Leonardo García Alarcón
Conductor, keyboard soloist, and continuo player Leonardo García Alarcón specializes in opera and the vocal and choral music of the Baroque, particularly unfamiliar repertoire. A pioneer in Baroque music performance in his native South America, García Alarcón is also active as a performer and educator in several European countries, with a large repertory covering music of various kinds.
García Alarcón was born in La Plata, Argentina, in 1976. Something of a child prodigy, he began giving concerts on the piano at age six. He joined the La Plata ensemble Toccata Instrumentale, and there, at 15, he began to study the art of realizing the continuo, the sequence of harmonies often played by a harpsichord in Baroque music. García Alarcón attended the National University of La Plata, studying conducting, and went on to the Catholic University of Buenos Aires. His interest in Baroque music was stimulated once again when he landed a continuo slot in the Ensemble Elyma, directed by historical performance pioneer Gabriel Garrido, and he became Garrido's assistant. He made his recording debut with that group in 2000, appearing on its album El maestro de baile y otros tonadillas. García Alarcón went to Switzerland to continue his education, taking courses at the Geneva Conservatory and the Centre de Musique Anciennes de Genève. In 1999, he formed the ensemble Cappella Mediterraneo in Geneva; he continues to serve as co-artistic director of the group.
As a recording artist, García Alarcón has been active variously as a conductor, keyboard soloist, and continuo player. In 2009, he conducted Belgium's Ensemble Clematis and has served as co-director of that group. The following year, he began directing the Choeur de Chambre de Namur. García Alarcón has guest conducted such major groups as the Freiburger Barockorchester and the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. He is a noted musicological researcher who has investigated Latin American Baroque music and the music of the 17th century Portuguese court. His recordings often focus on little-known composers such as Matheo Romero, Giovanni Giorgi, and Michelangelo Falvetti, but he has also recorded Bach and Handel, mostly for the Ricercar and Ambronay labels. For the former, he recorded Handel's Salve Regina with the Millenium Orchestra in 2022.
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Mozart: The Vienna Concert, 23 March 1783
Millenium Orchestra, Jodie Devos, Sebastian Wienand, Leonardo García Alarcón
Classical - Released by Ricercar on 14 Oct 2016
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Falvetti: Nabucco
Capella Mediterranea, Leonardo García Alarcón, Choeur de Chambre de Namur
Classical - Released by Ambronay Éditions on 23 Sep 2013
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Piazzolla: Concertos
William Sabatier, Orchestre Dijon Bourgogne, Leonardo García Alarcón
Classical - Released by Fuga Libera on 5 Nov 2021
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Carmina Latina
Choeur de Chambre de Namur, Capella Mediterranea, Clematis
Classical - Released by Ricercar on 23 Apr 2013
24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo -
A. Scarlatti : Passio secundum Johannem
Leonardo García Alarcón, Choeur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium, Giuseppina Bridelli
Masses, Passions, Requiems - Released by Ricercar on 24 Mar 2017
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
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Antonio Draghi & Leonardo García Alarcón: El Prometeo
Leonardo García Alarcón, Capella Mediterranea, Choeur de Chambre de Namur
Classical - Released by Alpha Classics on 6 Mar 2020
24-Bit 176.4 kHz - Stereo -
Romero: Romerico Florido
Clematis, Capella Mediterranea
Classical - Released by Ricercar on 2 Dec 2010
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Falvetti: Il diluvio universale
Leonardo García Alarcón, Choeur de Chambre de Namur, Capella Mediterranea
Classical - Released by Ambronay Éditions on 29 Sep 2011
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Philips: Motets & Madrigaux
Leonardo García Alarcón, Capella Mediterranea
Classical - Released by Ambronay Éditions on 16 Oct 2008
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Monteverdi: Lettera amorosa
Mariana Florès, Capella Mediterranea, Leonardo García Alarcón
Classical - Released by Ricercar on 27 Apr 2018
24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo -
De vez en cuando la vida: Joan Manuel Serrat y el siglo de oro
Capella Mediterranea, Leonardo García Alarcón
Classical - Released by Alpha Classics on 12 Oct 2018
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Sogno barocco (Anne Sofie von Otter)
Anne Sofie von Otter, Leonardo García Alarcón, Ensemble Cappella Mediterranea, Sandrine Piau
Classical - Released by naïve classique on 10 Sep 2012
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Monteverdi : I 7 peccatti capitali
Capella Mediterranea, Leonardo García Alarcón
Classical - Released by Alpha Classics on 23 Aug 2016
24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo -
Frescobaldi: Il regno d'Amore
Clematis, Leonardo García Alarcón, Mariana Florès
Classical - Released by Ricercar on 9 Apr 2010
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Handel: Samson
Choeur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra, Leonardo García Alarcón
Classical - Released by Ricercar on 14 Aug 2020
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Bach & Böhm: Music for Weddings and Other Festivities
Clematis, Leonardo García Alarcón
Classical - Released by Ricercar on 30 May 2012
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Antonio Vivaldi : Vespro a San Marco
Masses, Passions, Requiems - Released by Ambronay on 28 Apr 2010
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Farina: Capriccio stravagante & Sonate
Classical - Released by Ricercar on 22 May 2009
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Music by Andalousian Composers in Nueva Espana
Capella Mediterranea, Adrianna Fernandez, Furio Zanazi, Leonardo García Alarcón
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Released by Almaviva on 22 Aug 2006
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Zamponi: Ulisse all'isola di Circe
Clematis, Capella Mediterranea, Choeur de Chambre de Namur, Leonardo García Alarcón
Classical - Released by Ricercar on 25 Mar 2014
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo