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New. Arias for Giovanni Rubinelli
Filippo Mineccia (countertenor), Istante Collective, Alexandra Tarniceru
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Muscular arpeggiata preludes cede to pizzicato dances of ineffable suavity, and a fugue of dazzling complexity. The sound is intoxicating, Pandolfo’s expressivity and technique beyond praise. —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2010, Instrumental Finalist
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Gramophone Awards, 2010, Finalist - Baroque Instrumental
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2009, Editor's Choice
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It’s a disc full of fast-flying vocal runs, jagged leaps and show-off turns of phrase, also moments of reflection and starkly simple declamation prefiguring the mature Gluck. The period band... —
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2017, Opera Choice
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Opera, September 2017, Recording of the Month
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Biondi brings his long experience in Baroque violin to these readings, radically different from the usual Romantically-inspired renditions of these sonatas…Biondi’s touch is lighter (his ornaments... —
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2018, Chamber Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2018, Editor's Choice
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Directing from the violin, Alexander Janiczek galvanises a robust and full-bodied string sound, further enhanced by a conspicuously warm and spacious recording. His is assailed by a subtle restlessness. —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2024, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2024, Orchestral Choice
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Special offer. Bellini: I Capuleti e I Montecchi
Vivica Genaux (Romeo), Valentina Farcas (Giulietta), Davide Giusti (Tebaldo), Fabrizio Beggi (Lorenzo), Ugo Guagliardo (Capellio)
Belcanto Chorus & Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi
[Biondi's] insistence on intimacy is underpinned by an alert period band - with fortepiano added to the ensemble - and smallish chorus. Instrumentally the reading constantly refreshes listening... —
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Hallenberg, her mellow yet incisive tone perfectly ‘centred’, has you gasping in admiration at her mingled virtuosity and expressive power...Beyond the virtuoso fireworks, Farinelli was famed... —
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Opera, December 2019, Disc of the Month
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Mozart: The last three symphonies
Recorded live in Rotterdam (de Doelen), Netherlands, on 4 March 2010.
Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, Frans Brüggen
Brüggen, once in the forefront of historically informed practices, has gradually been ploughing his own furrow; and these discs offer examples of his current thoughts that nonetheless still... —
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2014, Winner - Musique symphonique
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
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Pe’s voice is strong and clear-toned. He shows agility in the long runs…and his decorations of the vocal line are bravely inventive. He projects the tender aspects of Caesar’s character well,... —
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The Times Records of the Year, 2018
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