Vivaldi & Others: Don Roffredo Caetani—17th Duke of Sermoneta and 8th Prince of Teano
It is high time for the music of Roffredo Caetani to be rediscovered.
It is high time for the music of Roffredo Caetani to be rediscovered.
Puccini was a complex man with a distinctly dark side. This is also reflected in almost all his operas.
The ‘serious’ Rossini still does not get the appreciation he deserves in the opera world.
The Adagio gives a totally distorted picture of Albinoni and his music.
Viotti manages to strike a brilliant balance between infectious virtuosity and musical depth.
A consequence of Pergolesi’s posthumous fame: publishers sold works by other composers under Pergolesi’s commercially attractive name.
Conti possessed an amazing sense of melody and a deep understanding of humanity’s dark aspects.
It is frustrating, maddening even, for anyone who loves Vivaldi’s music that basic data on his development as a composer and musician is lacking to this day.
Antonia Padoani Bembo’s compositions sometimes sound thoroughly French, at other times purely Italian.
If someone in the audience kept talking after Corelli had already started playing, he would immediately lower his violin until the room had become completely silent. If the talking continued, he would refuse to play at all.
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