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Performances that are full of spirit and tonal warmth … Ensemble Aurora offers graceful, lucid and spontaneously expressive readings … well-balanced, resonant recordings —
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Jones, Richard: Chamber Airs for a Violin (and Thorough Bass)
Kreeta-Maria Kentala (violin), Lauri Pulakka (cello) & Mitzi Meyerson (harpsichord)
Jones could hardly hope for more devoted advocates than Meyerson and her Finnish colleagues, the three instrumentalists accenting the music's theatrical qualities, variegated colours and special... —
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Luzzaschi: Concerto delle Dame
Roberta Mameli, Emanuela Galli, Francesca Cassinari (sopranos)
La Venexiana, Claudio Cavina (direction)
this is music of intimate emotion and subtle embellishment, with two or three voices intertwining above an instrumental accompaniment – in stark contrast to the usual a cappella style of madrigal... —
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Nebra Blasco: Iphigenia en Tracia
Marta Almajano, María Espada, Raquel Andueza, Soledad Cardoso (sopranos), Marta Infante (mezzo) & Javier Méndez (tenor)
El Concierto Español, Emilio Moreno
The music is very agreeable, and Italianate in style: secco recitatives (with one accompanied recitative at the end) and da capo arias...There are no weak links among the all-female cast and... —
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Stella Del Nostro Mar
Past and present reflections of the Marian inspiration
Cantica Symphonia, Giuseppe Maletto
The vocal quartet's tone is gentle and not overly assertive… at its best the results are very satisfying. Isaac's setting of the popular Alma redemptoris chant is glowingly done, and incidentally... —
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this is doubtless a good-value way to explore the ensemble’s work and some otherwise unavailable though interesting repertoire —
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Pierre Guédron: Airs de cour
with lute preludes by Robert Ballard, Nicolas Vallet, Elias Mertel & Antoine Francisque
Claudine Ansermet (soprano) & Paolo Cherici (lute)
Interpolated with preludes by Ballard, Vallet and contemporaries, Guedron's lute songs are delivered cleanly and prettily, though Ansermet's spoken verse is more expressive than her singing. —
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The Passion of Reason
Five centuries of ‘scientific’ music
Sour Cream: Frans Brüggen (recorders), Kees Boeke (recorders & viola da gamba), Walter van Hauwe (recorders), with Isabel Álvarez (voice) & Toyohiko Satoh (lutes)
This is both a stimulating and thought-provoking excursion undertaken by accomplished musicians —
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Metamorphosis: Greek musical traditions across the centuries
Hristos Tsiamulis (voice, lyra, uti, ney, tamburica, kaval), Dimitris Psonis (santoor, tar, daf), Pedro Estevan (percussion)
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