Concerto Italiano

The Concerto Italiano is a Baroque group comprising both a vocal and orchestral ensemble. For the 1st 10 years of its living it had been a vocal group just, known for shows of Monteverdi madrigals, and operas and oratorios by Handel, A. Scarlatti, and additional Baroque composers. Following the orchestral arm of Concerto Italiano was founded, the ensemble started taking particular fascination with the instrumental and operatic functions of Vivaldi. In the brand new century, actually, Concerto Italiano continues to be engaged in an enormous project using the label Naïve to record all of the operas and concertos of Vivaldi. However the ensemble in addition has devoted enough time to the functions of J.S. Bach, Pergolesi, and lesser-knowns like Legrenzi and Cavalli. On uncommon events the group provides ventured beyond Baroque repertory, especially within an acclaimed 2001 documenting of Rossini arias, with soprano María Bayo. A lot of the group’s recordings have already been released by Naïve and its own subsidiary Opus 111, even though some of the old recordings can be found on Outstanding Classics. The Concerto Italiano was founded in 1984 by harpsichordist Rinaldo Alessandrini. The group provided its debut concert in Rome in 1984 within a functionality of Francesco Cavalli’s opera La Calisto, beneath the path of Alessandrini, that has offered as the group’s music movie director since its founding. Because of its initial 10 years the group steadily developed a status in European countries as you of Italy’s finest Baroque vocal ensembles. It drew wide international notice to get a documenting of Monteverdi’s 4th Publication of Madrigals, which received a 1994 Gramophone honor, the to begin four. The next year Alessandrini shaped the orchestral ensemble. In 1997 the vocal ensemble debuted in Japan, sketching lavish evaluations. The orchestral ensemble drew similarly enthusiastic response because of its American debut in 1999 at Lincoln Middle. That tour also included concerts in SOUTH USA, Japan, and elements of European countries. In 2000 the group drew acclaim because of its J.S. Bach shows in the Tokyo Opera Town Concert Hall. The ensemble received three extra Gramophone honours in 1998, 2002, and 2004, respectively, the 1st for a Compact disc of Monteverdi’s 8th Publication of Madrigals, another for a disk of Marenzio madrigals, and the ultimate to get a Vivaldi collection, Vespri Solenni per la Festa dell’Assunzione di Maria Vergine, all released on Naïve/Opus 111. Among the later on recordings may be the 2009 Naïve disk of Handel arias with performers Lorenzo Regazzo and Gemma Bertagnolli.