CD, Stradella (composer)
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Paul-Antoine Benos-Djian has a beautiful countertenor voice, full and even at both ends of his range, which he uses to superbly expressive effect...Alicia Amo as Herodias the Daughter (Salome)... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2020, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Stradella: Un angelo del Paradiso - The Orrigoni Songbook
Silvia Frigato (soloist)
Ensemble Mare Nostrum, Andrea De Carlo
Frigato is devastatingly good. Frankly, if Andrea De Carlo’s Stradella project isn’t already on your radar, this selection makes a very good place to start. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2024, Editor's Choice
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Stradella: San Giovanni Battista
Anke Herrmann, Martin Oro, Antonio Abete, Fredrik Akselberg & Elena Cecchi Fedi
Academia Montis Regalis, Alessandro De Marchi
Stradella's San Giovanni Battista, composed for the church of San Giovanni dei Fiorentini in Rome in 1675, is an oratorio that verges on opera. As well as the familiar characters of John the... — More…
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We’re treated to five motets and two instrumental works revealing that Stradella’s remarkably varied idiom is refined, expressive and felicitous...In sum, this revelatory album is a wonderful... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2024, Choral & Song Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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Bostridge is at his best in those pieces requiring technically adroit command and intelligent poise...The sunlight returns at the end when Bostridge serves up a wonderfully captivating performance... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, February 2022
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Infinite Refrain: Music of Love’s Refuge
RecommendedRandall Scotting (counter-tenor), Jorge Navarro Colorado (tenor), Academy of Ancient Music, Laurence Cummings
Scotting borrows your heart in Monteverdi’s ‘Con che soavità’ when a lover asks how can one speak and kiss at the same time, while conductor Laurence Cummings and the Academy of Ancient Music... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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Special offer. Siface: L’amor castrato
Arias by Stradella, Pasquini, Cavalli, Scarlatti et al.
Filippo Mineccia (countertenor)
Nereydas, Javier Ulises Illán
This is repertory...that for the most part suits his dark, handsome-sounding alto uncommonly well. Long, slowly unfolding lines are sustained with consummate ease and his coloratura has admirable... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2018, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Stradella: Il Trespolo tutore
Riccardo Novaro (Trespolo), Roberta Mameli (Artemisia), Silvia Frigato (Ciro), Luca Cervoni (Simona), Rafał Tomkiewicz (Nino), Paola Valentina Molinari (Despina), Ensemble Mare Nostrum, Andrea De Carlo
The splendid bass Riccardo Novaro brings rich tone, perfect timing and a real sense of character to the title role, a truly commanding performance...De Carlo’s pacing is exemplary, though he... — More…
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Opera, February 2021, Disc of the Month
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There is more to interest the ear here than there often is in 'new' discoveries and the performances far outstrip those commonly associated with such niche recordings: they provide powerful... — More…
