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.© James Manheim /TiVo Read more
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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La Finta Pazza
Classical - Released by Château de Versailles Spectacles on 27 May 2022
Long considered a “ghost composer”, Francesco Sacrati (1605-1650) has been given a new lease of life following the discovery of his opera La Finta paz ...
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Giovanni Giorgi : Ave Maria
Choeur de Chambre de Namur, Leonardo García Alarcón
Classical - Released by Ricercar on 9 Jun 2011
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Mozart: Requiem & Clarinet Concerto
Leonardo García Alarcón, Choeur de Chambre de Namur, New Century Baroque
Classical - Released by Ambronay Éditions on 22 Apr 2013
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Jacques Arcadelt : Motetti - Madrigali - Chansons
Choeur de Chambre de Namur, Capella Mediterranea, Doulce Mémoire - Denis Raisin Dadre
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Released by Ricercar on 17 Aug 2018
Brought up in the French-Flamish tradition but fed with the milk of Renaissance Italian madrigalism since he was about eighteen years old, Jacques Arc ...
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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
On 23 March 1783, an important concert took place in Vienna, playing a considerable role for Mozart’s reputation in the imperial capital, where he had ...
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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
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Bach: Drama
Leonardo García Alarcón, Les Agrémens, Choeur de Chambre de Namur
Classical - Released by Ambronay Éditions on 17 Apr 2012
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Monteverdi : Vespro della Beata Vergine
Capella Mediterranea, Leonardo García Alarcón, Choeur de Chambre de Namur, Lionel Desmeules
Classical - Released by Ambronay Éditions on 21 Apr 2014
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Falvetti: Il diluvio universale
Leonardo García Alarcón, Choeur de Chambre de Namur, Capella Mediterranea
Classical - Released by Ambronay Éditions on 29 Sep 2011
Leonardo García Alarcón's 2011 recording of Michelangelo Falvetti's 1682 oratorio Il Diluvio Universale is a reminder, if one were needed, that there ...
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Monteverdi : I 7 peccatti capitali
Capella Mediterranea, Leonardo García Alarcón
Classical - Released by Alpha Classics on 23 Aug 2016
Passions run high in the operas and madrigals of Claudio Monteverdi, and they dominate Capella Mediterranea's 2016 release on Alpha-Classics, I 7 Pecc ...
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De Lassus: Canticum canticorum
Choeur de Chambre de Namur, Clematis, Leonardo García Alarcón
Classical - Released by Ricercar on 16 Sep 2016
At the height of the Renaissance, the music of Orlande de Lassus frequently combines the emotion of secular music with sacred compositions. With their ...
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Carmina Latina
Choeur de Chambre de Namur, Capella Mediterranea, Clematis
Classical - Released by Ricercar on 23 Apr 2013
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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
The multitude of incomplete manuscripts of so many baroque operas and oratorios offers a very tempting playground for today's performers and musicolog ...
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Philips: Motets & Madrigaux
Leonardo García Alarcón, Capella Mediterranea
Classical - Released by Ambronay Éditions on 16 Oct 2008
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Frescobaldi: Il regno d'Amore
Clematis, Leonardo García Alarcón, Mariana Florès
Classical - Released by Ricercar on 9 Apr 2010
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Farina: Capriccio stravagante & Sonate
Classical - Released by Ricercar on 22 May 2009
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Capuana & Rubino: Requiem
Choeur de Chambre de Namur, Leonardo García Alarcón
Classical - Released by Ricercar on 12 Jan 2015
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Romero: Romerico Florido
Clematis, Capella Mediterranea
Classical - Released by Ricercar on 2 Dec 2010
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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