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CD, Corbetta (composer)
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This is a most attractive recital by a singer who has made a name both as a countertenor and as an explorer of diverse repertory. Mobley's voice is light, pure, yet focused...The central stillness... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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La Guitare de Louis Xiv
Léa Masson, Lili Aymonino, Marco Angioloni, Louise Ayrton (violin), Arnaud Condé, Natacha Gauthier, Julien Gourdin
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If an hour and a quarter of music based on 16 bars appears daunting, take courage from the immense stylistic variety over 200 years and the splendidly colourful range of instruments playing... —
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2005, Chamber Choice
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Rolf Lislevand: La Mascarade
Music For Solo Baroque Guitar and Theorbo
Rolf Lislevand (baroque guitar and theorbo)
It takes a performer of the calibre of Baroque guitarist and theorbo player Rolf Lislevand fully to realise the synecdochal power of their music for modern ears…the effect is hypnotic, dazzling... —
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2016, Instrumental Choice
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2016, Winner - Baroque Instrumental
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He is an exciting artist-creative in terms of writing his own arrangements and pieces, and in his interpretations...Potentially this is a very influential album, as it showcases the wealth of... —
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2024, Instrumental Choice
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Purcell: Dido & Aeneas and Ode for St. Cecilia's Day
Carolyn Watkinson (contralto), George Mosley (bass), Michael Chance (alto), Pauline Tinsley (soprano), Ruth Holton (soprano), Nicola Jenkin (soprano), Elisabeth Priday (soprano), David Miller (guitar), Teresa Shaw (mezzo), Donna Deam (soprano), Shauna Beesley (soprano), Jonathan Peter Kenny (alto)
English...
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On this album the breadth of approaches nurtured by the stylus phantasticus is most vividly encapsulated in the music of Nicola Matteis Sr. Tur Bonet’s stylish interpretations will surely inspire... —
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Corbetta & Visée: Suites for guitars and theorbos
Eric Bellocq (theorbo/guitar), Massimo Moscardo (theorbo/guitar)
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My IRR colleague and lute afficionado Christopher Price has been an admirer of the Scottish musician Gordon Ferries for some time; this is the first time I have heard him – and I am impressed.... —
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