1710-1791 IT, Venice
Composer of Classical
Giovanni Battista Ferrandini (c. 1710 – 25 October 1791), an Italian composer of the Baroque and Classical eras, was born in Venice, Italy and died in Munich, at the age of 81.He was a child prodigy and entered the service of Duke Ferdinand Maria Innocenz of Bavaria at the age of 12 as an oboist. The newly constructed Bavarian Court Theatre (the Old Residenztheater, now known as the Cuvilliés Theatre after the architect) in Munich opened on 12 October 1753 with Ferrandini's opera Catone in Utica. A recording of the opera made 250 years later in the same theatre is available (Oehms Classics OC 901).
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Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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Catone In Utica | Giovanni Battista Ferrandini, Neue Hofkapelle München, Chor Des Theaters Am Gärtnerplatz München, Christoph Hammer | 2004 | Album |
Italian Flute Concertos | Antonio Vivaldi, Giovanni Battista Ferrandini, Tomaso Albinoni, Baldassare Galuppi, Giuseppe Tartini, Tommaso Giordani, Jed Wentz, Musica Ad Rhenum | 1997 | Album |
18-th Century Flute Concerti | Antonio Vivaldi, Giovanni Battista Ferrandini, Tomaso Albinoni, Baldassare Galuppi, Giuseppe Tartini, Tommaso Giordani, Johann Joachim Quantz, Jed Wentz, Musica Ad Rhenum | 1978 | Album |