp; Mario Cesa: Sinfonia per un quartetto, for flute, clarinet, cello & piano; Armando Gentilucci: I lontani ...Performers: Agricola, Maria; Carbonara, Rocco; Cima, Daniela; Pasotti, Elena Conductors: Parisi, Vittorio Ensemble: ; Dèdalo Ensemble ![]() La voce contemporanea in Italia Vol 3 - Solbiati, etc1 CD / Stradivarius / 2007-11-13 Works: Aldo Clementi: Due poesie, for female voice & piano; Alberto Colla: Due liriche da Rilke, for soprano & piano; Luca Lombardi: Ophelia - Fragmente, for voice & piano; Giacomo Manzoni: Du Dunkelheit, f...Performers: Piacentini, Riccardo; Scandaletti, Tiziana Conductors: Ensemble: Duo Alterno ![]() Santórsola: Valsa-Chôro, Concerto a cinque, etc / Rugolo1 CD / Stradivarius / 2007-10-09 Works: Guido Santósola: Concerto a Cinque, for guitar, 2 violins, viola & cello; Chôro no 1, for guitar; Valsa-Chôro, for guitar; Sonata no 2 for guitar ("Hispanica"); Piezas Latinoamericanas...Performers: Rugolo, Antonio Guido Santorsola is one of the few recent composers who, though he wrote much symphonic and chamber music, was recognized for his guitar music. Santorsola...continue... ![]() Scelsi Collection Vol 1 - Maknongan, etc / Fabbriciani1 CD / Stradivarius / 2007-10-09 Works: Giacinto Scelsi: Maknongan; Quartet for Strings no 2; Riti "Ritual March", version for Achilles, for 4 percussionists; Illustrazione (4), for piano; Riti "Ritual March", version for Charlemagne, for ...Performers: Dillon, Francesco; Fabbriciani, Roberto; Ottaviucci, Fabrizio; Ricevuto, Fulvia Conductors: Cocco, Enrico The first in a series of recordings devoted to the music of Giacinto Scelsi, devised by Stradivarius in conjunction with the Isabella Scelsi Foundation. The...continue... ![]() German Organ Music - Fischer, Froberger, Muffat, etc / Croci1 CD / Stradivarius / 2007-09-04 Works: Georg Muffat: Apparatus musico-organisticus; Johann Jacob Froberger: Libro di capricci e ricercate; Libro secondo di toccate; Johann Pachelbel: Wir glauben all' an einen Gott; Toccata for Organ in C ...Performers: Croci, Maurizio Maurizio Croci performs on two Sebald Manderscheidt organs in Switzerland, of great interest as examples of historic organ building. The 1657 instrument is in St....continue... ![]() Respighi: Liriche da camera / Marta Moretto, Aldo Orvietto1 CD / Stradivarius / 2007-09-04 Works: Ottorino Respighi: Liriche, songs (4) for voice, harp, keyboard & strings, P. 125; La donna sul sarcofago, song for voice & piano, P. 121; La statua, song for voice & piano, P. 122; Il tramonto; Liri...Performers: Moretto, Marta; Orvieto, Aldo Respighi (1879-1936) is known to the wide public for his colorful orchestral tone poems, but he had a particular fondness throughout his career for the...continue... ![]() Echo - Bach: Complete Lute Music / Zigante2 CD / Stradivarius / 2007-09-04 Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite for lute in E minor, BWV 996; Partita for Lute in C minor, BWV 997; Prelude for Lute in C minor, BWV 999; Partita for Violin solo no 2 in D minor, BWV 1004; Partita for L...Performers: Zigante, Frederic Frederic Zigante, one of the world's pre-eminent and most-recorded classical guitarists, was born in 1961 in France and graduated from the Verdi Conservatory of Milan....continue... ![]() Neverland - Lanza, Pesson / Ensemble Alternance1 CD / Stradivarius / 2007-08-07 Works: Mauro Lanza: Barocco, for voice & instruments; The Skin of the Onion, sextet for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano & percussion; La coquille de l'escargot ("Luminanza"), for flute & piano; Gé...Conductors: Platz, Robert HP; Ensemble: Ensemble Alternance One of Italy's outstanding New Music ensembles presents works by native composer Mauro Lanza and French composer Gerard Pesson, who wrote these three works while...continue... ![]() Solbiati: Sinfonia seconda, Die Sterne des Leidlands, etc1 CD / Stradivarius / 2007-08-07 Works: Alessandro Solbiati: Symphony no 2; Symphony no 1; Die Sterne des Leidlands, for orchestraConductors: Kawka, Daniel Alessandro Solbiati (b. 1936) is one of Italy's leading modern composers of orchestral music, known for pursuing what he calls "a sense of tradition," i.e.,...continue... ![]() Sinigaglia: Lieder & Romanze / Kampe, Génot1 CD / Stradivarius / 2007-08-07 Works: Leone Sinigaglia: Notturno, for voice & piano; Serenata Provenzale, for voice & piano; Montanina, for voice & piano; Ironie d'Avril, for voice & piano, Op. 1/3; Il pleure dans mon coeur, for voice & ...Performers: Genot, Massimiliano; Kampe, Anja "These songs show a broad range of styles, depending on the language of the text he is setting. His settings of German texts by Baumbach,...continue... ![]() Vivaldi: Concerti e Trii per Liuto e Archi / Lonardi1 CD / Stradivarius / 2007-08-07 Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Viola d'Amore and Lute in D minor, RV 540; Concerto for 2 Mandolins in G major, RV 532; Sonata for violin & continuo in G major (anonymous, inauthentic) RV 24; Trio Sona...Performers: Braucher, Ernest; Lagomarsino, Marino; Lonardi, Massimo Conductors: Ensemble: Conserto Vago Vivaldi's works for lute have been somewhat under-appreciated, especially in the case of the Double Concerto, R.540, which is surely a masterpiece. Vivaldi drew on...continue... ![]() Ponce: Variations, Sonatina, Sonata 3, 4 Piezas / Ghiglia1 CD / Stradivarius / 2007-07-10 Works: Manuel Ponce: Folias de España, 20 variations and fugue for guitar; Sonata for guitar no 5 in D major ("Sonatina Méridional"); Sonata for guitar no 3 in D minor; Pieces (4) for guitarPerformers: Ghiglia, Oscar ![]() Castiglioni: Inverno In-Ver, Quodlibet, etc/ Gelmetti, et al1 CD / Stradivarius / 2007-07-10 Works: Niccolò Castiglioni: Inverno In-ver, 11 musical poems for small orchestra; Quodlibet, for solo soprano; Quodlibet, small concerto for piano & chamber orchestra; Dickinson-Lieder, for soprano & p...Performers: Hoffmann, Peter; Kabis, Regina; Kiuchi, Sakae; Nodinger, Annette Conductors: Gelmetti, Gianluigi; Bernasconi, Giorgio Ensemble: ; Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra Niccolo Castiglioni (1932-1996) was an Italian composer and pianist who refused to be swept away by the currents all around him, yet whose music today...continue... ![]() del Puerto: Sinfonía no 2, etc / Sukarlan, Guillén, Encinar1 CD / Stradivarius / 2007-07-10 Works: David del Puerto: Sinfonía no 2, for piano & orchestra ("Nusantara"); Concerto for ViolinPerformers: Guillen, Jose; Ruiz, Ana; Sukarlan, Ananda Conductors: Encinar, Jose Ramon Nusantara is the ancient name of Indonesia and simply means "archipelago." The solo part of this work was written for the Indonesian musician Ananda Sukarlan....continue... ![]() Elements - Nicola Sani / Fabbriciani, Nakamura, Pizzo2 CD / Stradivarius / 2007-06-12 Works: Nicola Sani: Wassererinnerungen, for bass flute & electronics; Windstille, for double-bass flute, organ & electronics; Terra, for percussion & electronics; Con Fuoco, for hyperbass flute & electronicsPerformers: Fabbriciani, Roberto; Nakamura, Isao; Pizzo, Oscar; Sani, Nicola Contemporary Italian composer Nicola Sani produced this work for the Acoustic Art Studio of West German Radio. The four movements represent the traditional four elements...continue... ![]() Scarlatti: Complete Sonatas Vol 10 - Mandolin / Squillante1 CD / Stradivarius / 2007-06-12 Works: Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord in G major, K 91/L 176; Sonata for Harpsichord in B flat major, K 351/S 34; Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord in D minor, K 89/L 211; Sonata for ...Performers: Squillante, Mauro; Vrenna, Raffaele This tenth volume in the unique Stradivarius survey of the complete sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti presents the twelve sonatas for mandolin and harpsichord. The uniqueness...continue... ![]() Echo - Palestrina: Motets for the Blessed Virgin / Taglioni1 CD / Stradivarius / 2007-06-12 Works: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Ave Maria; Alma Redemptoris mater, motet for 4 voices (from Motets Book II for 4 voices); Veni sponsa Christi; Surge propera, in Visitatione Beatae Mariae Virginis, ...Conductors: Taglioni, Luigi Ensemble: Camerata Nova Palestrina (1525-1594) is considered the greatest composer of sacred music in the 16th century. His personal faith as a Christian was expressed spontaneously in the...continue... ![]() Lasso: Prophetiae Sibyllarum, etc / Testolin, De Labyrintho1 CD / Stradivarius / 2007-05-08 Works: Orlande de Lassus: Prophetiae Sibyllarum... chromatico more singulari confectae, motet collection for 4 voices; Magnificat "Praeter rerum seriem"; Officium Natalis Christi, Mass proper for 5 voices, ...Performers: Bava, Enrico; Benetti, Davide; Bonci, Luciano; Caristi, Nadia; Comeaux, Garrick; Fabris, Laura; Ferrarini, Gianluca; Furnari, Fabio; Grotto, Renato; Simbola, Anna De Labyrintho is one of Italy's outstanding Early Music ensembles, and their recordings have been greeted with wide acclaim. Orlando di Lasso was one of...continue... ![]() Henze: El Cimarrón / Isherwood, Andersson, Caroli, Rossi1 CD / Stradivarius / 2007-05-08 Works: Hans Werner Henze: El CimarronPerformers: Andersson, Magnus; Caroli, Mario; Rossi, Rodolfo Rare complete recording of Henze's 1972 "recital for four musicians," El Cimarron, which means "runaway slave." This dramatic piece features a baritone portraying the real-life...continue... ![]() Bussotti: Echi Danzanti / Giovanna Reitano, Sylvano Bussotti1 CD / Stradivarius / 2007-03-13 Works: Sylvano Bussotti: Echi Danzanti (Dancing Echoes), for harp, speaker & tapePerformers: Reitano, Giovanna ![]() Changes Chances - Cage, Carter, Riley / Elena Càsoli1 CD / Stradivarius / 2007-03-13 Works: Elliott Carter: Changes, for guitar; John Cage: Four6, for any way of producing sounds; Terry Riley: Ascención, for guitar (from "The Book of Abbeyozzud"); Barabbas, for guitar (from "The Book o...Performers: Casoli, Elena Born in Milan in 1962, Elena Casoli was a first-class graduate of the Verdi Conservatory and international prizewinner. She has performed in Europe, South America,...continue... ![]() Shostakovich: Complete Piano Music / Boris Petrushansky5 CD / Stradivarius / 2007-03-13 Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Preludes (8) for piano, Op. 2; Fantastic Dances (3) for Piano, Op. 5; Aphorisms (10), for piano, Op. 13; Polka, version for piano solo or piano, 4 hands arranged from "The Golden...Performers: Petrushansky, Boris A five-CD set priced as three! A unique achievement in celebration of the Shostakovich centennial: the only complete edition of all the solo piano music,...continue... ![]() Andrea Padova: Landscape in Motion
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