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Bottesini / Zuccarini Double Bass Concertos CD1. Double-Bass Concerto No. 2 in B minor: Allegro Moderato 2. Double-Bass Concerto No. 2 in B minor: Andante 3. Double-Bass Concerto No. 2 in B minor:...

Giulio Briccialdi (1818 - 1881) was one of the greatest European flautists of the 19th century. Like all great virtuosos, he mainly wrote for his instrument, alternating the customary variations on...

Bruch / Quartetto Academia Complete String Quartets CD1. String Quartet No.1, in C minor, Op. 9: Andante, Allegro Ma Non Troppo 2. String Quartet No.1, in C minor, Op. 9: Adagio 3. String Quartet No...

La secchia rapita (The Stolen Bucket), music by Jules Burgmein- alias Giulio Ricord- and libretto by Renato Simoni, was the second of three operettas composed by Ricordi, and has now been revived in...

Busoni / Schubert / Vincenzi Schubert & Busoni: Complete Transcriptions CD1. Overture in E minor, D648 2. Overture in Italian Style in D Major, D591 3. Overture in Italian Style in D Major, D590 4...

The mandolin reached prominence as a solo instrument in the 17th century when it began to appear in operas and oratorios, and in chamber and solo repertoire. Amongst the most prominent composers for...

During the 18th century in Naples there were a huge number of excellent musicians. As a result, Neapolitan music reveals an exhaustive and surprising gold mine of new discoveries and small...

A native of Naples, Ferdinando Carulli established his reputation as a leading guitarist and teacher in Paris, and his Guitar Method, Op. 27 is still in use today. As a composer he shrewdly satisfied...

Casini / Fasolis Viaggio Di Tobia CD

Mascagni's first and most successful work has become an opera classic as it features elements of the Greek tragedy, mixing up religious and archaic elements. It's a story of love, passion, jealousy...

Francesco Cavalli (1602-76) is a central figure in the history of 17th c. Italian music. He showed his talent as an opera as well as a sacred music composer, though the number of his known, extant...

Francesco Cavalli was of great importance to the history of 17th century Italian music - his fame established in the then new and swiftly evolving world of opera. Cavalli's sacred music has often...