Chiara Banchini
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Biography
Swiss Baroque violinist and conductor Chiara Banchini studied at the Geneva Conservatory and the Royal Conservatory in The Hague before teaching at the Centre of Ancient Music in Geneva. In 1981 she moved to the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Basel where she formed Ensemble 415, specialising in Baroque music. With them she made many recordings, notably of Corelli's 'Concerto Grosso Op. 6' in 1992, which was critically acclaimed. The most popular recording she made with Ensemble 415 was of Vivaldi's 'Stabat Mater' (1998) featuring German countertenor Andreas Scholl. This was one of his first recordings and led to him becoming more widely known in the classical music world. The ensemble toured throughout Europe performing this and other works.
In 2009, Ensemble 415 released an album of Albinoni's 'Sinfonie a Cinque, Op. 2' played as chamber music pieces, which was hailed as the best recording of a work by Albinoni for some years. Banchini's first chamber music recording release was 'Italian Violin Music' in 1986 with Gerhardt Darmstadt and Alfred Gross. As violin soloist she has recorded many works including Corelli's 'Sonatas for Violin, Op. 5' (1989), Boccherini's 'Stabat Mater' (1992), Mozart's 'Sonatas for Violin and Piano' (1994) and Bonporti's 'Invenzioni a Violino Solo' (2003).
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- Le Quattro Stagioni (from 'Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione', Op. 8), Concerto No. 2 in G minor RV315. 'L'estate': II. Adagio featuring Andrew Parrott
- Sinfonie a cinque per due violini, alto, tenore, violoncello e basso, Op. 2, Sonata No. 4 in C Minor: III. Adagio featuring Chiara Banchini
- L'estro armonico, Op. 3, Libro secondo, Concerto a quattro violini No. 10 in B Minor, RV 580: I. Allegro featuring Ensemble 415
- Solo di violoncello con due violini e basso in Sol Maggiore: IV. Allegro ma presto featuring Chiara Banchini
- Solo di violoncello con due violini e basso in Sol Maggiore: I. Largo assai featuring Chiara Banchini
- Solo di violoncello con due violini e basso in Sol Maggiore: II. Fuga featuring Chiara Banchini
- Concerto per violoncello con violini e basso continuo in La Minore: II. Allegro featuring Chiara Banchini
- Concerto per violoncello solo con violini in La Maggiore: III. Larghetto featuring Chiara Banchini
- Concerto in Sol Maggiore: I. Adagio featuring Chiara Banchini
- Concerto per violoncello solo con violini e basso in Fa Maggiore: I. Presto featuring Chiara Banchini
- Concerto per violoncello solo con violini in La Maggiore: I. Andantino gracioso featuring Chiara Banchini
- Le Quattro Stagioni (from 'il Cimento Dell'armonia E Dell'inventione' Op. 8), Concerto No. 1 In E Ma by Chiara Banchini
- Le Quattro Stagioni (from 'Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione', Op. 8): Concerto No. 1 in E major RV269, 'La primavera' featuring Andrew Parrott
