Piccinini, Monica

Francesco Durante: Neapolitan Christmas, Vol. 2 / Michael Alexander Willens, Die Koelner Akademie

1 CD / CPO / 2012-11-13

Works: Francesco Durante: Pastorale "Cito Pastores", motet; Laudate, pueri "Breve" "Detto il Grottesco", motet; Litanie for 2 voices & violin in E minor; Kyrie-Gloria Mass, "in Pastorale" in A major, for vo...
Performers: Dahlmann, Thilo; Doest, Alberto ter; Kuhne, Christina [Soprano Vocal]; Piccinini, Monica
Conductors: Willens, Michael Alexander
Ensemble: Die Kölner Akademie

The Kölner Akademie under its proven conductor Willens now presents more atmospheric Christmas compositions by Francesco Durante, one of the greatest Neapolitan church composers of...continue...
Recording information: Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal (11/14/2011-11/17/2011)....continue...

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...

In festo angelorum - A journey through Spanish, Portuguese & Italian Baroque sacred music / Monica Piccinini, soprano; Manuel Vilas, Spanish baroque harp

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-09-25

Works: Giovanni Maria Pagliardi: Ad'arma, ad bella, motet; Jose de Vaquedano: Matribus suis dixerunt, lamentation; Fabrizio Fontana: Ricercare for keyboard no 11; Domenico Mazzocchi: Amar a Dios por Dios, m...
Performers: Piccinini, Monica

A delightful recording of the intimate, yet powerful combination of soprano and baroque harp, in a journey through Spanish, Portuguese and Italian Baroque music, Dramatic...continue...
Recording information: San Vincente de Pombeiro, Lugo (07/2008)....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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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...

Alessandro Melani: Mottetti / Concerto Italiano

1 CD / Naïve / 2010-08-31

Works: Alessandro Melani: Litanie per la Beata Vergine, motet; Ave regina coelorum, motet; Clamemus ante Deum, motet; O voces formidandæ, motet; De necessitatibus, motet; Laudate pueri, motet; Vivere s...
Performers: Alessandrini, Rinaldo; Dordolo, Luca; Foresti, Sergio; Giordani, Raffaele; Piccinini, Monica; Simbola, Anna
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano

"If you avoid early sacred music because you believe it to be proper, sterile, aloof ritual, this recording will be nothing less than a revelation....continue...
Recording information: Rome, Italy (10/2006)....continue...

Vivaldi: Gloria / Rino Alessandrini, Sara Mingardo, Concerto Italiano

1 CD / Naïve / 2009-08-25

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Ostro picta in D major, RV 642; "Domine Deus" from Gloria RV 589, for Soprano, Trumpet and Continuo; Jubilate o amoeni chori, introduzione to Gloria (RV 588), for voice, two oboes, o...
Performers: Dantcheva, Alena; Dordolo, Luca; Guido Campana; Piccinini, Monica; Robinson, Nicholas; Serafini, Lia; Simbola, Anna
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo

"Alessandrini's mastery in this repertoire is evident in the supple elegance of the performances, his keen sense of pacing, and particularly in the nuanced balance...continue...

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...

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...

Soror mea, sponsa mea / Cappella Artemisia

1 CD / Tactus / 2005-07-12

Works: Francesco Martini: Tota pulchra es, for vocal ensemble; Gregorian Chant: In odorem; Jam hiems transit, antiphon; Ista est speciosa, antiphon; Dum esset rex, antiphon; Vittoria Aleotti: Vidi speciosam...
Performers: Aureli, Miranda; Biscuola, Elena; Croce, Teresina; Fiori, Alessandra; Forlani, Frida; Moretti, Gloria; Oliva, Alida; Pasetto, Claudia; Piccinini, Monica; Smith, Candace; Testoni, Silvia; Vaccari, Pat...

Includes nigra sum sed formosa, motet (nanino); ecce tu pul by various composers....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...