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Agostino Steffani

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Born: July 25, 1654; Castelfranco Died: February 12, 1728; Frankfurt, Germany

Agostino Steffani was an important Italian composer of vocal music from the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. His chamber duets, operas (generally written in the bel canto style), and sacred works constitute his finest efforts. Steffani was born in Castelfranco, near Venice, on July 25, 1654. He served as a choirboy at the Basilica of St. Anthony in Padua from 1664-1667 under maestro di cappella Antonio dalla Tavola, who likely Read more gave him instruction in music. By age 11 Steffani was regularly appearing in operas and concerts, and a year later was taken to Munich at the behest of the Elector Ferdinand Maria of Bavaria.

Young Steffani sang in operas and in church services there while receiving excellent musical education under the guidance of the maestro di cappella of the Elector's Court, Johann Kaspar Kerll. By age 14 Steffani was taking organ lessons from Kerll, but rarely appearing as a singer anymore.

In 1672 he traveled to Rome to study composition with Ercole Bernabei. During his nearly two-year stay there, Steffani produced Psalmodia vespertina, a collection of Psalm settings, and a Magnificat. Shortly after Steffani's return to Munich in 1674 he was appointed court organist.

In 1680 he was ordained a priest and a year later appointed court director of chamber music by the new Elector Maximilian II Emanuel, whose father Ferdinand Maria died in 1679. Steffani would also take on duties as a diplomat with neighboring courts. In composition he remained quite active, too: having written his first opera Marco Aurelio in 1677, he composed his next four, which included Servio Tullio in the period 1685-1688, all premiered at the busy Munich Court.

Steffani left Munich in 1688 to work at the Hanover Court, where he spent 15 years as kapellmeister and diplomat. He composed several successful operas during his tenure there, including Orlando generoso (1691).

In 1702-1703 he produced a fine collection of chamber duets at Hanover, after which he accepted a post at the Düsseldorf Court of Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine. Thereafter Steffani composed very little. He was elected Bishop of Spiga in 1706 and apostolic vicar for Northern Germany three years later. He focused most of his energies on church matters in his later years, though he did manage to write a few works, including the Stabat Mater (1727-1728), his favorite composition. He died in 1728 of apoplexy. Read less

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Steffani: Cante Da Camera / Quadro Asolano

Release Date: 04/30/2013 Label: Newton Classics
Catalog: 8802163 Number of Discs: 1

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Steffani: Cante Da Camera / Quadro Asolano

Label: Newton Classics Catalog: 8802163 Release Date: 04/30/2013 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Agostino Steffani
Orchestra/Ensemble: Quadro Asolano

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Mission / Cecilia Bartoli, Diego Fasolis, I Barocchisti [2 LPs]

Label: Decca Catalog: 001744801 Release Date: 01/08/2013 Number of Discs: 2
Composer: Agostino Steffani
Performer: Cecilia Bartoli, Rosario Conte, Philippe Jaroussky
Conductor: Diego Fasolis
Orchestra/Ensemble: I Barocchisti, Swiss Radio Chorus
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Mission / Cecilia Bartoli, Diego Fasolis, I Barocchisti [blu-ray]

Label: Decca Catalog: 001769159 Release Date: 12/18/2012
Composer: Agostino Steffani
Performer: Cecilia Bartoli, Rosario Conte, Philippe Jaroussky
Conductor: Diego Fasolis
Orchestra/Ensemble: I Barocchisti, Swiss Radio Chorus

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Mission / Cecilia Bartoli, Diego Fasolis, I Barocchisti [DVD]

Label: Decca Catalog: 001769009 Release Date: 12/18/2012 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Agostino Steffani
Performer: Cecilia Bartoli, Rosario Conte, Philippe Jaroussky
Conductor: Diego Fasolis
Orchestra/Ensemble: I Barocchisti, Swiss Radio Chorus

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Steffani: Duetti Da Camera / Mazzucato, Watkinson, Esswood, Elwes, Curtis

Label: Archiv Produktion (Dg) Catalog: 001780502 Release Date: 12/11/2012 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Agostino Steffani
Performer: Alan Curtis, John Elwes, Paul Esswood, Carolyn Watkinson ...

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Mission / Cecilia Bartoli

Label: Decca Catalog: 001742002 Release Date: 10/02/2012 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Agostino Steffani
Performer: Cecilia Bartoli, Rosario Conte, Philippe Jaroussky
Conductor: Diego Fasolis
Orchestra/Ensemble: I Barocchisti, Swiss Radio Chorus
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Italian Love Cantatas / Vajente, Epoca Barocca

Label: Cpo Catalog: 777583 Release Date: 03/27/2012 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Agostino Steffani, Antonio Vivaldi, Antonio Lotti, Domenico Scarlatti
Performer: Silvia Vajente
Orchestra/Ensemble: Epoca Barocca
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The Italian Collection / Christophers, The Sixteen [5-CD Set]

Label: Coro Catalog: 16099 Release Date: 03/13/2012 Number of Discs: 5
Composer: Domenico Scarlatti, Antonio Caldara, Andrea Gabrieli, Claudio Monteverdi ...
Performer: Robin Jeffrey, Elizabeth Kenny, Ian Watson, Ian Partridge ...
Conductor: Harry Christophers
Orchestra/Ensemble: The Sixteen
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Agostino Steffani: Duetti Da Camera / Bertini, Cavina, Arcadia

Label: Glossa Catalog: 80902 Release Date: 03/29/2011 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Agostino Steffani
Performer: Rossana Bertini, Claudio Cavina
Conductor: Attilio Cremonesi
Orchestra/Ensemble: Arcadia

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Steffani: Suites Theatrales / Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca

Label: Divox Catalog: 79811 Release Date: 01/25/2011 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Agostino Steffani
Orchestra/Ensemble: Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca

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Christmas In The Munich Court / Rudiger Lotter, Hofkapelle Munchen

Label: Oehms Catalog: 771 Release Date: 11/16/2010 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach, Agostino Steffani, Johann Christoph Pez, Giuseppe Torelli ...
Performer: Stefan Schilli, Axel Wolf
Conductor: Rüdiger Lotter, Rüdiger Lotter
Orchestra/Ensemble: Munich Court Orchestra

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Baroque In Hanover

Label: Ars Produktion Catalog: 38076 Release Date: 09/28/2010 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: George Frideric Handel, Charles Babell, Agostino Steffani, Nicolaus Adam Strungk ...
Performer: Franz Vitzthum, Iwona Lesniowska-Lubowicz, Paulina Kilarska, Petr Wagner
Orchestra/Ensemble: Ensemble Alla Polacca
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Amor Hai Vinto

Label: Gramola Catalog: 98856 Release Date: 05/11/2010 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Agostino Steffani, Antonio Caldara, Nicolo Porpora, Antonio Vivaldi ...
Performer: Marelize Gerber
Conductor: Ulli Nagy
Orchestra/Ensemble: Concertino Amarilli

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Agostino Steffani: Cantatas, Duets And Sonatas

Label: New Pan Catalog: 10131 Release Date: 02/02/2010 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Agostino Steffani, Antonio Caldara
Conductor: Yasunori Imamura

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Handel: Dixit Dominus; Steffani / Christophers, Sixteen

Label: Coro Catalog: 16076 Release Date: 10/13/2009 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: George Frideric Handel, Agostino Steffani
Conductor: Harry Christophers
Orchestra/Ensemble: The Sixteen
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Steffani: Orlando Generoso / Bernward Lohr, Musica Alta Ripa

Label: Md&g (Dabringhaus & Grimm) Gold Catalog: 3091566 Release Date: 08/11/2009 Number of Discs: 3
Composer: Agostino Steffani
Conductor: Bernward Lohr
Orchestra/Ensemble: Musica Alta Ripa

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Del Sonar Pitoresco - Musical Pleasures In The Venetian Countryside At The Time Of Tiepolo / Ensemble Barocco Padovano Sans Souci

Label: Dynamic Catalog: 637 Release Date: 04/28/2009 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Giovanni Platti, Antonio Vivaldi, Giuseppe A. Brescianello, Agostino Steffani ...
Orchestra/Ensemble: Ensemble Barocco Padovano Sans Souci

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Steffani: Alarico Il Baltha / Scarlatti Camera Ensemble, Et Al

Label: Concerto Catalog: 2039 Release Date: 04/28/2009 Number of Discs: 3
Composer: Agostino Steffani
Performer: Loretta Liberato, Maria Carla Curia, Stefania Maiardi, Wong Mi Jung ...
Orchestra/Ensemble: Scarlatti Camera Ensemble

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Steffani: Cantatas, Duets & Sonatas / Yasunori Imamura, Fons Musicae

Label: New Pan Catalog: 10131 Release Date: 03/31/2009 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Agostino Steffani
Performer: Yasunori Imamura
Conductor: Yasunori Imamura
Orchestra/Ensemble: Fons Musicae
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Steffani: Sonate Da Camera / Taccagni, Erasmus Quartet

Label: Concerto Catalog: 2038-2 Release Date: 02/24/2009 Number of Discs: 2
Composer: Agostino Steffani
Performer: Isidoro Taccagni
Orchestra/Ensemble: Erasmus Quartet
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Musik Am Munchner Hof / Guglhor, Neue Hofkapelle Munchen

Label: Oehms Catalog: 358 Release Date: 03/22/2005 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Agostino Steffani, Johann Kaspar Kerll
Conductor: Gerd Guglhör
Orchestra/Ensemble: New Munich Hofkapelle, Orpheus Choir of Munich

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Handel & Companye / The Musicke Companye

Label: Intim Musik Catalog: 54 Release Date: 10/13/1998 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: George Frideric Handel, Francesco Geminiani, Giovanni Bononcini, Agostino Steffani
Performer: Helen Rogers, Jennifer Janse, Timothy [counter tenor] Brown, Melanie Woodcock ...
Orchestra/Ensemble: The Musicke Companye

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Adventures In Early Music

Label: Dhm Deutsche Harmonia Mundi Catalog: 68859 Release Date: 06/17/1997 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Georg Philipp Telemann, Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach, Anonymous, Claudio Monteverdi ...
Performer: Sigiswald Kuijken, Wieland Kuijken, Robert Kohnen, Barthold Kuijken ...
Conductor: Konrad Junghänel, Andrew Lawrence-King, Sigiswald Kuijken, Gustav Leonhardt ...
Orchestra/Ensemble: Camerata Köln, Collegium Aureum, Sequentia ...

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Biber: Requiem; Steffani: Stabat Mater / Leonhardt, Et Al

Label: Dhm Deutsche Harmonia Mundi Catalog: 77344 Release Date: 06/18/1996 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Biber, Agostino Steffani
Performer: John Elwes, Mark Padmore, Frans Huijts, Harry Van der Kamp ...
Conductor: Gustav Leonhardt
Orchestra/Ensemble: Netherlands Bach Society Baroque Orchestra, Netherlands Bach Society Choir
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