Penguin Rosettes, Baroque (era)
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Victorious Love - Songs by Henry Purcell
RecommendedCarolyn Sampson (soprano), Laurence Cummings (harpsichord & spinet), Elizabeth Kenny (archlute / theorbo), Anne-Marie Lasla (bass viol), Sarah Sexton (violin I), Andrea Morris (violin II) & Jane Rogers (viola)
Her tone is extraordinarily beautiful: natural, warm and unforced, with almost superhuman vocal athleticism —
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Building a Library, February 2014, Top Recital Recommendation
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2007, Editor's Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Treasures of Baroque Opera
RecommendedJanet Baker, Teresa Berganza, Catherine Bott, Luciano Pavarotti
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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The Sound of the Trumpet
RecommendedPeter Hurford (organ), Alan Stringer (trumpet), Gwynne Howell (bass), John Wilbraham (trumpet), Philip Jones (trumpet), Leslie Pearson (organ), The Michael Laird Brass Ensemble, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, London Festival Orchestra, Sir Neville Marriner, Elgar...
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Special offer. Handel: Concerti grossi Op. 6 Nos. 1-12 HWV319-330
RecommendedAcademy of St Martin in the Fields, Iona Brown
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Corelli's Sonatas have never felt more alive and less perfectly preserved than they do here, and if you care at all for the baroque repertoire or fine fiddle playing, you owe it to yourself... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2003, Disc of the Month
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Building a Library, May 2018, Also recommended
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Special offer. Baroque Voices 11 - Pergolesi & Scarlatti: Stabat Mater
RecommendedGemma Bertagnolli & Sara Mingardo
Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini
This is a totally Italianate performance of both high drama and moving pathos...Alessandrini's instrumental support could not be more telling, and the recording is made in an ideal acoustic. —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, Editor's Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Special offer. English Recorder Concertos
RecommendedMichala Petri and Ian Watson
Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Kenneth Sillito
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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More than half a century separates the earliest and the latest of the works here. The C major Trio Sonata was one of Bach's earliest compositions, written at the age of 17 more or less under... —
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Building a Library, September 2005, Highly Recommended
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Biber: Missa Bruxellensis
RecommendedLa Capella Reial de Catalunya, Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall
The performance here, superlatively recorded in the echoing - but never blurring - acoustics of Salzburg Cathedral, re-creates the work's premiere and is truly inspired. This marvellous disc... —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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