Montanari, Stefano

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...

Between Heaven & Earth / Sandrine Piau

1 CD / Naïve / 2009-09-29

Works: George Frederick Handel: La Resurrezione di Nostro Signor Gesù Cristo, HWV 47; Theodora; A Song for St Cecilia's Day, HWV 76; Der Messias; Alexander Balus; Joseph and his brethren, HWV 59; L'A...
Performers: Ballanti, Paolo; Frezzato, Marco; Gatti, Marcello; Guerra, Alberto; Lehtipuu, Topi; Marsh, Molly; Marzana, Luca; Montanari, Stefano; Pia, Jonathan; Piau, Sandrine; Rodolfi, Emiliano
Conductors: Montanari, Stefano

"French soprano Sandrine Piau, despite her frequent appearances on Baroque recordings, may not seem a first choice for the sheer athleticism of Handel, but wait...continue...

Arie ritrovate - Vivaldi / Ottavio Dantone, Sonia Prina, Accademia Bizantina

1 CD / Naïve / 2008-03-25

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Work(s); La verità in cimento, RV 739; Scanderberg, RV 732; Concerto for strings & continuo in F major, RV 136; Teuzzone, pasticcio opera in 3 acts, RV 736; Tito Manlio, RV 738;...
Performers: Montanari, Stefano
Conductors:
Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

This new Vivaldi Edition release is dedicated to forgotten opera arias. Part of these arias were lost in the 18th century and have recently been...continue...

Bach: Sonates pour violon & clavecin / Montanari, Rousset

2 CD / Naïve / 2007-02-27

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord no 1 in B minor, BWV 1014; Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord no 2 in A major, BWV 1015; Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord no 3 in E major, BWV...
Performers: Montanari, Stefano; Rousset, Christophe [Harpsichord/Conductor]

Vivaldi: In furore e concerti sacri / Dantone, et al

1 CD / Naïve / 2006-05-16

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Alleluia; Sinfonia al Santo Sepolcro, sonata for 2 violins, viola & continuo in B minor, RV 169; Laudate Pueri Dominum (Psalm 112), for voice, flute, 2 oboes, strings & continuo in G...
Performers: Dantone, Ottavio; Lima, Juan-Sebastian; Montanari, Stefano; Piau, Sandrine
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Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

Di furore! Fury, grief, jubilation: the listener goes through every emotional state in the motet In furore. Sandrine Piau has found the right partner in...continue...

Seicento Italiano - 17th Century Italian Music / Dantone

1 CD / Arts / 2006-04-01

Works: Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger: Sinfonia no 17; Corrente no 5; Canzone prima for theorboe & continuo; Prelude for guitar & theorbo no 12; Prelude for guitar & theorbo no 3; Giovanni Maria Trabaci: To...
Performers: Bagnati, Tiziano; D'Orazio, Francesco; Dantone, Ottavio; Montanari, Stefano
Conductors: Dantone, Ottavio
Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

Around the turn of the 16th to the 17th century, instrumental music experienced an expansion as never before seen or heard. Even though the repertoire...continue...

Corelli: Violin Sonatas / Dantone, Montanari, et al

2 Super Audio CD / Arts / 2006-02-01

Works: Arcangelo Corelli: Sonatas (12) for violin & continuo, Op. 5
Performers: Dantone, Ottavio; Montanari, Stefano
Conductors: Dantone, Ottavio
Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

"Add yet another wonderful performance to the growing list of recordings of Arcangelo Corelli's glorious Op. 5 Violin Sonatas. In fact, this is the Accademia...continue...

Vivaldi / Ottavio Dantone, Accademia Bizantina

4 CD / Arts / 2005-06-01

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Il cimento dell'Armonia e dell'Invenzione, concertos (12) for solo instrument, strings, and continuo; L'estro armonico, concertos (12) for 1-4 solo instruments, strings & continuo, O...
Performers: Donatis, Fiorenza de; Grazzi, Paolo; Montanari, Stefano; Valli, Mauro
Conductors: ; Dantone, Ottavio
Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

Vivaldi: Concerti per vari strumenti / A. Bernardini, Zefiro

1 CD / Naïve / 2005-05-17

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 clarinets, 2 oboes, strings & continuo in C major, RV 559; Concerto for Bassoon in A minor, RV 497; Concerto for 2 violins, 2 recorders, 2 oboes, bassoon, strings & co...
Performers: Bernardini, Alfredo; Cartosio, Piero; Coppola, Lorenzo; Grazzi, Alberto; Grazzi, Paolo; Latini, Daniele; Montanari, Stefano; Rossi, Stefano
Conductors: Bernardini, Alfredo

Who was 'Susanna dell'oboe'? A German visitor to Venice in 1726 tells us of this young resident at the Ospedale della Pieta, whom he heard...continue...

Vivaldi: L'Estro Armonico Op 3 Vol 1 / Dantone, Montanari

1 CD / Arts / 2003-08-05

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for 4 violins, strings & continuo in D major ("L'estro armonico" no 1), Op. 3/1, RV 549; Concerto for 2 violins, cello, strings & continuo in G minor ("L'estro armonico" no ...
Performers: Donatis, Fiorenza de; Montanari, Stefano; Valli, Mauro
Conductors: Dantone, Ottavio
Ensemble: ; Accademia Bizantina

Vivaldi: Il Cimento no 1-6 / Dantone, Montari, et al

1 CD / Arts / 2003-04-01

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Concerto for Violin in G minor, Op. 8 no 2/RV 315 "L'estate"; Autumn (The Four Seasons); Concerto for Violin in F major...
Performers: Montanari, Stefano
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Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

Vivaldi: Il Cimento no 7-12 / Montanari, Grazzi, Dantone

2 CD / Arts / 2003-04-01

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in D minor, Op. 8 no 7/RV 242 "Per Pisendel"; Concerto for Violin, strings & continuo in G minor ("Il cimento" no 8), Op. 8/8, RV 332; Concerto for Oboe in D mino...
Performers: Grazzi, Paolo; Montanari, Stefano
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Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

"The performance is very energetic, almost edging on the erratic, but not quite...it's senstivie, joyful, and expressive. Either organ or harpsichord is used as basso...continue...