Auser Musici is a

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ensemble centered in

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that specializes in

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repertory from the Tuscan region of

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History, Mission, and Activities

The ensemble was founded in 1997 by the

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Carlo Ipata and has performed throughout the continent of

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, especially in Italy, as well as in the

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. Its concerts feature vocal and instrumental works composed in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, frequently including selections from the series ''Tesori Musicali Toscani'', a collection of early music published in Pisa. The home concert venue of Auser Musici is located in the Teatro Giuseppe Verdi of Pisa. The ensemble is named for an ancient river of the Pisan region. Auser Musici has released recordings continuously since the year 1998, presently under exclusive contract with

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. In 2010, its recording of

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s by

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composers was singled out by the

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as an Editor’s Choice.See International Record Review (April 2010) with these comments from the reviewer: “…Ipata’s playing is impeccable in both technique and style. His tone is neither whispy and reticent, as characterized by some baroque flautists; I assume the ornamentation in the lovely middle movement of the Jommelli concerto is by him and not written by the composer. If so, it is among the most impressive examples I have heard a soloist perform. The members of Auser Musici play their period instruments with Mediterranean sparkle and wit …”; an issue of

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(April 2010) features these remarks: “…the performances are a delight. What with Ipata’s liquid tone and secure virtuosity, and the brightness, nimbleness and transparency of the one-to-a-part strings of Auser Musici (excellently captured by the recording), this unassuming but funny and attractive music has surely achieved its finest hour.” ). The principal singers who perform regularly with Auser Musici are the

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s Maria Grazia Schiavo and Elena Cecchi Fedi and the

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Furio Zanasi. The organization is administered under the direction of Piero Torrigiani and Pierpaolo Corradini. Auser Musici maintains a reciprocal relationship with Musica Toscana of

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, another organization devoted to the promotion of music from the Tuscan region of Italy.

Recordings

Francesco Barsanti Francesco Barsanti (1690–1775) was an Italian flautist, oboist and composer. He was born in 1690 in the Tuscan city of Lucca, but spent most of his life in London and Edinburgh. Biography Very little is known about Barsanti's background. His fa ...

: ''Sei sonate Op. 2 per flauto traverso'', Agorà AG 157.1 (1998) * Antonio Brunelli: ''Fioretti Spirituali'', Agorà AG 187.1 (1999) *

Luigi Boccherini Ridolfo Luigi Boccherini (, also , ; 19 February 1743 – 28 May 1805) was an Italian composer and cellist of the Classical era whose music retained a courtly and '' galante'' style even while he matured somewhat apart from the major classi ...

: ''Giuseppe Riconosciuto'', Bongiovanni GB 2298/99-2 (2001) * Pietro Nardini: ''Overtures and Flute Concertos'', Agorà Musica AG 157.1 (2002) *Francesco Barsanti: ''Concerti Grossi, Op. 3'' (nos. 1, 4, 6, 7, 10), Tactus Records TC.690201 (2003) * Cristiano Giuseppe Lidarti: ''Musica da camera e concerto per clavicembalo'', Tactus Records TC.733701 (2003) *

Francesco Geminiani Francesco Xaverio Geminiani (baptised 5 December 1687 – 17 September 1762) was an Italian violinist, composer, and music theorist. BBC Radio 3 once described him as "now largely forgotten, but in his time considered almost a musical god, deem ...

: ''Concerti grossi, Op. 2'', Symphonia SY 02200 (2003) *

Francesco Gasparini Francesco Gasparini (19 March 1661 – 22 March 1727) was an Italian Baroque composer and teacher whose works were performed throughout Italy, and also on occasion in Germany and England. Biography Born in Camaiore, near Lucca, he studied ...

: ''Dori & Daliso – Mirena & Floro'', Symphonia SY 03207 (2004) *Antonio Brunelli: ''Arie, scherzi, canzonette & madrigali per suonare & cantare'', Symphonia SY 04209 (2005) *

: ''Flute Quintets, Op. 19'', Hyperion CDA67646 (2008) *Christian Joseph Lidarti: ''Violin Concertos'', Hyperion CDA67685 (2008) *

Nicola Porpora Nicola (or Niccolò) Antonio Giacinto Porpora (17 August 16863 March 1768) was an Italian composer and teacher of singing of the Baroque era, whose most famous singing students were the castrati Farinelli and Caffarelli. Other students include ...

: ''”Or sì m’aveggio, oh amore”: Cantatas for Soprano'', Hyperion CDA67621 (2008) *

Antonio Cesti Antonio Cesti (; baptised Pietro Cesti, 5 August 1623; died 14 October 1669), known today primarily as an Italian composer of the Baroque era, was also a singer (tenor) and organist. He was "the most celebrated Italian musician of his generatio ...

: ''Le disgrazie d’amore'', Hyperion CDA67771 (2010) *''Neapolitan Flute Concertos'' y Antonio Palella, Genaro Rava">Antonio_Palella.html" ;"title="y Antonio Palella">y Antonio Palella, Genaro Rava, Giuseppe de Majo, Nicolò Jommelli, and Tommaso Prota], Hyperion CDA67784 (2010)

External links

*http://www.ausermusici.org/ Official website *https://web.archive.org/web/20110723052633/http://www.tesorimusicalitoscani.org/ *https://www.youtube.com/ausermusici * :it:Auser musici

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{{Authority control Early music orchestras Italian classical music groups Musical groups established in 1997

History, Mission, and Activities

Recordings

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