Founded in Ravenna, Italy, in 1983, the Accademia Bizantina is a group of talented musicians with diverse musical interests who came together to form a self-managed group where music could be made in an atmosphere of research and historical understanding.

Mauro Valli is solo cellist for the ensemble Accademia Bizantina, together with which he pursues intensive concert and recording activities. He plays a 1738 Louis Guersan cello.

Look forward to this release, which was presented in 2003 by ARTS in superior 24 bit / 96 kHz sound quality and has received many great reviews since. In June 2011, this recording will now also be available as high-quality hybrid SACD in multichannel sound.

Classics Today.com: ''Lovely pastoral sequences are balanced with equally inspired, more upbeat movements, and listeners who treasure Corelli’s achievement certainly will enjoy Scarlatti's.'' (J. Greene)

klassik.com: ''Exciting and above all outstandingly precious interpretations (...) Give us more!'' (F. Bayer)

klassik-heute.de: 9 of 10 Points; ''The artists from the Accademia Bizantina offer a vivacious and subtile interpretation (...) One hour of untroubled music delight'' (D. Huchting)

Répertoire: 9 of 9 Points; ''Dantone is ideally vivid, sensible and full of contrasts (...) excellent homogeneity all over'' (S. Gregory)

La Citadella: CD of the Month

Le Scelte Compact: 5 Stars

Alte Musik Aktuell: CD of the Month 3/2002; ''One cannot have enough of the sound, noise, and timbres (…) Listening is fun because one feels that the musicians also had fun performing.'' (R. Strobl)

Goldberg: The Best of 2001; ''this recording is without a doubt an extraordinary 'discover' '' (D. Fabris)