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Monica Piccinini, Anna Simboli (soprano), Sara Mingardo (contralto), Furio Zanasi, Luca Dordoli (tenor) & Sergio Foresti, Antonio Abete (bass) Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini This new recording of Monteverdi’s “Orfeo”, a work which is generally considered to be the first true opera in musical history, marks its 400th anniversary. It is performed in a new version developed by one of the world’s leading experts on the composer’s music, Rinaldo Alessandrini and his internationally acclaimed ensemble Concerto Italiano, and presented in a luxurious limited edition of 2 CDs within an illuminating book. “The first opera to survive in the modern repertoire had its premiere in Mantua 400 years ago. It’s hard to imagine a finer anniversary present than Alessandrini’s superbly theatrical and brilliantly sung version.” Sunday Times – No.1 Classical Album of the Year | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Marijana Mijanovic (contralto), Simone Kermes (soprano), Furio Zanasi (baritone), Birgit Christensen (soprano), Sonia Prina (contralto) & Vito Priante (baritone) Il Complesso Barocco, Alan Curtis David tells the story of David and Saul, covering very much the same ground as Handel’s magnificent Saul written fifteen years later. The tenor role of Saul in Conti’s work was taken by Francesco Borosini, who later sang for Handel in London and Alan Curtis speculates that Borosini may have shown the libretto to Handel. Certainly Handel, like Conti, includes the scene where David tries to calm Saul’s rage with a harp (in both works, David’s harp is represented by a theorbo), and Saul’s subsequent attempt to kill David with his javelin. Such comparisons were also made in Handel’s day. "Conti’s David is the CD rediscovery of the year." The Times | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Roberta Invernizzi, Monica Piccinini, Anna Simboli, Sara Mingardo, Francesco Ghelardini, Vincenzo di Donato, Luca Dordolo, Gianluca Ferrarini, Pietro Spagnoli, Furio Zanasi, Antonio Abete, Daniele Carnovich Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini “This is as passionate and Italianate an account of this wonderful score as I have ever heard. Monteverdian nirvana.” (The Sunday Times) | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Jennifer Larmore, Barbara Schlick, Bernarda Fink, Marianne Rřrholm, Derek Lee Ragin, Furio Zanasi, Dominique Visse, Olivier Lallouette Concerto Köln, René Jacobs | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Victor Torres (Orfeo), Adriana Fernandez (Euridice), Gloria Banditelli (Sylvia), Maria Cristina Kiehr (Speranza, La Musica), Antonio Abete (Caronte), Furio Zanasi (Plutone, Pastore IV), Roberta Invernizzi (Proserpina, Ninfa) & Maurizio Rossano (Apollo) Coro Antonio Il Verso & Ensemble Elyma, Gabriel Garrido 2CD's + Catalogue "Garrido's reading of Orfeo is dramatic, lively and committed, and it is well served by a carefully chosen and
well-matched cast. Gloria Banditelli almost steals the show with her highly coloured portrayal of the Messenger's fateful announcement which dramatically and effectively shifts the mood from pastoral bucolic to tragic." Gramophone | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Adriana Mortelliti, Sabrina Camera, Julia Wirth, Davide Cauli, Jochen Heckmann, Nunzio Verdenero, Antonella Calducci, Ruben Amoretti & Furio Zanasi Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana & Movers Ballet, Muhai Tang | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Cristina Miatello, Lavinia Bertotti, Claudio Cavina, Sandro Naglia & Furio Zanasi Le Istituzioni Harmoniche, Marco Longhini | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Adriana Fernandez (soprano), Martin Oro (counter-tenor), Furio Zanasi (baritone) Ensemble 415, Chiara Bianchini | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Furio Zanasi, Adriana Fernández, Sara Mingardo, Gloria Banditelli, Sonia Prina, Cinzia Forte, Fulvio Bettini Coro del Teatro de la Zarzuela, Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall See also Alia Vox AV9822 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Furio Zanasi, Adriana Fernández, Sara Mingardo, Gloria Banditelli, Sonia Prina, Cinzia Forte, Fulvio Bettini Coro del Teatro de la Zarzuela, Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall “Headed by Savall at his most inspired, Le Concert des Nations is, as ever, truly outstanding. In this superb collaboration with the Chorus of La Zarzuela, the intensity of performance is sustained over the almost three hours of music and action on stage in a display of the characteristic richness of timbre and rhythmic power that we have come to associate with this ensemble. This is a spectacular and indispensable recording.” CD Classics | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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