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Diego Fasolis, I Barocchisti - Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria, Nisi Dominus, Nulla in mundo pax (2018)

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Diego Fasolis, I Barocchisti - Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria, Nisi Dominus, Nulla in mundo pax (2018)

Diego Fasolis, I Barocchisti, Coro della Radiotelevisione Svizzera, Julia Lezhneva, Franco Fagioli - Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria, Nisi Dominus, Nulla in mundo pax (2018)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 308 Mb | Total time: 59:16 | Scans included
Classical | Label: DECCA | # 483 3874 | Recorded: 2016

Julia Lezhneva, Franco Fagioli and Diego Fasolis: three stars of the Baroque unite to record Vivaldi’s most popular choral work. Julia Lezhneva – “a serene, sleek voice, beatific in timbre, with a bell-like resonance” (Financial Times) – adds the glorious solo motet Nulla in Mundo Pax Sincera. Franco Fagioli – “one of today's great vocal technicians” (The Guardian) – records the Nisi Dominus with its haunting ‘Cum Dederit’. Diego Fasolis and I Barocchisti are today’s Vivaldi interpreters par excellence.

Francesco Cera, Diego Fasolis, Coro della Radiotelevisione Svizzera - Bach: Orgelbüchlein with alternating chorales (2013)

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Francesco Cera, Diego Fasolis, Coro della Radiotelevisione Svizzera - Bach: Orgelbüchlein with alternating chorales (2013)

Francesco Cera, Diego Fasolis, Coro della Radiotelevisione Svizzera - Johann Sebastian Bach: Orgelbüchlein with alternating chorales (2013)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 625 Mb | Total time: 67:20+67:14 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Brilliant Classics | # 94639 | Recorded: 2011, 2012

For many, Johann Sebastian Bach is ‘the’ composer of the Baroque period, a master of harmony, counterpoint and genre. During his lifetime he was particularly renowned as a virtuoso organist, and his compositions for the instrument have formed the core repertory of any aspiring organist ever since. The content of the Orgelbüchlein – a selection of chorale preludes composed while Bach held the post of Ducal Organist at Weimar – includes several pieces that are considered to be among Sebastian’s finest works.

Cecilia Bartoli - Queen of Baroque (2020)

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Cecilia Bartoli - Queen of Baroque (2020)

Cecilia Bartoli - Queen of Baroque (2020)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 366 Mb | Total time: 78:40 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Decca | # 485 1275 | Recorded: 1991-2017

A collection of the very best of Bartoli's treasured recordings of musical delights and discoveries of the 17th and 18th century. Featuring two previously unreleased world premiere recordings of forgotten jewels by Leonardo Vinci and Agostino Steffani. With guest appearances from Philippe Jaroussky, June Anderson, Franco Fagioli and Sol Gabetta.

Diego Fasolis, I Barocchisti - Antonio Vivaldi: Dorilla in Tempe (2017)

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Diego Fasolis, I Barocchisti - Antonio Vivaldi: Dorilla in Tempe (2017)

Diego Fasolis, I Barocchisti - Antonio Vivaldi: Dorilla in Tempe (2017)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 797 Mb | Total time: 77:14+64:57 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Naïve | # OP30560 | Recorded: 2014, 2017

A perfect example of the creativity and diversity of Antonio Vivaldi's musicmaking, the opera Dorilla in Tempe is an enchanting listen. From the pastoral and fairytale-like atmosphere of the story, to the prominent role of the choir (which sings the well known 'Spring') and the insertion of several spectacular arias by fellow composers (thereby creating a ‘pasticcio' opera, as was common at the time): everything combines to draw the listener in to the emotional twists and turns of Princess Dorilla in her valley of Tempe, Greece.

Diego Fasolis, Cecilia Bartoli, I Barocchisti - The Steffani Project (2013)

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Diego Fasolis, Cecilia Bartoli, I Barocchisti - The Steffani Project (2013)

Diego Fasolis, Cecilia Bartoli, I Barocchisti - The Steffani Project (2013)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 1,33 Gb | Total time: 03:48:21 | Scans included
Classical | Label: DECCA | # 478 5827 | Recorded: 2011-2013

The triumphant release of Mission in autumn 2012 drew rave reviews and was followed up in September 2013 with Steffani’s Stabat Mater, alongside his greatest sacred works for chorus, orchestra and soloists, and a further disc of dances and overtures with the celebrated I Barrochisti conducted by Diego Fasolis. On the Stabat Mater, Bartoli leads an array of internationally celebrated singers including countertenor Franco Fagioli, the bass Salvo Vitale and the two young German tenors Daniel Behle and Julian Prégardien. The final album of the collection is Danze & Ouvertures’, contains 43 great tracks of enchanting early-baroque music.

Diego Fasolis, I Barocchisti - Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: Stabat Mater, Laudate pueri, Confitebor (2013)

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Diego Fasolis, I Barocchisti - Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: Stabat Mater, Laudate pueri, Confitebor (2013)

Diego Fasolis, I Barocchisti, Julia Lezhneva, Philippe Jaroussky - Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: Stabat Mater, Laudate pueri, Confitebor (2013)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 337 Mb | Total time: 71:00 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Erato | # 319147 2 | Recorded: 2012

Russian Julia Lezhneva here shows an admirably gutsy attitude toward developing her repertory, avoiding familiar milestones in favor of an original project. Here she is paired with French countertenor Philippe Jaroussky in a program of works by Pergolesi for two high voices, strings, and continuo: the Stabat mater, for which there are plenty of other recordings, and the less-common Laudate pueri dominum and Confitebor tibi Domine. The distinctive feature here – which might tempt some to use the word "gimmick," but listen before doing so – is that Lezhneva fashions her voice into a very close copy of Jaroussky's, which is not at all an easy thing to do. Put this together with the precise, rather edgy playing of I Barocchisti under Diego Fasolis, and the result is a rather otherworldly Stabat mater.

Max Emanuel Cencic - Fantastic Cencic [3CDs] (2016)

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Max Emanuel Cencic - Fantastic Cencic [3CDs] (2016)

Max Emanuel Cencic - Fantastic Cencic (2016)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 0.97 Gb | Total time: 75:31+78:36+80:11 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Erato | # 0190295904722 | Recorded: 1992, 1993, 2007-2012

Even in an age of thrilling countertenors, Max Emanuel Cencic stands out for the heroic scale and brilliance of his voice, his expansive lyricism, and his imagination and enterprise in choice of repertoire. Cencic has excelled as both a soprano and a mezzo-soprano, and Fantastic Cencic showcases his extraordinary interpretative range – from the great and lesser-known masters of the Baroque to the bel canto of Rossini and composers of the Romantic era from Schubert to Strauss. The third of these three CDs comprises recordings from the early 1990s, shortly after Cencic left the Wiener Sängerknaben, which are released here for the first time.

Diego Fasolis, Concerto Köln - Leonardo Vinci: Artaserse (2014)

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Diego Fasolis, Concerto Köln - Leonardo Vinci: Artaserse (2014)

Diego Fasolis, Concerto Köln - Leonardo Vinci: Artaserse (2014)
NTSC 16:9 (720x480) | Italiano (LinearPCM, 2 ch) | (Dolby AC3, 6 ch) | 4,94+7,49 Gb (2xDVD9) | 201 min
Classical | Erato | Sub.: Italiano, Francais, English, Deutsch

“This magnificent production is a complete and blissful success. Don’t miss it.” Those were the words of the French website Classique News when Leonardo Vinci’s rediscovered Artaserse was staged by Silviu Purcãrete at the Opéra National de Lorraine in Nancy. Complementing the CD version of the opera released in Autumn 2012, this DVD features no fewer than five of the world’s leading countertenors – assuming both male and female roles: Philippe Jaroussky, Max Emanuel Cencic, Franco Fagioli, Valer Barna-Sabadus and Yuriy Mynenko.

Diego Fasolis, I Barocchisti - François Joseph Gossec: Le Triomphe de la République (2006)

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Diego Fasolis, I Barocchisti - François Joseph Gossec: Le Triomphe de la République (2006)

Diego Fasolis, I Barocchisti - François Joseph Gossec: Le Triomphe de la République (2006)
EAC | APE | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 309 Mb | Total time: 72:46 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Chandos | # CHAN 0727 | Recorded: 2002

Gossec made an important contribution to the development of French symphonic music and played a central role in Parisian musical life for almost three-quarters of a century. The opera 'Le Triomphe de la République' was composed in 1793 folowing the French Revolution and wonderfully demonstrates the musical movement that France experienced following the change in political climate. Music was recognized as a medium for the diffusion of new ideas and 'Le Triomphe de la République' was a case in point. It was written in the wake of popular enthusiasm at the news of the army's victory at the battle of Vlamy in 1792 against the anti-French troops led by the Duke of Brunswick. It features folk music and popular dances of the day reflecting a kind of life quite distinct from that of intellectual, aristocratic society.

Diego Fasolis, I Barocchisti - Johann Sebastian Bach: Suites Nos. 1-4, BWV 1066-1069 (2006)

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Diego Fasolis, I Barocchisti - Johann Sebastian Bach: Suites Nos. 1-4, BWV 1066-1069 (2006)

Diego Fasolis, I Barocchisti - Johann Sebastian Bach: Suites Nos. 1-4, BWV 1066-1069 (2006)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 394 Mb | Total time: 70:24 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Arts | # 47649-8 | Recorded: 2006

Diego Fasolis and his ensemble ''I Barocchisti'' have been acclaimed from the press many times as one of the best ensemble for ancient music. Statements like ''Simply a terrific recording'' (American Record Guide for ARTS 47573-2 Bach – Motetes) and ''These two recordings (ARTS 47694-2 Bach Psalm 51 and ARTS 47695-2 Bach Cantatas) confirm the places of Diego Fasolis and the ensemble I Barocchisti among those musicians who really count.'' (Le Monde de la Musique) encouraged us to promptly release another recording from this ensemble.

Diego Fasolis, Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana - Gossec: Grande Messe des Morts; Symphonie a 17 parties (2001)

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Diego Fasolis, Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana - Gossec: Grande Messe des Morts; Symphonie a 17 parties (2001)

Diego Fasolis, Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana - François-Joseph Gossec: Grande Messe des Morts; Symphonie à 17 parties (2001)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 475 Mb | Total time: 60:02+51:41 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Naxos | # 8.554750-51 | Recorded: 1998

Diego Fasolis and his Swiss-Italian forces give a committed, full-blooded performance, with accomplished work from chorus and soloists. The F major Symphony 'in 17 parts' of 1809-Gossec's last symphony-is longer on ceremonial bustle and colourful wind scoring (entertainingly cavorting clarinets in the finale) than on truly memorable invention. But the Larghetto has an agreeable pastoral charm and one striking harmonic purple patch, while the C minor minuet surprises with its unremitting contrapuntal severity. Recommended to the adventurous, who will be rewarded by some fascinating and -in the Requiem-loftily imposing music.

Diego Fasolis, I Barocchisti, Coro della Radio Svizzera, Lugano - Johann Sebastian Bach: Weihnachts-Oratorium (2011)

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Diego Fasolis, I Barocchisti, Coro della Radio Svizzera, Lugano - Johann Sebastian Bach: Weihnachts-Oratorium (2011)

Diego Fasolis, I Barocchisti, Coro della Radio Svizzera, Lugano - Johann Sebastian Bach: Weihnachts-Oratorium (2011)
XLD | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 664 Mb | Total time: 135:37 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Brilliant Classics | # 94275 | Recorded: 2003

The six cantatas come alive in Fasolis' no nonsense readings that are swift and energetic but never lose sight of the big picture. The famous opening sequence of the First Cantata sets the tone for proceedings which move along quite merrily; particular praise is here due to the Swiss radio Chorus who are infectious in their full throated and high spirited singing.

Diego Fasolis, I Barocchisti - Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburgische Konzerte BWV1046-1051 & Tripelkonzert BWV1044 (2006)

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Diego Fasolis, I Barocchisti - Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburgische Konzerte BWV1046-1051 & Tripelkonzert BWV1044 (2006)

Diego Fasolis, I Barocchisti - Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburgische Konzerte BWV1046-1051 & Tripelkonzert BWV1044 (2006)
EAC | APE | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 580 Mb | Total time: 51:51+54:28 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Arts | # 47715/16 | Recorded: 2006

Among the current sensations of the historical-performance scene is I Barocchisti, from Italian Switzerland, and its director and harpsichordist Diego Fasolis. The group released performances of Bach's six Brandenburg Concertos on a pair of discs, with the second disc also containing the Concerto for flute, violin, harpsichord, strings, and continuo in A minor, BWV 1044. Whatever may be said for breaking up the set in other situations, this radical approach is best appreciated as a whole. Part of the charm of these classic works is their differentiation, somewhat obscured in modern performances (and even in some on historical instruments) that use a large string section.

Diego Fasolis, Orchestra Internazionale d’Italia - George Frideric Handel: Rodelinda (2016)

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Diego Fasolis, Orchestra Internazionale d’Italia - George Frideric Handel: Rodelinda (2016)

Diego Fasolis, Orchestra Internazionale d’Italia - George Frideric Handel: Rodelinda (2016)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue & Log) ~ 717 Mb | Total time: 79:10+77:34 | Scans included
Classical| Label: Dynamic | # 7724/1-2 | Recorded: 2010

As with the majority of Handel’s stage works, Rodelinda is composed in a purely Italian style. The libretto was adapted by Nicola Haym from a previous version by Antonio Salvi. In line with the norms for Italian opera, it consists of solo da capo arias interspersed with secco recitatives and, occasionally, with accompanied ones. The undoubted protagonist of the opera is Rodelinda, for whom the composer wrote eight of the original score’s thirty-two numbers, as well as the duet with Bertarido. Rodelinda’s characterisation is a masterpiece of psychological and musical insight, beginning with the entrance aria, Ho perduto il caro sposo.

Francesco Cera, Diego Fasolis, I Barocchisti - Johann Sebastian Bach: Cembalo Concertos (2008)

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Francesco Cera, Diego Fasolis, I Barocchisti - Johann Sebastian Bach: Cembalo Concertos (2008)

Francesco Cera, Diego Fasolis, I Barocchisti - Johann Sebastian Bach: Cembalo Concertos (2008)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 415 Mb | Total time: 68:15 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Arts | # 47729-8 | Recorded: 2005, 2008

There's only one problem with this otherwise excellently played and recorded program: a certain lack of dynamic range that makes all of the slow movements come across as a bit too loud. To some degree this is a general limitation of the harpsichord itself, and it must be said in this respect that Francesco Cera plays an attractive-sounding instrument, with a bright, clean tone that's never excessively clattery or fatiguing. Indeed, his clarity of articulation even at a propulsive main tempo, as in the first movement of the D minor concerto, is thoroughly admirable, but I would have liked a touch less aggression especially in the slow movements of the two major-key works. Diego Fasolis and the string players of I Barocchisti deliver precise, boldly phrased accompaniments, and their timbre isn't "authentic" in an annoying sense. In the allegros these performances really are exciting.