Arcana
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New. Mandoline. Dans Les Salons Fin-de-Siècle
Raffaele La Ragione (mandolin), François Dumont (piano), Sandrine Piau
This is charming...A sequence of arrangements of Chaminade at the heart of the disc sounds entirely idiomatic on the mandolin, while La Ragione is delightfully teasing in the 'Pizzicato' from... —
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Special offer. Sabbato Sancto - Paolo Aretino: Lamentationes Et Responsoria
RecommendedOdhecaton, Paolo da Col
The composer brings out all the solemnity of these texts, and Paolo Da Col enhances it with a performance by an adult male ensemble of ten voices, with only one countertenor on the top line...a... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023, Shortlisted - World Premiere Recording (Rediscovery)
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Early Music
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Building A Library, November 2021, Also Recommended
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Special offer. Bach - Vivaldi: Double Concertos for Violin & Cello Piccolo
Giuliano Carmignola (violin), Mario Brunello (cello)
The soloists are not only superb virtuosos but they converse with the rapport of chamber musicians, and are keenly aware of period style…They parry with daring abandon Vivaldi’s barrage of challenges…while... —
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2020, Concerto Choice
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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... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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Bernardini conducts with impeccable dramatic pacing and perceptive shaping of details...as one expects from Zefiro, there is magnificent playing from assorted woodwinds. —
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2021, Editor's Choice
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Compared with ensembles that unleash the drama in Monteverdi's madrigals with more expressive colour and vigour, RossoPorpora brings heart-stopping subtlety and sensitivity to these intimate... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2025, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. 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,... —
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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. Stradella: Il Trespolo tutore
Riccardo Novaro (Trespolo), Roberta Mameli (Artemisia), Silvia Frigato (Ciro), Luca Cervoni (Simona), Rafał Tomkiewicz (Nino), Paola Valentina Molinari (Despina), Ensemble Mare Nostrum, Andrea De Carlo
The splendid bass Riccardo Novaro brings rich tone, perfect timing and a real sense of character to the title role, a truly commanding performance...De Carlo’s pacing is exemplary, though he... —
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Opera, February 2021, Disc of the Month
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