Naïve continues its admirable series of complete recordings of Vivaldi's operas with Atenaide, an opera seria that was not successful at its 1728 premiere, and received no further performances during the composer's lifetime. This recording was made as a result of the first modern production, which was presented in the same Florentine theater in ...
If you thought composing somewhere around 500 concertos was an achievement, remember that Antonio Vivaldi also composed 49 operas. Indeed, Vivaldi probably thought of himself primarily as an opera composer -- with 67 productions in a career of 28 years, he may not have had a chance to think of himself as anything else. Yet, while Vivaldi is well ...
Judging from the evidence of the recordings and the photographs, the Teatro le Fenice di Venezia's June 2005 production of Strauss' Daphne would have made a fine night at the theater. In this live recording, Scott Mac Allister is a big-voiced and powerful Apollo, Roberto Sacca is an admirably convincing Leukippos, and June Anderson is a sweet ...
This set includes one disc of excerpts from Naïve's 2003 recording of Orlando Furioso and one disc that offers samples of other operas and instrumental and sacred music from the Vivaldi Edition, all performed by Jean-Christophe Spinosi leading Ensemble Matheus and Choeur "Les Eléments," with a uniformly outstanding cast of vocal and instrumental ...
This recording is part of a cycle of Beethoven symphonies and other large works recorded by the Haydn Orchestra of Bolzano and Trento, in northeastern Italy, and Austrian conductor Gustav Kuhn. Some of the recordings have been made in front of a live audience; this one, although it shares an ambiance with the others, contains no crowd noise. It is ...
We guarantee every item's condition, as described on Alibris. If you are not satisfied that an item is as described, return your purchase for a refund.
![Antonio Vivaldi: Orlando Furioso [Highlights]](http://images.alibris.com/cover/m67566gsxnn_t.jpg)
Portions of content provided by All Music Guide or All Movie Guide. © 2009 All Media Guide, LLC. All Music Guide and All Movie Guide are registered Trademarks of All Media Guide, LLC.