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Music For the Venetian Ospedaletto - Works By Nicola Porpora
Jose Maria Lo Monaco, Stefano Aresi, Stile Galante
Stile Galante’s string band play fulsomely and Andrea Friggi’s bright organ is at the forefront in Placida surge, Aurora (1744). — More…
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Debussy: Music for the Prix de Rome
RecommendedGuylaine Girard (soprano), Sophie Marilley (mezzo), Bernard Richter (tenor), Alain Buet (baritone) & Marie-Josèphe Jude, Jean-François Heisser (pianos)
Flemish Radio Choir & Brussels Philharmonic, Hervé Niquet (direction)
Tracing Debussy's progress from the derivative chorus Salut Printemps of 1882 to the masterly and utterly individual cantata La Damoiselle élue of 1888 is a fascinating journey... Bernard Richter... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th February 2010
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If you’re familiar with sacred vocal polyphony sung by pure-voiced English groups, these rasping and gravelly vocal timbres could hardly be further removed…It’s an interesting and ultimately... — More…
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The voices are extraordinarily well matched and this CD continues Glossa's tradition of recording with a single microphone pair. The sound is considered and mellow, yet each individual moment... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Shortlisted - Early Music
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Handel - Italian Cantatas Volume 4
Aminta e Fillide, Rome (1707-1708)
Maria Grazia Schiavo (Aminta), Nuria Rial (Fillide), Maria Grazia Schiavo (soprano)
La Risonanza, Fabio Bonizzoni (harpsichord/director)
The fourth instalment of La Risonanza's survey of Handel's youthful Italian cantatas is devoted to two works probably composed for the Marquis Francesco Maria Ruspoli in Rome. There is no doubt... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2008, Editor's Choice
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It seems to me that they have taken time to properly hit their stride, but here they rediscover the heights scaled with Claudio Cavina at the helm. These are near-flawless readings, effortlessly... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2020, Editor's Choice
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JS Bach: Easter Oratorio
RecommendedIlse Eerens (soprano), Michael Chance (alto), Markus Schäfer (tenor), David Wilson-Johnson (bass) & Pieter-Jan Belder (organ)
Cappella Amsterdam & Orchestra of the 18th Century, Frans Brüggen
the nature of the Paschal season has rarely seemed so evocative in this work as in Frans Bruggen's profoundly rooted and reflective reading. Even the opening instrumental music inspires a gradual... — More…
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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even for those who have a Te Deum or two in their collection, Niquet's reading of it is another…as limpid and lithe a performance of the piece as you are likely to hear. Good recorded sound... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2002, Editor's Choice
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