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Hi Res Download, Falconieri (composer)
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Many vocal skills we now admire in opera were born in the early 17th century. These performances centre upon the techniques of the early solo singer-composers, wonderfully resurrected here by... —
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2021
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2021, Baroque vocal
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Sunday Times, 10 Best Classical Albums of 2021
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Special offer. Wonder Women
Luciana Mancini (mezzo-soprano), Céline Scheen (soprano), Vincenzo Capezzuto (contralto), Benedetta Mazzucato (mezzo-soprano), L'Arpeggiata, Christina Pluhar
The singers bring passion and intensity to each vocal number...Pluhar’s liberally-ornamented arrangements exploit the rhythmic energ y of late-Renaissance and early-Baroque music, and L’Arpeggiata... —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2024, Editor's Choice
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Speech-like song tumbles out of tenor Alessandro Giangrande like coins from a sack; it’s glorious. But my favourite voice on the album is that of Zachary Wilder. —
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Special offer. Ohrwurm
Tabea Debus (recorders), Jonathan Rees (viola da gamba), Alex McCartney (theorbo/guitar)
There isn’t a dull or uninteresting track anywhere on this CD ... Tabea Debus is the kind of virtuoso who makes you forget how superb she is technically, by the completeness with which she puts... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, August 2020
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Special offer. Le Tre Soprano: The Three Ladies of Ferrara
Amanda Forsythe, Amanda Crider, Amanda Powell (sopranos), Apollo's Fire, Jeannette Sorrell
Much of the pleasure of this album, and in the music of this period, is in the instrumental realisation of often quite bare-boned scores. Apollo’s Fire, under Jeannette Sorrell, are fearless... —
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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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[Mameli] provides an object lesson in how vocal precision need not inhibit passionate commitment. Her clarity and response to the texts is exceptional: the first phrase of Caccini’s Dolcissimo... —
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Diapason d’Or, December 2017, Nouveauté
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The seductive whirr and crack of the tambourine sets the pace for a disc built around dances, from exotic morescas to sprightly bergamasques and stately ricercars. Even the instrumental arias... —
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2018, Winner - Chamber Music Recording (Music up to and including 17th/18th Century)
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