Glossa
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It’s a disc full of fast-flying vocal runs, jagged leaps and show-off turns of phrase, also moments of reflection and starkly simple declamation prefiguring the mature Gluck. The period band... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2017, Opera Choice
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Opera, September 2017, Recording of the Month
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Rachmaninoff: Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, Op. 31
RecommendedFlemish Radio Choir, Kaspars Putninsh
Rachmaninov's Liturgy is less well known than his Vigil ('Vespers'), but has nevertheless gained in popularity with western choirs as a concert item in recent years, though the double-choir... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2007, Editor's Choice
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Bach, J S: Sonatas for Violin & Harpsichord Nos. 1-6, BWV1014-1019
Leila Schayegh (violin) & Jörg Halubek (harpsichord)
these two performers give us an exciting yet sensitive and generally tasteful interpretation of the sonatas … The bonus on the disc is the addition of the two alternative earlier movements of... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2016, Editor's Choice
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2016, Winner - Musique ancienne
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Handel - Italian Cantatas Volume 6
RecommendedOlinto, pastore arcade (1708)
Roberta Invernizzi, Yetzabel Arias Fernández (sopranos), Romina Basso (alto) & Fabio Bonizzoni (harpsichord & direction)
La Risonanza
Passionate as well as poetic, Fabio Bonizzoni's interpretation draws us irresistibly into Handel's affective states. The vocalists and the band are of the same high standard. …Roberta Invernizzi... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 28th December 2009
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2010, Editor's Choice
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Pe’s voice is strong and clear-toned. He shows agility in the long runs…and his decorations of the vocal line are bravely inventive. He projects the tender aspects of Caesar’s character well,... — More…
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The Times Records of the Year, 2018
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The 1690 Tuscan Stradivari Violin Sonatas in 18th-Century Italy
Fabio Biondi (violin), Antonio Fantinuoli (cello), Giangiacomo Pinardi (theorbo), Paola Poncet (harpsichord)
Apart from Fabio Biondi, the other star on this recording is the violin itself, acknowledged to be one of Stradivari’s finest…At first, I felt that it could have been more prominent in the balance,... — More…
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Music For the Venetian Ospedaletto - Works By Nicola Porpora
Jose Maria Lo Monaco, Stefano Aresi, Stile Galante
Stile Galante’s string band play fulsomely and Andrea Friggi’s bright organ is at the forefront in Placida surge, Aurora (1744). — More…
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The result is an immersive experience of near-Stockhausenesque scope, largely successful on its own terms, with superlative playing and deft transitions between the Mass and the new materials. — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
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Debussy: Music for the Prix de Rome
RecommendedGuylaine Girard (soprano), Sophie Marilley (mezzo), Bernard Richter (tenor), Alain Buet (baritone) & Marie-Josèphe Jude, Jean-François Heisser (pianos)
Flemish Radio Choir & Brussels Philharmonic, Hervé Niquet (direction)
Tracing Debussy's progress from the derivative chorus Salut Printemps of 1882 to the masterly and utterly individual cantata La Damoiselle élue of 1888 is a fascinating journey... Bernard Richter... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th February 2010
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