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Luca Casagrande – “Chi non prova star lontano” – Cantata a voce sola e Basso Continuo – Antonio Cesti (1623 – 1669) – WORLD PREMIERE RECORDING.   Centaurus Music Int. Studio Recording “Antonio Cesti – Cantate” WORLD PREMIERE RECORDING – ℗ 2004 Remastered edition ℗ 2013. – Luca Casagrande Baritone Sarah Dieci Harpsichord. Artistic Director […]

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Luca Casagrande – “Se tù sei costante” – Aria of Marco Aurelio – “Marco Aurelio” (1681) II Act III Scene – A. Steffani (1654 – 1728). Scarlatti Camera Ensemble Artistic Director and Producer Luca Casagrande

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Sonata for Orchestra No. 1 in E minor: I. Ouverture 0:08 II. Allemanda 4:02 III. Aria 7:41 IV. Gavotta 10:15 V. Menuet 1-2 12:17 Capella Agostino Steffani Lajos Ravatkay Conductor Francesco Venturini (1675 – 1745). A style borrowing from the Italian and the French but with its distinctive voice. Contrary to what you might be […]

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Luca Casagrande – “Non sò mai cosa sarà” Aria of Marco Aurelio – “Marco Aurelio” (1681) II Act XVI Scene – A. Steffani (1654 – 1728). Scarlatti Camera Ensemble Artistic Director and Producer Luca Casagrande

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This recording highlights for the first time one of the most important examples of baroque drama in music. Just to mention some of the most enthusiastic reviews: […] This opera is a rare treasure, Really admirable the choice to release the complete edition […] Direction and interpreters quite young and not so well-known, but of […]

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Luca Casagrande – “Poèmes chinois” Op. 12 (1908) & Op. 35 (1927) – Albert Roussel (1869 – 1937) Amoreux séparés – Op. 12 (1908) Il ritmo agile e le armonie scintillanti dell’incipit strumentale introducono la figura del jeune galante la cui baldanza ha un’esplosione nelle settimine di semicrome che spiccano alle battute 4-5. L”ingresso’ della […]

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Luca Casagrande – “Odes anacréontiques” Op. 31-32 – Albert Roussel (1869 – 1937). In 1929, one critic described Roussel’s search for his own voice: “Albert Roussel for a long period sought his true self among varied and contradictory influences. He seemed to waver between the tendencies of Cesar Franck and Vincent d’Indy and those of […]

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“Salome” – “Dance of the Seven Veils” – Nina Stemme as Salome.

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Ingrid Bjoner sings “Ah du wolltest mich” from Strauss’ “Salome”. GREAT VOICE! Ingrid Kristine Bjoner Pierpoint (November 8, 1927 – September 4, 2006) was a Norwegian soprano who had a prolific international opera career between 1956 and 1990. She was particularly celebrated for her portrayal of Wagnerian heroines and for her performances in operas by […]

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Simon Estes – “Wo ist Er?” – Jochanaan – “Salome” – R. Strauss. Wonderful dramatic baritone voice!!! The music of “Salome” includes a system of leitmotifs, or short melodies with symbolic meanings. Some are clearly associated with people such as Salome and Jochanaan (John the Baptist). Others are more abstract in meaning. Strauss’s use of […]