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Monteverdi - Vespers RecommendedCarolyn Sampson, Rebecca Outram, Daniel Auchincloss & Nicholas Mulroy
The King’s Consort, Robert King
Despite four wonderful volumes of Monteverdi's sacred music from The King's Consort, nothing will prepare you for the ecstatic consequences of taking seriously at least one aspect of Monteverdi's... — More…
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Building a Library, April 2007, First Choice
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Building a Library, December 2010, First Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2006, Editor's Choice
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Monteverdi: L'Orfeo
RecommendedEmanuela Galli (La Musica/Eurydice), Mirko Guadagnini (Orfeo), Marina De Liso (Messaggiera), Cristina Calzolari (Proserpina), Matteo Bellotto (Plutone), Josè Lo Monaco (Speranza), Salvo Vitale (Caronte), Vincenzo Di Donato (Apollo), Francesca Cassinari (Ninfa), Giovanni Caccamo (Pastore I), Makoto...
Emanuela Galli (Euridice/La Musica) is splendid in voice and emotion and Mirko Guadagnini (Orfeo) is arresting in the low-lying lamenting sections of Act V but rather dry in the upper range. — More…
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Building a Library, November 2007, First Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2007, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2008, Winner - Baroque Vocal
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Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea
RecommendedPhilippe Jaroussky (Nerone), Danielle de Niese (Poppea), Anna Bonitatibus (Ottavia), Max Emanuel Cencic (Ottone)
Les Arts Florissants, William Christie
Danielle de Niese brings this production to life…camerawork and sound are very good indeed - the former is not too ‘busy’ and the latter is especially effective when heard on a decent audio system. — More…
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Building a Library, January 2014, DVD Choice
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Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea
RecommendedEmanuela Galli (Poppea), Roberta Mameli (Nerone), Josè Maria Lo Monaco (Ottone), Xenia Meijer (Ottavia), Ian Honeyman (Arnalta) & Raffaele Costantini (Seneca)
La Venexiana, Claudio Cavina (direction)
The star of the show is the splendid Seneca (Raffaele Costantini), and there are notable cameos from Romina Tomasoni (Venus and Pallas), and Makoto Sakurada (as Ottavia's nurse). There is plenty... — More…
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Building a Library, January 2014, First Choice
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Monteverdi: Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria
RecommendedAnizio Zorzi Giustiniani (Ulisse), Josè Maria Lo Monaco (Penelope), Roberta Mameli (Minerva), Makoto Sakurada (Telemaco, Eurimaco), Salvo Vitale (Nettuno), Giorgia Milanesi (Giunone) with Francesca Cassinari, Vincenzo Di Donato, Marco Bussi, Alessio Tossi, Roberto Balconi, Paolo Antognetti, Francesca...
this account by La Veneziana is one of the more lively versions on CD...Makoto Sakurada (who plays Telemaco and Eurimaco) has the finest voice; strong, responsive and agile...It is therefore... — More…
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Building a Library, June 2015, First Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2012, Editor's Choice
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Monteverdi: L'Orfeo RecommendedFurio Zanasi (Orfeo), Arianna Savall (Euridice), Montserrat Figueras (La Musica), Sara Mingardo (Messaggiera)
La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall
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Building a Library, May 2017, DVD Choice
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Monteverdi: L'Orfeo
RecommendedHelmut Krebs (Orfeo), Hanni Mack-Cosack (Euridice), Margot Guilleaume (La Musica/Proserpina), Hildegard Wild (Ninfa), Horst Günter (Plutone), Bernhard Michaelis (Pastore 1), Fritz Wunderlich (Apollo/Pastore 2), Peter Offermanns (Pastore 3), Clemens Kaiser-Breme Pastore 4), Peter Roth-Ehrgang (Caronte),...
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Building a Library, May 2017, Historic Choice
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Building a Library, November 2016, Also Recommended
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Monteverdi: L'Orfeo
RecommendedLaurence Dale (Orfeo), Efrat Ben-Nun (Euridice/La Musica), Jennifer Larmore (Messaggiera), Paul Gérimon (Caronte), Harry Peeters (Plutone), Bernarda Fink (Proserpina), Nicolas Rivenq (Apollo), Andreas Scholl (Speranza)
Concerto Vocale, René Jacobs
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Building a Library, May 2017, Also Recommended
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Monteverdi Vespers
RecommendedSuzie LeBlanc, Barbara Borden (soprano), Alexander Schneider (countertenor), Rodrigo del Pozo (high tenor), Julian Podger, John Potter (tenor), Bertrand Chuberre, Jelle Draijer, Stephan MacLeod (bass-baritone), Leo van Doeselaar (organ)
Tragicomedia, Concerto Palatino, Stephen Stubbs
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Building a Library, April 2007, Mid-Price Choice
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