Gluck: L'innocenza giustificata (2004) more music like this

performed by Andreas Karasiak (tenor), Maria Bayo (soprano), Marina De Liso (mezzo-soprano), Veronica Cangemi (soprano), ChorWerk Ruhr (choir, chorus), Cappella Coloniensis, Christopher Moulds (conductor)
composed by Christoph Willibald Gluck

Most opera fans are familiar with Gluck the reformist -- the composer of Orphée et Eurydice who sought to balance drama and music in his works. But few know his early works which show him to be a master of the Baroque opera seria tradition he later rejected. L'innocenza giustificata, a festa teatrale written in 1755, is one of these works. Its ...

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Haendel: María Bayo, Opera Arias & Cantatas (1999) more music like this

performed by Maria Bayo (soprano), Capriccio Stravagante, Skip Sempe (conductor)
composed by George Frederick Handel

The outstanding characteristics of soprano María Bayo's performance of opera arias and cantatas by Handel are the absolute technical security that allows her to sing the composer's outrageously demanding vocal lines with apparent effortlessness and the ripe fullness of her tone. It's a delight to hear a singer who can so confidently negotiate ...

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Mélancolie (2005) more music like this

performed by Angela Kazimierczuk (soprano), Anne Gastinel (cello), Cecile Eloir (mezzo-soprano), Derek Lee Ragin (counter tenor), Evgeni Talisman (piano), Ewa Mallas-Godlewska (soprano), Fazil Say (piano), Gerard Lesne (alto), Grigory Sokolov (piano)
composed by Antonio Vivaldi, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Claude Debussy, Claudio Monteverdi, Franz Liszt, Frédéric Chopin, Gabriel Fauré, George Frederick Handel, Gustav Mahler, Henry Purcell, Jean Sibelius, Johann Sebastian Bach, John Dowland, Ludwig van Beethoven

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Mozart: Exsultate, Jubilate; Arias (1999) more music like this

performed by Maria Bayo (soprano), Victor Pablo Pérez (conductor)
composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Rossini: Opera arie e sinfonie (2001) more music like this

performed by Maria Bayo (soprano), Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini (conductor)
composed by Gioachino Rossini

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Viva la Zarzuela! (1999) more music like this

performed by Alberto Rios (vocals), Alfonso Echeverria (vocals), Alfredo Kraus (tenor), Ana Maria Amengual (vocals), Ana Rodrigo (vocals), Arturo Guanche (vocals), Carlos Alvarez (vocals), Carlos Javier Mendez (vocals), Enrique Baquerizo (vocals)
composed by Amadeo Vives, Federico Moreno Torroba, Francisco Asenjo Barbieri, Pablo Sorozabal, Tomás Bretón

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María Bayo Album (2006) more music like this

performed by Concerto Italiano, Les Talens Lyriques, Malcolm Martineau (piano), Maria Bayo (soprano)
composed by Eduardo Toldrá, Enriqué Granados, George Frederick Handel, Gioachino Rossini, Jaime Ovalle, Joseph Canteloube, Maurice Ravel, Vicente Martin y Soler, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Xavier Montsalvatge

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José de Nebra: Arias de zarzuelas more music like this

performed by Al Ayre Espanol, Maria Bayo (soprano), Eduardo Lopez Banzo (conductor)
composed by José de Nebra, Luigi Boccherini

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Rossini: The 5 One-Act Operas (Box Set) more music like this

performed by Alessandra Rossi (vocals), Alessandro Corbelli (vocals), Amelia Felle (vocals), Bruno de Simone (vocals), Bruno Pratico (baritone), Bruno Pratico (vocals), Danilo Serraiocco (vocals), Fabio Previati (vocals), Francesca Provisionato (vocals)
composed by Gioachino Rossini

Brilliant's breezy survey of Rossini's one-act operas is assembled from five different recordings originally released on the Claves label in the early '90s. All were well received in their original form, and since all five were conducted by the veteran Marcello Viotti in similar-enough-for-non-audiophile acoustics, they make a convincing box set, ...

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Cavalli: La Calisto more music like this

performed by Alessandra Mantovani (soprano), Barry Banks (tenor), David Pittsinger (bass), Dominique Visse (counter tenor), Gilles Ragon (tenor), Graham Pushee (counter tenor), Judith Vindevogel (soprano), Marcello Lippi (baritone), Maria Bayo (soprano)
composed by Francesco Cavalli

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Gioacchino Rossini: The Five One-Act Operas more music like this

performed by Alessandra Rossi (vocals), Alessandro Corbelli (vocals), Amelia Felle (vocals), Bruno de Simone (vocals), Bruno Pratico (vocals), Danilo Serraiocco (vocals), Fabio Previati (vocals), Francesca Provisionato (vocals), Francesco Facini (vocals)
composed by Gioachino Rossini

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Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras Nos. 2 & 5; Concerto for Guitar; Amazonas (2002) more music like this

performed by Frédéric Frouin (sax), Joel Vaisse (trombone), Maria Bayo (soprano), Roberto Aussel (guitar), Lyon National Orchestra, Emmanuel Krivine (conductor)
composed by Heitor Villa-Lobos

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Bianca e Falliero (2005) more music like this

performed by Carlo Lepore (bass), Daniela Barcellona (mezzo-soprano), Dario Benini (bass), Francesco Merli (tenor), Jiri Prudic (bass), Karel Pajer (tenor), Maria Bayo (soprano), Ornella Bonomelli (soprano), Stefan Cifolelli (tenor)
composed by Gioachino Rossini

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Arias de Zarzuela Barroca (2003) more music like this

performed by Les Talens Lyriques, Maria Bayo (soprano)
composed by Antonio Rodríguez de Hita, José de Nebra, Luigi Boccherini, Vicente Martin y Soler

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Amadeo Vives: Doña Francisquita (2002) more music like this

performed by Alfonso Echeverria (vocals), Alfonso Lopez Raymond (vocals), Alfredo Kraus (vocals), Beatriz Gonzalez Ramos (vocals), Carlos Javier Mendez (vocals), Emilio Sanchez (vocals), Encarna Santana Hernandez (vocals), Esther Alfonso Da Costa (vocals)
composed by Amadeo Vives

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España (2000) more music like this

performed by Alberto Rios (vocals), Alfonso Echeverria (vocals), Ana Maria Amengual (vocals), Enrique Baquerizo (vocals), Esperanza Fernández (vocals), Ines Bacan (vocals), Isabelle Moretti (harp), Juan Jesus Rodriguez (vocals), Maria Bayo (soprano)
composed by Amadeo Vives, Bacán, Enriqué Granados, Isaac Albéniz, Joaquín Rodrigo, Manuel de Falla, Roberto Gerhard, Tomás Bretón

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Sounds of the Basque Country (2002) more music like this

performed by Asier Polo (cello), Jonathan Carney (violin), Maria Bayo (soprano), Basque National Orchestra
composed by Andres Isasi, Francisco Escudero, Jesús Arámbarri, Jesús Guridi, Jose Maria Usandizaga, Maurice Ravel

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Gioacchino Rossini: L'occasione fa il ladro more music like this

performed by Fabio Previati (vocals), Francesca Provisionato (vocals), Fulvio Massa (vocals), Iorio Zennaro (vocals), Maria Bayo (vocals), Natale de Carolis (vocals), Ursula Duetschler (harpsichord), English Chamber Orchestra, Marcello Viotti (conductor)
composed by Gioachino Rossini

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Cavalli: La Calisto more music like this

performed by Alessandra Mantovani (soprano), Barry Banks (tenor), David Pittsinger (bass), Dominique Visse (counter tenor), Gilles Ragon (tenor), Graham Pushee (counter tenor), Judith Vindevogel (soprano), Marcello Lippi (baritone), Maria Bayo (soprano)
composed by Francesco Cavalli

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Vivaldi: Le Quattro Stagioni (with bonus CD: Portrait) (2003) more music like this

performed by Anna Simbola (vocals), Antonio De Secondi (violin), Concerto Italiano, Deborah York (soprano), Elisabetta Tiso (vocals), Francesca Vicari (violin), Gemma Bertagnolli (soprano), Gianluca Ferrarini (vocals), Ignazio Schifani (organ), Luca Peverini (cello)
composed by Alessandro Scarlatti, Antonio Vivaldi, Claudio Monteverdi, Domenico Scarlatti, George Frederick Handel, Gioachino Rossini, Johann Sebastian Bach, Luca Marenzio

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Tomás Bretón: La Verbena de la Paloma (2002) more music like this

performed by Agustín Serrano (piano), Alberto Rios (vocals), Alfonso Echeverria (vocals), Alfredo Garcia Huerga (vocals), Ana Maria Amengual (vocals), Enrique Baquerizo (vocals), Jesus Castejon (vocals), Juan Jesus Rodriguez (vocals), Ma Carmen Campos Ros (vocals)
composed by Tomás Bretón

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40 Most Beautiful Summer Songs (2008) more music like this

performed by Daniel Barenboim (piano), Dawn Upshaw (soprano), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Hartmut Höll (piano), Hector Console (bass), Helen Huang (piano), Howard Crook (tenor), I Solisti Veneti, Jean-Francois Heisser (piano), Juhani Lagerspetz (piano)
composed by Alban Berg, Alexander Glazunov, Anonymous, Antonio Vivaldi, Astor Piazzolla, Claude Debussy, Edvard Grieg, Edward Elgar, Eric Coates, Erik Satie, Felix Mendelssohn, Francisco Tárrega, Frederick Delius, George Gershwin, Hector Berlioz, Heitor Villa-Lobos

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Zarzuelas [Box Set] (2007) more music like this

performed by Alberto Rios (vocals), Alfonso Echeverria (vocals), Alfredo Garcia Huerga (vocals), Alfredo Kraus (tenor), Ana Maria Amengual (vocals), Carlos Alvarez (vocals), Emilio Sanchez (vocals), Enrique Baquerizo (vocals), Isabel Monar (vocals)
composed by Amadeo Vives, Emilio Arrieta, Tomás Bretón

Zarzuela is the Spanish equivalent of operetta; although on the surface it sounds operatic, it may contain spoken dialogue inserts as well. The six-disc set Zarzuelas on Naïve consists of four complete zarzuelas issued on the Astrée Auvidis label in the 1990s, all four acknowledged as classics of the genre: Emilio Arrieta's Marina, Tomás Bretón's ...

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Farinelli: Il Castrato [Original Soundtrack] [Limited Edition] (1995) more music like this

performed by Agnès Mellon (soprano), Ann Hallenberg (mezzo-soprano), Anna-Maria Panzarella (soprano), Atsushi Sakai (cello), Carlo Lepore (bass), Carlos Marin (baritone), Christophe Rousset (harpsichord), Derek Lee Ragin (contratenor), Ditte Andersen (soprano)
composed by Antonio Salieri, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Christoph Willibald Gluck, George Frederick Handel, Giovanni Pergolesi, Henry Desmarest, Henry Purcell, Jean-Baptiste Lully, Johann Adolf Hasse, Johann Sebastian Bach, Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer

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Zarzuela Barroca (2003) more music like this

performed by Maria Bayo (soprano), Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset (conductor)
composed by Antonio Rodríguez de Hita, José de Nebra, Luigi Boccherini, Vicente Martin y Soler

Despite the clarity and attractiveness of much of the music the Spanish zarzuela has been tough to get a grip on for many listeners, at least outside Spain and Latin America. This disc by Spanish-born soprano Maria Bayo, originally recorded in 2003, remains a good place to start. Bayo and sensational French early music conductor Christophe Rousset ...

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