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Vivaldi Edition Vol. 58 - Il Giustino
RecommendedDelphine Galou (Giustino), Emöke Barath (Arianna), Silke Gäng (Anastasio), Ana Maria Labin (Leocasta), Ariana Vendittelli (Amantio), Emiliano Gonzalez Toro (Vitaliano), Alessandro Giangrande (Andronico, Polidarte)
Accademia Bizantina, Ottavio Dantone
The opera seria ingredients of rebellion, intrigue, crossed love, jealousy and the supernatural feature in a colourful score with felicitous self-borrowings. Ottavio Dantone’s fine cast of singers... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Opera, December 2018, Disc of the Month
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2019, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2019, Opera Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Baroque Vocal
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Critics' Choice
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Bizet - L' Arlésienne Orchestral Suites
RecommendedLes Musiciens du Louvre & Chœur de l’opéra de Lyon, Marc Minkowski
I find it hard to know what to praise most, the vivid, taut rhythms of the various marches and dances… the sensuous orchestral colours of the quieter moments, of the passion that suddenly erupts…... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2008, Orchestral Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2008, Disc of the Month
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Porpora: Il Maestro
RecommendedOpera Arias
Franco Fagioli (countertenor)
Academia Montis Regalis, Alessandro de Marchi
Fagioli forges his own powerful execution out of practices that Porpora helped invent. Ornaments of fiendish length, tempo and range spur Fagioli onto ever-greater displays, racing ahead of... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2014
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Opera, January 2015, Recording of the Month
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Handel: Tamerlano
RecommendedXavier Sabata (Tamerlano), Max Emanuel Cencic (Andronico), John Mark Ainsley (Bajazet), Karina Gauvin (Asteria), Ruxandra Donose (Irene), Pavel Kudinov (Leone)
Il Pomo d’Oro, Riccardo Minasi
The cast is of exceptional and even strength...[Sabata and Cencic] deliver brilliant tone and lively fioritura, while the scenes between Sabata and Ainsley crackle with fury...An all-round outstanding... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2014, Disc of the month
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2014, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Building a Library, January 2021, Recommended Recording
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Vivaldi: Dorilla in Tempe
RecommendedRomina Basso (Dorilla), Serena Malfi (Elmiro), Marina de Liso (Nomio), Lucia Cirillo (Filindo), Sonia Prina (Eudamia), Christian Senn (Admeto)
I Barocchisti, Diego Fasolis
Fasolis and I Barocchisti deliver a ripe and zesty performance…In this new account there is dramatic tautness to recitatives…Elmiro’s energetic Neapolitan-style arias by Hasse and Leo are sung... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 22nd December 2017
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Vivaldi: Griselda, RV718
Recommendedworld première recording
Griselda: Marie-Nicole Lemieux (contralto), Costanza: Veronica Cangemi (soprano), Ottone: Simone Kermes (soprano), Roberto: Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor), Gualtiero: Stefano Ferrari (tenor) & Corrado: Iestyn Davies (countertenor)
Ensemble Matheus, Jean-Christophe Spinosi
…one of Vivaldi's strongest and most cohesive operas. Jean-Christophe Spinosi's intuitive and vital direction achieves rewarding results. His instrumentalists are first-rate and the choice... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2006, Disc of the month
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2007, Opera Award Winner
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Monteverdi: Il ottavo libro de madrigali, 1638 'Madrigali guerrieri et amorosi'
RecommendedConcerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini
This is a sublime example of the madrigalian art. The disc oozes a sense of intelligent poetic response. — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2007, Finalist - Baroque Vocal
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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The sound these players make is intensely alluring without ever being slick. This is a disc to sink into and savour with the lights turned low: highest bliss … — More…
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Sara Mingardo: Monteverdi, Vivaldi & Handel
Sara Mingardo (contralto)
Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini
A genuine contralto with accompaniments of vivid spontaneity by Rinaldo Alessandrini — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2005, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2004, Editor's Choice
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there is real flair and talent here, with much of the coloratura neatly despatched, and some stylistic grace that is admirable...Minkowski and his Polish musicians are marvellous, especially... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 18th April 2011
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2011, Editor's Choice
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