Benedetto Marcello (1686-1739)

The younger brother of Alessandro Marcello, Benedetto Marcello was a more prolific composer, writing stage works, church music, and secular vocal and instrumental music. In his book Il teatro alla moda, published about 1720, Marcello gives a satirical account of contemporary operatic practice.

Instrumental Music

Benedetto Marcello’s compositions include a set of 12 concertos for strings, as well as sets of sonatas for one and two cellos.

Vocal Music

Benedetto Marcello wrote a large quantity of vocal music, sacred and secular. The last includes nearly 350 cantatas. His Lamento dei castrati combines a traditional lament with a predicament of which he takes a cynical view.




Album Title ▲ Category Label Cat. No.
ANGLAR (Angels) Chamber Music, Choral - Sacred, Concerto, Instrumental, Orchestral, Vocal, Vocal Ensemble Naxos 8.503096
Antique Arias, Vol. 1 - CARISSIMI, G. / CESTI, A. / LEGRENZI, G. / SCARLATTI, A. (Italian Musical Backing Tracks) (Mondini) Backing Tracks Stradivarius STR63004
Antique Arias, Vol. 3 - STRADELLA, A. / FASOLO, G.B. / SCARLATTI, A. / BASSANI, G.B. / GASPARINI, F. (Italian Musical Backing Tracks) (Mondini) Backing Tracks Stradivarius STR63006
Chamber Music - CORELLI, A. / COUPERIN, F. / VIVALDI, A. / BARRE, M. de la (Lo specchio ricomposto - Le miroir recomposé) (Erdas, Guerrero, Cavasanti) Chamber Music, Instrumental Stradivarius STR33684
Concertos - MARCELLO, B. / BACH, J.S. / VIVALDI, A. (Concerti appropriati all'organo) (Loreggian) Instrumental Tactus TC672215
CORELLI / VERACINI / SAMMARTINI: Baroque Music for Recorder Chamber Music BIS BIS-CD-945
Early Jewish Italian Spiritual Music - BRANDUARDI, A. / MARCELLO, B. / ROSSI, S. (Illumination ) (Ensemble Bet Hagat) Chamber Music, Vocal, Vocal Ensemble Stradivarius STR37124
Flute Recital: Bet, Stefano - MARCELLO, B. / FERRANDINI, G.B. / VIVALDI, A. / BON, A. (Sonate Veneziane del '700) Chamber Music Tactus TC700002
Flute Recital: Kincaid, William - MARCELLO, B. / HINDEMITH, P. / SAINT-SAENS, C. / CAPLET, A. / DEBUSSY, C. / DUTILLEUX, H. (1951) Chamber Music, Instrumental Naxos Classical Archives 9.80321
Harpsichord Recital: Guglielmi, Luca - DELLA CIAIA, A.B. / HANDEL, G.F. / SCARLATTI, D. / GIUSTINI, L. / MARCELLO, B. / ZIPOLI, D. Instrumental Stradivarius STR33608SD
ILLUMINATION II - Italian-Jewish Music of Solace and Hope (Ensemble Nuria, Lavi, Kedem, Harel, Pari, Seidelman) Choral - Sacred, Vocal, Vocal Ensemble Stradivarius STR37291
Instrumental Ensemble Music - VIVALDI, A. / SCHAFFRATH, C. / MARCELLO, B. / PEPUSCH, J.C. (The Musical Tereasures of Leufsta Bruk, Vol. 1) Chamber Music, Concerto, Instrumental BIS BIS-CD-1526
KLASSIK OHNE KRISE: Festliche Trompete Concerto, Orchestral Naxos 8.551332-33
Lamenti Barocchi, Vol. 2 Vocal, Vocal Ensemble Naxos 8.553319
MARCELLO, B.: Arianna [Opera] (Chierichetti, Banditelli, Guadagnini, Athestis Chorus, Academia de li Musici, Bressan) Opera Chandos CHAN0656-58
MARCELLO, B.: Chamber Music (Balestracci, Mosca, Dantone) Chamber Music Stradivarius STR33391SD
MARCELLO, B.: Flute Sonatas, Op. 2 (Noferi, Tenerani, Il Rossignolo) Chamber Music, Instrumental Tactus TC683802
MARCELLO, B.: Harpsichord Sonatas, Op. 3, Nos. 1-6 (Loreggian) Instrumental Chandos CHAN0671-72
MARCELLO, B.: Lo Speccio della Nostalgia (Oro, Simboli) Vocal Tactus TC683801
MARCELLO, B.: Psalms and Sonatas (Ensemble Salomone Rossi, Cevidalli) Chamber Music, Instrumental, Vocal Dynamic CDS7882
MARCELLO, B.: Recorder Sonatas, Vol. 1 (Balestracci, Mosca, Dantone) Chamber Music Stradivarius STR33390SD
MARCELLO, B.: Requiem in the Venitian Manner (Athestis Chorus, Academia de li Musici, Bressan) Choral - Sacred, Instrumental Chandos CHAN0637
MARCELLO, B.: Salmi, Vol. 1 (Casari, Franzetti, Testolin, Ferrarini, A. Carmignani, Gli Erranti) Instrumental, Vocal, Vocal Ensemble Stradivarius STR33679SD
MARCELLO: Recorder Sonatas / Cello Sonatas Chamber Music Dynamic CDS155
Opera Arias (Soprano): Dragoni, Maria - JOMMELLI, N. / ROSSINI, G. / VERDI, G. / PUCCINI, G. / MARCELLO, B. (Famous Opera Arias) Opera, Vocal Orfeo C261921A
Organ Recital: Arnér, Gotthard - GRANSTAM, B. / BOND, A. / SCHÖNBERG, S.G. / GRIGNY, N. de (Stora tuna Kyrka) Instrumental Proprius PROP7703
Organ Recital: Arnér, Gotthard / Larson, Janåke / Lundkvist, Erik / Welin, Karl-Erik - BACH, J.S. / DUPRÉ , M. / GRANSTAM, B. / ALAIN, J. Instrumental Proprius PROP7723
PIANO MUSIC FOR STUDENTS - Associated Board Piano Examination, Grades 5 - 7 Piano (1995) Instrumental Marco Polo AB-80501
Recorder Recital: Schneider, Michael - HANDEL, G.F. / TELEMANN, G.P. / BARSANTI, F. / SCARLATTI, A. / SAMMARTINI, G. / MANCINI, F. / CASTRUCCI, P.2200 Chamber Music Capriccio C49550
RESPIGHI, O.: Vocal Music (Deità Silvane) (Bertagnolli, Orvieto) Vocal Stradivarius STR33829
TERRIFIC TRUMPET - Best Loved Classical Trumpet Music Ballet, Chamber Music, Choral - Sacred, Concerto, Instrumental, Orchestral Naxos 8.578185
Trumpet Concertos (Famous) (Kejmar) Concerto, Orchestral Naxos 8.550243
VIVALDI / WEBER / MARCELLO: Trombone and Tuba Chamber Music, Concerto, Instrumental BIS BIS-CD-95