Handel, Veracini, Vivaldi, Hasse: Passionate Baroque Arias Stefano Veggetti (Conductor), Gemma Bertagnolli (Soprano), Ensemble Cordia In 18th-century Italian opera the solo aria – a form of musical expression held in high favour by Humanist culture (owing to its close link with the word) – was the main, indeed almost the[…]
Stanley Ritchie, Stefano Marcocchi, Stefano Veggetti World premiere recordings on period instruments Paul Wranitzky was born in the same year as Mozart, 1756, and died a year before Haydn, 1809. As a leading figure in the musical life of Vienna he knew both of them and featured in Beethoven’s career[…]
Stefano Veggetti, Christian Hilz (Bass), Ensemble Cordia Telemann Early Concertos & Sonatas World premiere recordings on period instruments
Alfredo Bernardini, Stefano Veggetti, Ensemble Cordia The premiere release of chamber music by Giovanni Benedetto Platti. Platti was born in Venice and received a thorough education there. He moved however north (as many of his compatriots did) and settled at the court of Würzburg, where he was highly regarded as[…]
Ensemble Cordia , Stanley Ritchie World premiere recordings on period instruments Although Anton Wranitzky (1761–1820) may not be a household name to listeners today, this skilled composer was one of the central figures of Viennese musical life at the turn of the 18th century. Like his teacher Haydn, he was[…]
Stefano Veggetti (Conductor), Ensemble Cordia World premiere recordings on period instruments The works on this release represent an unfamiliar aspect of Telemann’s work. They date from early in his career when his was experimenting with the different musical and stylistic influences he was exposed to. It was during his time[…]
Giovanni Benedetto Platti La musica di Giovanni Benedetto Platti, padovano, barocca dentro e classica fuori, è connaturata all’idea dell’Europa cosmopolita nella quale egli visse. Scenario privilegiato ne fu la reggia imperiale di Würzburg, allora di nuova costruzione, il cui mecenatismo illuminato esigeva la “consacrazione” che solo il “genio” italiano sembrava[…]
Ensemble Cordia, Stefano Veggetti Cello World premiere recordings on period instruments Giovanni Benedetto Platti is no household name, but in his day he was lauded as an exceptionally fine singer, oboist and composer, leaving his native country Italy in 1722 to take up a position at the court of Würzburg,[…]
Bachfest Leipzig – Highlights 2013 Corelli, Bach Hana Blažíková, Sopran Ensemble Cordia, Stefano Veggetti Live Aufnahme des Konzerts vom 23.06.2013 im Alten Rathaus zu Leipzig
Concertos and Symphonies by Franz Joseph Haydn and Luigi Boccherini Erich Höbarth violin & conductor, Stefano Veggetti, cello Ensemble Cordia Luigi Boccherini Josef Haydn – Konzertmitschnitt Franz Joseph Haydn and Luigi Boccherini, the two “Wiener Klassik” protagonists, have some striking similarities: both reinvented themselves in the seclusion of their respective[…]
Nach Bach liegt die wahre rationale Berufung der Musik nicht in der Suche nach irgendeinem ausgeklügelten abstrakten Konzept, sondern darin, „eine volltönende Harmonie zur Ehre Gottes und zur erlaubten Freude der Seele“ zu erzeugen, und dass „der Zweck und die Ursache des Basso continuo, wie aller Musik, nicht mehr sein[…]
Porta Magna – Cello Sonatas Stefano Veggetti Violoncello Piccolo Ensemble Cordia Riccardo Coelati Rama Violone Maurizio Piantelli Theorbo, Baroque guitar Takashi Watanabe Harpsichord Organ Flying basses: the solo cello before Bach. Born in the north-Italian city of Bologna, Domenico Gabrielli (1659-1690) and his pupil Giuseppe Maria Jacchini (1667-1727) became[…]