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Special offer. 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... —
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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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Special offer. Pergolesi: Stabat Mater & Vivaldi: Nisi Dominus
Shira Patchornik (soprano), Maarten Engeltjes (counter-tenor), Prjct Amsterdam
All in all a very moving and engaging performance from one of the newest and slickest ensembles on the scene. —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2024, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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Special offer. Pergolesi: Stabat Mater
Jodie Devos (soprano), Adèle Charvet (mezzo-soprano), Maitrise de Radio France, Le Concert De La Loge, Julien Chauvin
The two solo voices are well matched, though the mezzo’s tone is edgier than that of her soprano colleague. Violinist/director Julien Chauvin presides over a pacy account that occasionally robs... —
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Record Review, 19th February 2022, Record of the Week
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Presto Editor's Choice, February 2022
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Pergolesi: Stabat Mater, Laudate Pueri & Confitebor
Julia Lezhneva (soprano), Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor)
I Barocchisti, Diego Fasolis
a dazzling display of how less can be more. Controlling his trademark exuberance, Jaroussky blends his voice perfectly with that of the pure-toned Julia Lezhneva...the choir and band respond... —
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Special offer. Arie Napoletane: Max Emanuel Cencic
Max Emanuel Cencic (countertenor)
Il Pomo D'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev
Cencic negotiates this complex emotional parabola wonderfully well. This is a great voice, dark in tone, beguiling in its liquidity and finely equalised. His coloratura flows with great ease...though... —
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2015, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Finalist - Recital
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RecommendedAndreas Scholl (countertenor), Accademia Bizantina, Alessandro Tampieri
The only relatively familiar piece is Vivaldi’s Stabat mater...In the other pieces, Scholl sings with a grave beauty, with impeccable intonation and no changes of gear. —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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Pergolesi: Stabat Mater & Rossell: Salve Regina
Giulia Semenzato (soprano), Lucile Richardot (mezzo-soprano), Ensemble Resonanz, Riccardo Minasi
To both works, Minasi and his musicians bring all the drama of Italian opera, highlighting the gamut of Baroque affects with unapologetically extravagant gestures: expressive portamentos and... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2021, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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This terrific sequel to A Night in London is every bit as varied and vivid as its predecessor, presenting a compelling portrait of Baroque Naples in all its eclectic glory: stomping tarantellas... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2023
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Special offer. Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: La Serva Padrona and Livietta e Tracollo
Amanda Forsythe (soprano), Christian Immler (bass-baritone), Carlotta Colombo (soprano), Jesse Blumberg (baritone), Boston Early Music Festival, Paul O'Dette, Stephen Stubbs, Robert Mealy
Soprano Amanda Forsythe and baritone Christian Immler make a lovely pairing...Under the joint direction of Paul O’Dette and Stephen Stubbs, these productions possess all the fizz they must have... —
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2024, Opera Choice
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The Monaco-born Horvath’s versatility (check out his discography) lends itself to the chameleon Tailleferre: she switches from neoclassical to radical, tonal to bitonal, rhythmic and familiar... —