More By Artist: Marco V
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MONTEVERDI
Madrigals, Book 6 (Il Sesto Libro de Madrigali, 1614) Delitiae Musicae / Marco Longhini [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 17/Jul/2007 ] Monteverdi’s Sixth Book of Madrigals, which appeared nine years after his previous volume, was conceived as his final, though highly significant contribution to the stile antico. |
MONTEVERDI
Madrigals, Book 1 (Il Primo Libro de Madrigali, 1587) and Secular Manuscript Works Delitiae Musicae / Marco Longhini, conductor [ Naxos Early Music / CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] "The delicious imagery, with its writhing chromatic harmonies, are performed with sure sensitivity in this Naxos release by the Italian singers and instrumentalists of Delito Musicae." - Kenneth Walton, The Scotsman, 21 October 2002 |
MONTEVERDI
Madrigals-Book 4 Delitiae Musicae / Marco Longhini (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 9/Nov/2005 ] "Beautiful ensemble singing where individual voices rise and fall into unison like swelling waves" (MusicWeb Dec 2005) |
MONTEVERDI
Madrigals, Book 5 Delitiae Musicae / Marco Longhini (Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Jul/2006 ] (Il Quinto Libro de' Madrigali, 1605) "...takes even further the expressive writing with which he had already so successfully experimented, and which had delighted some famous figures but scandalized others." |
MONTEVERDI
Madrigals, Book 7 Concerto (Il Settimo Libro de Madrigali 1619) Delitiae Musicae / Marco Longhini, conductor [ Naxos / 3 CD - released 10/Oct/2008 ] The 'Concerto' (as Claudio Monteverdi entitled his Seventh Book of Madrigals) was published five years after the Sixth Book had appeared. It represents a clear break with Monteverdi's earlier publications: here the madrigal is transformed or,... |
MONTEVERDI
Madrigals, Book 2 (Non giacinti o narcisi Non son in queste rive and others) Delitiae Musicae / Marco Longhini, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Oct/2003 ] "..some of Monteverdi's most colorful and expressive--with deft technique, splendid ensemble blend and balance, and an amazingly rich timbral palette that the performers employ with convincing command of style and consummate good taste. This is great... |
MONTEVERDI
Madrigals, Book 3 (Il Terzo Libro de' Madrigali, 1592) Delitiae Musicae / Marco Longhini, conductor [ Naxos Early Music / CD - released 2/Apr/2004 ] Few symphonies since Beethoven's Fifth have attracted the degree of extra-musical speculation accorded Shostakovich's Leningrad Symphony. Although ideas for a Seventh Symphony had begun coming to mind the previous year, the work that emerged has... |
GESUALDO
Madrigals Books 5 and 6 Delitiæ Musicæ, Marco Longhini [ Naxos / 3 CD - released 29/Apr/2013 ] A hugely impressive collection, which steers a perfectly judged, immaculate course between the extremes of earthy expressionism and sterile detachment. |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra (complete opera) Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Marco Caria, Kostas Smoriginas, Ildar Abdrazakov, Barbara Frittoli / Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Constantine Orbelian [ Delos / 2 CD Box Set - released 5/May/2015 ] "It is obvious [that Hvorostovsky] has thought deeply about Boccenegra and is absolutely inside the character; he is also able to realise his portrayal with an impressive largesse of tone." BBC Music |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart Arias Emma Matthews (soprano) / Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Marco Letonj [ ABC Classics / CD - released 28/Mar/2014 ] ABC Classics presents the recording return of one of its brightest stars, soprano Emma Matthews. Following the success of her 2009 album Emma Matthews in Monte Carlo, recorded with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Emma now turns her... |
ANONYMOUS
Chominciamento di Gioia (Beginning of Joy) - Virtuoso Dance Music from the Time of Boccaccio's Decamerone Ensemble Unicorn / Oni Wytars / Michael Posch / Marco Ambrosini [ Naxos / CD ] "A delight to listen to and shows intelligent musician ship of a very high order. "The beginning of joy", the title of the record itself, says it all." Gramophone |
MUSIC OF THE TROUBADOURS
Music Of The Troubadours Ensemble Unicorn / Oni Wytars / Michael Posch / Marco Ambrosini [ Naxos Early Music / CD - released 1/Jan/2010 ] Oni Wytars Ensemble; Unicorn Ensemble, Michael Posch |
ARCANGELO CORELLI
Corelli: Solos and Concertos Fitted for the Flutes Estro Cromatico; Marco Scorticati [ Arcana / CD - released 25/Jan/2019 ] In early 18th-century England, the recorder was a popular instrument among music lovers, therefore - since the eminent Italian composer Arcangelo Corelli's works made an enormous impression in the country - it was only a matter of time before... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
La Semaine Mystique: Devotional songs from the reign of Louis XIII Faenza / Marco Horvat [ Alpha / CD - released 10/Mar/2010 ] |
GIOVANNI LORENZO LULIER
Lulier Francesca Boncompagni, Accademia Ottoboni, Marco Ceccato [ Alpha / CD - released 12/Oct/2018 ] In Rome between the late seventeenth century and the early eighteenth, academies and 'conversazioni' (artistic gatherings) organised by aristocrats and cardinals attracted the leading writers and musicians. The names of Arcangelo Corelli, Alessandro... |
WAGNER
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Recorded live at Glyndebourne, Lewes, July 2011) BLU-RAY Gerald Finley, Anna Gabler, Johannes Martin Kränzle, Marco Jentzsch, Topi Lehtipuu / London Philharmonic Orchestra, VladimirJurowski, David McVicar [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Feb/2013 ] "Jurowski completes the ensemble with a beautiful account, unfolding the story with pace and details...Together they make the immense performance the most uplifting performance I can recall" (Five Stars BBC Music - DVD/Blu-ray Choice - December 2012) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
All'Opera: Profumo di Violetta Gianluigi Trovesi (clarinet & saxophone) with Marco Remondini (cello) / Filarmonica Mousike / Savino Acquaviva [ ECM Records / CD - released 26/Jan/2009 ] Italy's great musical archaeologist and one of today's outstanding improvisers, Gianluigi Trovesi indulges his love for the drama and beauty of Italian opera with Trovesi all'opera - Profumo di Violetta. |
PURCELL / LEONARD COHEN / NICK DRAKE
If Grief Could Wait Giovanna Pessi (baroque harp) / Susanna Wallumrød (voice) / Jane Achtman (viola da gamba) / Marco Ambrosini (nyckelharpa) [ ECM Records / CD - released 20/Sep/2011 ] Unique, intimate album initiated by Swiss baroque harpist Giovanna Pessi and featuring the pure, non-classical voice of Norwegian singer Susanna Wallumrød. Best known for her work in pop and indie-rock contexts (including the duo Susanna and the... |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Concerti Per Esterhazy Amandine Beyer (violin), Marco Ceccato (cello), Gli Incogniti [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 26/Oct/2018 ] "Amandine Beyer is an eloquent soloist with her group, Gli Incogniti. Closely recorded, she is assertive and stylish. Marco Ceccato is a big, bold soloist in the famous C major Cello Concerto." Classical Music |
Trey Gunn / Marco Minnermann
Modulator [ 7d Media / CD - released 18/May/2010 ] 'Modulator' is Trey Gunn with uber-drummer Marco Minnemann; but with a gigantic twist. This entire recording was composed & produced over the top of a 51 minute, live drum solo by Marco. |
