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Sergio Azzolini


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Italian Classical bassoonist was Born in Bolzano in 1967 and studied under Romano Santi at the Claudio Monteverdi Conservatory in his hometown before continuing his studies under Klaus Thunemann at the State Academy Of Music in Hanover. He won renowned competitions such as the Carl Maria von Weber Competition and the ARD Competition. Azzolini held a professorship at the State Academy of Music and the Performing Arts in Stuttgart and has taught bassoon and chamber music at the Basel Academy of Music since 1998.

ALBUMS


Vivaldi*, Sergio Azzolini, L'Onda Armonica
Concerti Per Fagotto V
2021, CD, Naïve, ,
Baroque
Christoph Graupner - Sergio Azzolini, Mauch* · Vitzthum* · Poplutz* · Wörner* · Kirchheimer BachConsort, Florian Heyerick
Jauchzet, Ihr Himmel, Freue Dich, Erde - Bassoon Cantatas
2020, 2xCD, cpo
Haydn*, W.F. Bach*, C.P.E. Bach*, Trio Maurice Bourgue, Maurice Bourgue, Sergio Azzolini, Kimiko Imani
Trios For Oboe, Bassoon And Piano
2018, 2xCD, Album, Sony Classical
Jean Daniel Braun, Marion Treupel-Franck*, Sergio Azzolini, Francesco Galligioni, Axel Wolf
Voice Of The Soul: Flute Music By Jean Daniel Braun
2017, CD, Album, Sony Classical
W.A. Mozart*, Michael Haydn, Sergio Azzolini, Streicherakademie Bozen
Bassoon Concerto & Serenade
2017, CD, Album, Sony Classical
František Jiránek – Collegium Marianum, Sergio Azzolini, Xenia Löffler, Jana Semerádová, Lenka Torgersen
Concertos
2016, CD, Album, Supraphon, ,
Baroque
Vivaldi* - Sergio Azzolini, L'Onda Armonica
Concerti Per Fagotto IV - RV 469, 491, 498, 492, 500, 473
2015, CD, Album, Naïve
Vivaldi* - Sergio Azzolini, L'Aura Soave Cremona
Concerti Per Fagotto III - RV 485, 502, 474, 480, 494, 475
2013, CD, ,
Baroque/Concerto
François Devienne – Ensemble Villa Musica, Ingo Goritzki, Sergio Azzolini
Sonatas For Oboe And B.C. / Sonatas For Bassoon And B.C.
2012, 2xCD, MDG
Vivaldi* - Sergio Azzolini, L'Aura Soave Cremona
Concerti Per Fagotto II
2011, CD, Album, Naïve, Naïve, ,
Baroque
Christoph Graupner, Sergio Azzolini, Friedemann Wezel, Christian Leitherer, Ensemble Il Capriccio
Fagott- Und Violinkonzerte
2011, CD, Carus
Hertel* - Azzolini*, Capriccio Barock Orchester : Kiefer*
Con Spirito (Concerti & Sinfonie)
2011, CD, Album, Tudor, ,
Classical
C.P.E Bach*, Sergio Azzolini, Streicherakademie Bozen, Georg Egger
Bassoon Music
2011, 3xCD, Sony Classical
Vivaldi*, Sergio Azzolini, L'Aura Soave Cremona
Concerti Per Fagotto I
2010, CD, ,
Baroque
František Jiránek - Sergio Azzolini, Marina Katarzhnova*, Collegium Marianum, Jana Semerádová
Concertos & Sinfonias
2010, CD, ,
Baroque
Antonin Reichenauer - Sergio Azzolini, Xenia Löffler, Lenka Torgersen, Collegium 1704, Václav Luks
Concertos
2010, CD, ,
Baroque
Johann Sebastian Bach, Sergio Azzolini, Kammerakademie Potsdam
Rediscovered Wind Concertos
2009, CD, Sony Classical
Thaddäus Wolfgang Von Dürnitz – Sergio Azzolini, Edoardo Torbianelli
Sonatas For Classical Bassoon & Fortepiano
2009, CD, Album, Pan Classics
Neruda*, Sergio Azzolini, Parnassi Musici
Trio Sonatas & Bassoon Concerto
2008, CD, cpo
Mozart*, Haydn* - Sergio Azzolini, Friedemann Wezel, Il Capriccio*
Frühe Konzerte • Early Concertos / Frühe Sinfonien • Early Symphonies
2007, SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, DSD, Musicaphon, ,
Classical
Sergio Azzolini · Kammerakademie Potsdam - Villa-Lobos* · Hindemith* · Jolivet* · Gubaidulina*
Fagottkonzerte · Bassoon Concertos
2005, CD, Capriccio (2), Deutschlandradio Kultur
Baldassare Galuppi, Sara Mingardo, Sergio Azzolini, Massimiliano Raschietti, L'Opera Stravagante*, Ivano Zanenghi
La Scusa
2005, CD, ORF
Vivaldi*, Sergio Azzolini, Hans Peter Westermann*, Sonatori De La Gioiosa Marca
Concerti Per Fagotto E Oboe
2004, CD, Opus 111
Johann Friedrich Fasch - Azzolini* · Skuplik* · La Stravaganza Köln
Concertos
2004, CD, Album, cpo
Georg Philipp Telemann - Sergio Azzolini ∙ Parnassi Musici
Trio Sonatas
2003, CD, Album, cpo
Vivaldi*, Barthold Kuijken, Academia Montis Regalis, Zefiro, Alfredo Bernardini, Alessandro De Marchi, Christophe Coin, Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini, Sergio Azzolini, L'Aura Soave Cremona
Vivaldi Concertos 2
2002, 6xCD, Comp, Box, Naïve, ,
Baroque
Rossini*, Sergio Azzolini, Lorenzo Guzzoni, Diethelm Jonas, Wen-Sinn Yang, Streicherakademie Bozen, Georg Egger
Concerto For Bassoon And Orchestra (Ca.1845)
2001, CD, Arts (3)
Sergio Azzolini & Roberto Petrocelli
Around The Music
1999, CD, Album, Not On Label
Johann Sebastian Bach - Jean-Claude Gérard With Sergio Azzolini, Daniel Blumenthal, Walter Forchert, Davide Formisano, Boris Kleiner
Chamber Music For The Flute
1999
Igor Stravinsky, Carole Bouquet, Gérard Depardieu, Guillaume Depardieu, Shlomo Mintz, Pascal Moraguès, Sergio Azzolini, Marc Bauer, Daniel Breszynski, Vincent Pasquier, Michel Cerutti
Histoire Du Soldat
1997, CD, ,
Modern
Carl Stamitz - Sabine Meyer, Sergio Azzolini, Academy Of St. Martin in the Fields*, Iona Brown
Klarinettenkonzerte = Clarinet Concertos = Concertos pour Clarinette Vol. II
1995, CD, ,
Classical
Beethoven*, Susan Milan, Levon Chilingirian, Louise Williams, Sergio Azzolini, Ian Brown
Serenade • Trio • Duo
1992, CD, Album, Chandos, ,
Romantic
Mozart* – Sabine Meyer, Diethelm Jonas, Sergio Azzolini, Bruno Schneider, Staatskapelle Dresden, Hans Vonk
Klarinettenkonzert K. 622 / Sinfonia Concertante K. 297b
1990
Sergio Azzolini, Ensemble L'Aura Soave*, Ai Ikeda, Davide Pozzi (2), Diego Cantalupi
Il Fagotto Virtuoso (Sonate Italiane Del Secolo XVIII)
CD, Album, MV Cremona

APPEARANCES +


Camerata Rousseau
Kozeluch: Concertos and Symphony
2021, CD, Sony Classical
Various
KuschelKlassik Vol. 20
2019, 2xCD, Comp, Sony Music,
Conradin Kreutzer*, Himmelpfortgrund, Tobias Koch
Septet Op. 62 / Trio Op. 43
2017, CD, Album, cpo, SWR2
Various
KuschelKlassik Vol. 19
2017, 2xCD, Comp, Sony Music,
Various
50 Great Recordings
2014, 50xCD, Album, Mono + Box, Comp, Sony Classical, RCA Red Seal, Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, Eurodisc, ,
Classical/Romantic/Baroque/Modern/Opera/Operetta/Vocal/Canzone Napoletana/Polka/Choral/Impressionist/Neo-Classical/Neo-Romantic/Contemporary
Carole Bouquet, Gérard Depardieu, Guillaume Depardieu, Shlomo Mintz, Stravinsky*
Histoire Du Soldat
2013, CD, ,
Modern
Sabine Meyer - Mozart*, Stamitz*, Weber*, Rossini*, Krommer*
Klarinettenkonzerte = Clarinet Concertos
2012, 4x CD, CD, Box Set, ,
Classical/Romantic
Bertrand Chamayou
Décembre 2011 - Un Mois D'Émotions Musicales - Bertrand Chamayou Transcende Liszt
2011, CD, Comp, Smplr, Car, Diapason
Various
Best Of Klassik 2011 (Die Grosse Gala Der Echo Klassik-Preisträger)
2011, 2xCD, Comp, EMI Classics, ZDF,
Various
Autumn 2011
2011, CD, Advance, Promo, Smplr, Car, Naïve Classique,
Telemann* - La Stagione Frankfurt*, Michael Schneider
Wind Concertos Vol. 7
2011, CD, Album, cpo
Christophe Coin, Ensemble Baroque De Limoges, Johann Gottlieb Graun, Georg Philipp Telemann, Luigi Boccherini, Johann Sebastian Bach
Le Violoncelle Baroque
2011, 4xCD, Album, RE + Box, Sli, Naïve
Various
N° 581 - Juin 2010 - Les Plus Beaux Extraits Du Mois
2010, CD, Comp, Smplr, Car, Diapason, ,
Renaissance/Baroque/Classical/Romantic
Various
Choc de Classica 124 Juillet Août 2010
2010, CD, Comp, Promo, Smplr, Choc de Classica
Georg Philipp Telemann - Parnassi Musici
III Trietti Metodichi E III Scherzi
2009, CD, Album, cpo
Cantus Et Musica Freiburg, Parnassi Musici, Raimund Hug
Konstanzer Kathedralmusik
2009, CD, Spektral
Epoca Barocca, Christoph Schaffrath
Six Sonatas
2009, CD, Album, cpo
Vivaldi*
La Folie Vivaldi
2008, 2xCD, Comp, Naïve, Radio Classique, ,
Baroque/Opera
Håkan Hardenberger
The Art Of The Trumpet
2007, CD, RE + CD, RE + CD, RE + CD, RE + CD, RE + Box, , Decca, ,
Baroque/Classical/Romantic/Modern
Vivaldi* - Sandrine Piau, Sara Mingardo, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Philippe Jaroussky, Magdalena Kožená, Sonia Prina, Rinaldo Alessandrini, Jean-Christophe Spinosi, Ottavio Dantone, Alessandro De Marchi
Il Furioso!
2006, CD, Comp, Naïve, Naïve
Johann Sebastian Bach, Maria-Tecla Andreotti
Sonates Pour Flûte
2006, CD, Album, Laborie Records
Mozart*
Divertimento K186 / Divertimento K166 / Adagio K411 / Adagio K410 / Adagio K App. 94/580a / Divertimento K289
2006, CD, Album, Comp, RM, Philips, ,
Classical
Mozart*
Divertimentos K213, K240, K252, K253 y K270
2006, CD, Album, Comp, RM, Philips
Various
Musik Auf Villa Hügel 2006
2006, 2xCD, Album, S/Edition, Ars Produktion
Giovanni Legrenzi - Parnassi Musici
Trio Sonatas 1655
2004, CD, Album, cpo
Hasse*, Epoca Barocca
Sonatas And Trio Sonatas
2004, CD, Chandos Early Music, Chaconne
Edison Denisov ∣ Niccolò Castiglioni ∣ Toshio Hosokawa ∣ Michael Obst ∣ Alexander Raskatov* - Bläserensemble Sabine Meyer
Modern Works For Wind Ensemble
2000, CD, Album, EMI Classics, EMI Classics, ,
Contemporary
Nielsen*, Hindemith*, Haas*, Eisler* / Ma'alot Quintett
Quintett: Bläserquintette ◦ Wind Quintets ◦ Quintettes À Vent
1999, CD, Album, Glissando
Mozart* - Sabine Meyer, Staatskapelle Dresden, Hans Vonk
Clarinet Concerto K.622 / Sinfonia Concertante K.297b
1998
Telemann*, Ensemble Baroque De Limoges, Christophe Coin
Kammermusik Mit Viola Da Gamba ("Darmstädter Manuskript")
1998, CD Emphasis, ,
Baroque
Mozart* - Bläserensemble Sabine Meyer
Musik auf Villa Hügel - Bläserserenaden
1997, 2xCD, Album, S/Edition, Musik auf Villa Hügel
Various
25th Anniversary International Double Reed Society
1997, CD, Crystal Records (5)
Mozart*, Bläserensemble Sabine Meyer
Serenaden KV 375 · KV 388
1997
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Christian Zacharias, Sabine Meyer, Bläserensemble Sabine Meyer
Mozart: Quintett KV 452 / Beethoven: Quintett, Op. 16
1995, CD, EMI Classics
Beethoven* / Yun*, Ma'alot Quintett
Sextet Op. 71 / Oketett Op. 103 / Quintett / Festlicher Tanz
1995, CD, Album, Berlin Classics, ,
Contemporary/Romantic
Sabine Meyer
Clarinet Connection - The Great Concertos
1994, CD, Comp, EMI Classics,
Carl Reinecke, Ensemble Villa Musica
Piano Quintet Op. 83 • Octet Op. 216 • Sextet Op. 271
1994, CD, Album, MDG
Sabine Meyer
Notes
1994, CD, Promo, EMI Classics
Ma'alot Quintett - Mozart* · Ligeti*
KV 594 · 608 · 616 · Bagatellen · Stücke
1993, CD, Album, Berlin Classics, ,
Contemporary/Classical
Franz Danzi - Ma'alot Quintett
Bläserquintette Op. 56 • 67 • 68
1993, CD, Album, Berlin Classics
Beethoven* - Bläserensemble Sabine Meyer
Symphonien 7 & 8
1991, CD, EMI Classics
Krommer* - Bläserensemble Sabine Meyer
Bläseroktette
1991, CD, ,
Classical
Rossini*, Ligeti*, Mahler*, Berg*, Brahms*, Schubert*, Donizetti*, Schumann*, Skrjabin*, Krenek*
Schwetzinger Festspiele 1990 - Aus den Konzerten
1990, CD, Comp, Süddeutscher Rundfunk,
Paul Hindemith, Ensemble Villa Musica
Septet (1948) / Clarinet Quintet Op. 30 (First Version) / Octet (1957/58)
CD, RE, MDG
Richard Strauss, Ensemble Villa Musica
Music For Wind Instruments Vol. 1 - Till Eulenspiegel (Arr.) / Sonatina In E Flat Major, „Fröliche Werkstatt“
CD, MDG Gold
Epoca Barocca
Live - A Quattro
CD, Album, Not On Label (Epoca Barocca Self-released)
Mozart*, Krommer*, Sabine Meyer, Wolfgang Meyer (3), Hans Vonk, Jörg Faerber
Clarinet Concerto / Sinfonia Concertante K 297b / Concerto For Two Clarinets
CD, Warner Classics, Warner Classics
Mozart*, Bläserensemble Sabine Meyer
Sabine Meyer Plays Mozart. Serenade Nr. 10 KV 361 "Gran Partita". Serenade Nr. 11 KV 375.
Various
Ich Mag Keine Klassik, Aber Das Gefällt Mir
2015, 15xCD, Comp + Box, RCA Red Seal, Sony Music, ,
Renaissance/Baroque/Classical/Romantic/Impressionist/Modern/Contemporary
Various
Baby Klassik
2014, 2xCD, Comp, Sony Classical
Various
Bezaubernde Bläser
2012, CD, ,
Baroque/Classical/Modern/Neo-Classical/Opera/Romantic
Various / Lavinia Meijer
Aangenaam... Klassiek 2011 / Lavinia Meijer Speelt Philip Glass
2011, 2xCD, Comp + CD, Album + Box, STEP (Stichting Entertainmentretail Promotion), Channel Classics, ,
Opera/Neo-Classical/Baroque/Classical
Various
Mozart (Das Schönste & Beste)
2005, 5xCD, Comp + Box, EMI Classics, ,
Classical/Opera
Johann Sebastian Bach, Helmuth Rilling
Ein Musikalischer Streifzug Durch Das Leben von Johann Sebastian Bach (A Musical Journey Through The Life Of Johann Sebastian Bach)
2000, CD, Smplr, Har, Hänssler Edition Bachakademie, Hänssler Edition Bachakademie, ,
Baroque
Johann Christian Bach, W.A. Mozart*, Ensemble Oriol*, Sergio Azzolini, Ariadne Daskalakis, Stephan Picard
Sinfonie G-Moll, Sinfonia Concertante Es-Dur, Sinfonie G-Moll KV 183
2003, CDr, Unofficial, Sender Freies Berlin