The most famous of Händel’s oratorios in a sumptious recording which offers four excellent soloists, the powerful and experienced singing of the english chorus the Ambrosian Singers, and the lightness and brilliancy of sound of I Solisti Veneti conducted by Claudio Scimone. When it first appeared on...
A rare collection of the masterpieces of the venetian composer Tomasco Albinoni in a fresh edition on original instruments (Authentic series). Performance of an excellent artistic level with two of the more accomplished baroque oboists of these years and with a well-known hungarian group. The collec...
The four orchestral suites are some of the most beloved works composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. ARTS offer them in the brillant performance of the first russian chamber orchestra devoted to Bach's music. This is the first recording of the four suites made in Moscow.
This is an appealling collection of Madrigals, Canzonettas and Sacred Music composed by Monteverdi during his life. CD includes extraits from the Seventh and Eight Book of Madrigals, from the collection of Canzonette (1584) and from various collections of sacred music (among them the famous "Selva m...
Giulio Caccini (1545-1618) was one of the main composer of the famous "Camerata" of Florence that historically brought forth the opera. Favourite musician of the Medici family, Caccini composed several Madrigals, Arias and Canzonas, such as the famous "Amarilli mia bella", that remains among his bes...
Giuseppe Tartini was one of the first great virtuoso of the violin. He lived between the 17th and 18th centuries and composed more than 125 violin concertos and more than 150 violin sonatas in his lifetime! Among them are the famous "Devil's Trill" and "Didone abbandonata". The four sonatas recorded...
This is an interesting selection from a famous collection of chamber works composed by Georg Philipp Telemann, "Der getreue Musik-Meister " (The constant Music Master). It includes sonatas and other works for flute, viola da gamba, dessus de viole and continuo, performed by excellent musicians. This...
ARTS' series on original instruments enriches its catalogue with an excellent performance of the trumpet concertos by Georg Philipp Telemann. This recording includes large extracts from the second volume of the famous Tafelmusik (for trumpet and orchestra) and the famous concerto in D major. All per...
Leonardo Leo (1694-1744) was an Italian composer and cellist. His main works were dedicated to the cello and his most well known pieces are by far his 6 Cello Concertos. Arturo Bonucci recorded them for the first time eight years ago, conducting from the cello a chamber orchestra made by the first c...
Leonardo Leo (1694-1744) was an Italian composer and cellist. His main works were dedicated to the cello and his most well known pieces are by far his 6 Cello Concertos. Arturo Bonucci recorded them for the first time eight years ago, conducting from the cello a chamber orchestra made by the first c...