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What was the first composition ever written for solo violoncello? What was composed before Bach created his extraordinary suites for solo cello? These questions drove the cellist Josetxu Obreg?n to...

The birth of opera began around 1600 in Florence, where this new genre was used to accompany important political events. The court conductor Marco da Gagliano, who had also become acquainted with...

Gasparini / De Lisi / Mineccia / Bridelli / Gubans Il Bajazet CD1. Sinfonia 2. Prence Lo So 3. Forte E Lieto 4. Non Si Lasci Mai Solo 5. Un Lieto Annunzio 6. Co'sguardi 7. Clearco Udisti 8. Dolce ?...

The latest striking release from soprano Roberta Invernizzi acts as a lightning conductor for this new vocal extravaganza from Glossa devoted to the Italian Baroque composer Francesco Gasparini...

Francesco Gasparini was held in high esteem by his contemporaries, as can be easily seen from his curriculum vitae: In Rome he was in the service of the great patrons of the arts Cardinal Pamphili,...

Amply demonstrating that Charles-Hubert Gervais didn't just excel in composing operas, Gy?rgy Vashegyi turns his attention to the French Baroque composer's sacred music, with a new disc of "Grands...

The remarkable Hypermnestre by Charles- Hubert Gervais is the latest unremembered early 18th-century French opera to be recorded afresh for Glossa, and conducted by Gy?rgy Vashegyi. Gervais was a...

The Second Book of Madrigals of Carlo Gesualdo provides the focal point for the latest in La Compagnia del Madrigale's stunning reappraisals of the glories of the Italian madrigal on Glossa. Probably...

There is something deeply troubling and inscrutable in Carlo Gesualdo's music, something that any listener, even the most inexpert one, will unfailingly experience. This most particularly holds for...

Carlo Gesualdo (1566-1613) is one of the most fascinating composers. It is hard to escape the temptation of seeing in his madrigals the tortured reflection of his psyche, beginning with the murder he...

Gesualdo / La Compagnia Del Madrigale Gesualdo: Terzo Libro Di Madrigali A Cinque Voci CD1. Ancidetemi Pur, Grievi Martiri 2. Sospirava Il Mio Core 3. Del Bel de Bei Vostri Occhi 4. Ahi, Dispietata E...

The only surviving version of Carlo Gesualdo's First Book of Madrigals was printed in spring 1594 by the typographer Vincenzo Baldini. At the time, the composer was twenty-eight years old and had...