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Hi Res Download, Locke (composer)
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The ensemble is a coterie of some of the finest early musicians on the scene today – friends who evidently relish the art of musical conversation, the guiding ethos of the English consort tradition. —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2024, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 24th May 2024
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2024, Chamber Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
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Pavans and Fantasies from the Age of Dowland
RecommendedJohn Holloway (violin, viola), Monika Baer (violin, Renate Steinmann (violin), Susanna Hefti (viola), Martin Zeller (bass violin)
Dowland himself was prepared to countenance performances with violin consort. This is the less familiar route Holloway and his colleagues have chosen, deploying four violas atop a bass violin...The... —
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Building a Library, October 2017, Also Recommended
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International Classical Music Awards, 2015, Winner - Baroque Instrumental
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Special offer. Serpent & Fire
RecommendedAnna Prohaska (soprano)
Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini
a maddening, fascinating and often bewitching disc —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Finalist - Recital
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International Classical Music Awards, 2017, Winner - Baroque Vocal
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Perpetual Night
17th Century Ayres and Songs
Lucile Richardot (contralto)
Ensemble Correspondances, Sébastien Daucé
The title may be ‘Perpetual Night’ but there’s absolutely nothing gloomy or unremitting about this delicious disc and its chiaroscuro play of shading and texture…Lawes and Locke may never quite... —
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Schallplattenkritik Awards, 2018, Winner - Jahrespreis
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2018, Winner - Musique baroque vocale
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Diapason d’Or, June 2018, Nouveauté
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Gramophone Awards, 2019, Finalist - Solo Vocal
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Deliberate and fresh exploration unique to this set of instruments is what this ensemble is all about – producing uncompromising and outstandingly mastered dynamics, slide control, multiphonics... —
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2024, Recording of the Month
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2025, Shortlisted - Premiere
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2025, Shortlisted - Newcomer
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Fretwork’s approach is generally weightier and more introspective [than Phantasm's] – a mood enhanced by Signum’s closer recorded balance. Fretwork captures the brooding quality of the minor-mode... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 14th January 2022
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2022
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With their ever-changing affects and tempos, these consorts require alert and agile players and, in this respect, Phantasm is unrivalled. The playing here is technically flawless: lines are... —
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The American Revolution: Music From The PBS Documentary
Jennifer Kreisberg, Mathias Kunzli, Mikael Ringquist, Marcus Santos, Alex Sopp, Rhiannon Giddens (bandleader & vocals), Jake Blount, Brooklyn Rider, Shanir Blumenkranz, Marika Hughes, Dana Lyn, Kyle Sanna, Maeve Gilchrist, Michael Nicolas, Johnny Gandelsman, Karen Ouzounian, James Shipp, Nora...
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Playing a copy of an anonymous 1679 harpsichord, Acabo responds sensitively to the styles and demands of each piece. The dance numbers (including several by Chambonnières's English admirers)... —
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Special offer. Locke: Psyche
Ensemble Correspondances (early music ensemble), Lieselot de Wilde, Nicolas Brooymans, Renaud Brès, Caroline Bardot, Caroline Weynants, Lucile Richardot (mezzo-soprano), Davy Cornillot, Marc Mauillon (baritone), Antonin Rondepierre, Etienne Bazola (baritone), David Tricou, Paul-Antoine Bénos-Dijan,...
Daucé has assembled a talented cast for this stylish performance: soloists are well matched, giving a sense of integrity to the whole, and Shadwell’s text is clearly articulated (albeit with... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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