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Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791 – 1864) - Robert Le Diable - (Complete opera - 3 Cds) - Warren Mok, Patrizia Ciofi, Giorgio Surjan, Annalisa Raspagliosi, Alessandro Codeluppi - Orchestra Internazionale d’Italia - Bratislava Chamber Choir - Renato Palumbo, conductor - First digital recording - Robert le Diable (1831), a grand-opéra in 5 acts, is one of the masterpieces of Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791-1864) and one of the most popular and frequently performed operatic works of the 19th century. In the course of the 20th century, however, it was rarely staged and only in abridged form, almost completely disappearing from the repertoire. This first digital recording, made live at the Festival of Martina Franca, is really important, both for its musical quality and for its philological accuracy. The excellent vocal cast, which includes Patrizia Ciofi, Giorgio Surian and Warren Mok, is conducted by Renato Palumbo, one of today's most renowned Italian conductors of the young generation. - CDS 368/1-3 DDD

Giovanni Battista Viotti (1755 – 1824) - Complete Violin Concertos (Vol. 8) - Concerto No. 25 in A Major G124 / W25 - Concerto No. 26 in B flat Major G121 / W26 - Concerto No. 10 in B flat Major G56 / W10 - Symphonia Perusina - Franco Mezzena, violin and conductor - First recording - This eighth volume of Viotti's Violin Concertos features three very fine and rarely performed works, which further enable us to widen our knowledge of this composer's versatile artistry. The Concertos Nos. 25 and 26 (composed in 1792/97) are very lyrical works characterised by wonderful melodic invention. The Concerto No.10, composed in Paris in 1783/86, is a more exuberant and virtuoso composition, rich in brilliant and imaginative instrumental passages. Fine, as usual, is the interpretation of Franco Mezzena, by now one of the greatest specialists of Viotti's violin output. - CDS 364 DDD

Ottorino Respighi (1879 – 1936) - Quartetto dorico (1924) - Quartetto in re minore (1909) - Quartetto d’archi di Venezia - Andrea Vio, violin - Alberto Battiston, violin - Luca Morassutti, viola - Angelo Zanin, cello - Ottorino Respighi is mostly renowned for his wonderful orchestral compositions, which are part of the permanent repertoire of all great conductors. However, he also wrote chamber music, some of which is very fascinating. Respighi composed his Quartetto dorico in 1924, inspired by ancient Gregorian modes, of which he was a keen scholar; the result was this brilliant and atypical work, in one ample movement. The CD also features his Quartetto in Re minore, composed by Respighi in 1909. After their successful recording of the Quartets by Gian Francesco Malipiero, the Quartetto di Venezia thus continue their work of rediscovery of Italian 20th-century music. - CDS 276 DDD

Antonín Rejcha (1770 – 1836) - L’Art de Varier Op. 57 - Mauro Masala, piano – First recording - Antonin Rejcha (1770-1836), a Bohemian composer who resettled in Paris from 1808, was a well-known teacher and the author of a composition handbook which was adopted by all French Conservatories. His fame as a composer of instrumental music, instead, was not very widespread. Only his wonderful Quintets for wind instruments attained some popularity; yet Rejcha was a very imaginative and original composer. His Art de Varier Op. 57, published around 1820, stands, stylistically speaking, in between Haydn and Chopin, and represents a sum of the art of variation, featuring all the stylistic features of his day in the sphere of ornamentation and thematic development. - CDS 363 DDD

ISTITUTO DISCOGRAFICO ITALIANO - Historical series of Dynamic catalogue

The great Gershwin album - A Homage to George Gershwin from: Paul Whiteman, Fred Astaire, Fats Waller, Al Jolson, Louis Armstrong, Paul Robeson, Lily Pons, Mildred Bailey, Billie Holiday, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Leonard Bernstein, Oscar Levant, Morton Gould, Arturo Toscanini - George Gershwin was one of the great North-American composers of the 20th century and this anthology, featuring some of his works performed by American and European, classical and jazz, white and black musicians, is meant as a tribute to his wonderful artistry, which can communicates something to each one of us. Fats Waller and Arturo Toscanini, Leonard Bernstein and Frank Sinatra, Lily Pons, Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald are just some of the extraordinary musicians featured in this CD dedicated to the American composer, who died prematurely in 1937, at the age of 39. - IDIS 349 AAD

Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky “CHEREVICKI” (the slippers)- complete opera - 3 CDs (DDD) - First digital recording. Live recording - Ekaterina Morosova, Valerij Popov, Ludmila Semciuk, Albert Schagidullin, Vladimir Ognovenko, Barseg Tumanyan, Valentin Prolat, Vladimir Okenko, Grigory Osipov, Albert Schagidullin, Pavel Cernoch, Frantisek Zahradnicek, Fabio Bonavita, Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky, conductor - Cherevichki (The slippers), which lovers of opera can now hear for the first time on CD, has been defined "the most passionate, most serene, as well as the most neglected" of the operas by Tchaikovsky, a composer who dedicated much of his time and energies to the theatre. Cherevichki, which happily blends fairy-tale and popular elements, was coolly received by Russian audiences, and never again staged for about one hundred years. Its first modern performance, at Teatro di Cagliari under the baton of such an expert of Russian repertoire as Gennadij Rozhdestvensky, was indeed much more successful, both with audiences and critics: this Dynamic live recording of the Cagliari production witnesses the enthusiastic atmosphere that welcomed the return to stage of this forgotten masterpiece. 3CD full price

RUSSIAN QUINTETS FOR PIANO AND WIND INTRUMENTS, Wind Quintet of the Prague National Theatre, Giorgio Koukl, piano A. Rubinstein (1829-1894) - Quintets in F Major for piano, flute, clarinet, horn and bassoon Op. 55 Alexander Tcherepnin (1899-1977) Wind Quintet Op. 107 - Michail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859-1935) "An Evening in Georgia" for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and piano Op. 71 - Alexandre Tansman (1897) La Danse de la Sorcière for piano and wind quintet - Lovers of the less-known repertoire and of intriguing musical works must not miss out on this CD, featuring four compositions for piano and wind instruments by Russian (Rubinstein, Tcherepnin, Ippolitov-Ivanov) and Polish (Tansman) composers from the 19th and 20th centuries. The most interesting work is by far the Quintet in F Maj. by Anton Rubinstein, although the two short pieces by Ippolitov-Ivanov and Tansman are also quite noteworthy. By Tcherepnin, the CD features the charming Quintet Op.107, where in three short movements - totalling little less than seven minutes of music - the fresh and spontaneous creative vein of the composer produces very pleasurable writing. 1CD full price

Giuseppe Tartini (1692 – 1770) THE VIOLIN CONCERTOS (Vol. 7) Concerto in E minor D 57 - Concerto in D Major D 16 Concerto in E Major D 48 - Concerto in G Major D 76 L’Arte dell’Arco, Giovanni Guglielmo, violin and conductor - This seventh volume of Giuseppe Tartini's Complete Violin Concertos features, as customary, four works, all belonging to the so-called "first period" of the composer's activity: Concertos D 57, 16, 48 and 76. They are four première recordings of works for which no modern editions exist. Giovanni Guglielmo and his ensemble worked out their own editions, based on the autograph manuscripts and on contemporary copies, often encountering problems in deciphering the music writing because of its cryptic nature and of the numerous corrections and erasures made by Tartini. Here is another extraordinary CD of this series, where philological rigour and imagination blend in the ensemble's unforgettable interpretations, which are able to recreate, like no others, the genuine spirit of Tartini's creative world. 1CD full price

A TRIBUTE TO PAGANINI: Virtuoso piano works on Paganini's themes - Hummel - Moscheles - Kuhlau - Liszt - Busoni - Dallapiccola - Marco Pasini, piano (*) First recordings -

Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837) Recollections of Paganini, a Fantasia for the pianoforte (*) - Ignaz Moscheles (1794-1870) Gems à la Paganini - Friedrich Kuhlau (1786-1832) La Clochette, Rondeau Brillante pour le pianoforte - Franz Liszt (1811-1886) Grandes Etudes de Paganini - Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924) Introduzione e Capriccio Paganinesco - Luigi Dallapiccola (1904-1975) Sonatina Canonica su Capricci di N. Paganini (*) - Paganini's appearance on the European musical scene was a sensational event, generating a wave of enthusiasm in audiences and musicians. The admiration that he stirred up is witnessed by the great number of compositions based on Paganinian themes that were printed throughout the 19th century, as well as in the 20th. The present CD features some of the piano works dedicated to the Genoese violinist, some of which are rarely performed and almost all decisively virtuosic. Marco Pasini interprets them with the necessary elan and technical brilliancy.

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ISTITUTO DISCOGRAFICO ITALIANO - Historical series of Dynamic catalogue

Toscanini conducts: GIUSEPPE VERDI, REQUIEM - TE DEUM - PRELUDES & OVERTURES – REQUIEM Renata Tebaldi, Cloe Elmo, Giacinto Prandelli, Cesare Siepi Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro alla Scala Live Recording, Milan, 26 June1950 - TE DEUM NBC Symphony Orchestra - Westminster Choir Recording: New York, 2 December 1945 - PRELUDES & OVERTURES NBC Symphony Orchestra Recordings: 1940 – 1945 - Verdi's Requiem was one of Toscanini's favourite works, and one which he conducted on numerous occasions, often with some of the most famous singers of the moment. No other version, however, is as moving as this, recorded live in Milan on 26th June 1950 with a splendid vocal cast, including Renata Tebaldi, Cloe Elmo, Giacinto Prandelli and Cesare Siepi. This double CD, of uncommon technical quality, also features the Te Deum, recorded in 1945, and a wide choice of Verdian symphonies recorded between 1940 and 1945. 2CD mid price

Giuseppe Tartini (1692 – 1770): The cello concertos, The flute concertos, Sonate a quattro Pietro Bosna, cello - Mario Folena, flute. L’Arte dell’Arco, Giovanni Guglielmo, conductor FIRST RECORDING - The present CD features the only four concertos written by Tartini for instruments other than the violin. They are two Flute Concertos, both in G Major, and two Cello concertos, in D Major and in A Major, the latter being some of Tartini's most original and expressive works. In the wonderful performance of L'Arte dell'Arco's soloists, lead by Giovanni Guglielmo, they are revived with absolute philological perfection. The CD also contains two Sonate a quattro, veritable prototypes of quartet writing. 1CD full price

Georg Friedrich Haendel (1685 – 1759): Aci, Galathea e Polifemo (Three-part Serenade - 2 Cds) Daniela Uccello, soprano, Sonia Turchetta, alto, Giancarlo Tosi, bass, Camerata del Titano, Augusto Ciavatta, conductor - The three-part serenade Aci, Galathea e Polifemo was composed by Haendel in Italy in 1708 and first performed in Naples for the wedding of the Duke of Alvito. This "Neapolitan" opera is indeed of great importance in Haendel's work, not only because the composer made frequent reference to it, revising it in various different circumstances, but also for its high musical quality, which proves that Haendel had quickly absorbed the best that the Italian musical scene could offer. This recording, made by Italian specialists in Baroque music, restores this work to its original stylistic identity. 2CDs full price

Francesco Antonio Bonporti (1672 – 1749) - Complete Works (Vol. 2): Sonate da Camera Op. 2 (1703) Accademia I Filarmonici, Alberto Martini, violin and conductor FIRST RECORDING - After the successful Motets Op.3, the Accademia i Filarmonici, conducted by Alberto Martini, continue their recording of Francesco Antonio Bonporti's Complete works with a series of instrumental compositions. The ten Sonate da camera A due Violini, Violone, Cembalo ò Arcileuto Op.2 were published for the first time in 1698 and are the first sonatas of this genre ("da camera") written by the composer. These very concise yet extremely imaginative works show Bonporti's distance from Corelli's models and his drifting towards a drier, more modern aesthetic taste that would have some influence on the young composers of the Venetian school. 1cd full price

Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548 – 1611) Missa AVE REGINA (8 parts) Festina Lente Choir of Rome, Francesco di Lernia, organ, Michele Gasbarro, conductor FIRST RECORDING - Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548 - 1611) was one of the greatest Spanish musicians of the Counter Reformation age. After a successful stay in Rome between 1571 and 1587 he was active in his motherland. Although his writing did not follow the latest trends, it soon spread throughout Europe, becoming universally appreciated. One of the most interesting among de Victoria's Masses is that recorded - for the first time - on the present CD: it belongs to the cycle of Marian Masses, which were some of the composer's most popular works. Published in 1600, it is based on the homonymous antiphon and, through wonderful contrapuntal writing and a wide range of colouring, seconds the inner rhythm of the liturgical text. Polyphonic passages alternate in a logical and plausible way with Gregorian ones and with organ compositions taken from the repertoire of contemporary Spanish composers. 1CD full price

Rhapsody in black and white - Scott Joplin Overture from the opera Treemonisha - George Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue - James Price Johnson Yamekraw (a Negro Rhapsody) - William Grant Still Africa - Duke Ellington New World a-Comin’, Marco Fumo, piano. - The present CD features five great works by five great Afro-American musicians. The first piece is the Overture from the opera Treemonisha, which Scott Joplin completed in 1911, centred on the fight between good and evil, between the light of reason and the darkness of superstition, which obsessed Joplin in the last years of his life. Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue voices the youthful self-confidence of the new era, it exudes modernity, rhythm and speed. By James P. Johnson there follows the rhapsody Yamekraw (1927), a piece of monumental beauty and power thanks to Johnson's granitic piano writing - which in passages makes the piano vibrate like an organ - and the stately efficiency of his themes. Africa by William Grant Still, the greatest Afro-American symphonic writer of the 1900s, draws the picture of an imaginary Africa using the music material at hand: the work's fabric is woven with beautiful themes, often in the fashion of blues or spirituals. Last in chronological order, New World a-Comin', is one of the most admired works by the mature Ellington, that of the great "suites". This work beautifully blends a noble inspiration and the graceful humour of everyday life, sharing, with the works of Joplin, Johnson and Still, a powerful religious inspiration. 1CD full price

ISTITUTO DISCOGRAFICO ITALIANO - Historical series of Dynamic catalogue

Gioachino Rossini: “Il Barbiere di Siviglia”, Complete opera - 2 Cds. Giuseppe di Stefano, Giulietta Simionato, Enzo Mascherini, Cesare Siepi, Gerhard Pechner, Concha de Los Santos, Francesco Tortolero, Chorus and Orchestra of Palacio de las Bellas Artes, Renato Cellini, conductor. Live Recording, Mexico City, 7 July 1949 - Giuseppe Di Stefano, the great Italian tenor, was at the height of his vocal splendour between the end of the 1940s and the first half of the 1950s, almost at the beginning of his dazzling career. This rare and wonderful recording, made in Mexico City in July 1949, features an extraordinary Di Stefano in the role of Almaviva from Rossini's Barbiere di Siviglia. He is joined by Enzo Mascherini (Figaro), Giulietta Simionato (Rosina) and a great Ezio Pinza (Basilio) called by an enthusiastic audience to repeat his Aria della calunnia. 2CDs mid-price

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