CD, Abel, C F (composer)
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Mozart in London
RecommendedAna Maria Labin (soprano), Helen Sherman (mezzo), Ben Johnson (tenor), Anna Devin (soprano), Rebecca Bottone (soprano), Robert Murray (tenor), Martene Grimson (soprano), Eleanor Dennis (soprano)
The Mozartists, Ian Page
Bold yet highly sensitive, Page and his musicians show what makes this musicians show what makes this music great. Page draws on a deep bench of vocal talent; of his eight soloists, Rebecca... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, May 2018
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2018, Recording of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Bags of invention have gone into this album...By meticulously combining different movements, Boulanger creates new surroundings for some well-known Bach movements. — More…
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Muscular arpeggiata preludes cede to pizzicato dances of ineffable suavity, and a fugue of dazzling complexity. The sound is intoxicating, Pandolfo’s expressivity and technique beyond praise. — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2010, Instrumental Finalist
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Gramophone Awards, 2010, Finalist - Baroque Instrumental
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2009, Editor's Choice
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Susanne Heinrich rises ably to the challenge of understanding this 18th-century Jekyll-and-Hyde figure, heightening to fine effect the music's light and shade, energy and indolence. Her readings... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2008, Finalist - Baroque Instrumental
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2008, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2008, Editor's Choice
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Carl Friedrich Abel: Cello Concertos
Bruno Delepelaire (cello), Christoph Hartmann (oboe)
Berlin Barock Solisten, Kristof Polonek
For melodic ease and cheerful spirits, his Second Cello Concerto runs Haydn’s very close . Adagios a re soulful; concertante works showcase soloists well. — More…
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Winner - Young Talent
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If you’re secretly after ‘smooth baroque’ but too embarrassed to click on that playlist, this album is your top-drawer, face-saving solution. If you’re interested in a world in which the viola... — More…
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