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This crack squad of first-rate period-instrument musicians gives lithe, polished and devoted performances that make a convincing case for a one-to-a-part "orchestra". Indeed, so full-bodied... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 11th October 2010
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Building a Library, November 2019, Recommended Recording
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Building a Library, March 2020, Recommended Recording
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Building a Library, November 2023, Recommended Recording - BWV 1041
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Vivaldi: La cetra - 12 concerti, Op. 9 RecommendedRachel Podger (violin)
Holland Baroque Society
Unlike some of her continental rivals Podger's light bowing and well-judged tempos effortlessly discover the tenderly poetic content of Vivaldi's music, and here that dimension is abundant...Podger's... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 25th June 2012
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2012, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2013, Finalist - Baroque Instrumental
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Florilegium here complete their cycle of Telemann's 'Paris' Quartets – actually a set of six quartet sonatas composed in Hamburg in 1730 but popular in France after their publication there,... — More…
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Bach & Telemann - Florilegium Ashley Solomon (flute) & Rodolfo Richter (violin), Lucy Crowe (soprano)
Florilegium
Lucy Crowe… conveys the intimate chart of her two recitative and arias with clarity of diction and graceful articulation. The Telemann… [Concerto] is given a beguiling, playfully alluring account... — More…
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Fischer… offers a sparkling performance of the popular overture to Rossini's The Italian Girl in Algiers, and his account of Beethoven's Seventh Symphony is impressive, with the major-mode episodes... — More…
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Telemann: Ouverture & Concerti
Holland Baroque Society meets Alexis Kossenka
Holland Baroque Society, Alexis Kossenka
When played with the expertise and natural good taste demonstrated by these young players, only pleasure can ensue. The orchestral sound strikes a perfect balance between weight and clarity,... — More…
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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... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2015, Editor's Choice
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Gershwin Album
Johannette Zomer (soprano) & Michel Ponsioen (percussion)
The Gents & Haags Saxophone Quartet, Béni Csillag
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Penderecki - Violin & Horn Concertos
Robert Kabara (violin), Radovan Vlatkovic (horn)
Sinfonietta Cracovia, Krzysztof Penderecki
Robert Kabara has the full measure of the solo part's mercurial character as well as of its technical demands, and the recording is robustly well centred, neither swamping the soloist nor unduly... — More…
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Sackbutt Trombone in the 17th & 18th Century
Jörgen van Rijen (trombone)
Combattimento Consort Amsterdam, Jan Willem de Vriend
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