Name Renato Fasano | Role Conductor | |
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Albums Baroque Concertos, L’estro armonico, op. 3 Similar People | ||
Rossini / Renato Fasano, 1952: Sonata For Violin, Cello and Double Bass - Revised by A. Casella
Vivaldi: Andante
Renato Fasano (Naples, August 21, 1902 – Rome, August 3, 1979) was an Italian conductor and musicologist particularly associated with 18th-century Italian works.
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- Rossini Renato Fasano 1952 Sonata For Violin Cello and Double Bass Revised by A Casella
- Vivaldi Andante
- References
Having studied music in his native Naples, Fasano established in 1941 the chamber orchestra Collegium Musicum Italicum later renamed I Virtuosi di Roma. This small orchestra helped popularize Italian Baroque music. He conducted widely in Europe works by such composers as Corelli, Vivaldi, Pergolesi, Baldassarre Galuppi, Alessandro Marcello, and Giovanni Paisiello. In addition, he founded the "Piccolo Teatro Musicale Italiano" in 1957.
In 1971 he conducted an acclaimed tour through Southern Africa with his "Virtuosi di Roma" mini orchestra and cellist Radu Aldulescu.
The best-known of Fasano's recordings (most of which were for the RCA label) is that of an opera by a non-Italian musician: Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice, with Shirley Verrett, Anna Moffo, and Judith Raskin in the cast.