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Label Signum Classics |
UPC 0635212076729 |
Catalogue number SIGCD 767 |
Release date 27 October 2023 |
This album features the second half of Brescianello’s Opus 1; works 1 – 6 were released as Behind Closed Doors in 2022. La Serenissima passionately believe that Brescianello is a composer who deserves greater recognition with the result that many of his works have been included in releases dating from 2019, our first release on Signum. Solo concertos for violin alternate with Sinphonias for strings and continuo; both forms illustrate Brescianello’s talent for fusing virtuosity with the sweetest of melodies. Also included on the album is an orchestral suite in A major that finishes with a rousing Giga.
Recognised for ‘whipping up a storm with Vivaldi’, La Serenissima is ‘one of Britain’s best-loved chamber orchestras’ (The Telegraph) known for championing a host of neglected Italian baroque composers and its outstanding performances. Uniquely, the group’s entire repertoire is edited from source material by founder and violinist, Adrian Chandler OSI. La Serenissima plays to a global audience of millions, evidenced by 1.3m monthly listeners on Spotify alone and regularly features on international radio (BBC Radio 3, Radio:24, Sveriges Radio), advertising (Beats, 2022) and film (Portrait of a Lady on Fire, 2020). La Serenissima albums have topped the UK Classical Chart (2018) and won two Gramophone Awards (2010 & 2017). La Serenissima has performed throughout the UK and internationally in concert series and festivals including London Festival of Baroque Music, MustonenFest (Estonia), Handel-Festspiele (Germany), Valletta International Baroque Festival (Malta) and International Cervantes Festival (Mexico). The group celebrates its 30th Anniversary at London’s Wigmore Hall during 2024-5 with a Residency ‘The A-Z of the Italian Baroque’ and is proud to have as its Honorary Patron, His Excellency The Ambassador of Italy to the UK.