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Victorious Love - Songs by Henry Purcell
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Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Laurence Cummings (harpsichord & spinet), Elizabeth Kenny (archlute / theorbo), Anne-Marie Lasla (bass viol), Sarah Sexton (violin I), Andrea Morris (violin II) & Jane Rogers (viola)
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Lost Is My Quiet
Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Iestyn Davies (countertenor), Joseph Middleton (piano)
The art of vocal duetting is exemplified at its best in this recital by two of today’s finest British singers, working with an accompanist of equal merit…each singer has solo items…Yet the most... — More…
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Offer, Tintomara
Wim Van Hasselt (trumpet) & Jorgen Van Rijen (trombone)
There is indeed little that these players cannot project in terms of multifacted lyricism, colour and dramatic presence, and this is matched by the very best in modern brass programming…all the... — More…
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Offer, Purcell: Twelve Sonatas of three parts (1683)
Retrospect Trio
[the Retrospect Trio] speak the language of Purcell as naturally as if it was their mother tongue. There isn't a nuance that escapes them...The conversational cut and thrust is always dapper... — More…
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Heroines of Love and Loss
vocal chamber music from the 17th century
Ruby Hughes (soprano), Mime Yamahiro Brinkmann (cello) & Jonas Nordberg (lute / theorbo / archlute)
Ruby Hughes’s soprano has an effortless beauty: pliant, subtly expressive, never forced. She captures the chaste fervour of the sacred works…Brinkmann and Nordberg proffer aptly spontaneous continuo... — More…
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Tales of Sound and Fury
Karin Dahlberg (soprano)
Camerata Nordica, Terje Tønnesen
Prepare yourself to embrace the bizarre and bonkers virtuosity of Restoration mad songs and works by Biber and Telemann in these arrangements by Terje Tønnesen and Mihkel Kerem…these are stylish... — More…
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Offer, Purcell: Symphony While The Swans Come Forward
Johannette Zomer (soprano)
La Sfera Armoniosa, Mike Fentross
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Carolyn Sampson: Fleurs
Carolyn Sampson (soprano) & Joseph Middleton (piano)
A sweetly scented posy, this...Perfect, too, for all who love Sampson's fragrant, light-filled, warmly communicative soprano. Surprisingly, this is her sollo recital debut on disc. The bouquet... — More…
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Offer, Trumpet Masque
Jonathan Freeman-Attwood (trumpet), Daniel-Ben Pienaar (piano)
Jonathan Freeman-Attwood's playing is notable for the beauty and freedom of line of his lyrical phrasing, while the bravura is exhilarating. Daniel-Ben Pienaar's accompaniments are boldly supportive... — More…
An Evening With Leopold Stokowski
Brussels Philharmonic, Richard Egarr (direction)
This vivid act of reclamation has so much to teach, and to enjoy. It shows that Stokowski's arrangements were made not only with love but acuity; that their flair and poetry may survive beyond... — More…