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Franz Krommer: Wind sextets
Eric Hoeprich (clarinet & direction), Toni Salar-Verdú (clarinet), Jane Gower, Javier Zafra (bassoons), Teunis van der Zwart, Erwin Wieringa (horns), Carles Riera (clarinet), Emilio Moreno (viola), David Sinclair (contrabass)
Nachtmusique
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Barsanti: Sonatas (6) for recorder & b.c., Op. 1
Christoph Ehrsam (recorder), Eunice Brandao (viola da gamba) & Attilio Cremonesi (harpsichord)
As realised by Christoph Ehrsam's suavely expressive recorder, Barsanti's 1724 Op. 1 is a stylish sonata set, easy on the ear. Initially lumpen harpischord support soon loosens its top collar. —
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Francesco Gasparini: Mirena & Floro
Elena Cecchi Fedi (soprano), Lucia Sciannimanico (contralto), Marco Orestano Cristarella (baritone)
Auser Musici, Carlo Ipata
Two delicious pastoral intermezzos from Rome (1716) and Dresden (1718) are given an animated, stylish performance despite lumpy interjections from the lute and Baroque guitar and occasionally... —
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Roberta Invernizzi has the pliancy and expansive range necessary for these intricate settings with their two-octave breadth, though her voluptuous soprano is far more sensual than chaste. She's... —
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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... —
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L’Amor de Lonh
Medieval songs of love and loss
Ensemble Gilles Binchois: Anne-Marie Lablaude (soprano), Cyprianos Sadek (baritone), Baptiste Romain (viol & cornamuse), Keyvan Chemirani (zarb & daf ) & Dominique Vellard (tenor & oud, direction)
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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... —
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Caldara: Morte e sepoltura di Christo
Maria Grazia Schiavo, Silvia Frigato (sopranos), Martina Belli (alto), Anicio Zorzi Giustiniani (tenor) & Ugo Guagliardo (bass)
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Fabio Biondi
Biondi is a bold guide. Sensitive to Caldara's idioms, he treats counterpoint severely and arias fulsomely, letting us hear how Caldara generates contrasting moods. And Biondi himself plays... —
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You should buy this disc for the A minor solo partita alone, Wilbert Hazelzet is one of the great baroque flute players and this transcription of the C major cello suite is a glorious thing... —
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