The Vespro della Beata Vergine is an audacious medley of colours and styles, a testament to the genius of Monteverdi, who inspired the whole of Europe. Remaining faithful to the shades and intensity of his work, Leonardo García Alarcón, infuses the vespers with vitality, fervour and grace.
Gioseffo Zamponi’s Ulisse all'isola di Circe was the first opera to be performed in Southern Netherlands. It premiered in Brussels on 24 February 1650 in honour of Philip IV of Spain’s marriage to Maria-Anna of Austria. It is written in the new style of Venetian operas with highly distinctive characters and a language that combines recitar cantado with arias, alternating between theatricality and episodes of great emotion. The opera enthralled all the artists who took part in its resurrection. This production reunites all three ensembles led by Leonardo García Alarcón.
When you listen to Falvetti's Nabucco, you’ll discover a brilliant baroque oratorio with Mediterranean inspirations. Under the baton of Leonardo García Alarcón, Cappella Mediterranea and the Chœur de Chambre de Namur strike the perfect balance between instrumental passages and arias in a recording that is replete with joy and vigour.
Carmina Latina is made up of Spanish and South American works from the 16th and 17th centuries. It is as much a journey back in time as a skillful blend of Baroque mysticism, exotic fervour and contemporary energy.
The programme featured in this album is built upon the dreams of Monteverdi, Cavalli, Rossi and Provenzale, four of Italy’s greatest opera composers in the seventeenth century. It marks Anne Sofie von Otter's return to Baroque repertoire, which she already immortalised fifteen years ago in an album produced with Archiv Produktion, in collaboration with Musica Antiqua Köln.
The madrigal and the tango are musical twin souls that conjure up nostalgia, pain and ecstasy. In a bold move, the remarkable artists of Cappella Mediterranea bring together Monteverdi and Piazzolla, transporting us to a distant dreamland with their gift for improvisation.
The music of Giovanni Giorgi and his contemporaries allows us to unearth the treasures of the Roman chapels and better understand the history of contrapuntal writing in eighteenth-century Rome.
Forgotten for three centuries, Falvetti's Il Diluvio universale is a work of unparallelled originality. This first-ever recording of this masterpiece conjures up the Sicilian Baroque imagining of Noah's Ark. The powerful choirs and dazzling soloists are led by Leonardo García Alarcón.
Leonardo García Alarcón returns to Ambronay Éditions with this recording of Dido and Æneas, accompanied by a cast of gifted young singers bursting with vitality. His interpretation focuses on the links between England and Spain, as Carthage lurks behind Purcell's innovations and Monteverdi's revolution.