Tartini, G.: Violin Concertos, Vol. 1

Duke Ellington: Piano Works

ROSSINI: Cambiale di matrimonio (La)

Born into a musical family in Yerevan, Armenia, Vardan Mamikonian began his piano studies at the Yerevan Spendiarian School of Music with Arkui Haroutunian. He continued his studies at the Moscow Central Music School and at the prestigious Tchaikovsky Conservatory where he became a student of Valery Kastelsky.

Buxtehude and Bach deeply marked the Baroque world of which they were unquestionable heroes. This CD features Ivana Vallotti’s sublime performances of Buxtehude and Bach organ works, both striking for their exuberant creativity, wonderful contrasts, and palpable joy.

PERTUSI, Michele: Live Recital

Paganini: Lucca Sonatas, Vol. 2

Tartini, G.: Violin Concertos, Vol. 2 - D. 15, 56, 125

BELLINI: Capuleti e i Montecchi (1830 La Scala version)

Tartini, G.: Violin Concertos, Vol. 14 (L'Arte Dell'Arco)- D

This CD of stunning and original works features a series of works by contemporary and 20th-century composers, all originally written for sax (soprano or alto) and organ. The sound that these two instruments produce together is truly fascinating and perfectly blended, as if the two instruments were made to be partners in an infinite game of fantasy and allusions.

MONTEVERDI: Combattimento di Tancredi et Clorinda (Il) / Mad

GALUPPI: Concerto a 4, Nos. 1-7

Originally released in 2009. Directed by Laura Borello, Gregorio Zurla. Starring Veronique Mercier, Roberto Scandiuzzi, Gian Luca Pasolini. Artist: G. Bottesini, Title: Ero & Leandro, Genre: Classical & Opera, Music Video & Concerts, Sub-Genre: Classical - Classical Composers, Musicvideo - Music Video (Concert / Performance), Release Date: 1 January 2011, Starring: Veronique Mercier, Gian Luca Pasolini, Roberto Scandiuzzi, Directed By: Gregorio Zurla, Laura Borello customer review: "Ero and Leandro" is a tragic opera, composed by Giovanni Bottesini, premiered in Italy in1879 and staged an amazing 29 times before vanishing from the repertoire. It features three excellent singers: Veronique Mercier as Ero, tenor Gian Luca Pasolini as Leandro, and basso Roberto Scandiuzzi as the cruel tyrant Ariofarne. The Coro Claudio Monteverdi and the Orchestra Filarmonica del Piemonte provide a superb musical context for these three singers, whose arias are the sort of grand be canto that Verdi fans adore. In fact, Bottesini and Verdi were well acquainted; Bottesini conducted the premiere of Verdi's Aida, and the libretto for Ero & Leandro was written by another opera composer, Arrigo Boito."

With 'Works for Two Violins', the PimaDuo, comprised of siblings Matteo and Maddalena Pippa perform a selection of rarely performed and original repertoire for two violins. From works by Eugene Ysaye and Sergei Prokofiev and including the world premiere recording of the Petite Suite pour Tonio Cavilla by Andrea Manzoli, PimaDuo's elegant and expressive performances elevate this release into the realm of the superb.