Alex Potter & la festa musicale – ANTONIO: Lotti – Caldara – Vivaldi (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:14:11 minutes | 1,47 GB | Genre: Classical
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Three Venetian contemporaries named Antonio – one, Vivaldi, achieved world fame with his concerti. But who has heard of Antonio Lotti and Caldara today? In their time, they were famous composers beyond the borders of Venice, and yet some of their music has lain dormant in archives for over three hundred years. Now selected alto cantatas by Lotti as well as oratorio introductions and an “Ave Regina” by Caldara may reawaken attention: paired with the “Nisi Dominus”, RV 608, and two rousing concerti by Vivaldi, the baroque orchestra la festa musicale and the internationally acclaimed countertenor Alex Potter present an album full of virtuoso and touching musical treasures by the three Antonios from the Canal Grande.
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Maria Ladurner, Barbara Heindlmeier, la festa musicale – Storie di Napoli (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:02:08 minutes | 1,15 GB | Genre: Classical
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Eighteenth century Naples was not only a creative, cultural melting pot, but also one of the most important cities in Europe. Full of impressive contrasts between decay and splendour, and with an immense artistic output whose musical influences stretched across Europe, attracting many musicians and composers, Naples was a source of fascination and has retained its appeal to the current day.
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La Festa Musicale – Francesco Venturini: Concerti (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:06:17 minutes | 1,29 GB | Genre: Classical
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The Concerti of the violinist-composer Francesco Venturini (c.1675-1745) are a real discovery – melodious, virtuosic, elegant and dance-like, combining Italian and French stylistic elements to form a “mixed taste”, as Telemann described this “mélange”. Inspired by the pulsating cultural and intellectual life at the Hanoverian court, Venturini wrote ambitious orchestral music full of joie de vivre, defined by numerous concertato passages for both wind and string instruments. His works feature a rich diversity of – sometimes unusual – colours: as his concerto soloists, he chooses not only combinations of one or two oboes, recorders and violins, but also two bassoons and two cellos, or even an oboe, two recorders and violin – the latter being a combination reminiscent of J.S. Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos which were to be written a few years later.
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