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Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea
RecommendedEmanuela Galli (Poppea), Roberta Mameli (Nerone), Josè Maria Lo Monaco (Ottone), Xenia Meijer (Ottavia), Ian Honeyman (Arnalta) & Raffaele Costantini (Seneca)
La Venexiana, Claudio Cavina (direction)
The star of the show is the splendid Seneca (Raffaele Costantini), and there are notable cameos from Romina Tomasoni (Venus and Pallas), and Makoto Sakurada (as Ottavia's nurse). There is plenty... — More…
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Building a Library, January 2014, First Choice
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Monteverdi: Il ottavo libro de madrigali, 1638 'Madrigali guerrieri et amorosi'
RecommendedLa Venexiana
In their Monteverdi Editions, La Venexiana bring a dramatic delivery of the words and a uniquely Italian blend of solo voices to this glorious music, unrivalled on disc. — More…
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Building a Library, May 2009, First Choice
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Cavalli: Sospiri d’amore
Opera duets and arias. Venice, 1644-1666
Giulia Semenzato (soprano), Raffaele Pe (alto)
La Venexiana, Claudio Cavina
another Cavalli collection that offers seductive delights. — More…
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Mozart: Italian Arias
Amadeus's Italian Journeys 1769-1791
Filippo Mineccia (countertenor), Orchestra Farnesiana
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Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z629
Caroline Mutel (soprano), Guillaume Andrieux (baritone), Kevin Greenlaw (baritone), Virginie Pochon (soprano), Caitlin Hulcup (mezzo-soprano), Samuel Boden (tenor), Christophe Baska (counter-tenor), Julien Picard (tenor), Ronan Nédélec (bass), Anders J. Dahlin (tenor), Frédéric Caton (bass), Hjördis...
Among d’Herin’s large team of soloists, the bass Frederic Caton contributes steady, sensitive performances as Sleep and Winter … his [Herin] orchestra plays extremely well in a style far more... — More…
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Mineccia is well equipped both musically and intellectually to meet the broad demands of this repertoire. The full, vibrant timbre of his well-produced voice and evenness across its range is... — More…
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Les Grandes Eaux Musicales 2007
All tracks recorded between 2000 and 2006
Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet
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Caccini, F: La liberazione di Ruggerio dall'isola di Alcina
Elena Sartori (harpsichord/direction), Elena Biscuola, Mauro Borgioni, Gabriella Martellacci, Francesca Lombardi Mazzulli, Emanuela Galli, Raffaele Giordani & Yiannis Vassilakis
Allabastrina, La Pifarescha
The sensitivity of Caccini's word setting rings clear in this sober reading. The choral singing is clean and the instrumental ritornelli are shapely, with tart improvisations for percussion... — More…
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Rameau: Naïs
Chantal Santon-Jeffery (Naïs), Reinoud Van Mechelen (Neptune), Florian Sempey – Jupiter, Tirésie), Thomas Dolié (Pluton, Télénus), Manuel Nuñez-Camelino (Astérion), Daniela Skorka (Flore, Une Bergère), Philippe-Nicolas Martin (Palémon), Márton Komáromi (Protée)
Purcell Choir, Orfeo Orchestra,...
Certainly Vashegyi and his Hungarian forces, always impressive in this repertoire, provide every incentive to relish the work…The delicate languor and sensitivity Vashegyi brings to slower number... — More…
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Mozart: Oboe Concerto and other works for oboe
Frank de Bruine (oboe), Lenneke Ruiten (soprano)
Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, Kenneth Montgomery
Frank de Bruine has long been one of the most refined of period oboists; and his mellifluous tone and gracious phrasing (he never squawks or rasps) are agreeably heard in both the concerto and... — More…
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