Browse: Arcana (label)

There’s an air of great respect and humility in the performances, conducted by Morricone’s son, Andrea, while the music bears all the hallmarks of the man himself. Themes from the likes Cinema... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2022, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Francesco Corti captures both Frescobaldi's eccentric, improvisatory spirit on the one hand, and his rigorous precision and attention to detail on the other...The programme features two harpsichords... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2023, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Alongside their impressive dynamic range, Coro Ghislieri bring Rossini’s fugal passages to life...Most impressive is the approach to recording; there is no bombast, but a close-miked evocation... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2021, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

This is imaginative, thoughtful music-making, which asks a lot of the listener but repays their efforts a hundredfold. — Gramophone Magazine, April 2022 More…

Maestro of the Baroque violin, Carmignola combines his meticulous attention to the details of Vivaldi’s phrasing and expressive markings with a sense of interpretative freedom, rhetoric and theatre…Their... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2023, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

The interweaving voices produce an attractive juxtaposition of density and transparency. Texts are declaimed crisply yet sensitively, melismatic vowels possess compassionate luminosity, and plangent... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2017 More…

In BWV1066 trio passages are played by oboists Alfredo Bernardini and Paulo Grazzi and bassoonist Alberto Grazzi with unerring momentum and nuanced deftness...French-style dances lilt, sway or... — Gramophone Magazine, April 2017 More…

This recording indicates he is the master of this Walter replica, fully exploiting its potential. Cascioli’s phrases are inevitably shapely. He never rushes embellishments, always giving them... — Gramophone Magazine, April 2024 More…

a wonderful introduction to the music of de Wert. The performances are clear, with fine diction and a nice sense of the various rhythmic nuances. The instrumental portions never disturb, but... — Fanfare, July/August 2023 More…