I Barocchisti
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Aspromonte’s voluptuous, velvety soprano and vivid diction capture the emotional and rhetorical tensions of works that veer from grief to joy; my one caveat is that her colour palette and dynamic... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, November 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2022, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice
Recommended(Limited Edition casebound deluxe)
Philippe Jaroussky (Orfeo), Amanda Forsythe (Euridice), Emőke Baráth (Amore)
Coro della Radiotelevisione Svizzera & I Barocchisti, Diego Fasolis
Jaroussky manages the edition’s higher keys well enough (Vienna’s Orfeo was a castrato alto, Naples’s a soprano) and sings sweetly so long as forceful declamation isn’t required. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 25th May 2018
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Cecilia Bartoli: St Petersburg
RecommendedCecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano)
I Barocchisti, Diego Fasolis
Bartoli's voice is wearing well, and she been recorded with sensitivity. Some of her faster passagework sounds a little rough around the edges, even fierce, but her technical skills are still... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 13th October 2014
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2014, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Pergolesi: Stabat Mater, Laudate Pueri & Confitebor
Julia Lezhneva (soprano), Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor)
I Barocchisti, Diego Fasolis
a dazzling display of how less can be more. Controlling his trademark exuberance, Jaroussky blends his voice perfectly with that of the pure-toned Julia Lezhneva...the choir and band respond... — More…
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Mission
RecommendedDeluxe edition
Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor)
I Barocchisti, Diego Fasolis
Bartoli's plummy mezzo soars, smoulders and seduces, milking the music's vocal and expressive scope to dramatic effect. It's hard to resist her sparkling personality and infectious passion for... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 15th October 2012
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2012, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. 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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Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice
RecommendedPhilippe Jaroussky (Orfeo), Amanda Forsythe (Euridice), Emőke Baráth (Amore)
Coro della Radiotelevisione Svizzera & I Barocchisti, Diego Fasolis
Jaroussky is an engaging Orfeo, who sometimes puts expression before purity of sound...I Barocchisti, conducted by Diego Fasolis, make sure Gluck’s drama comes leaping vividly from the loudspeakers. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 25th May 2018
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Steger's virtuosity is, from a listener's viewpoint and indeed from his own, breathtaking, and he loses no opportunity in demonstrating it. For my taste, though, there is too much gimmickry... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2014, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Gossec: Le Triomphe de la République
Salomé Haller (soprano), Antonella Balducci (soprano), Guillemette Laurens (mezzo-soprano), Makato Sakurada (tenor), Claudio Danuser (baritone), Philippe Huttenlocher (bass) & Arnaud Marzorati (bass)
Coro della Radio Svizzera, Lugano, Coro Calicantus & I Barocchisti, Diego Fasolis
Diego Fasolis and his performers deliver this extraordinary score with no hint of embarrassment at its pervasive simplicity in a brightly-hued recording. Choral vocal lines are mostly firm,... — More…
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...even Handel's longest-standing fans may find themselves marvelling anew at their composer's encyclopaedic mastery of the vocal melody...Cencic shows himself exceptionally alert to vocal colour... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2010, Opera Choice
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