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Cecilia & Sol: Dolce Duello
RecommendedDeluxe Hardcover 1CD (Limited Edition)
Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), Sol Gabetta (cello)
Cappella Gabetta, Andres Gabetta
Bartoli and cellist Sol Gabetta make for valiant duelling partners who converse, parry and riposte in spirited combat. Bartoli is velvet-toned, vivacious and voluptuous as ever. Her diction is... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 10th November 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2018, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2018, Opera Choice
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The speed with which his voice moves can be breathtaking...it’s an enthralling disc as one might expect, and the best of it is sensational indeed. — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, April 2023
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2023, Editor's Choice
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Pergolesi: Stabat Mater Sandrine Piau (soprano), Christopher Lowrey (countertenor), Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset
Piau finds just the right balance between beauty of sound and fervent expressivity…[Lowrey] combines lucid diction with an aptly plangent sound – always beautifully controlled. Though they’re... — More…
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Record Review, 11th April 2020, Record of the Week
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2020, Choral & Song Choice
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Stutzmann’s deep burgundy contralto, like a freakishly rich, wide-ranging countertenor, is the perfect fit for this repertoire...[Her] characterisation and vocal colouring are always true and... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2021, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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Nicola Porpora: Opera Arias
RecommendedMax Emanuel Cencic (countertenor)
Armonia Atenea, George Petrou
There are three absolute gems here: 'Quando s'oscura is cielo' (Carlo il Calvo, Rome, 1738), with its ambiguous tonality, the gentle flute-inflected pastoral siciliana 'Ove l'erbetta', a love... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd March 2018
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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International Opera Awards, 2019, Nominated - Recital Album
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Diapason d’Or, April 2018, Nouveauté
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An often feisty recital of operatically-influenced 17th and 18th century sacred music intercut with instrumental items by Dantone’s firebrand ensemble. — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Winner - Recital
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Legacy
Christian-Pierre La Marca (cello), Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor), Le Concert de La Loge, Julien Chauvin
Le Concert de la Loge is a small group, and its opening tutti in the C major Concerto is lithe and rhythmically taut, heralding Christian-Pierre La Marca’s entry, elegant and light, even in the... — More…
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Record Review, 21st January 2023, Record of the Week
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Sabata sings this complex programme with his customary elegance and flair. His dark, warm alto has always sounded good in slower arias, where the long lines flow with ease and his breath control... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, December 2018
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2019, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Baroque Vocal
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[Bartoli] darts from note to note with admirable precision in Porpora’s ‘Nell’attendere il mio bene’, with octave leaps and drops into the chest register. If Farinelli delighted in adagio arias,... — More…
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Diapason d’Or, December 2019
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Female Singer of the Year
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Conductor of the Year
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Among the disc’s many highlights are the virtuoso cello concertos by Cirri and Porpora which showcase Gaillard’s athletic technique as well as her extraordinary ability to make the cello sing. — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, March 2022
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2023, Nominated - Concerto
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