Costa, Paolo

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...

Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine / Kuijken, Sämann, Carmignani, Lombard, et al

2 Super Audio CD / Challenge Classics / 2009-01-13

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine
Performers: Bettini, Fulvio; Costa, Paolo; Furnari, Fabio; Kuijken, Marie; Maletto, Giuseppe; Sämann, Gerlinde; Scavazza, Marco; Testolin, Walter
Conductors: Kuijken, Sigiswald
Ensemble: La petite bande

This release contains a refreshingly clear new rendering of some of the famous Maria vespers in single vocal and instrumental settings. Recorded according to Monteverdi's...continue...

Invocation to the Night / Figueras, Savall, Hespèrion XXI, Le Concert des Nations, et al

2 CD / Alia Vox / 2008-09-09

Works: Sephardic Traditional: Durme, hermosa donzella, traditional lullaby (Rhodes); Quando el rey Nimrod; Anonymous, Villancico: Ay luna que reluzes; Cristóbal de Morales: Officium Defunctorum; Bartom...
Performers: Arruabarrena, Maite; Badura-Skoda, Paul; Banditelli, Gloria; Carnovich, Daniele; Casademunt, Sergi; Climent, Lambert; Costa, Paolo; Dalal, Yair; Diaz-Latorre, Xavier; El Maloumi, Driss; Estevan, Pedr...
Conductors: Savall, Jordi
Ensemble: Hespèrion XX; Hespèrion XXI; Le Concert des Nations

"This production has great sound all through, and performances are stunning... Alia Vox is a model of production values; while others cut, they offer book...continue...

Alia vox Heritage - Vol 1, Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine / Savall, et al

2 Super Audio CD / Alia Vox / 2008-01-08

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine
Performers: Abbondanza, Roberto; Carnovich, Daniele; Costa, Paolo; Fagotto, Gian Paolo; Figueras, Montserrat; Kiehr, Maria Cristina [Soprano Vocal]; Mey, Guy de; Picotti, Livio; Spagnoli, Pietro; Türk, Gerd...
Conductors: Savall, Jordi
Ensemble: La Capella Reial de Catalunya

With this reissue of Monteverdi's 'Vespers' - an acclaimed 1989 recording helmed by Jordi Savall - Alia Vox launches a new series. Alia Vox Heritage...continue...

Monteverdi: Madrigals Book 6 / Longhini, Delitiae Musicae

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-06-26

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: Bovo, Daniele; Carmignani, Alessandro; Costa, Paolo; Leoni, Carmen; Piantelli, Maurizio; Scavazza, Marco; Testolin, Walter; Zanon, Vittorio
Conductors: Longhini, Marco
Ensemble: Delitiae Musicae

"By not singing or playing an instrument, Marco Longhini can devote all his attention to conducting his first-rate Delitaiae Musicae ensemble. He can ask for...continue...

Carissimi: Jephte, Jonas / Consortium Carissimi

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-03-22

Works: Giacomo Carissimi: Jephte; Tra [Dai] piú riposti [remoti] abissi, serenata for 2 sopranos, bass, 2 violins & continuo; Jonas
Performers: Biscuola, Elena; Calciolari, Annamaria; Caristi, Nadia; Comeaux, Garrick; Contadin, Cristiano; Costa, Paolo; Eccher, Giuliano; Furnari, Fabio; Lea, Roberto; Pelliciari, Monica; Piantelli, Maurizio; P...
Conductors: Zanon, Vittorio
Ensemble: Consortium Carissimi

2005 marks the 400th anniversary of the birth of Carissimi, one of the early masters of the oratorio. 'The Story of Jephthah' is probably Carissimi's...continue...

Purcell: Ode For St. Cecilia's Day, etc / Fasolis, et al

1 CD / Arts / 1997-08-01

Works: Henry Purcell: Jehova, quam multi sunt, Z 135; Beati omnes, hymn, for soprano, bass, chorus & continuo, Z. 131; Fairy Queen, Z 629; Music on the Death of Queen Mary (Funeral Sentences / The Queen's E...
Performers: Abete, Antonio; Bacchetta, Loredana; Balconi, Roberto; Beasley, Marco; Cera, Francesco; Costa, Paolo; Ghielmi, Lorenzo; Invernizzi, Roberta; Piccollo, Silvia; Rasi, Alberto; Robinson, Paul [Bass-Bari...
Conductors: Fasolis, Diego
Ensemble: Ensemble Vanitas; Theatrum Instrumentorum