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Seconde Stravaganze: Venetian & Neapolitan music for viol consort
Guido Balestracci (viola da gamba, direction)
L'Amoroso
Gamba virtuoso Guido Balestracci directs his crack ensemble with panache - and some creative licence - in a vibrant tapestry of Italian viol consorts and arrangements exploring 'extravagant'... — More…
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Rore: Vieni dolce Himineo & Other Madrigals
Dario Previato (bass), Paola Cialdella (alto), Giulia Beatini (alto), Massimo Lombardi (tenor), Raffaele Giordani (tenor), Daniele Carnovich (bass), Efix Puleo (vielle), Svetlana Fomina (viola da bracchio), Sabina Colonna Preti (viola da gamba), Rossana Bertini (soprano), Giuseppe Maletto (tenor),...
‘Sebben il duol’ has a magical ring to it…For me this is one of the standouts, but the entire collection is perhaps the best introduction to Cipriano now available. At its best it equals anything... — More…
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Just how fine are the singers on this recording can be gauged from the last track… Cantica Symphonia's performance of his final setting of Ave regina celorum is extraordinarily moving, the... — More…
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As with other recordings by La Compagnia del Madrigale, we get superb tuning (the harmonies strongly secured by the rock-steady bass voice of Daniele Carnovich) and infinitely nuanced renderings... — More…
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The Josquin Songbook - Music For Two Voices and Vihuela
Maria Cristina Kiehr (soprano), Jonatan Alvarado (tenor), Ariel Abramovich (vihuela)
This is decidedly the oddest contribution to the Josquin year. The three performers here are beyond praise…It just makes for a curiously dotty programme. — More…
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There is some terrific bass solo singing by Matteo Bellotto in 'Alcun non mi consigli' a nice theatrical delivery in 'Bel pastor', and some engaging bravura in 'Zefiro torna'. — More…
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Cecus: Alexander Agricola and his contemporaries
Recorded in Duisburg (Belgium) in February 2010
Graindelavoix, Björn Schmelzer
[The Agricola is] the first recording of a piece that looks slight on the page but is moving enough in performance...it's good of Graindelavoix to tackle some fo the famous pieces of the time... — More…
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La Venexiana's cast for Book 2 is virtually identical to Concerto Italiano's a decade earlier.
Here La Venexiana has the edge. Concerto Italiano zipped through the whole book in just under an... — More…CD
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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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Claros Y Frescos Rios
Spanish Renaissance songs & instrumentals
Nuria Rial (soprano) & José Miguel Moreno (vihuelas)
Rial's voice is admirably clear and focused. and her interpretations avoid the more mannered tendencies of those of either Almajano or the doyenne of Spanish early music sopranos Montserrat... — More…
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