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Albums Vivaldi: The French Connection, L'A per Elvira Members Adrian Chandler, Soprano, Pamela Thorby, Cecilia Bernardini, Peter Whelan | ||
La Serenissima is a British early music/period instrument ensemble founded in 1994 by violinist Adrian Chandler, who has served as the group's director since its creation. Taking its name from La Serenissima Repubblica di Venezia (Italian for The Most Serene Republic of Venice), the ensemble specializes in the music of Venetian Baroque composer Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741) and his contemporaries.
Adrian Chandler went to secondary school and sixth form at the Colchester Royal Grammar School (one of the Lexden Road schools) during the late '80s and early '90s.
Since the release of their first recording in 2003, La Serenissima has received two Gramophone Award nominations, for volumes 1 & 2 of The Rise of the Northern Italian Violin Concerto: 1690-1740.
Songs
Suonata `a solo factor per Monsieur Pisendel in F Major - RV 19: V Allegro con variazioniPer Monsieur Pisendel 2 · 2014
Sonata for Violin & Continuo in D Minor: II AllegroPer Monsieur Pisendel 2 · 2014
'Paris' Concerto 3 for strings & continuo in C minor - RV 119: I AllegroVivaldi: The French Connection · 2009