Rondò Veneziano is an Italian chamber orchestra, specializing in Baroque music, playing original instruments, but incorporating a rock-style rhythm section of synthesizer, bass guitar and drums, led by MaestroGian Piero Reverberi, who is also the principal composer of all of the original Rondò Veneziano pieces. The unusual addition of modern instruments, more suitable for jazz, combined with Reverberi's arrangements and original compositions, have resulted in lavish novel versions of classical works over the years. As a rule in their concert tours, the musicians, mostly women, add to the overall Baroque effect wearing Baroque-era attire and coiffures.
The orchestra's first decade of albums included only entirely original compositions in the style of the baroque rondò, "a musical composition built on the alternation of a principal recurring theme and contrasting episodes".
In later years, in addition to many new and original albums continuing Gian Piero Reverberi's own unique Rondò style and tradition, Rondò Veneziano also brought their fusion of classical and contemporary instruments to a small number of albums dedicated to some of the great composers of the classical and baroque tradition.
In an interview, Maestro Reverberi said on the sound of Rondò Veneziano: "Rondò Veneziano's music is first of all positive. Also when it seems to be sad, it's never sad. It's always positive in a sense that at the end there's always a good future. So I think that also the reason of the success it that it's music where you don't have to think negative or to feel negative or if you feel negative it should be something that brings you to think positive."[citation needed]
A version of "La Serenissima" (the theme from the album Venice in Peril) was released in the United Kingdom as a single and reached number 58 on the UK Singles Chart in October 1983.[1] The track was also widely used at that time by BBC Television, as the theme tune to Hospital Watch. The track was later to feature on the globally successful Venice in Peril album which was released as part of an international campaign to save Venice from sinking into the lagoon.
In 1985, they provided the score for the movie Not Quite Jerusalem (known as Not Quite Paradise in the United States). This score was a reworking of many of the original pieces featured on the Venice in Peril and The Genius of Venice albums.
The orchestra has produced 70 albums since its founding in 1979.
Partial discographyedit
All works composed by Gian Piero Reverberi, Ivano Pavesi and Laura Giordano:
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Rondo Veneziano news newspapers books scholar JSTOR April 2009 Learn how and when to remove this template message Rondo Veneziano is an Italian chamber orchestra specializing in Baroque music playing original instruments but incorporating a rock style rhythm section of synthesizer bass guitar and drums led by Maestro Gian Piero Reverberi who is also the principal composer of all of the original Rondo Veneziano pieces The unusual addition of modern instruments more suitable for jazz combined with Reverberi s arrangements and original compositions have resulted in lavish novel versions of classical works over the years As a rule in their concert tours the musicians mostly women add to the overall Baroque effect wearing Baroque era attire and coiffures Rondo VenezianoOriginItalyGenresInstrumental easy listening baroque popYears active1979 presentLabelsBaby Records DDD La Drogueria del Drugolo Koch Contents 1 Evolution 2 Partial discography 3 DVD productions 4 References 5 External links 5 1 Sheet musicEvolution editThe orchestra s first decade of albums included only entirely original compositions in the style of the baroque rondo a musical composition built on the alternation of a principal recurring theme and contrasting episodes In later years in addition to many new and original albums continuing Gian Piero Reverberi s own unique Rondo style and tradition Rondo Veneziano also brought their fusion of classical and contemporary instruments to a small number of albums dedicated to some of the great composers of the classical and baroque tradition In an interview Maestro Reverberi said on the sound of Rondo Veneziano Rondo Veneziano s music is first of all positive Also when it seems to be sad it s never sad It s always positive in a sense that at the end there s always a good future So I think that also the reason of the success it that it s music where you don t have to think negative or to feel negative or if you feel negative it should be something that brings you to think positive citation needed A version of La Serenissima the theme from the album Venice in Peril was released in the United Kingdom as a single and reached number 58 on the UK Singles Chart in October 1983 1 The track was also widely used at that time by BBC Television as the theme tune to Hospital Watch The track was later to feature on the globally successful Venice in Peril album which was released as part of an international campaign to save Venice from sinking into the lagoon In 1985 they provided the score for the movie Not Quite Jerusalem known as Not Quite Paradise in the United States This score was a reworking of many of the original pieces featured on the Venice in Peril and The Genius of Venice albums The orchestra has produced 70 albums since its founding in 1979 Partial discography editAll works composed by Gian Piero Reverberi Ivano Pavesi and Laura Giordano Rondo veneziano 1980 La Serenissima 1981 Notturno in gondola 1981 Scaramucce 1982 Venezia 2000 1983 Concerto Futurissimo 1984 Odissea Veneziana 1984 Casanova 1985 Theme from Not Quite Jerusalem 1985 Odissea Veneziana 1985 Fantasia Veneziana 1986 Lagune 1986 Rapsodia Veneziana 1986 Arabesque 1987 Misteriosa Venezia 1987 Concerto 1988 Poesia di Venezia 1988 Armonie 1989 Masquerade 1989 Visioni di Venezia 1989 Barocco 1990 Musica Fantasia 1990 The Genius of Mozart 1990 The Genius of Vivaldi 1990 Vivaldi Mozart Beethoven 1990 Magica Melodia 1991 Prestige 1991 Stagioni di Venezia 1992 Rondo 2000 1992 Venezia Romantica 1992 Concerto per Beethoven 1993 Concerto per Mozart 1993 Concerto per Vivaldi 1993 Il mago di Venezia 1994 Back 2 back 1995 Eine Nacht in Venedig 1995 I grandi successi vol 1 1995 Sinfonia di Natale 1995 I grandi successi vol 2 1996 Preludio all amore 1996 Seduzione 1996 The best of vol 1 1996 Die Grossen Erfolge 1997 Fantasia Classica 1997 I grandi successi 1997 In concerto 1997 Marco Polo 1997 Via dell Amore 1997 Fantasia d Autunno 1998 Fantasia d Inverno 1998 Zodiaco 1998 Attimi Di Magia 1999 Fantasia d Estate 1999 Fantasia di Primavera 1999 Honeymoon Luna di miele 1999 Protagonisti vol 1 1999 Splendore Di Venezia 1999 I grandi successi 2000 La storia del classico 2000 Nur Das Beste 2000 Protagonisti vol 2 2000 The very best of 2000 Capriccio veneziano 2001 Papagena 2001 3 originals 2001 The Magic of Christmas 2001 Concertissimo 2002 La Piazza 2002 Venitienne 2002 Nur Das Beste 2 2004 25 Live in Concert 2005 Rondo Veneziano Chamber Orchestra 2009 Once upon a time 2010 Arranged and produced by Gian Piero ReverberiDVD productions editRondo Veneziano Once upon a time 2010 References edit Roberts David 2006 British Hit Singles amp Albums 19th ed London Guinness World Records Limited p 469 ISBN 1 904994 10 5 External links editOfficial website Not Quite Jerusalem at the 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