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Classical Music

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Release Date: January 01, 1993

$19.99

In 1741, at the age of 56, Handel wrote his masterpiece: Messiah. But he distrusted the London public. He then went to the capital of Ireland, Dublin, and the success was such that the composer...

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Release Date: July 05, 2024

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La veglia is a single act opera by Arrigo Pedrollo (1878-1964) based on a libretto by Carlo Linati, taken from In the shadow of the Glen by Synge. It focuses on the role of the...

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Release Date: January 19, 2024

$34.99

A few weeks after Rossini made his debut at the San Moisè opera house in Venice with La cambiale di matrimonio; (with libretto by Gaetano Rossi); on 26 December 1810 the same venue hosted Cecchina...

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Release Date: September 15, 2023

$34.99

The lyrics of the eleven scenes of Amor vendicato are technically accomplished and facilitate the singers’ task. Indeed, librettist Antonio di Gennaro was one of the best of his kind in Naples in the second...

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Release Date: July 07, 2023

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The work was produced with the Virtual Stage system, the innovative method that features new blended methods, between real and virtual, between philology and technology, applied to the operatic setting for both audio and scene...

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Release Date: July 07, 2023

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When opera singers go from their standard repertoire into something new, from the stage to the recording studio or simply from one performance to another, the results may be better or worse, a great achievement...

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Release Date: March 17, 2023

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Piccinni: the success achieved with some works represented since 1754 in Italy, his simple and elegant style, his consistently refined and appropriate orchestrations, and his revival and reworking of some already successful popular titles attracted...

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Release Date: January 20, 2023

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Paisiello distances himself, his sentiments and intellect, from his characters; he describes theatrical realities that on the surface do not seem the least bit serious in parodically grave tones. Voices from another world, Elisi and...

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Release Date: January 20, 2023

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As soon as he had finished the finale of Turandot [1925-6], Alfano began working with political journalist and man of letters Arturo Rossato, [Vicenza 1882-1942]. He offered Alfano a libretto in one act, Madonna Imperia,...

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Release Date: September 16, 2022

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A one-off in Bach’s output, Amore traditore is a model in style and structure of the Italian chamber cantata and although the surviving manuscript score is not in Bach’s own hand, careful stylistic analysis has...

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Release Date: September 16, 2022

$13.99

In Il divertimento dei Numi (1774), in only one hour of music, many expressive chords are struck: the balance between the sentimental and hyronical sides of this comic opera reaches to include a great variety...

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Release Date: May 13, 2022

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Il Prigionier Superbo was first staged on August 28, 1733. The chronicles report that the intermezzos of La Serva Padrona were so successful they overshadowed Il Prigioniero, in spite of its obvious merits. Pergolesi’s adhesion...

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Release Date: May 13, 2022

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Among the major composers of their era were Alessandro Scarlatti and his son Domenico, both of whom were influenced by the music and culture of Naples. The cantata for alto and b.c. by Domenico Scarlatti...

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Release Date: May 13, 2022

$35.99

Italian composer Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari (1876-1948) is best known for his comic operas, and his works based on plays by Carlo Goldoni, one of which is featured on this recording. Il campiello is a three-act opera...

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Release Date: March 11, 2016