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Philippe Jaroussky, Thibaut Garcia - À sa guitare (2021)

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Philippe Jaroussky, Thibaut Garcia - À sa guitare (2021)

Philippe Jaroussky, Thibaut Garcia - À sa guitare (2021)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 277 Mb | Total time: 67:04 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Erato | # 9029500570 | Recorded: 2020, 2021

The first joint album from countertenor Philippe Jaroussky and guitarist Thibaut Garcia, À sa guitare takes it's name from a song by the 20th century French composer Francis Poulenc. But it's frame of reference is extraordinarily wide - both culturally and stylistically. It's 22 tracks range across 400 years and music by composers and songwriters from France, Britain, Austria, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Argentina and the USA.

Francesco Nicolosi, Gennaro Cappabianca - Giovanni Paisiello: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 4 (2004)

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Francesco Nicolosi, Gennaro Cappabianca - Giovanni Paisiello: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 4 (2004)

Francesco Nicolosi, Gennaro Cappabianca, Collegium Philarmonicum Chamber Orchestra - Giovanni Paisiello: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 4 (2004)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 235 Mb | Total time: 54:35 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Naxos | # 8.557031 | Recorded: 2003

Giovanni Paisiello stands head and shoulders above the other Italian composers of his generation. A pupil of the Neapolitan School, he had a supreme gift for melody, allied with a highly individual style and idiom that foreshadow Haydn and Beethoven. Paisiello’s eight keyboard concertos, written to commission for the nobility, clearly show that he must have been an excellent pianist and harpsichordist. In contrast with the classical poise and restraint of the Second Concerto, the Fourth Concerto is an extraordinary piece, with an opening Allegro comparable to Haydn’s Sturm und Drang works, and a solemn slow movement that can only be likened to the young Beethoven.

Mary-Ellen Nesi, George Petrou, Armonia Atenea - Archetypon: Porpora, Hasse, Cherubini, Paisiello, Gluck, Fiore, Handel (2018)

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Mary-Ellen Nesi, George Petrou, Armonia Atenea - Archetypon: Porpora, Hasse, Cherubini, Paisiello, Gluck, Fiore, Handel (2018)

Mary-Ellen Nesi, George Petrou, Armonia Atenea - Archetypon: Arias by Porpora, Hasse, Cherubini, Paisiello, Gluck, Fiorè & Handel (2018)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 310 Mb | Total time: 63:20 | Scans included
Classical | Label: MDG | # MDG 909 2064-6 | Recorded: 2017

Acclaimed mezzo-soprano Mary-Ellen Nesi presents thirteen arias most of them recorded here for the first time inspired by ten Greek female archetypes. George Petrou and the brilliant Armonia Atenea add fire to this exciting collection of 18th-century masterpieces. MDG listeners will be familiar with Mary-Ellen Nesi from several outstanding Handel recordings. In her most recent recital the acclaimed mezzo-soprano turns to dramatic roles from Baroque and classical operas.

Markellos Chryssicos, Venice Baroque Orchestra - L' Olimpiade: The Opera (2012)

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Markellos Chryssicos, Venice Baroque Orchestra - L' Olimpiade: The Opera (2012)

Markellos Chryssicos, Venice Baroque Orchestra - L' Olimpiade: The Opera (2012)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 540 Mb | Total time: 65:55+57:16 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Naïve | # V 5295 | Recorded: 2011

The Venice Baroque Orchestra and a fine line-up of singers present a pasticcio setting of a libretto by Metastasio, with contributions from composers including Caldara, Vivaldi, Galuppi, Hasse and Paisiello. In the eighteenth century, 1,300 years after the last Olympic Games in ancient times, the Olympic theme was highly fashionable. Many composers based operas on the libretto L'Olimpiade by Metastasio. This recording has been structured to contain all of Metastasio’s original arias; it is a pasticcio in the sense that the music is by 16 different composers amongst the many that set the libretto between 1733 and the end of the century.

Mariano Patti, Orchestra da Camera del "Giovanni Paisiello Festival" - Giovanni Paisiello: Amor vendicato (2023)

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Mariano Patti, Orchestra da Camera del "Giovanni Paisiello Festival" - Giovanni Paisiello: Amor vendicato (2023)

Mariano Patti, Orchestra da Camera del "Giovanni Paisiello Festival" - Giovanni Paisiello: Amor vendicato (2023)
WEB FLAC | Tracks ~ 425 Mb | Total time: 94 min | Covers included
Classical | Label: Bongiovanni | # GB 2589/90-2 | Recorded: 2015

The lyrics of the eleven scenes of Amor vendicato are technically accomplished and facilitate the singers’ task. Indeed, librettist Antonio di Gennaro was one of the best of his kind in Naples in the second half of the 18th century. The simple plot celebrates the triumph of love in the character Amore whose revenge for being mocked by Apollo is to make him fall for Dafne, whose faithfulness to her true love Alceo leads her to fight off Apollo’s efforts. In Ovid’s version of the fable, Daphne changes into a laurel to escape but the librettist puts a decidedly 18th century spin on the Classical original, giving the leading characters a markedly galante air and so making a connection with the audience of the ladies and knights of the Academy. Apollo’s flattery,

Michael Alexander Willens, Kölner Akademie - Forgotten Treasures, Vol. 11 - Mandolinenkonzerte (2013)

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Michael Alexander Willens, Kölner Akademie - Forgotten Treasures, Vol. 11 - Mandolinenkonzerte (2013)

Michael Alexander Willens, Kölner Akademie - Forgotten Treasures, Vol. 11 - Mandolinenkonzerte: Barbella, Giuliani, Hoffmann (2013)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 268 Mb | Total time: 59:30 | Scans included
Classical | Label: ARS Produktion | # ARS 38 092 | Recorded: 2010

The waning of the era of lute player in the early 18th century coincided with the rise of the smallest member of the lute family, the soprano lute, also known as the mandolin, mandola or leutino in Southern Italy, especially in Naples, the city of music. In the following decades, the city of Naples, with it's famous conservatories, saw the birth of a number of compositions for mandolin. Many distinguished composers set out to discover the new possibilities this instrument offered.

Attilio Cremonesi, La Cetra, Antonio Abete, Cinzia Forte - Giovanni Paisiello: La Serva Padrona (2007)

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Attilio Cremonesi, La Cetra, Antonio Abete, Cinzia Forte - Giovanni Paisiello: La Serva Padrona (2007)

Attilio Cremonesi, La Cetra, Antonio Abete, Cinzia Forte - Giovanni Paisiello: La Serva Padrona (2007)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 337 Mb | Total time: 60:14 | Scans included
Classical | Label: ZigZag Territoirres | # ZZT0701002 | Recorded: 2006

While Pergolesi’s vivacious intermezzo of 1733 – a crucial staging post in the development of opera buffa – has a toehold in the repertoire, Paisiello’s 1781 setting of the same silly libretto for Catherine the Great is virtually unknown. The more sophisticated Paisiello can’t match Pergolesi for verve and unassuming lightness of touch. His fast arias tend to be more emphatic, less melodically catchy. But there is plenty to admire in the polished craftsmanship, the colourful writing for woodwind (including prominent clarinets) and, in two of Serpina’s arias, a vein of soulful lyricism characteristic of the Age of Sentiment.

I Solisti Veneti, Claudio Scimone - The Magic of the Mandoline: Greatest Concertos by Vivaldi, Paisiello & Caudioso (1993)

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I Solisti Veneti, Claudio Scimone - The Magic of the Mandoline: Greatest Concertos by Vivaldi, Paisiello & Caudioso (1993)

I Solisti Veneti, Claudio Scimone - The Magic of the Mandoline: Greatest Concertos by Vivaldi, Paisiello & Caudioso (1993)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 01:15:40 | 444 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Erato | Catalog: 4509-92132-2

Claudio Scimone once again conducts the extraordinary I Solisti Veneti enssemble, playing one of Vivaldi's more cheerful concertos for mandolin. When you listen to this recording you can dream of being walking through several small streets of Venice, feeling its characteristic humidity and the flavor of that fabulous historical city.

Cecilia Bartoli, György Fischer - Arie Antiche: Se tu m'ami (1992)

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Cecilia Bartoli, György Fischer - Arie Antiche: Se tu m'ami (1992)

Cecilia Bartoli, György Fischer - Arie Antiche: Se tu m'ami (1992)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 220 Mb | Total time: 66:28 | Scans included
Classical | Label: DECCA | # 436 267-2 | Recorded: 1990, 1991

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 these.

Giuseppe Camerlingo, Cosarara - Giovanni Paisiello: Stabat Mater del Pergolese (2000)

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Giuseppe Camerlingo, Cosarara - Giovanni Paisiello: Stabat Mater del Pergolese (2000)

Giuseppe Camerlingo, Cosarara - Giovanni Paisiello: Stabat Mater del Pergolese (2000)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue) ~ 218 Mb | Total time: 52:11 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Agorá | # AG 251.1 | Recorded: 2000

L’ensemble Cosarara, diretto da Giuseppe Camerlingo, propone la prima registrazione della trascrizione dello “Stabat Mater” di Pergolesi scritta nel 1810 a Giovanni Paisiello per un’esecuzione nel Duomo di Napoli. Il cavalier Paisiello proclama che non intende “dipartirsi dall’originalità”, ma eccome se aggiunge; gli strumenti a fiato e soprattutto quell’espressività più realista e più corposa che nel 1735, al tempo della creazione del capolavoro, subito notissimo in Europa, di Pergolesi, non preoccupava i compositori. L’Ottocento esige già il suo prezzo.

Filippo Mineccia, Massimo Mazzeo, Divino Sospiro - The Paisiello Album: Arias for Castrato (2018)

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Filippo Mineccia, Massimo Mazzeo, Divino Sospiro - The Paisiello Album: Arias for Castrato (2018)

Filippo Mineccia, Massimo Mazzeo, Divino Sospiro - The Paisiello Album: Arias for Castrato (2018)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue & Log) ~ 338 Mb | Total time: 66:54 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Pan Classics | # PC 10394 | Recorded: 2017

During his lifetime, Giovanni Paisiello (1740-1816) was in fact more famous than Mozart, and his operas were veritable hits. Nowadays, it is in the hands of experts such as Florence native Filippo Mineccia to restore his unjustly neglected compositional output. With his fine countertenor voice, Mineccia presents a collection of outstanding opera arias in a recording which for sure will quickly deserve a prominent place in the shelves (or hard drives) of the many Italian Baroque opera lovers. Mineccia has found in the Lisbon-based ensemble Divino Sospiro under the direction of Massimo Mazzeo an exquisite support. Born in Florence, FIlippo Mineccia began his musical studies very early in the prestigious School of Music of Fiesole, singing in the polifonic choir.

Giuliano Carella, Orchestra Internazionale d’Italia - Giovanni Paisiello: Le due contesse, Il duello comico (2003)

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Giuliano Carella, Orchestra Internazionale d’Italia - Giovanni Paisiello: Le due contesse, Il duello comico (2003)

Giuliano Carella, Orchestra Internazionale d’Italia - Giovanni Paisiello: Le due contesse, Il duello comico (2003)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 712 Mb | Total time: 65:45+50:34+57:09 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Dynamic | # CDS 420/1-3 | Recorded: 2002

Here are two comic operas by Paisiello, taped live in July, 2002 at the Martina Franca Festival. In Le due contesse, when the Countess and her suitor Leandro leave for vacation, and a widower–Cavaliere–comes to the door looking for the Countess, the servants Livietta and Prospero tell the Cavaliere that she, Livietta, is the Countess. Cavaliere begins to court her. Guess what? Yup–the real Countess and Leandro come back and Livietta tells the Cavaliere that she’s allowing her servant, really the Countess, to act like a Countess. Prospero tries to convince the real Countess to pay attention to the Cavaliere (who, by now, is confused), and this makes Leandro jealous. Anger/mirth ensues; a duel is suggested but is averted. The real Countess, in fact, falls for the Cavaliere, and somehow Livietta gets together with Leandro.

Franco Fagioli - Canzone e Cantate: Monteverdi, Vivaldi, Handel, Frescobaldi, Ferrari, Paisiello (2010)

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Franco Fagioli - Canzone e Cantate: Monteverdi, Vivaldi, Handel, Frescobaldi, Ferrari, Paisiello (2010)

Franco Fagioli - Canzone e Cantate: Monteverdi, Vivaldi, Handel, Frescobaldi, Ferrari, Paisiello (2010)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 291 Mb | Total time: 60:32 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Carus | # 83.361 | Recorded: 2010

"Countertenor Franco Fagioli, an exceptional singer with an even rarer modesty, was equal to the challenge of Handel's music in all its facets – the breakneck coloratura, which he is able to propel powerfully and effortlessly in the highest range, but also the profound melancholy of 'Scherza, infida,' for which he knows how to enshroud his voice in the hues of sorrow." This is what the periodical Opernwelt wrote in the spring of 2010 about the Argentinian countertenor Franco Fagioli, who sang the title role in Handel's "Ariodante" at the Badische Staatstheater in Karlsruhe.

Angelo Questa, Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro di Milano della RAI - Giovanni Paisiello: Fedra (2008)

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Angelo Questa, Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro di Milano della RAI - Giovanni Paisiello: Fedra (2008)

Angelo Questa, Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro di Milano della RAI - Giovanni Paisiello: Fedra (2008)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 404 Mb | Total time: 58:52+50:24 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Andromeda | # ANDRCD5124 | Recorded: 1958

In Greek mythology Phaedra, sister of Ariadne, is married to Theseus, but falls in love with Hippolytus, Theseus’s son by another woman. Hippolytus turns her down and Phaedra, in revenge, tells Theseus that Hippolytus has raped her. Theseus believes her. What happens then is an open question, since there are several versions of the story. In one of them Theseus turns to Poseidon, who frightens Hippolytus’s horses and Hippolytus dies. In another version Theseus kills his son and Phaedra commits suicide. In a third version Phaedra doesn’t kill herself but Dionysus sends a bull which frightens Hippolytus’s horses.

Wilhelm Keitel, Putbus Festival Orchestra & Chorus - Giovanni Paisiello: Il Barbiere di Siviglia (1997)

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Wilhelm Keitel, Putbus Festival Orchestra & Chorus - Giovanni Paisiello: Il Barbiere di Siviglia (1997)

Wilhelm Keitel, Putbus Festival Orchestra & Chorus - Giovanni Paisiello: Il Barbiere di Siviglia (1997)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 414 Mb | Total time: 65:36+38:02 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Arte Nova | # 74321 49702 2 | Recorded: 1997

Il barbiere di Siviglia, ovvero La precauzione inutile (The Barber of Seville, or The Useless Precaution) is a comic opera by Giovanni Paisiello from a libretto by Giuseppe Petrosellini, even though his name is not identified on the score's title page. The opera was first performed on 26 September 1782 (old Russian calendar, 15 September) at the Imperial Court, Saint Petersburg. It was adapted from the play Le Barbier de Séville of Pierre Beaumarchais. The full title for the opera reads: "Il barbiere di Siviglia, ovvero La Precauzione inutile, dramma giocoso per musica tradotto liberamente dal francese, da rappresentarsi nel Teatro Imperiale del corte, l'anno 1782".