Ferrarini, Gianluca

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...

Pietro Gnocchi: Musica Sacra - Magnificats 1&2; Ave Maris Stella, Masses in D & F / Dimitrova, Bessi, Ferrarini, Buratto

1 CD / La Bottega Discantica / 2012-04-10

Works: Pietro Gnocchi: Magnificat no 1, for 8 voices; Ave maris stella, for 4 voices; Missa for 4 voices, chorus & orchestra in D major; Concerto for 4 violins, viola, cello & continuo no 2; Ave maris stell...
Performers: Buratto, Gianluca; Dimitrova, Zara; Ferrarini, Gianluca
Conductors: Gini, Bruno
Ensemble: Ensemble Pian & Forte

Pietro Gnocchi (1689 - 1775) was an Italian composer, choir director, historian, and geographer of the late Baroque era. In addition to composing an abundance...continue...
Recording information: Abbazia Cistercense di Abbadia Cerreto Lodi, Italy (09/2009); Chiesa dei SS. Ippolito e Cassiano in Alfianello (BS) (09/2009); Abbazia Cistercense di Abbadia Cerreto Lodi, Italy...continue...

Benedetto Marcello: Salmi

1 CD / Stradivarius / 2011-02-08

Works: Benedetto Marcello: Mentre io tutta ripongo in Dio, psalm setting for 4 voices, SF. 610; O beati color cui l'opre inique, psalm setting for 3 voices & continuo, SF. 631; Harpsichord Sonata in D minor...
Performers: Casari, Alessandro; Ferrarini, Gianluca; Franzetti, Elisa; Testolin, Walter
Conductors: Casari, Alessandro
Ensemble: Gli Erranti

Before the electrifying discovery of Vivaldi, Marcello was the most representative musician of 18th century Venice. He is remembered for the monumental work Estro poetico-armonico...continue...
Recording information: Chiesa di San Lorenzo Martire a Carzago della Riviera (06/15/2003-06/17/2003)....continue...

Gavin Bryars: Madrigals, Vol. 1

1 CD / GB Records / 2011-01-11

Works: Gavin Bryars: Benedetto sia 'l giorno e 'l mese et l'anno, madrigal for 6 voices (Second Book of Madrigals); Il son già stanco di pensar sì come, madrigal for 6 voices (Second Book of Madri...
Performers: Ferrarini, Gianluca; Zampar, Luciano; Zanichelli, Barbara
Conductors: Pascucci, Massimiliano

In 1998 Gavin Bryars wrote a set of madrigals for the Hilliard Ensemble, working within the spirit and aesthetic of those from the Italian Renaissance....continue...
Recording information: Santa Maria Assunta, Sorengo, Lugano, Ticino, Switzerla (10/22/2008-10/28/2008)....continue...

Francesco Cavalli: 5 Magnificat & Other Sacred Works

1 CD / Dynamic / 2009-12-08

Works: Francesco Cavalli: Magnificat à 6; Magnificat, for 8 voices & strings; Canzona for 10 voices (from Musiche Sacre); Vespero della Beata Vergine, 1675; Vespero delle Domeniche, 1675; Vespero delli...
Performers: Bellotto, Matteo; Buratto, Gianluca; Cecchetti, Mario; Fernandez, Yetzabel Arias; Ferrarini, Gianluca; Ouatu, Florin Cezar; Pasquini, Pietro
Conductors: Gini, Bruno
Ensemble: Ensemble La Pifarescha

Recording information: Abbazia Cistercense, Abbadia Cerreto (LO), Italy (09/30/2008-10/04/2008)....continue...

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

Baroque Voices - Monteverdi: Lamento della ninfa, etc / Rinaldo Alessandrini, Concerto Italiano

1 CD / Naïve / 2008-05-27

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Madrigals, Book 8
Performers: Bagnati, Tiziano; Bertini, Rossana; Carnovich, Daniele; Ferrarini, Gianluca; Foresti, Sergio; Franzetti, Elisa; Ghielmi, Vittorio; Maletto, Giuseppe; Naglia, Sandro
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano

Platinum - Quadrivium - Dufay: Motets Vol 1 / Maletto, et al

1 CD / Glossa / 2008-04-11

Works: Guillaume Dufay: Salve flos Tusce gentis; Apostolo glorioso; Imperatrix angelorum; Alma redemptoris mater no 1; Alma redemptoris mater no 2; Gaude virgo mater Christi; Ecclesie militantis; Anima mea ...
Performers: Cavalio, Livio; Dancheva, Alena; Fabris, Laura; Ferrarini, Gianluca; Fomina, Svetlana; Furnari, Fabio; Graziolino, Marta; Koll, Margaret; Magnano, Guido; Maletto, Giuseppe; Martin, Sveva; Morini, Mau...
Conductors: Maletto, Giuseppe
Ensemble: Cantica Symphonia

The cube made with matches which appears on the cover of this disc, showing on flames in the inside of the digipak and afterwards completely...continue...

Guilaume Dufay: Supremum est mortalibus bonum

1 CD / Glossa Import / 2008-03-25

Works: Guillaume Dufay: Supremum est mortalibus bonum; Rite maiorem Jacobum, isorhythmic motet for 3 and 4 voices; O beate Sebastiane, cantilena motet for 3 voices; O Sancte Sebastiane / O Martyr Sebastiane...
Performers: Cassinari, Francesca; Cavallo, Livio; Dantcheva, Alena; Fabris, Laura; Ferrarini, Gianluca; Furnari, Fabio; Maletto, Giuseppe; Martin, Sveva; Nesci, Maria Teresa; Perlongo, Daniel; Scavazza, Marco
Conductors:
Ensemble: Cantica Symphonia

Monteverdi: L'Orfeo / Alessandrini, Concerto Italiano, et al

2 CD / Naïve / 2007-10-30

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo
Performers: Abete, Antonio; Dordolo, Luca; Ferrarini, Gianluca; Foresti, Sergio; Giordani, Raffaele; Piccinini, Monica; Scavazza, Marco; Simbola, Anna; Zanasi, Furio
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano

"Furio Zanasi (billed here as a tenor but as a baritone on other recordings; he sounds like a high baritone) sings Orfeo with great virtuosity...continue...

Scarlatti: Stabat Mater, Missa / Alessandrini

1 CD / Naïve / 2007-10-30

Works: Domenico Scarlatti: Stabat Mater, for double chorus & continuo in C minor; Missa quatuor vocum, for chorus in G minor
Performers: Abbondanza, Roberto; Damiani, Andrea; Dominguez, Rosa; Fanciullacci, Paolo; Fedi, Elena Cecchi; Ferrarini, Gianluca; Foresti, Sergio; Franzetti, Elisa; Perugi, Andrea; Tiso, Elisabetta
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano

A masterly composition on par with the famous version by Pergolesi. Like his father Alessandro, Domenico Scarlatti brings, to an already somewhat archaic style, great...continue...

Lasso: Prophetiae Sibyllarum, etc / Testolin, De Labyrintho

1 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...

Monteverdi: Madrigali Libro VIII / Concerto Italiano

3 CD / Naïve / 2006-10-31

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Madrigals, Book 8; Madrigali guerrieri, et amorosi... Libro ottavo; Lamento della Ninfa (Canto Amoroso); Altri canti di Marte (Livre 8), a 6 voci con violini; Hor che'l ciel e la ...
Performers: Abbondanza, Roberto; Bagnati, Tiziano; Belli, Ettore; Bellotto, Matteo; Bertini, Rossana; Carnovich, Daniele; Cola, Luca; Colitto, Lorenzo; Dominguez, Rosa; Donato, Vincenzo di; Dordolo, Luca; Ermoll...
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano

"These are very 'Italian' performances - full of drama, full of intensity, not afraid of exaggeration, never hampered by reticence. Some listeners will, perhaps, find...continue...

Cellavenia: Missa Laetare Nova Sion / Daltrocanto

1 CD / Stradivarius / 2005-04-12

Works: Andreas de Silva: Lætare nova Sion, for 4 voices; Francesco Cellavenia: Missa Lætare nova Sion, for 5 voices; Angeli, archangeli, antiphon for 5 voices; Erat quidam regulus, antiphon for 4 ...
Performers: Ferrarini, Gianluca; Furnari, Fabio; Scavazza, Marco; Testolin, Walter

The collection of pieces on this CD gives an idea of Cellavenia's creative evolution. He started when composers such as Mouton and Gombert dominated the...continue...

Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine / Alessandrini, et al

2 CD / Naïve / 2004-11-16

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine
Performers: Abete, Antonio; Carnovich, Daniele; Donato, Vincenzo di; Dordolo, Luca; Ferrarini, Gianluca; Invernizzi, Roberta; Piccinini, Monica; Simbola, Anna; Spagnoli, Pietro; Zanasi, Furio
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano

This highly anticipated recording of Monteverdi's 'Vespro della Beata Vergine' is a new construction by Rinaldo Alessandrini. Monteverdi is one of our most important composers,...continue...

Vivaldi: Vespri per l'Assunzione di Maria / Alessandrini

2 CD / Naïve / 2004-02-01

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; Invernizzi, Roberta; Scavazza, Marco; Secondi, Antonio De; Simbola, Anna
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano

"If you want this kind of contextualization of Vivaldi's sacred music, and don't have or can't find the Skidmore and Malgoire releases, this new set...continue...

Meyerbeer: Roberto il Diavolo / Sanzogno, Christoff, et al

3 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-09-03

Works: Giacomo Meyerbeer: Robert le Diable
Performers: Antonini, Giovanni [Bass Vocal]; Christoff, Boris; Ferrarini, Gianluca; Formichini, Dino; Frati, Augusto; Frosini, Mario; Giorgetti, Giorgio; Guagni, Enzo; Malagu, Stefania; Manganotti, Gianfranco; M...
Conductors: Sanzogno, Nino
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra

"Robert le diable" was one of the greatest hits in opera history, and made the fortune of the Paris Opera in 1831. After World War...continue...

Scarlatti: Cantate per la Notte di Natale / Alessandrini

1 CD / Naïve / 1999-12-30

Works: Arcangelo Corelli: Concerti grossi (12), Op. 6; Alessandro Scarlatti: Abramo, il tuo sembiante, cantata for soloists, chorus, 2 oboes, strings & continuo
Performers: Bertini, Rossana; Fedi, Elena Cecchi; Ferrarini, Gianluca; Foresti, Sergio; Franzetti, Elisa; Naglia, Sandro; Zanasi, Furio
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano