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New. The Ghosts of Hamlet
Lost Arias From Italian Baroque Operas
Roberta Mameli, Le Concert de L’hostel Dieu, Franck-Emmanuel Comte
Stonking performances and brilliant programming unite in this solo album...This recording brings together numbers from various settings of Zeno’s Ambleto. Roberta Mameli’s singing burns with... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2025, Opera & Stage Choice
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Special offer. Duel: Porpora and Handel in London
Giuseppina Bridelli (mezzo)
Le Concert de l'Hostel Dieu, Franck-Emmanuel Comte
Bridelli's strong mezzo voice provides fine advocacy for Porpora's long lyrical lines, especially in 'Nume che reggi' and in the drama of 'Dolce è su queste', a richly accompanied recitative. — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2019, Opera Choice
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Opera, July 2019, Disc of the Month
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This is only the third anthology devoted to Loyset Compère, whose 500th death-anniversary falls next year; but it is a fitting commemoration, for both music and performance are on a pleasingly... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2017, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Finalist - Early Music
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The Age of Extremes: W.F. Bach, G. Benda & C.P.E. Bach
Francesco Corti (harpsichord)
Il Pomo d'Oro, Francesco Corti
The performances are first-rate, perhaps unlikely to be bettered, as we have learned to expect both from Il Pomo d’Oro with their tight, punchy yet sensuously yielding sound, and from Corti,... — More…
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Special offer. Handel: Winged Hands
RecommendedThe Eight Great Suites & Overtures
Francesco Corti (harpsichord)
Corti’s playing throughout can be described as electric: his playing lacks nothing in terms of pure excitement and adrenaline. He also goes for a big, one can even say orchestral, sound in many... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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Special offer. Francesco Landini: L’Occhio del Cor
The Heart’s Eye
La Reverdie, Christophe Deslignes
Whether singing or playing instruments, the musicians take great care not to overplay the composer’s subtle, complex counterpoint or to lose a sense of the overall line in the many virtuosic... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2019, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Shortlisted - Early Music
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Carmignola asserts his own special interpretative proclivities: the magical musical intakes of breath during and at the ends of phrases, the endlessly flexible handling of dynamics, and a temporal... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2022, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
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Special offer. Giosquino: Josquin Desprez in Italia
Odhecaton, The Gesualdo Six, La Pifarescha, La Reverdie, Paolo Da Col
Lacking the brightness of trebles or sopranos, the vocal sound is warm, dark, plangent – compared with the glassy textures of The Tallis Scholars (who’ve recently recorded Josquin’s complete... — More…
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Diapason d’Or, October 2021, Nouveauté
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Finalist - Early Music
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Ermenegildo del Cinque: Sonatas for Three Cellos
RecommendedLudovico Minasi, Cristina Vidoni, Teodoro Baù and Simone Vallerotonda
Finely crafted and accessible, Ermenegildo Del Cinque’s music surely deserves to be more widely known; these performances present it is the best possible light. The playing is cohesive and fluid,... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2022, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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Special offer. The Queenes Maskes. A Varietie of Lute Music from the Early English Court
Elisa La Marca (lute)
