Invernizzi, Roberta

Vivaldi: Sacred Music / Sandrine Piau, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Philippe Jaroussky. Concerto et al. [6 CDs]

6 CD / Naïve / 2012-10-30

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: Bertagnolli, Gemma; Dantone, Ottavio; Ferreira, Mauro Lopes; Herrmann, Anke; Invernizzi, Roberta; Jaroussky, Philippe; Moi, Francesco; Montanari, Stefano; Piau, Sandrine; Piccinini, Monica; Polverell...
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo; Marchi, Alessandro de; Dantone, Ottavio; Spinosi, Jean-Christophe
Ensemble: Academia Montis Regalis; Accademia Bizantina; Concerto Italiano; Ensemble Matheus

For Christmas, a Naive boxed set that gathers the finest sacred works composed by Antonio Vivaldi and performed by some of the most recognized artists...continue...
Recording information: Abbaye de Saint-Michel, Thiérache (03/2009); Chiesa di S. Bernardino, Auditorium B. Manenti, Crema, (03/2009); Istituto di Musica Antica Academia Montis Regalis, Mond (03/2...continue...

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...

Ladies Sing Baroque / Piau, Kozena, Lemieux, Antonacci, Petibon, Stutzmann, Crowe et al.

2 CD / Naïve / 2012-03-27

Works: Giovanni Pergolesi: Stabat mater dolorosa a due; Antonio Vivaldi: Mottetto In furore iustissimae irae; Ercole sul Termodonte, RV 710; Juditha triumphans; La verità in cimento; Orlando furioso;...
Performers: Antonacci, Anna Caterina [Soprano]; Bertagnolli, Gemma; Bertini, Rossana; Cangemi, Veronica; Cousin, Florian; Crowe, Lucy; Gauvin, Karina; Hallenberg, Ann; Invernizzi, Roberta; Kazimierczuk, Angela; ...
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo; Dantone, Ottavio; Minkowski, Marc; Sardelli, Federico Maria; Marchi, Alessandro de; Spering, Christoph; Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Rousset, Christophe; ; Curtis, Alan; Antonini,...
Ensemble: ; Academia Montis Regalis; Accademia Bizantina; Bizzarrie Armoniche; Concerto Italiano; Ensemble Amarillis; Ensemble Matheus; Il Complesso Barocco; Il Giardino Armonico; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Gre...

Naïve Classique presents a special project dedicated to the gorgeous voices that enlighten masterpieces of the baroque masters, featuring Sandrine Piau, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Karina Gauvin,...continue...

Il Canto della Sirena: Cantate Napoletane dell' eta barocca

3 CD / Glossa / 2011-11-03

Works: Italian Traditional: Tarantella del Gargano; Giuseppe Tricarico: Sdegno, campion audace, for voice & orchestra; Francesco Provenzale: Squarciato appena havea, for voice & orchestra; Care selve amati ...
Performers: Andalo, Roberta; Invernizzi, Roberta; Ippolito, Antonella; Totaro, Rosario; Vittorio, Pino de
Conductors: Florio, Antonio
Ensemble: I Turchini

During the early 1990s Antonio Florio made substantial discoveries in the field of Baroque repertoire from Naples.

Glossa are delighted to be bringing back into circulation...continue...

In Search of Vivaldi / Music from the Operas, Sacred Music & Concertos

2 CD / Naïve / 2011-10-25

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: La fida ninfa; Orlando furioso; Atenaide; Ottone in villa; L'Olimpiade; Juditha triumphans; La verità in cimento; Griselda; Farnace; Argippo; Orlando finto pazzo; Concerto in ...
Performers: Azzolini, Sergio; Basso, Romina; Bernardini, Alfredo; Coin, Christophe; Genaux, Vivica; Invernizzi, Roberta; Jaroussky, Philippe; Kozena, Magdalena; Lehtipuu, Topi; Lezhneva, Julia; Lislevand, Rolf; ...
Conductors: Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Sardelli, Federico Maria; Antonini, Giovanni; Alessandrini, Rinaldo; Marchi, Alessandro de; ; Dantone, Ottavio
Ensemble: Academia Montis Regalis; Accademia Bizantina; Concerto Italiano; Ensemble Kapsberger; Ensemble Matheus; Ensemble Zefiro; Il Giardino Armonico; L'Aura Soave Cremona; Modo Antiquo

Amazing product: 2 CD & Book set, created to (re) discover Vivaldi. Disc 1 contains opera Highlights. Disc 2 includes sacred music & concertos. The...continue...

Cavalli: La Virtu de'strali d'Amore / Biondi/Europa Galante, Nicotra, Bertagnolli [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) / 2011-10-25

Works: Francesco Cavalli: La virtù dei strali d'Amore
Performers: Abbondanza, Roberto; Adami, Filippo; Arcari, Cristiana [vocals]; Bertagnolli, Gemma; Invernizzi, Roberta; Lombardi, Donatella; Morace, Filippo; Nicotra, Giacinta; Piccinini, Monica; Sancho, Juan; Sca...
Conductors: Biondi, Fabio
Ensemble: Europa Galante

La virtù de' strali d'Amore was the first of ten operas Cavalli wrote with librettist Giovanni Faustini. Set in Cyprus, the plot involves enchanted and...continue...
Run Time: 150 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, Dolby Digital 5.0, DTS 5.0
Subtitles: Italian, English
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André Campra: Gli Strali d'Amore, drama with music / La Risonanza

1 CD / Glossa / 2011-10-03

Works: Louis-Nicolas Clérambault: Sonata La félicité; Chaconne (Simphonia V); Fabio Bonizzoni: Gli strali d'Amore, opera
Performers: Auvity, Cyril; Invernizzi, Roberta
Conductors: Bonizzoni, Fabio
Ensemble: La Risonanza

Fabio Bonizzoni has come up with another immaginative and enticing programme for his latest Glossa release, creating an Italian "pastiche" drama with music by André...continue...
Recording information: Chiesa di Santa Maria Annunciata, Brunello, Italy (11/2010)....continue...

Handel in Italy

2 CD / Glossa / 2011-07-03

Works: George Frederick Handel: Tra le fiamme, HWV 170; Pensieri notturni di Filli, HWV 134; Il delirio amoroso, HWV 90; Figlio d'alte speranze, HWV 113; Diana cacciatrice, HWV 79; Clori, Tirsi e Fileno, HW...
Performers: Bauer, Thomas E.; Bonizzoni, Fabio; Fernandez, Yetzabel Arias; Invernizzi, Roberta
Conductors: Bonizzoni, Fabio
Ensemble: La Risonanza

For the second "Glossa Portrait" release the spotlight falls upon a singer who, since the 1990s, has been excelling in broad swathes of Italian Baroque...continue...
Recording information: Chiesa di San Salvatore, Rodengo Saiano, Brescia, Italy (06/2008/06/2009); Saint Michel en Thiérache, France (06/2008/06/2009); Chiesa di San Salvatore, Rodengo Saiano, Bre...continue...

Vivaldi: Vespers; String Concertos; Glorias

4 CD / Naïve / 2011-06-28

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; Dixit Dominus (Psalm 109), for...
Performers: Ferreira, Mauro Lopes; Foresti, Sergio; Giordano, Laura; Invernizzi, Roberta; Kulikova, Marianna; Moi, Francesco; Novaro, Riccardo; Piccinini, Monica; Schifani, Ignazio; Simbola, Anna; Vicari, France...
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: ; Concerto Italiano

This superb box from naïve classique gathers together the quintessential Vivaldi recordings of Rinaldo Alessandrini and Concerto Italiano. Included are beloved favorites like Vivaldi's "Gloria",...continue...

Monteverdi: L'Orfeo / Alessandrini, Nigl, Invernizzi, Mingardo [DVD]

1 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2011-03-29

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo
Performers: de Donato, Luigi; Invernizzi, Roberta; Mingardo, Sara; Nigl, Georg
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Monteverdi's seminal first opera tells the dramatic story from Ovid's Metamorphoses of the descent of Orfeo (Georg Nigl) into the underworld to recover his beloved...continue...
Run Time: 114 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.0 Surround
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spani...continue...

Monteverdi: L'Orfeo / Alessandrini, Nigl, Invernizzi, Mingardo [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2011-03-29

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo
Performers: de Donato, Luigi; Invernizzi, Roberta; Mingardo, Sara; Nigl, Georg
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Monteverdi's seminal first opera tells the dramatic story from Ovid's Metamorphoses of the descent of Orfeo (Georg Nigl) into the underworld to recover his beloved...continue...
Run Time: 114 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.0 Surround
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spani...continue...

Galluppi: L'Olimpiade / Marcon/Venice Baroque Orch., Mark Tucker, Ruth Rosique, Roberta Invernizzi [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Dynamic / 2011-01-01

Works: Baldassare Galuppi 1706 - 1785): L'Olimpiade
Performers: Adami, Filippo; Basso, Romina; Gottwald, Franziska; Invernizzi, Roberta; Rosique, Ruth; Tucker, Mark; Zanasi, Furio
Conductors: Marcon, Andrea
Ensemble: Venice Baroque Orchestra

Run Time: 210 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): SS 5.1, LPCM 2.0
Subtitles: Italian, English, German, French and Spanis...continue...

Vivaldi: Opera Highlights from Naïve

3 CD / Naïve / 2010-11-16

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Juditha Triumphans; L'Olimpiad, RV 725; La verità in cimento, RV 739
Performers: Bertagnolli, Gemma; Comparato, Marina; Foresti, Sergio; Giordano, Laura; Hermann, Anke; Invernizzi, Roberta; Jaroussky, Philippe; Kozena, Magdalena; Kulikova, Marianna; Laurens, Guillemette; Novaro, ...
Conductors: Marchi, Alessandro de; Alessandrini, Rinaldo; Spinosi, Jean-Christophe

Donne Barocche: Women Composers from the Baroque Period

1 CD / Naïve / 2010-06-29

Works: Elizabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre: Sonata for violin & continuo no 2 in D major; Prélude for harpsichord in D minor (from Les Pièces de Clavessin); Suite 1 en re mineur (Pièces de ...
Performers: Invernizzi, Roberta; Minasi, Riccardo
Conductors:
Ensemble: Bizzarrie Armoniche

Recording information: Church Santa Maria dell' Incoronata Martinengo, Bergamo (01/2001/02/2001)....continue...

Fiocco: Missa concertata, Sacri concerti, Sonata da chiesa

1 CD / Musique en Wallonie / 2009-09-01

Works: Pietro Antonio Fiocco: Missa concertata quinti toni
Performers: Althaparro, Sylvie; Di Fraja, Stefano; Invernizzi, Roberta; Naviglio, Giuseppe; Serafini, Lia
Conductors: Florio, Antonio
Ensemble: Cappella della Pietà de' Turchini ; Namur Chamber Choir

Steffani: Orlando Generoso / Bernward Lohr, Musica Alta Ripa

3 CD / MD&G / 2009-08-11

Works: Agostino Steffani: Orlando generoso, opera in 3 acts
Performers: Friedrich, Wolf Matthias; Invernizzi, Roberta; Lager, Daniel; Rydén, Susanne; Vitzthum, Franz; Waschinski, Jorg; Wessel, Kai [Countertenor Vocal]
Conductors: Lohr, Bernward
Ensemble: Musica Alta Ripa

At the end of the seventeenth century the rulers of the Duchy of Hanover, the Welph family, launched a cultural offensive and obtained the services...continue...

Haydn: Oratorios / Schuldt-Jensen, Spering, Rubens, et al

7 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-04-28

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: The Creation, H 21 no 2; The Seasons; Il Ritorno di Tobia, oratorio for 4 soloists, chorus & orchestra, H. 21/1
Performers: Borchev, Nikolay; Dahlin, Anders J.; Im, Sunhae; Invernizzi, Roberta; Karasiak, Andreas; Karthauser, Sophie; Kobow, Jan; MacLeod, Stephan; Muller-Brachmann, Hanno; Rubens, Sibylla
Conductors: Spering, Andreas; Schuldt-Jensen, Morten
Ensemble: Cologne Vocal Ensemble; Leipzig Chamber Orchestra

Haydn's two great vocal masterpieces 'The Creation' (1796-8) and 'The Seasons' (1799-1801) have secured his place in the history of the oratorio. Here they are...continue...

Handel: Admeto, Arminio, Deidamia, Radamisto, Rodrigo, Fernando / Alan Curtis, Furio Zanasi, et al

16 CD / Virgin Classics / 2009-04-21

Works: George Frederick Handel: Rodrigo, HWV 5; Radamisto, HWV 12; Admeto, Rè di Tessaglia, HWV 22; Sosarme, HWV 30; Arminio, HWV 36; Deidamia
Performers: Abete, Antonio; Adami, Filippo; Banditelli, Gloria; Banerjee, Neal; Beaumont, Maite; Bonitatibus, Anna; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Buwalda, Sytse; Cangemi, Veronica; Cencic, Max Emanuel; Che...
Conductors: Curtis, Alan
Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

This 16-CD boxed set contains six complete Handel operas composed over a period of more than 30 years, and arrives just in time to celebrate...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

200 Ans de musique à Versailles

20 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-10-28

Works: Antoine Boësset: Air qui produit tant de choses si belles; Ne délibérons plus; Jamais n'aurray-je le pouvoir; Plaignez la rigueur de mon sort; Suis-je pas misérable?; Ennuis...
Performers: Agnew, Paul; Antonini, Claire; Auvity, Cyril; Bazola, François; Bolton, Florence; Brossard, Cecile; Buet, Alain; Champion, Romain; Chauvin, Julien; Crocquenoy, Karine; Crossley-Mercer, Edwin; ...
Conductors: Schneebeli, Olivier; Stryncl, Marek; Niquet, Hervé; Cohën-Akenine, Patrick; Christie, William; Suhubiette, Joel; Pierlot, Philippe [Gamba]; ; Coin, Christophe; Minkowski, Marc; Rousset, C...
Ensemble: Accentus; Ausonia; Cambini Quartet; Cappella della Pietà de' Turchini; Ghent Collegium Vocale; Jacques Moderne Ensemble; La Parnasse Français; Le Cercle de l'Harmonie; Le Concert spirit...

In October 2007, the Centre Musical de Baroque de Versailles celebrated its 20th anniversary, together with the best French musicians around. To complete this anniversary,...continue...

Handel: Il Trionfo del tempo e del disinganno / Invernizzi, Oro, Marchi, et al

2 CD / Hyperion / 2008-05-13

Works: George Frederick Handel: Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno
Performers: Aldrich, Kate; Dürmüller, Jörg; Invernizzi, Roberta; Oro, Martin
Conductors: Marchi, Alessandro de

'Il trionfo del tempo e del disinganno' is a landmark in baroque music. "The triumph of Time and Enlightenment" is Handel's first oratorio, a product...continue...

Rejoice - A Vision of Christ through Music / Fasolis, Summerley, Pitts, Brown, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-03-18

Works: Dietrich Buxtehude: Membra Jesu nostri, BuxWV 75; Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Messe des morts a 4 voix et symphonie, H 10; Giovanni Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; Antony Pitts: Hark, my soul!; Anonymous: De ...
Performers: Bailey, Simon; Balconi, Roberto; Balducci, Antonella; Cecchetti, Mario; Fasolis, Diego; Faulner, Julia; Gilchrist, James; Gonda, Anna; Invernizzi, Roberta; Labusch, Dorothee; Rausch, Ulrich; Thomas, ...
Conductors: ; Fasolis, Diego; Niquet, Hervé; Halász, Michael; Pitts, Antony; Schermerhorn, Kenneth; Summerly, Jeremy; Müller-Brühl, Helmut; Edison, Noel; Brown, Timothy; Donath, Klaus; Yu...
Ensemble: Amici; Budapest Camerata; Choir of Trinity College, University of Melbourne; City of London Sinfonia; Clare College Choir; Cologne Cathedral Boys Choir; Cologne Chamber Orchestra; Dresden Chamber Cho...

Haydn: Il ritorno di Tobia, etc / Spering, et al

3 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-11-20

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Il Ritorno di Tobia, oratorio for 4 soloists, chorus & orchestra, H. 21/1
Performers: Borchev, Nikolay; Dahlin, Anders J.; Invernizzi, Roberta; Karthäuser, Sophie
Conductors: Spering, Andreas
Ensemble: Capella Augustina

Although Haydn’s place in the history of the oratorio has been secured by his great vocal masterpieces 'The Creation' and 'The Seasons', his first oratorio,...continue...

Bach: Cantatas, BWV 205 & 110 / Diego Fasolis, I Barocchisti

1 Super Audio CD / Arts / 2007-10-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 205, "Zerreisset, zersprenget, zertrümmert die Gruft" BWV 205; Cantata no 110, "Unser Mund sei voll Lachens" BWV 110
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Daniels, Charles; Dominguez, Rosa; Galfetti, Duilio; Invernizzi, Roberta; Iten, Claudia; Mertens, Klaus
Conductors: Fasolis, Diego
Ensemble: I Barocchisti; Italian Switzerland Radio/TV Chorus

The tribute to cantata Aeolus Pacified was probably first performed in 1725 in the open air for Dr. August Friedbirch Mueller, a professor at Leipzig...continue...

Napoli e Madrid - Cantate e intermezzi - Vinci, etc / Florio

1 CD / Naïve / 2007-08-28

Works: Leonardo Vinci: Erighetto e Don Chilone, intermezzo; Sinfonia for strings; Adónde fugitivo, cantata for voice & string orchestra; Triste, ausente, en esta selva, cantata for voice & string orche...
Performers: Invernizzi, Roberta; Naviglio, Giuseppe; Vittorio, Giuseppe De
Conductors: Florio, Antonio
Ensemble: Cappella della Pieta de'Turchini

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For more than two centuries Naples was a province of Spain, and after this ended in 1707 the remarkable cross-fertilisation of culture...continue...

Per la nascita del Verbo - Caresana, et al / Florio, et al

1 CD / Naïve / 2007-07-31

Works: Cristofaro Caresana: La Caccia del Toro a 5 voci e strumenti; La Tarantella a 5; La Pastorale a 5 voci e strumenti; La Vittoria dell' Infante a 6 voci e strumenti; Orazio Giaccio: Pastorale sulla cia...
Performers: Andalo, Roberta; Invernizzi, Roberta; Totaro, Rosario; Vittorio, Giuseppe De; Zanasi, Furio
Conductors: Florio, Antonio
Ensemble: Cappella della Pieta de'Turchini

Paisiello: Passione di Gesú Cristo / Fasolis, Dordolo, et al

2 CD / CPO / 2007-05-29

Works: Giovanni Paisiello: Passion of Jesus Christ, oratorio
Performers: Dordolo, Luca; Fardilha, Jose; Invernizzi, Roberta; Simoni, Alla
Conductors: Fasolis, Diego
Ensemble: I Barocchisti

This version of Jesus' passion, far from emphasizing the dramatic element, unfolds to Metastasio's contemplative verses. Even Catherine the Great, by her own admission unmusical,...continue...

Handel: Floridante / Alan Curtis, et al

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2007-04-10

Works: George Frederick Handel: Il Floridante, HWV 14
Performers: DiDonato, Joyce; Invernizzi, Roberta; Mijanovic, Marijana; Novaro, Riccardo; Priante, Vito; Rostorf-Zamir, Sharon
Conductors: Curtis, Alan
Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

Pre-eminent Baroque specialist Alan Curtis sheds light on another neglected opera masterpiece. Following the critical acclaim of his milestone recording Rodelinda, Curtis turns his attention...continue...

Echo - Monteverdi - A Voce Sola con Sinfonie / Rasi, et al

1 CD / Stradivarius / 2006-09-12

Works: Giovanni Paolo Cima: Sonata à 4 (dai Concerti Ecclesiastici, Milano 1610); Claudio Monteverdi: Madrigals, Book 10; Madrigals, Book 9; Scherzi musicali, volume 2; Lasciatemi morire "Lamento d'Ari...
Performers: Guglielmi, Luca; Invernizzi, Roberta; Pornon, Beatrice; Rasi, Alberto
Conductors: Rasi, Alberto
Ensemble: Accademia Strumentale Italiana; Italian Instrumental Academy

"Intersperses some of Monteverdi's best-known solo vocal pieces with contemporary works for viola da gamba consort and keyboard, expertly and lovingly played by Alberto Rasi...continue...

Le Cantate per il Cardinal Pamphili - Handel / Invernizzi

1 CD / Glossa / 2006-09-02

Works: George Frederick Handel: Tra le fiamme, HWV 170; Nel dolce dell'oblio, HWV 134 (Pensieri notturni di Filli); Da quel giorno fatale, HWV 99 "Il delirio amoroso"; Figlio d'alte speranza, HWV 113
Performers: Bonizzoni, Fabio; Centurioni, Olivia; Dell'Agnello, Caterina; Ferri, Rebeca; Invernizzi, Roberta; Lehmann, Isabel; Moretto, Vanni; Plantier, David; Rodolfi, Emiliano; Rosa, Gianni de; Talo, Elena
Conductors: Bonizzoni, Fabio
Ensemble: La Risonanza

The chamber cantata flourished in Italy as a counterpart to public opera and oratorio, cultivated by aristocratic patrons for their personal enjoyment. Perhaps because of...continue...

Vivaldi: Dixit Dominus / Peter Kopp, et al

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-06-13

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Dixit Dominus, RV 807; Laetatus sum, RV 607; Nisi Dominus (Psalm 126), for 3 voices, viola d'amore, chalumeau, violin, strings & continuo in A ma; Lauda Jerusalem in E minor, RV 609
Performers: Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Cirillo, Lucia; Cooley, Thomas; Invernizzi, Roberta
Conductors: Kopp, Peter
Ensemble: Dresdner Instrumental-Concert

"This Dixit Dominus is indeed an exciting find. It is given its debut recording in a critical edition by today's Vivaldian high-priest, Michael Talbot. Its...continue...

Vivaldi: Montezuma / Curtis, Priante, Mijanovic, et al

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2006-05-09

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Montezuma, opera in 3 acts, RV 723
Performers: Basso, Romina; Beaumont, Maite; Invernizzi, Roberta; Kalna, Inga; Mijanovic, Marijana; Priante, Vito
Conductors: Curtis, Alan
Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

"The performance is stunning. Vivaldi augments the usual strings and winds with horns and trumpets, and Curtis leads a rich reading, filled with more drama...continue...

Monteverdi: Amor, Dicea

1 CD / Virgin Classics Import / 2005-03-01

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Voi ch'ascoltate in rime sparse, motet for 5 voices & 2 violins (from Selva morale e spirituale), SV; O come vaghi, o come cari, madrigal for 2 tenors, SV 315; O mio bene, o mia v...
Performers: Abete, Antonio; Dordolo, Luca; Fagotto, Gian Paolo; Invernizzi, Roberta; Monaco, Daniela del; Piccollo, Silvia; Zanasi, Furio
Conductors:
Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

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: Operas / Kozena, Mingardo, Prina, et al

1 CD / Naïve / 2004-08-01

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: La verità in cimento, RV 739; Juditha triumphans, RV 645; L'Olimpiade, RV 725; L'Orlando finto pazzo
Performers: Bertagnolli, Gemma; Comparato, Marina; Foresti, Sergio; Invernizzi, Roberta; Jaroussky, Philippe; Kozena, Magdalena; Laurens, Guillemette; Rolfe Johnson, Anthony [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Marchi, Alessandro de; Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Academia Montis Regalis; Concerto Italiano; Matheus Ensemble

Vivaldi's opera remained virtually unknown until the very end of the 20th century, even though these are incredibly rich pieces, rarely equalled for dramatic intensity...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...

Vivaldi: L'Olimpiade / Alessandrini, Mingardo, Invernizzi

3 CD / Naïve / 2002-09-17

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: L'Olimpiade, opera in 3 acts, RV 725
Performers: Foresti, Sergio; Giordano, Laura; Invernizzi, Roberta; Kulikova, Marianna; Novaro, Riccardo
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano

"Rinaldo Alessandrini has already proved himself a stylish and persuasive Vivaldian and here his blend of scholarship with a feeling for the music's poetry results...continue...

Dowland: Come away, come sweet love, etc / Invernizzi, et al

1 CD / Stradivarius / 2002-09-03

Works: John Dowland: Firste Booke of Songes; Semper Dowland semper dolens, P 9; Second Booke of Songes
Performers: Invernizzi, Roberta
Conductors: Rasi, Alberto
Ensemble: Italian Instrumental Academy

Gossec: Grand Messe des Morts, Symphonie /Fasolis, Hauschild

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-03-01

Works: François-Joseph Gossec: Grande Messe des Morts, for soloists, chorus & orchestra; Symphony à 17 parties, in F major, Br. 91
Performers: Arruabarrena, Maite; Crook, Howard [Tenor Vocals]; Invernizzi, Roberta
Conductors: Fasolis, Diego; Hauschild, Wolf-Dieter
Ensemble: Cantemus; Swiss Italian Orchestra

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Bach: St. John Passion / Fasolis, Ensemble Vanitas, et al

2 CD / Arts / 1999-07-13

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Saint John Passion, BWV 245
Performers: Foresti, Sergio; Galli, Emanuela; Grandini, Alfredo; Invernizzi, Roberta; Meel, Nico van der; Mertens, Klaus; Nennemann, Gerhard; Ovenden, Jeremy
Conductors: Fasolis, Diego
Ensemble: Ensemble Vanitas

Durante: Lamentationes Jeremiae, Vespro Breve / Fasolis

1 CD / Arts / 1999-02-23

Works: Francesco Durante: Lectio Terza in Feria Sexta Parasceve, for soloists, 4-part chorus, horns, violins, viola & continuo; Vespro Breve, for vocal soloists, chorus & ensemble
Performers: Abete, Antonio; Beasley, Marco; Galli, Emanuela; Invernizzi, Roberta; Zanasi, Furio
Conductors: Fasolis, Diego
Ensemble: Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca

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Bach: Mass in B minor / Diego Fasolis, et al

2 CD / Arts / 1999-01-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV 232
Performers: Dawson, Lynne; Invernizzi, Roberta; Mertens, Klaus; Prégardien, Christoph
Conductors: Fasolis, Diego
Ensemble: Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca

Carissimi: Jonas, Dives malus, Beatus Vir / Fasolis, et al

1 CD / Arts / 1998-09-15

Works: Giacomo Carissimi: Jonas; Beatus Vir, motet for double chorus & continuo (doubtful); Dives Malus (Historia Divitis), oratorio for 2 sopranos, tenor, bass, chorus & continuo
Performers: Abete, Antonio; Battistella, Massimo; Beasley, Marco; Bettini, Fulvio; Cialfi, Massimo; Diego Fasolis [Conductor/Organ]; Donato, Vincenzo di; Fava, Giorgio; Ghielmi, Lorenzo; Invernizzi, Roberta; Mar...

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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

Buxtehude: Membra Jesu nostri / Fasolis, Radio Svizzera

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1997-06-04

Works: Johann Rosenmüller: Sonate da Camera (11); Dietrich Buxtehude: Membra Jesu Nostri, cantata in 7 sections for SSATB voices, 2 violins, 5 violas da gamba, violone &
Performers: Balconi, Roberto; Carnovich, Daniele; Cecchetti, Mario; Invernizzi, Roberta; Trogu-Rohrich, Catherina
Conductors: Fasolis, Diego
Ensemble: Accademia Strumentale Italiana, Verona

"...Even at a higher price, it would be hard to find fault with this fine performance. The singers and instrumentalists are stylish. Thirty- six tracks...continue...