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Rinaldo Alessandrini
Bach's Instrumental & Vocal Works

Contents

Recordings of Solo Keyboard Works
Recordings of Chamber Works
Recordings of Orchestral Works
Recordings of Musical Offering & Art of Fugue
Recordings of Arrangements & Transcriptions
Recordings of Vocal Works
Recordings of Works of Other Composers performed by J.S. Bach

Rinaldo Alessandrini - Short Biography
Concerto Italiano - Short History

Comparative Review: Bach's Sonatas for Violin & Harpsichord: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7
Comparative Review: Bach’s Sonatas for Viola da gamba and Harpsichord (3 Parts)
Review: Rinaldo Alessandrini’s Art of Fugue
Comparative Review: Bach's Die Kunst Der Fuge: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5
Discussions: Brandenburg Concertos - conducted by Rinaldo Alessandrini

Discography

Recordings of Solo Keyboard Works


K-1

Bach: A La Maniera Italiana

French Suite No. 1 in D minor, BWV 812 [14:56]
Suite in F minor, BWV 823 [7:40]
Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue in D minor, BWV 903 [12:09]
Toccata No. 4 in D minor, BWV 913 [12:48]
Fugue on a theme by T. Albinoni in B minor, BWV 951a [6:34]
Adagio in G major, BWV 968 [3:27]
Aria & Variations in the Italian Style in A minor, BWV 989 [8:21]
Capriccio on the Departure of a Beloved Brother in B flat major, BWV 992 [11:22]

Rinaldo Alessandrini (Harpsichord)

Opus 111

Feb 1999

CD / TT: 77:17

Recorded at Lutherian Church of St. Peter, Paris, France.
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K-2

Bach, Vivaldi, Marcello: Concerti Italiani

Italian Concerto in F major, BWV 971 [12:27]

Rinaldo Alessandrini (Harpsichord)

Opus 111 / Naïve

Sep 2000

CD / TT: 62:52

Recorded at Chiesa della SS. Trinità dei Pellegrini in Rome, Italy. Other works: not by J.S. Bach.
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K-3

Bach: Klavierwerke

A minor:
Prelude in A minor, BWV 931 [0:59]
Invention No. 13 in A minor, BWV 784 [1:12]
Sinfonia No. 13 in A minor, BWV 799 [1:46]
WTC 1: Prelude & Fugue No. 20 in A minor, BWV 865 [6:38]
WTC 2: Prelude & Fugue No. 20 in A minor, BWV 889 [4:25]
Fantasia & Fugue in A minor, BWV 904 [8:47]
D minor:
Prelude in D minor, BWV 940 [0:40]
Invention No. 4 in D minor, BWV 775 [0:56]
Sinfonia No. 4 in D minor, BWV 790 [1:52]
WTC 1: Prelude & Fugue No. 6 in D minor, BWV 851 [3:50]
WTC 2: Prelude & Fugue No. 6 in D minor, BWV 875 [3:44]
Sonata in D minor (after BWV 1003), BWV 964 [18:59]
C minor:
Prelude in C minor, BWV 934 [2:29]
Invention No. 2 in C minor, BWV 773 [2:00]
Sinfonia No. 2 in C minor, BWV 788 [2:07]
WTC 1: Prelude & Fugue No. 2 in C minor, BWV 847 [3:31]
WTC 2: Prelude & Fugue No. 2 in C minor, BWV 871 [3:58]
Fantasia in C minor, BWV 906 [5:05]
Musical Offering BWV 1079: Ricercare à 3 [6:04]

Rinaldo Alessandrini (Harpsichord)
Musical instrument used: Johann Daniel Dülken Reproduced musical instrument produced by Cornelius Bomb based on the model produced in 1745 (1984)

Naïve OP-30581
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Jun 14-17, 2019

CD / TT: 79:02
MP3 / TT: 79:02

Recorded at Parco Della Musica, Rome, Italy.
Listen on YouTube:
CD: Complete Album [Sequence; 29 Tracks; TT: 79:29]
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Recordings of Chamber Works


H-1

J.S. Bach Sonates pour viole de gambe et clavecin [H-1]

 
 

1-4. Sonata for viola da gamba & harpsichord No. 1 in G major, BWV 1027 [13:43]
5-8. Sonata for viola da gamba & harpsichord No. 2 in D major, BWV 1028 [13:55]
9-11. Sonata for viola da gamba & harpsichord No. 3 in G minor, BWV 1029 [15:23]
12-17. Sonata for viola da gamba & harpsichord in D minor, transcribed from Suite for solo cello No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011 & Suite for lute in G minor, BWV 995 by Paolo Pandolfo [24:59]

Paolo Pandolfo (Viola da gambe); Rinaldo Alessandrini (Harpsichord) [BWV 1027-1029]
Instruments: Viola da gamba: attributed to N. Bertrand, Paris, c1700; harpsichord: Bruce Kenndy, 1991, after Ruckers.

Harmonia Mundi France HMC-905218 (1995)
Harmonia Mundi France HMX-2955218 (1999)
Harmonia Mundi France HMA-1955218 (2002)

Dec 1993: BWV 1011
May 1994: BWV 1027-1029

CD / TT: 68:14
CD / TT: 68:14
CD / TT: 68:14

A production Schola Cantorum Basiliensis / Harmonia Mundi S.A.
Producer: Thomas Drescher; Recording: Pere Casulleras; Editing: Carlos Céster.
Listen on YouTube:
CD: Complete Album [66:43]
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H-2

Bach: Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord

Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord BWV 1014-1019 [12:13, 13:05, 15:49, 17:05, 15:43, 15:50]

Fabio Biondi (Violin); Rinaldo Alessandrini (Harpsichord)

Opus 111

Jul 1995

2-CD / TT: 90:27

Recorded at Church of S. Procolo, Aventina di Cascia, Italy.
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H-3

J.S. Bach: Sonate A Cembalo Obligato e Traversiere Solo [H-1]

 
 

1-3. Sonata for flute & keyboard No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1030 [18:13]
4-8. Sonata for flute & harpsichord in G major, BWV 1019 (from Sonata for violin & keyboard No. 6 in G major, BWV 1019) [16:40]
9-11. Sonata for flute & harpsichord in E minor, BWV 526 (from Trio Sonata No. 2 in C minor, BWV 526) [10:10]
Sonata for flute & keyboard No. 3 in A major, BWV 1032:
12. I. Vivace [reconstruction by Rinaldo Alessandrini] [6:03]
13-14. II. Largo e dolce + III. Allegro [7:17]

Laura Pontecorvo (Transverse Flute) [Giovanni Tardino, Basel 2017, after Buffardin Le Fils, 1720-1730]; Rinaldo Alessandrini (Harpsichord) [Cornelius Bom, Schoonhoven 1984, after Johann Daniel Dulcken, ? 1745]
Pitch: a’ = 415 hz

Arcana A-453
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Dec 17-20, 2017

CD / TT: 58:29
MP3 / TT: 58:24

Recorded at the Academic Hall, Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music, Rome, Italy.
Producer: Fabio Framba; Sound Engineer & Editing: Fabio Framba.
Watch on YouTube:
Album: Trailer [4:25]
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Recordings of Orchestral Works


O-1

Bach: Cembalokonzerte

1. Concerto for flute, violin, harpsichord, strings & continuo in A minor ("Triple"), BWV 1044 [21:19]
2. Concerto for harpsichord, strings & continuo No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052 [20:11]
3. Concerto for harpsichord, strings & continuo No. 3 in D major, BWV 1054 [15:19]
4. Concerto for harpsichord, 2 recorders, strings & continuo No. 6 in F major, BWV 1057 [14:23]

Rinaldo Alessandrini

Concerto Italiano

Rinaldo Alessandrini (Harpsichord); Laudo Rufa (Flute); Francesca Vicari (Violin)

Opus 111

Feb 1996

CD / TT: 71:36

Recorded at S. Francesco alle Stimmate; Rome, Italy.
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O-2

Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

 

Brandenburg Concertos BWV 1046-1051 [20:49, 11:10, 9:56, 14:31, 20:19, 15:12]
Cantata BWV 174, "Ich liebe den Höchsten von ganzem Gemüte," [5:35]
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050: Cadenza [1st version; 1st movement: bars 147-180] [1:44]

Rinaldo Alessandrini

Concerto Italiano

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Naïve

Mar 2005

2-CD / TT: 99:16

Recorded at Palazzo Farnese in Rome, Italy.
Discussions: Brandenburg Concertos - conducted by Rinaldo Alessandrini
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O-3

Johann Sebastian, Bernhard, Ludwig Bach: Ouvertures for Orchestra

J.S. Bach:
Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C major, BWV 1066 [26:04]
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in b minor, BWV 1067 [23:49]
Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 [21:21]
Orchestral Suite No. 4 in D major, BWV 1069 [24:49]
Johann Bernhard Bach: Ouverture (No. 3) in E minor [21:31]
Johann Ludwig Bach: Ouverture in G major [12:39]

Rinaldo Alessandrini (harpsichord)

Rinaldo Alessandrini

Concerto Italiano

Naïve OP-30578

Dec 1-9, 2018

2-CD: 130:12

Recorded at Pontificio Istituto di Musica Sacra, Sala Accademica, Rome, Italy.
Engineer, Producer: Fabia Framba.
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Recordings of Musical Offering & Art of Fugue


A-1

Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge

Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080, arranged by Rinaldo Alessandrini

Rinaldo Alessandrini

Concerto Italiano

Opus 111 / Naïve

Jun 1998

CD / TT: 74:27

Recorded in Frascati, Italy.
Review: Rinaldo Alessandrini’s Art of Fugue
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Recordings of Arrangements & Transcriptions


T-1

J.S. Bach: Variations on Variations

 
 
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1. Passacaglia & Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 [10:34]
2-12. Aria & Variations in the Italian Style in A minor, BWV 989 [8:17]
13: Canzona in D minor, BWV 588 [4:48]
14-45. Goldberg Variations BWV 988 [44:13]
Transcriptions, arrangements & adaptations by Rinaldo Alessandrini from the originals by J.S. Bach

Rinaldo Alessandrini (Harpsichord & Conductor)

Concerto Italiano

Nicholas Robinson, Antonio de Secondi (Violins); Ettore Belli (Viola); Ludovico Taceshi Minasi (Cello); Matteo Coticoni (Violone)

Naïve OP-30575
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May 8-11, 2017

CD / TT: 68:17
MP3 / TT: 67:56

Recorded at San Francesco Church, Trevi, Italy.
Engineer & Producer: Fabio Framba.
Listen on YouTube:
Goldberg Variations BWV 988: Complete Work [44:23]
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T-2

J.S. Bach: Cross-dressing Bach - Chamber rarities and alternative versions [T-1]

 
 
 

1-4. Sonata in D major BWV 1028 for violin & harpsichord (originally Sonata for viola da gamba & harpsichord No. 2 in D major, BWV 1028) [13:33]
5-8. Partita in G minor BWV 1013 for solo violin (originally Partita for solo flute in A minor, BWV 1013) [13:27]
9-12. Sonata in D minor, BWV 964 for solo harpsichord (original transcription from the Sonata for solo violin No. 2 in A minor, BWV 1003) [18:18]
13. Trio in D minor BWV 583 for violin & harpsichord: Adagio (originally Trio for organ in D minor, BWV 583) [4:13]
14-16. Sonata in G minor BWV 1029 for violin & harpsichord (originally Sonata for viola da gamba & harpsichord No. 3 in G minor, BWV 1029) [14:17]
17. Fugue for violin & keyboard in G minor, BWV 1026: Allegro [4:56]

Enrico Gatti (Violin) [Cornelis Kleynman, Amsterdam c1670; bow by Marie-Eve Geeraert, Cremona 2015, copy from Carlo Annibale Tononi, Venice c1720]; Rinaldo Alessandrini (Harpsichord) [Roberto Livi, Pesaro 2008, copy from Michael Mietke, Berlin c1700]

Glossa GCD-921210
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Jun 2017

CD / TT: 68:56
MP3 / TT: 68:44

Recorded in Longiano (Castello Malatetiano), Cesena, Italy.
Engineer & Producer: Rino Trasi; Executive Producer: Carlos Céster.
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Recordings of Works of Other Composers performed by J.S. Bach


P-1

Handel: Alcina

 

G.F. Handel: Opera Alcina, HWV 34

Rinaldo Alessandrini

Orchestra of Gran Teatro del Liceo

Soprano [Alcina]: Luba Orgonasova; Mezzo-soprano [Ruggiero]: Vesselina Kasarova; Soprano [Morgana]: Maria José Moreno; Contralto [Bradamante]: Ewa Podleś; Tenor [Oronte]: Francísco Vas; Bass [Melisso]: Felipe Bou

Premiere Opera 1277

Mar 1999

2-CD / TT:

Recorded live at the Liceu in Barcelona, Spain.


The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (November 2006 - June 2021)

Rinaldo Alessandrini: Short Biography | Ensembles: Concerto Italiano
Bach Discography:
Recordings of Instrumental & Vocal Works
Reviews of Instrumental Recordings:
Rinaldo Alessandrini’s Art of Fugue
Discussions of Instrumental Recordings:
Brandenburg Concertos - R. Alessandrini


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