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Arianna Vendittelli, Guido Loconsolo, Delphine Galou, Charles Workman - Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria, SV 325 (2022) Music

Posted by ciklon5 at April 29, 2022

Arianna Vendittelli, Guido Loconsolo, Delphine Galou, Charles Workman - Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria, SV 325 (2022)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless | 2:38:59 | 788 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Dynamic

A pioneer in the development of opera, Claudio Monteverdi took vocal music beyond Renaissance polyphony into an era in which genuine feelings and emotions could be expressed. Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria is part of a late flowering in Monteverdi’s illustrious career, and is considered the most profoundly tender and moving of his operas. Its hero Ulysses is forced to undergo cruel tests, hardships, treachery and deception before he can be reunited with his beloved queen Penelope and recover his kingdom. This acclaimed production is conducted by renowned early music specialist Ottavio Dantone, who considers Il ritorno di Ulisse in patria to be ‘the most beautiful opera ever written’.

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Alexandre Dumas - Il visconte di Bragelonne. La favorita del re eBooks & eLearning

Posted by Karabas91 at Jan. 19, 2025

Pubblicato tra il 1848 e il 1850, il Visconte di Bragelonne porta a conclusione il ciclo iniziato con I tre moschettieri nel 1844 e proseguito con Vent’anni dopo nel 1845. Le vicende narrate nel Visconte di Bragelonne hanno inizio nel maggio del 1660, quando la Francia è all’alba di una nuova epoca, che si inaugura con il regno di Luigi XIV, il futuro Re Sole. Sono trascorsi trentacinque anni da quell’aprile del 1625 in cui d’Artagnan, uno spiantato cadetto di Guascogna, arrivava a Parigi in sella al suo ronzino per unirsi alla compagnia dei moschettieri del re, facendo conoscenza con quelli che sarebbero stati i suoi inseparabili compagni d’avventure: Athos, Porthos e Aramis..

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Il Giardino Armonico & Giovanni Antonini - Early Music Log (Live at Minoritenkirche Vienna, 12/22/1999) (2024) [24/44] Vinyl & HR

Posted by delpotro at July 6, 2024

Il Giardino Armonico & Giovanni Antonini - Early Music Log (Live at Minoritenkirche Vienna, 12/22/1999) (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44,1 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 77:38 minutes | 749 MB
Classical, Vocal | Label: Fra Bernardo, Official Digital Download

The Early Music Log series on the Fra Bernardo label aims to present milestones in the interpretation of early music. This CD features recordings of acclaimed concert by Il Giardino Armonico and Giovanni Antonini in Vienna in 1999 and is complemented by a special archive treasure from 1934: the arrangement of Handel’s Concerto, HWV335a, for large orchestra with Sir Hamilton Harty and the London Symphony Orchestra.

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Dresdner Philharmonie & Marek Janowski - Puccini- Il Tabarro (2020) [Official Digital Download 24/96] Vinyl & HR

Posted by pyatak at Aug. 28, 2024

Dresdner Philharmonie & Marek Janowski - Puccini- Il Tabarro (2020) [Official Digital Download 24/96](2020) [Official Digital Download 24/88]
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 49:30 minutes | 888 MB
Classical | Label: PentaTone, Official Digital Download

After their acclaimed Cavalleria rusticana recording, Marek Janowski and the Dresdner Philharmonie now present Puccini’s Il Tabarro. Puccini composed this piece as the first panel of his Trittico (1918), a novel work combining three one-act operas, and also containing Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi.

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Siragusa - Donizetti Alfredo il Grande (2025) [Official Digital Download 24/96] Vinyl & HR

Posted by pyatak at March 11, 2025

Siragusa - Donizetti Alfredo il Grande (2025) [Official Digital Download 24/96]
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 02:05:50 minutes | 2,07 GB
Classical | Studio Master, Official Digital Download

The Donizetti Opera Festival in Bergamo continues to present early works by Donizetti that have been unjustly neglected for decades.

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Siragusa, Fiume, Ravizza, Corrado, Hungarian Radio Choir - Donizetti: Alfredo il Grande (2025) Music

Posted by ciklon5 at March 11, 2025

Siragusa, Fiume, Ravizza, Corrado, Hungarian Radio Choir, Orchestra Donizetti Opera, Corrado Rovaris - Donizetti: Alfredo il Grande (2025)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless +Booklet | 2:06:50 | 545 Mb
Genre: Classical

The Donizetti Opera Festival in Bergamo continues to present early works by Donizetti that have been unjustly neglected for decades. Alfredo il Grande, a love story that explores the defeat of the invading Danish army by the victorious Britons, was first performed in 1823 and was revived in this production two centuries later. Skilfully orchestrated, it features memorable arias for the hero Alfredo, and includes a superb concluding rondo for the heroine Amalia, as well as a radiant quintet. The opera is heard here in Edoardo Cavalli’s 2021 critical edition. Gramophone called it ‘a vocally accomplished performance’ and ‘a fine revival’.

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Mathias Vidal, Chœur de lOpéra Royal, Ensemble Il Caravaggio & Camille Delaforge - Rameau & Bailleux: Pigmalion (2025) Music

Posted by Fizzpop at April 9, 2025

Alone in his workshop, the sculptor Pygmalion shapes a statue of incomparable beauty, to the point of falling hopelessly in love with it. He then implores Love to bring his creation to life, and, moved by his pure devotion, Love grants his wish. With Pigmalion, Rameau crafted his finest opera-ballet, showcasing the full brilliance of his genius to depict the transformation from marble to flesh and the passionate quest for love. Alongside this, Antoine Bailleux's version offers a fresh and novel interpretation of the myth. Camille Delaforge and the ensemble Il Caravaggio deliver a brilliant performance, unveiling the full evocative power and refined elegance of Rameau's style.

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Martin Pearlman, Banchetto Musicale - George Frideric Handel: L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato (1985) Music

Posted by ArlegZ at Sept. 14, 2023

American ensemble, Banchetto Musicale, under the direction of Martin Pearlman, recorded Handel's ''Allegro, Il Penseroso, ed il Moderato,'' (Arabesque 6554-2, two LP's) set to two poems by the young John Milton with a third, markedly less distinguished, text by Charles Jennens rounding out the work. Banchetto Musicale is a Boston-based group that plays early music on original instruments. Their playing is stylish, if occasionally a little too self-consciously ''correct'' and considered for this taste; the Puritan spirit dies hard. The recording is distinguished by the contributions of some bright young soloists - the sopranos Nancy Armstrong and Sharon Baker, the mezzo-soprano Mary Westbrook-Geha, the tenor Frank Kelley and the baritone James Maddalena; Mr. Pearlman has provided succinct, intelligent notes.

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Giovanni Antonini & Il Giardino Armonico - Haydn 2032, Vol. 4: Il distratto (2017) Music

Posted by SERTiL at March 10, 2017

The fourth volume of the Haydn2032 project thrusts into the limelight one of the most important stock characters in the theatre of sounds and words,the Kapellmeister, and explores some glamorous and (in)glorious moments in the career of Maestro Haydn.It features three symphonies by the Shakespeare of Music one of which is even associated with an actual play.This bears the title Sinfonia in C.per la commedia intitolata Il distratto (the name of the play soon became the symphony's nickname) and consists of an overture,four entr actes, and a finale to be played at the end of the performance.

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Teresa Berganza - Il Barbieri di Siviglia - Berganza-Bruscantini-Bartoletti - Teatro Colon 1969 (2023) Music

Posted by ciklon5 at Dec. 18, 2023

Teresa Berganza - Il Barbieri di Siviglia - Berganza-Bruscantini-Bartoletti - Teatro Colon 1969 (2023)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 145:02 | 641 / 332 Mb
Genre: Classical

Mezzo-soprano Teresa Berganza's career always had something of a Spanish flavor to it, even though she excelled in Mozart and Rossini roles and other elements of the traditional repertory. She consistently championed Spanish music, from zarzuela to the songs of Granados and Falla. She also sang the title role of Carmen frequently, bringing her own unique sense of the character to both stage and recordings. A musician of unusual breadth and ability, Berganza was an accomplished pianist and organist and even studied conducting and composition. Her voice, which had an impressive upper extension, managed to cross boundaries as well: in 1960, she was offered the role of Violetta – a mainstay of the soprano repertory – in Verdi's La traviata at La Scala in Milan.

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