CD, Paisiello (composer)
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Baroque Album
Vivaldi - Bach - Barbella - Paisiello - Hummel
Avi Avital (mandolin), Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini
Avital’s seemingly effortless virtuosity and quasi-improvisatory flights in this audibly genial collaboration will send you on your way rejoicing. —
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2024, Editor's Choice
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Nominated - Instrumentalist of the Year
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Winner - Concerto Recording of the Year
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Libertà!
RecommendedMozart & The Opera
Sabine Devieilhe (soprano), Siobhan Stagg (soprano), Serena Malfi (mezzo), Linard Vrielink (tenor), John Chest (baritone), Nahuel di Pierro (bass-baritone)
Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon
Pichon’s approach is ingenious…Sabine Devieilhe is the show’s star. Her distinctive soprano excels not only in the fiery passage work of ‘Da Schlagt’ (from Mozart’s Der Schauspieldirektor) but... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, August 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2019
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Vocal International Classical Music Awards 2019 Nominee - Vocal
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New. Salterio obbligato
Arias and instrumental music with salterio from 18th-century Italy
Christian Dietz, Elisabeth Seitz, nuovo aspetto, Valer Barna-Sabadus, Franz Vitzthum, Manfred Bittner
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Mozart: Requiem - Paisiello: Messe pour le sacre de Napoléon
Sandrine Piau (soprano), Chantal Santon Jeffery (soprano), Éléonore Pancrazi (mezzo), Mathias Vidal (tenor), Thomas Dolié (baritone), Le Concert de la Loge, Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Julien Chauvin
Le Concert de la Loge treat it all with power and premiere energy, the Dies Irae driven along, never allowed to touch the ground, the ‘Rex Tremendae’ attentively articulated by orchestra and... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Choral
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Vienna Mandolin Stories
Alon Sariel (mandolin), Kölner Akademie (chamber ensemble)
Michael Alexander Willens
Sariel’s near-complete mastery of the mandolin and its music is evident in every bar, and comparisons with Avi Avital are predictable yet warranted —
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This eclectic, if not eccentric song recital by the musically promiscuous French countertenor Philippe Jaroussky should not work. That it does, and so convincingly, is down to the fastidious... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th October 2021
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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Partimenti Napoletani. Music for Keyboard Instruments by Paisiello, Durante & Dol
Katharina Heutjer (violin), Nicoleta Paraschivescu (harpsichord), Nicoleta Paraschivescu (organ)
Her playing…is agreeably feisty, forthright and conspicuously vibrant, as she approaches the music with the unstoppable assuredness of a local Vespa aficionado negotiating the bustling alleys... —
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the stand-out feature here is the sensational contribution of American soprano Emily Pogorelc, who is rapidly becoming a star on the European operatic scene. Her singing here has superb technical... —
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Paisiello - Chamber Music for Winds
Luigi Magistrelli (clarinet & basset horn)
Italian Classical Consort
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Her impressive range stretches from a very clear low G to a sparkling top D, and her tasteful decorations in ‘Dove sono’ show just how much she understands the style…The Mozart pieces attract... —
