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Las Mujeres y Cuerdas
Songs & Guitar Music from Spain & Italy, c.1800
Marta Almajano (soprano) & José Miguel Moreno (romantic guitar)
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Caldara: Il più bel nome
María Espada (soprano), Raquel Andueza (soprano), Marianne Beate Kielland (mezzo), Robin Blaze (countertenor) & Agustín Prunell-Friend (tenor)
El Concierto Español, Emilio Moreno (direction)
María Espada's Venus faces down Juno in a wonderful display of ornamentation...and Marianne Kielland as Hercules if delightfully mocking and accusatory...Elisa's name is finally revealed with... —
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Andrea Falconieri: Il Spiritillo Brando
Dance music in the courts of Italy and Spain, c.1650
La Ritirata, Josetxu Obregón
This selection of toe-tapping instrumental music alternating with songs featuring the character voice of Raquel Andueza captures perfectly the essence of Spain… it is a stunning and utterly... —
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Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos. 3 ‘Scottish’ & 4 ‘Italian’
Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, Frans Brüggen
My instant reaction on first sampling the opening track was that this orchestra makes such a marvellous sound… The pizzicato passages were a particular joy. The phrasing is springy and always... —
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Desmarest - Grands Motets Vol. II
(un scandale à la musique du Roi)
Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet
Desmarest never quite made it as a courtier at Versailles, but his music is spectacular…A highly persuasive performance. —
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Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
Laura Pudwell (Dido/Sorceress), Peter Harvey (Aeneas), Salomé Haller (Belinda/First Witch), Marie-Louise Duthoit (Second Woman/Second Witch), Nicolas Maire (Sailor), Matthew White (Spirit)
Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet
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Sebastian de Vivanco: In Manus Tuas
Mass, Magnificat & Motets
Orchestra of the Renaissance, Richard Cheetham, Michael Noone
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