L'Arpeggiata

L'Arpeggiata is a European early music group led by Christina Pluhar, and founded by her in 2000. The group has presented both traditional early music and also several collaged and themed performances and recordings.^[1]^[2]

The group focuses on Italian, French and English music from the 17th century. In their music, they often use instrumental improvisations, in which they work together not only with baroque musicians, but also with jazz musicians.

Regular members of the group are:

Christina Pluhar, theorbo
Doron David Sherwin, cornetto
Veronika Skuplik, baroque violin
David Mayoral, percussion
Marcello Vitale, baroque guitar
Boris Schmidt, double bass
Eero Palviainen, archlute and baroque guitar
Sarah Louise Ridy, baroque harp
Margit Übellacker, psalterium
Haru Kitamika, harpsichord and organ
Mira Glodeanu, baroque violin
Rodney Prada, viola da gamba
Josetxu Obregón, baroque cello

Discography

Kapsberger: La Villanella Johannette Zomer, Pino de Vittorio, Hans Jörg Mammel. Alpha Records (2001)
Stefano Landi: Homo fugi velut umbra... Alpha (2002)
La Tarantella: Antidotum Tarantulae - with Lucilla Galeazzi and Marco Beasley. Alpha (2002)
All'Improvviso - Ciaccone, Bergamasche e un po'di folie... Marco Beasley, Lucilla Galeazzi. Alpha (2004)
Cavalieri: Rappresentatione di Anima, et di Corpo Alpha (2004)
Los Impossibles. with Pepe Habichuela. Naïve Records
Monteverdi - Teatro d'Amore Virgin Classics (2009)^[3]
Via Crucis. Nuria Rial, Philippe Jaroussky, Barbara Furtuna Corsican male voice quartet. Virgin Classics (2010)
Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine 2CD Virgin Classics (2011)
Los Pájaros perdidos - The South American Project Philippe Jaroussky Virgin Classics (2012)
Mediterraneo - Mísia fado singer, Nuria Rial, Raquel Andueza, Vincenzo Capezzuto, Katerina Papadopoulou.^[4] Virgin (2013)
Music for a While: Improvisations on Henry Purcell. Philippe Jaroussky, Raquel Andueza, Vincenzo Capezzuto, Dominique Visse. Erato Records (2014)
Francesco Cavalli: L'Amore Innamorato. Nuria Rial and Hana Blažíková. Erato Records (2015)
Händel Goes Wild: Improvisations on G.F. Handel. Valer Sabadus, Nuria Rial. Erato Records (2017)
Himmelsmusik, Christina Pluhar & L'Arpeggiata, Philippe Jaroussky, Céline Scheen, Erato, (2018)
Luigi Rossi: La Lyra d’Orfeo - Arpa Davidica, Christina Pluhar & L'Arpeggiata, with Véronique Gens, Philippe Jaroussky, Jakub Józef Orliński, Céline Scheen, Giuseppina Bridelli, Valer Sabadus, Erato, (2019)
Alla Napoletana, Christina Pluhar & L'Arpeggiata, Céline Scheen, Bruno de Sá, Valer Sabadus, Luciana Mancini, Vincenzo Capezzuto, Alessandro Giangrande, Zachary Wilder, João Fernandes, Erato, (2021)

References

^ J. van der Klis Een tuitje in de aardkorst: oude muziek in nederland - 2007 Page 510 "Zo denken ze erover bij L'Arpeggiata', concludeert Roland de Beer naar aanleiding van het tweede concert van het ensemble ... De monter tokkelende Pluhar vermeed afsluitende grondtonen en voegde de nummers zo tot één omelet, samen ..."
^ New Statesman Volume 138, Nos 4943 4955 - Page 44 2009 "L'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar Teatro d'Amore (Virgin Classics) Was Claudio a jazzman? You begin to wonder when you hear Baroque musicians essaying a walking bassline, in a startling but convincing reimagining of Monteverdi's secular "
^ Revue des deux mondes -2009 Page 185 "Fondatrice d'un groupe d'instruments anciens, L'Arpeggiata, qui a conquis peu à peu le devant de la scène, Christina Pluhar s'est lancée, elle, dans un florilège autour des madrigaux et des airs de Monteverdi. Intitulé Teatro d'amore, son"
^ Katerina Papadopoulou Κατερίνα Παπαδοπούλου