Boccherini: Trio, Quartet, Quintet & Sextet For Strings

Boccherini: Trio, Quartet, Quintet & Sextet For Strings
Fabio Biondi / Europa Galante
CD ALBUM: B001MDH5E8

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Concerti per viola d'amore

VIVALDI (1678-1741): Concerti per Viola d'amore
Fabio Biondi / Europa Galante
CD Album : 3951462
TT: 77.13

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Improvisata - Sinfonie con Titoli

Improvisata - Sinfonie con Titoli
Vivaldi - Sammartini - Boccherini - Monza - Demachi
Europa Galante / Fabio Biondi
CD Album/s:36343020

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Pergolesi: Stabat Mater

Pergolesi: Stabat Mater
Dorothea Röschmann / David Daniels
Europa Galante / Fabio Biondi
CD Album/s: 3633402
TT 57:13

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Mozart: Violin Concertos 1-3

Mozart: Violin Concertos 1-3
Fabio Biondi / Europa Galante
CD Album/s : 3447062
TT 56:00

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Vivaldi: Concerti con molti strumenti, Vol.2

VIVALDI(1678-1741): Concerti con molti strumenti, Vol.2
Fabio Biondi / Europa Galante
CD Album/s : 5457232
TT 76:25

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Vivaldi: Bajazet

EUROPA GALANTE / FABIO BIONDI
Ildebrando D'Arcangelo - David Daniels - Patrizia Ciofi - Vivica Genaux - Marijana Mijanovic - Elina Garanca
CD Album: 5456762
CD 1 73:37 - CD 2 72:49 - DVD 30:00

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Based on the same libretto as Handel’s Tamerlano, Vivaldi’s Bajazet (1735) dramatises the clash of wills between the defiant sultan Bajazet and the Tartar conqueror Tamerlane. Though partly a pasticcio, in that it includes several crowd-pleasing arias by Vivaldi’s Neapolitan rivals, Bajazet in performance is one of Vivaldi’s most successful operas, a work of astounding musical richness and psychological insight. Researched and directed by Fabio Biondi, this dramatic premiere recording boasts the perfect cast to tackle the formidable challenges of the score, led by the young baritone Ildebrando D’Arcangelo as the tragic Bajazet and Marijana Mijanovic in the scorching role of his daughter Asteria. The set includes a free 30-minute DVD of live footage from the recording sessions, featuring each of the six soloists in a complete aria.

Fabio Biondi violin, direction

Raffaello Negri, Carla Marotta, Renata Spotti, Marino Lagomarsino

violin I

Andrea Rognoni, Luca Giardini, Silvia Rinaldi, Rossella Borsoni, Giancarlo Ceccacci  violin II

 Ernesto Braucher, Stefano Marcocchi, Robert Brown viola

Maurizio Naddeo  cello I

Antonio  Fantinuoli cello II

 Francisco José Montero, Giovanni Sabbioni double bass

Giangiacomo Pinardi  theorbo

Margret Köll  harp

Alesandro Piquè, Molly Marsh  oboe

François de Rudder  bassoon

Dileno Baldin, Brunello Gorla  horn

Fabio Bonizzoni

harpsichord

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Vivaldi: Motets

Patrizia Ciofi / Europa Galante / Fabio Biondi
CD Album/s : 5457042
TT 62:22

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For their second collection of Vivaldi’s sacred vocal music, Fabio Biondi and Europa Galante are joined by the outstanding Italian soprano Patrizia Ciofi in three colourful motets and a large-scale setting of Psalm 112, Laudate pueri Dominum. The motets follow a specific pattern, with two arias, differing in mood and style, separated by a short recitative and completed by a fast, exultant Alleluia, demanding a brilliant and technically assured soloist; here RV 626, in particular, has an expressive power that recalls Vivald’s finest operatic music. The vigorous early setting of Laudate pueri was probably written for one of Vivaldi’s talented young pupils at the Ospedale della Pietà.

Fabio Biondi violin, direction

Raffaello Negri, Carla Marotta, Renata Spotti, Marino Lagomarsino violin I

Andrea Rognoni, Luca Giardini, Fiorenza de Donatis, Silvia Rinaldi violin II

Maurizio Naddeo cello I

Antonio Fantinuoli cello II

Ernesto Braucher viola I

Stefano Marcocchi viola II

Francisco José Montero violone

Giangiacomo Pinardi, Ugo Nastrucci theorbo

Paola Poncet harpsichord, organ

Stéfan Legée bass trombone

Patrizia Ciofi soprano

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Scarlatti: La Santissima Trinità

Alessandro Scarlatti: Oratorio per La Santissima Trinità
Europa Galante / Fabio Biondi
CD Album/s : 5456662
TT 67:27

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