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Buy Now	Cecilia Bartoli - If You Love Me (Se tu m'ami ), 18th-Century Italian Songs (more) »rank: 23637 by: Alessandro Scarlatti, Antonio Caldara, Antonio Lotti, Antonio Cesti, Giovanni Paisiello, Anonymous, Benedetto Marcello, Giuseppe Giordani, Giulio Caccini, Alessandro Parisotti, Pietro Francesco Cavalli, Antonio Vivaldi, Giacomo Carissimi, Cecilia Bartoli, György Fischer : :The 17th-century Italian art song repertory traditionally reserved for novice singers is given new life via Bartoli's artistry. With impeccable diction and evocative phrasing, she captures every innuendo of these simple, but passionate, pieces. No two repetitive phrases are alike; she chisels every line into a landscape of interpretive magnificence. Scarlatti's simple 'O Cessate di Piagarmi' becomes a testament of innocent pain and plaintiveness. Giordano's 'Caro Mio Ben' is transformed into a tender cry for love. All embellishments are imaginative and well executed. Accompaniment by György Fischer is equally appealing, sensitive and precise. Every singer questing for the art of singing should study ...	Buy Now	Philippe Jaroussky - Beata Vergine (more) »rank: 51805 from: EMI Classics : :The 17th-century Italian art song repertory traditionally reserved for novice singers is given new life via Bartoli's artistry. With impeccable diction and evocative phrasing, she captures every innuendo of these simple, but passionate, pieces. No two repetitive phrases are alike; she chisels every line into a landscape of interpretive magnificence. Scarlatti's simple 'O Cessate di Piagarmi' becomes a testament of innocent pain and plaintiveness. Giordano's 'Caro Mio Ben' is transformed into a tender cry for love. All embellishments are imaginative and well executed. Accompaniment by György Fischer is equally appealing, sensitive and precise. Every singer questing for the art of singing should study ...
Buy Now	Imperial Fanfares (more) »rank: 148191 from: Naxos : :The 17th-century Italian art song repertory traditionally reserved for novice singers is given new life via Bartoli's artistry. With impeccable diction and evocative phrasing, she captures every innuendo of these simple, but passionate, pieces. No two repetitive phrases are alike; she chisels every line into a landscape of interpretive magnificence. Scarlatti's simple 'O Cessate di Piagarmi' becomes a testament of innocent pain and plaintiveness. Giordano's 'Caro Mio Ben' is transformed into a tender cry for love. All embellishments are imaginative and well executed. Accompaniment by György Fischer is equally appealing, sensitive and precise. Every singer questing for the art of singing should study ...	Buy Now	Venetian Vespers (Monteverdi * Rigatti * Grandi * Cavalli) /Gabrieli Consort & Players * McCreesh (more) »rank: 168393 by: Research Composer, Giovanni Antonio Rigatti, Alessandro Grandi, Claudio Monteverdi, Adriano Banchieri, Giacomo Finetti, Pietro Francesco Cavalli, Anonymous, Gregorian Chant, Biagio Marini, Gabrieli Consort, Charles Daniels, Paul McCreesh, Alison Wray, Jonathan Best, Tessa Bonner, Angus Smith, Peter Harvey, Robert Horn, Paula Chateauneuf, Timothy Roberts, Susan Hemington Jones, Fred Jacobs, Celia Harper, Charles Pott, Florian Deuter, Gabrieli Players : essential recording:Paul McCreesh's second major recording (and second Gramophone Award winner) reconstructs Vespers for the Feast of the Annunciation at San Marco circa 1643, using music by Monteverdi and contemporaries including Cavalli, Grandi, and Rigatti. The music is less dense and lavishly scored than on A Venetian Coronation, but more virtuosic and varied--ranging from Finetti's sweet, languid 'O Maria, quæ rapis' for two falsettists and Monteverdi's lively 'Laudate Dominum' for solo tenor, to Marini's sensuous sonata for three violins and Monteverdi's spectacular 'Lætatus sum' for six singers, two violins, two trombones, and bassoon over a repeated four-note bass. There is so much ...
Buy Now	Cavalli: Messa Concertata (more) »rank: 110880 from: Hyperion UK : essential recording:Paul McCreesh's second major recording (and second Gramophone Award winner) reconstructs Vespers for the Feast of the Annunciation at San Marco circa 1643, using music by Monteverdi and contemporaries including Cavalli, Grandi, and Rigatti. The music is less dense and lavishly scored than on A Venetian Coronation, but more virtuosic and varied--ranging from Finetti's sweet, languid 'O Maria, quæ rapis' for two falsettists and Monteverdi's lively 'Laudate Dominum' for solo tenor, to Marini's sensuous sonata for three violins and Monteverdi's spectacular 'Lætatus sum' for six singers, two violins, two trombones, and bassoon over a repeated four-note bass. There is so much ...	Buy Now	Monteverdi, Vivaldi, Handel (more) »rank: 191190 from: Opus 111 : essential recording:Paul McCreesh's second major recording (and second Gramophone Award winner) reconstructs Vespers for the Feast of the Annunciation at San Marco circa 1643, using music by Monteverdi and contemporaries including Cavalli, Grandi, and Rigatti. The music is less dense and lavishly scored than on A Venetian Coronation, but more virtuosic and varied--ranging from Finetti's sweet, languid 'O Maria, quæ rapis' for two falsettists and Monteverdi's lively 'Laudate Dominum' for solo tenor, to Marini's sensuous sonata for three violins and Monteverdi's spectacular 'Lætatus sum' for six singers, two violins, two trombones, and bassoon over a repeated four-note bass. There is so much ...
Buy Now	Cavalli: Vespro Della Beata Vergine (more) »rank: 206122 from: Harmonia Mundi Fr. : essential recording:Paul McCreesh's second major recording (and second Gramophone Award winner) reconstructs Vespers for the Feast of the Annunciation at San Marco circa 1643, using music by Monteverdi and contemporaries including Cavalli, Grandi, and Rigatti. The music is less dense and lavishly scored than on A Venetian Coronation, but more virtuosic and varied--ranging from Finetti's sweet, languid 'O Maria, quæ rapis' for two falsettists and Monteverdi's lively 'Laudate Dominum' for solo tenor, to Marini's sensuous sonata for three violins and Monteverdi's spectacular 'Lætatus sum' for six singers, two violins, two trombones, and bassoon over a repeated four-note bass. There is so much ...	Buy Now	Cavalli - Arias and Duets from Didone · Egisto · Ormindo · Giasone · Calisto (more) »rank: 210167 from: Naxos : essential recording:Paul McCreesh's second major recording (and second Gramophone Award winner) reconstructs Vespers for the Feast of the Annunciation at San Marco circa 1643, using music by Monteverdi and contemporaries including Cavalli, Grandi, and Rigatti. The music is less dense and lavishly scored than on A Venetian Coronation, but more virtuosic and varied--ranging from Finetti's sweet, languid 'O Maria, quæ rapis' for two falsettists and Monteverdi's lively 'Laudate Dominum' for solo tenor, to Marini's sensuous sonata for three violins and Monteverdi's spectacular 'Lætatus sum' for six singers, two violins, two trombones, and bassoon over a repeated four-note bass. There is so much ...
Buy Now	Dame Janet Baker Philips and Decca Recordings, 1961-1979 (Limited Edition) (more) »rank: 186938 by: Janet Baker, John Shirley-Quirk, Graham Sheen, Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, Hector Berlioz, Giovanni Bononcini, Benjamin Britten, Giulio Caccini, Antonio Caldara : essential recording:Paul McCreesh's second major recording (and second Gramophone Award winner) reconstructs Vespers for the Feast of the Annunciation at San Marco circa 1643, using music by Monteverdi and contemporaries including Cavalli, Grandi, and Rigatti. The music is less dense and lavishly scored than on A Venetian Coronation, but more virtuosic and varied--ranging from Finetti's sweet, languid 'O Maria, quæ rapis' for two falsettists and Monteverdi's lively 'Laudate Dominum' for solo tenor, to Marini's sensuous sonata for three violins and Monteverdi's spectacular 'Lætatus sum' for six singers, two violins, two trombones, and bassoon over a repeated four-note bass. There is so much ...	Buy Now	Cavalli - La Calisto / Bayo, Lippi, Keenlyside, Pushee, Ragon, Concerto Vocale, Jacobs (more) »rank: 218792 by: Francesco Cavalli, René Jacobs, Maria Bayo, Marcello Lippi, Simon Keenlyside, Graham Pushee, Alessandra Mantovani, Gilles Ragon : essential recording:Paul McCreesh's second major recording (and second Gramophone Award winner) reconstructs Vespers for the Feast of the Annunciation at San Marco circa 1643, using music by Monteverdi and contemporaries including Cavalli, Grandi, and Rigatti. The music is less dense and lavishly scored than on A Venetian Coronation, but more virtuosic and varied--ranging from Finetti's sweet, languid 'O Maria, quæ rapis' for two falsettists and Monteverdi's lively 'Laudate Dominum' for solo tenor, to Marini's sensuous sonata for three violins and Monteverdi's spectacular 'Lætatus sum' for six singers, two violins, two trombones, and bassoon over a repeated four-note bass. There is so much ...