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Italian ecclesiastic, diplomat and composer
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- organ, harpsichord
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- Republic of Venice, Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg
- classical composer, diplomat, Catholic priest, music theorist, singer, organist, Catholic bishop
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William Christie & Les Arts Florissants celebrate New Year's Eve at Wigmore Hall in fine style with Hugh Cutting & Carlo Vistoli
Antonio CaldaraMonteverdi, Steffani, Fontana, Caldara, Vivaldi, Bononcini, Handel; Hugh Cutting, Carlo Vistoli, Les Arts Florissants, William Christie; Wigmore HallReviewed 31 December 2023One of those evenings where the performers sheer delight in the music carried you away; Les Arts Flo in a delightful sequence of Italian Baroque duets and solo cantatasThe Wigmore Hall ended the year in fine style with a concert of 17th and 18th century Italian duets from Les Arts Florissants. William Christie directed from harpsichord and organ with Emmanuel Resche-Caserta and Augusta McKay Lodge, violins, and Cyril Poulet, cello, with countertenors Hugh Cutting and Carlo Vistoli. The programme included duets by Monteverdi, Agostino Steffani, Giovanni Bononcini, Handel and Vivaldi, along with solo cantatas by Antonio Caldara and Vivaldi, and instrumental music by Giovanni Battista Fontana, Vivaldi and Caldara.We began with one of Monteverdi's Scherzi Musicali, the duet Damigella tutta bella published in 1607, a delightfully perky and distinctly skittish dance. Then came the duet Aita […]
2019-04-29 05:00:00
A. Scarlatti & Contemporaries
If all these chamber vocal works don't suit you I would like to bring your attention to the sacred music of A. Steffani and G.A. Perti.Antonio Lotti (1666-1740)"La vita caduca": MadrigalsIl Complesso BaroccoAlan CurtisVirgin Classics 7243 5 45221 2 3 (1997)[flac, cue, log, scans] Download link Agostino Steffani (1654-1728)Stabat MaterMottettiOrchestral suite from the opera Henrico LeoneCoro della Radio SvizzeraI BarocchistiRené ClemencicAmadeus AM 155-2 (2002)[flac, cue, log, scans] Download link Giovanni Bononcini (1670-1747)Cantate da cameraGloria Banditelli contralto, Cristina Miatello sopranoEnsemble AuroraTactus (1989). Rip of a reissue[flac, cue, log, covers] Download link"Se con stille frequenti"Agostino SteffaniAntonio LottiGiovanni BononciniDuetti da cameraSara Mingardo, Francesca Biliotti, Loriana Castellano, Lisa Castrignanò, Giorgia Cinciripi, Lea Desandre, Silvia Frigato, Lucia NapoliCenacolo MusicaleArcana A 424 (2016)[flac, cue, log, scans] Download link Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725)Cantate da cameraCristina Miatello soprano, Gloria Banditelli contraltoEnsemble AuroraTactus TC 661905 (1999). Recorded 1989[flac, cue, log, covers] Download link Alessandro ScarlattiCantata natalizia "Abramo, il tuo sembiante"Alessandro Stradella ConsortEsteban VelardiNuova […]
2019-04-12 07:30:56
'Costly Canaries': Mr Handel's Search for Super-Stars at the London Handel Festival
Anna Maria Strada by John Verelst (circa 1732) Costly Canaries': Mr Handel's Search for Super-Stars - Handel, Porta, Vivaldi, Bononcini, Steffani; Hannah Poulsom, Marie Elliott, Anna Gorbachyova-Ogilvie, London Early Opera, Bridget Cunningham; London Handel Festival at St George's Church, Hanover Square Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 5 February 2019 Star rating: 3.5 (★★★½) An engaging narrative woven round three of Handel's divas, and some terrific musicThe theme of this year's London Handel Festival is Handel's Divas!, and at St George's Church, Hanover Square last night (11 April 2019) Bridget Cunningham and London Early Opera explored Handel's relationship with three of his divas. Narrated by Lars Tharp, 'Costly Canaries': Mr Handel's Search for Super-Stars introduced us to Margherita Durastanti, sung by Hannah Poulsom, Anastasia Robinson, sung by Marie Elliott and Anna Maria Strada del Po, sung by Anna Gorbachyova-Ogilvie, with music from Handel's Agrippina, Radamisto Muzio […]
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Faces of classical music
2019-01-05 07:26:00
The Faces of Classical Music Choose the 20 Best Albums of 2018
[…] Erato of Jaroussky's own retelling of the myth, La storia di Orfeo, which comprised arias by three Italian composers from the 17th century – Monteverdi, Rossi and Sartorio. His Euridice was the Hungarian soprano Emőke Baráth, who in the Gluck opera moves over to the role of Amor, god of love. Euridice is sung in the new recording by the American soprano Amanda Forsythe, who already features in the Erato catalogue alongside Jaroussky in Agostino Steffani's opera Niobe, Regina di Tebe.In addition to La storia di Orfeo, Diego Fasolis has collaborated with Philippe Jaroussky on Erato recordings of Vinci's Artaserse (audio and video albums), Handel's Faramondo and Pergolesi's Stabat mater.13. Augusta McKay Lodge – Beyond Bach & Vivaldi: Rare Unaccompanied Works for the Baroque ViolinThough Bach's set of six Sonatas and Partitas represents the pinnacle of writing for the solo violin, the Baroque repertoire was rich in compositions for the unaccompanied violin, […]
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