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Peter Whelan
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The Italian Job
RecommendedBaroque Instrumental Music from the Italian States
Gail Hennessy, Rachel Chaplin (oboes) & Peter Whelan (bassoon)
La Serenissima, Adrian Chandler
The highlight of the disc for me is Chandler’s performance of a seldom-played E major Violin Concerto by Tartini: he explores fully the rich poetic content of its slow movement while projecting... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2017, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Winner - Baroque Instrumental
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Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
RecommendedAdrian Chandler (director/violin), Peter Whelan (bassoon)
La Serenissima
an intensely dramatic account that will add spice to what has for many listeners perhaps come to resemble a dreary domestic relationship…[all] are realised in vivid colours through the agency... —
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BBC Music Magazine, Concerto Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2015, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, September 2016, Also Recommended
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Shortlisted - Baroque Instrumental
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The performances… are typically neatly-pointed and vivacious. —
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2009, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2010, Winner - Baroque Instrumental
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All four soloists dig into the virtuosic writing with glee – Peter Whelan’s pyrotechnics in the Bassoon Concerto are little short of astonishing, and Franco-Italian mezzo Lea Desandre rivals... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2019
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International Classical Music Awards, 2020, Winner - Assorted Program
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Special offer. The Trials of Tenducci: A Castrato in Ireland
RecommendedTara Erraught (mezzo-soprano), Irish Baroque Orchestra, Peter Whelan
[The Mozart] is given a very capable performance by mezzo Tara Erraught, whose attractive tone and warmth are heard to particular advantage in the second aria (‘Tu virginum’)...she copes well... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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The Irish Baroque Orchestra play with devil-may-care aplomb. —
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2016, Concerto Choice
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One wouldn’t normally expect late-18th-century aristocratic entertainment music to survive the test of time, but this really does speak across the ages…The horn writing is especially ear-catching:... —
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Vivaldi: Gods, Emperors & Angels
Concertos for recorder, violin, bassoon & strings
Sara Deborah Struntz (violin), Pamela Thorby (recorder), Peter Whelan (bassoon)
La Serenissima, Adrian Chandler (violin/director)
Whelan with Pamela Thorby provide an evenly balanced partnership with plenty of tasteful ornaments. —
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Under the incisive direction of Peter Whelan, the group is on ebullient form as it explores the vogue for the French horn in Scotland…Barsanti emerges as a worthy rival to Handel’s festive verve…Renard’s... —
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2017, Editor's Choice
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Presto Editor's Choice, August 2017
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This disc is a treasure trove of world premieres, exploring the musician’s double life as both composer and virtuoso performer…The Australian violinist Sophie Gent takes the Dubourg role throughout... —
