Giovanni Picchi News
Italian composer
- harpsichord
- canzone, toccata, saltarello
- Republic of Venice
- organist, composer, lutenist, harpsichordist
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2021-03-13 00:00:00
Callas Live 2
[…] Chritoph Willibald von Gluck Alceste with Renato Gavarini Rolando Panerai Giuseppe Zampieri Carlo Maria Giulini Teatro Alla Scala Milano 1954 Luigi Cherubini Medea with Fedora Barbieri Gino Penno Maria Luisa Nache Teatro Alla Scal Milano Leonard Bernstein 1953 Giuseppe Verdi Rigoletto with Giuseppe Di Stefano Piero Campolonghi Ignacio Ruffino Palacio de Bellas Artes Mexico Umberto Mugnai 1952 Vicenzo Bellini Norma with Ebe Stignani Mirto Picchi Joan Sutherland Royal Opera House London Vittorio Gui 1952 All discs Warner 2017 digital download, covers and booklet without librettos
2020-08-21 09:09:13
Review: Picchi – Canzoni da Sonar – Concerto Scirocco, Genini
Concerto Scirocco under Giulia Genini perform Picchi's complete "Canzoni Da Sonar Con Ogni Sorte D’istromenti", In the first recording of the full set. The post first appeared on The Classic Review.
2018-02-06 08:47:32
Giovanni Croce revealed
[…] would have been familiar territory to Croce's younger contemporary Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643). The choir and instrumentalists use the church space well with its two opposing choir lofts. And, of course, the organ forms a significant component in the motets as well as being a soloist in its own right in Vincenzo Bell'haver's Toccata, Andrew Gabrieli's Canzon ariosa and Claudio Merulo's Toccata Terza.The instruments also get their moments of glory with the instrumental works by Giovanni Picchi, Giovanni Gabrieli and Giosetto Guami, which form a nice contrast with the vocal works.In every age, we have a tendency to focus on just one or two composers. This disc reveals that the sound of St Mark's wasn't just the gorgeous complexity of Giovanni Gabrieli but was also the melifluousness of Giovanni Croce's music too. This is an immensely fascinating and valuable disc, and a most enjoyable one as the performers clearly revel in […]
2017-03-15 14:31:04
A star is born
Happy 88th birthday soprano Antonietta Stella. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ir22H85LhDI Born on this day in 1790 composer Nicola Vaccai. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=WidIvNEMf8w Born on this day in 1894 soprano Rose Pauly. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynWK2YuTBPw Born on this day in 1900 tenor Kurt Baum. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyjaRsJ1drA Born on this day in 1915 tenor Mirto Picchi. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUh3OCq5zxU On this day in 1950 Gian Carlo Menotti’s The Consul opened on Broadway. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIB9cGlLkm0 Happy 63rd birthday soprano Isobel Buchanan. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKR-E4dQwjY Happy 62nd birthday baritone Mikael Melbye. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5c-G_8CxAQ On this day in 1956 Lerner and Lowe’s My Fair Lady opened on Broadway. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=X269B9gLwz0
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