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Special offer. Bellini: I Capuleti e I Montecchi
Vivica Genaux (Romeo), Valentina Farcas (Giulietta), Davide Giusti (Tebaldo), Fabrizio Beggi (Lorenzo), Ugo Guagliardo (Capellio)
Belcanto Chorus & Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi
[Biondi's] insistence on intimacy is underpinned by an alert period band - with fortepiano added to the ensemble - and smallish chorus. Instrumentally the reading constantly refreshes listening... —
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Special offer. Handel: Imeneo
Magnus Staveland (Imeneo), Ann Hallenberg (Tirinto), Monica Piccinini (Rosmene), Fabrizio Beggi (Argenio), Cristiana Arcari (Clomiri) & Fabio Biondi (violin & direction)
Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi
Biondi shapes a performance in which the depth of preparation results in music-making that sounds entirely spontaneous. There's a startling variety of articulation and colour from his tiny band,... —
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Building a Library, May 2012, First 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... —
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Siface: L’amor castrato
Arias by Stradella, Pasquini, Cavalli, Scarlatti et al.
Filippo Mineccia (countertenor)
Nereydas, Javier Ulises Illán
This is repertory...that for the most part suits his dark, handsome-sounding alto uncommonly well. Long, slowly unfolding lines are sustained with consummate ease and his coloratura has admirable... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2018, Editor's Choice
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Antonio Caldara: Trio Sonatas
from Op. 1 & Op. 2
Amandine Beyer (violin), Leila Schayegh (violin), Jonathan Pesek (cello), Jörg-Andreas Bötticher (harpsichord & organ), Matthias Spaeter (liuto attiorbato)
these trio sonatas are full of colour and sonority, even though the scoring is for just two violins and continuo. Corelli is clearly the model...Right at the end comes the gem: a Chiacona where... —
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2015, Winner - Baroque Instrumental
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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... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2020, Editor's Choice
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Hallenberg, her mellow yet incisive tone perfectly ‘centred’, has you gasping in admiration at her mingled virtuosity and expressive power...Beyond the virtuoso fireworks, Farinelli was famed... —
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Opera, December 2019, Disc of the Month
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Vocal
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From kitschy postcards to meaning-distorted translations – the words of the Persian mystic Rumi have to endure much eight hundred years after their creation. But it can also be done differently,... —
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Schallplattenkritik Quarterly Critics Choice, Autumn 2022, Traditional Ethnic Music
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