Arcana
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Special offer. Pergolesi: Messa in Re maggiore & Motetto 'Dignas laudes resonemus'
Marlis Petersen & Marta Fumagalli
Coro E Orchestra Ghislieri, Guilio Prandi
While his Stabat Mater and Magnificat are relatively well-known, there are other sacred works which, if this CD is anything to go by, are equally fine and deserve hearing. Backed by the musicological... —
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Diapason d’Or, June 2018, Découverte
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Special offer. J. S. Bach: Sonatas for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord
Teodoro Baù, Andrea Buccarella
Baù's soulful singing impeccably resides on the mountain ridge between innocent daydreaming and tempered eloquence. It's something I admired already in their Corelli, but here it is elevated... —
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Special offer. Morricone: Cinema Rarities For Violin and String Orchestra
Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto, Marco Serino
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Special offer. Stradella: La Doriclea
Emőke Baráth (Doriclea), Xavier Sabata (Fidalbo), Giuseppina Bridelli (Lucinda), Luca Cervoni (Celindo), Gabriella Martellacci (Delfina) & Riccardo Novaro (Giraldo)
Il Pomo D’oro, Riccardo Novaro
Emőke Baráth is a feisty Doriclea and nowhere more so than in her encounter with Xavier Sabata’s Fidalbo in Act II. But it’s Gabriella Martellaci’s rich contralto as the worldly-wise Delfina... —
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Bernadini’s grandly scored extracts for double woodwinds, including basset-horns, four horns and double-bass from Figaro, Don Giovanni and Così fan tutte make serenades of these masterly operas.... —
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Special offer. Stradella: Amare e fingere
Mauro Borgioni (soloist), Luca Cervoni (soloist), José Maria Lo Monaco (soloist), Chiara Brunello (soloist), Paola Valentina Molinari (soloist), Silvia Frigato (soloist), Mare Nostrum, Andrea De Carlo
Andrea De Carlo’s direction has energetic momentum yet also captures intimate subtleties...A valuable rehabilitation of Stradella’s operatic sphere. —
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The performance by Zefiro is energetic and lively. There is a good sense of phrasing and the instruments all fit with each other in perfect ensemble. The disc itself is an excellent view into... —
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Special offer. Virtuosity and Grace
CPE and JS Bach: Sonatas For Viola da Gamba
Guido Balestracci, Paolo Corsi, Stéphanie Houillon
it is Balestracci’s extraordinary playing that takes centre stage: often wistful, often wild, always compelling. —
