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Adrian Chandler and La Serenissima, with virtuoso soloists mezzo-soprano Mhairi Lawson, trumpeter Simon Munday and bassoonist Peter Whelan, transport you back to the heyday of the Venetian Republic with music from grand opera, serenatas, concertos, sinfonias, motets and gondoliers' ballads, including several world-premiere recordings.\r
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Adrian Chandler's and La Serenissima's 10th release for Avie - coinciding with the label's 10th Anniversary - has all the hallmarks that have made the Vivaldi specialists one of the best-selling and acclaimed period-instrument bands performing today. Adrian's erudition and his ensemble's crowd-pleasing performances combine to produce recordings that are at once popular and enlightening. Venice by Night evokes an era of the Venetian Republic when the arts flourished, attracting audiences from all over Europe including scores of royalty. Feeding the tourist trade, the resident composers revelled in creating everything from grand operas and serenatas, virtuoso concertos and sinfonias, motets and gondoliers' ballads. As with the chart-topping Vivaldi: The French Connection 2, which featured the world-premiere recording of the flute concerto Il Gran Mogol, Adrian has once again unearthed numerous works from this period that are recorded for the first time.

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Personnel: La Serenissima, Adrian Chandler (director), Mhairi Lawson (soprano), Simon Munday (trumpet), Peter Whelan (bassoon)

Arriving by Gondola (Anon. Ca. 1730), Si la gondola avere

Carlo Francesco Pollarolo: A Private Concert, Sinfonia to La Vendetta d'Amore for trumpet, strings &

Largo

Spiritoso

Tomaso Albinoni: Sinfonia for strings & continuo in g, Si 7, Allegro

Larghetto \xe8 sempre piano

Allegro

Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for bassoon, strings & continuo in C, RV 477, Allegro

Largo

Allegro

Journey by Gondola (Anon. Ca. 1730), Cara Nina el bon to sesto for soprano & guitar

Francesco Maria Veracini: Music for Compline, Fuga, o capriccio con quattro soggetti in d for string

Antonio Lotti: Motet Alma ride exulta mortalis for soprano, strings & continuo, Aria - Allegro: Alma

Recitativo: Annuntiemur igitur

Ritornello - Adagio

Aria - Adagio: Venite ad nos

Alleluja

Tomaso Albinoni: Serenata, Sinfonia to Il Nome Glorioso in Terra Santificato in Cielo for trumpet, s

Adagio

Allegro

Journey by Gondola (Anon. Ca.1730), No st\xe8 a condanarme for soprano & continuo

Antonio Vivaldi: A Concert from the Ospedale della Piet\xe0, Concerto for violin, strings & continuo in

Largo

Allegro

Giovanni Porta: At the Opera House, Sinfonia for trumpet, strings & continuo in D, Allegro assai

Andante

Allegro

Antonio Vivaldi: Arias for Marianino Nicolini, Il fidarsi alla spene for soprano, strings & continuo

Aria - Largo: Il fidarsi della spene

Act II Scene 5 for soprano, trumpet, strings & continuo from Motezuma, RV 723, Recitativo: Mi deride

Aria - Allegro: D'ira e furor armato