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Penalosa: Missa Nunca fue pena mayor
Recorded in the Cathedral of Maguelone, France, in October 2010
Dominique Vellard (tenor, direction)
Les Sacqueboutiers & Ensemble Gilles Binchois
Wind ensembles of this sort were common in Spanish collegiate churches and the combination makes for quite a taut yet nicely varied sound that supports the longer spans of the Mass effectively...these... —
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Mille Consigli
17th Century Italian Violin Sonatas
Ensemble Aurora: Enrico Gatti (violin), Elena Bianchi (dulcian), Gabriele Palomba (theorbo) & Fabio Ciofini (organ)
Strident and flavoursome, and mostly highly effective...Impressive playing —
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Saint-Saëns: Music for the Prix de Rome
Recorded in Antwerp (Koningin Elisabethzaal), Heverlee (Jezuïetenkerk) and Brussels (Flagey) in Feb, March and Oct 2010
Julie Fuchs (soprano), Marina De Liso (mezzo-soprano), Solenn’ Lavanant Linke (mezzo-soprano), Bernard Richter (tenor), Pierre-Yves Pruvot (baritone), Nicolas Courjal (bass), Bart Cypers (French horn) & François Saint-Yves (organ)
Brussels Philharmonic & Flemish Radio Choir, Hervé Niquet
[Le retour de Virginie is] a silly enough story but it allows for romantic solos, sea-music, storm-music and quasi-religious prayers; Saint-Saëns's score has little individuality, but all this... —
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Vecchi’s broad-ranging programmatic musical games are revealed as extraordinary. —
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A due alti
Duos for countertenors
Filippo Mineccia (alto), Raffaele Pé (alto)
La Venexiana, Claudio Cavina
A glorious treat of a disc, with the mellifluous, intertwining voices of countertenors Filippo Mineccia and Raffaele Pé transporting us to magical realms. Baroque duets at their finest. —
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A. Scarlatti: Serenate a Filli Roma, 1706
Recorded in Saint-Michel en Thiérache June 2010
Emanuela Galli (soprano), Yetzabel Arias Fernández (soprano), Martín Oro (alto) & Fabio Bonizzoni (harpsichord & direction)
La Risonanza
Galli is tremulous, Fernández dark-toned and haughty, Oro smooth with a resonant bottom. The two catchiest, most sensuous arias are his...Bonizzoni directs with easy momentum and no breaks between... —
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Bach, J S: The Art of Fugue, BWV1080
Fabio Bonizzoni (harpsichord I) & Mariko Uchimura (harpsichord II)
Like his compatriot Sergio Vartolo, Bonizzoni is fond of agogic stresses, tempo fluctuations and elaborate ornaments, yet projects these traits in less fussy and more organically fluid interpretations...In... —
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Piano e forte
Music at the Medici Court on Cristofori’s early pianoforte (c. 1730)
María Cristina Kiehr (soprano), Edoardo Torbianelli (cimbalo di marteletti pianoforte), Chiara Banchini (violin), Marc Hantaï (traverse), Rebeka Rusò (viola da gamba) & Daniele Caminiti (theorbo & archlute)
[Marcello's] writing is melodious, eccentric and profoundly expressive and the subtle dynamic flexibility of the Cristofori...suits their elegant swooning lines very well. They are also Kiehr's... —
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