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Monsieur de Sainte Colombe - Pieces for Viol
Paolo Pandolfo (viola da gamba) & Thomas Boysen (theorbo, baroque guitar)
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…Meyerson… loves to toy with the endings of pieces, and you can almost hear her giving a cheeky salute in the Rigaudon of the First Suite. Her playing has a muscular resonance and force which... —
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La Tirana Contra Mambru
The tonadilla and popular musical comedies in Spain c.1800
Emilio Moreno (violin & director), Raquel Andueza (soprano), Marta Infante (mezzo), Juan Sancho (tenor) & Jordi Ricart (baritone)
El Concierto Español
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Microcosm Concerto
Harp Music by G. F. Handel
Mara Galassi (Welsh triple harp and erard harp), Giovanni Togni (organ, harpsichord, fortepiano)
It is difficult to dislike anything produced by the fabulous Spanish label Glossa, and this unusual venture is no exception to the rule...Galassi's playing is fluent and silvery, and listeners... —
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Bach, J S: Mass in B minor, BWV232
Dorothee Mields, Johannette Zomer (sopranos), Patrick van Goethem (alto), Jan Kobow (tenor) & Peter Kooij (bass)
Cappella Amsterdam & Orchestra of the 18th Century, Frans Brüggen (direction)
The 'Gloria' dances, 'Cum Sancto Spiritu' is equally lithe and the semiquavers in 'Et resurrexit' are fluent and exact...The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment is superb: its many virtues... —
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Charpentier - Missa Assumpta est Maria,
Recorded at IRCAM, Paris, in July 2008
Chantal Santon-Jeffery, Hanna Bayodi-Hirt (sopranos), François-Nicolas Geslot (counter-tenor), Romain Champion (tenor) & Benoît Arnould (bass)
Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet
…is musically and interpretatively satisfying. Le Concert Spirituel possess a fluency which complements the graceful eloquence of Charpentier's style. —
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Cavalli: Vespero della Beata Vergine Maria
Barbara Borden, Emily van Evera (sopranos), Rodrigo del Pozo (alto), Gerd Türk, Mark Padmore, Markus Brutscher (tenors) & Harry van der Kamp, Peter Zimpel (basses)
Concerto Palatino, Bruce Dickey & Charles Toet
the singing is first-rate, and the instrumental line-up, with two cornetts and up to eight trombones, often sounds glorious in the spacious acoustic of the Reformierte Kirche Arlesheim in Switzerland. —
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Somis: Violin Sonatas, Op. 1
Kreeta-Maria Kentala (violin), Lauri Pulakka (cello) & Mitzi Meyerson (harpsichord)
the violinist plays cleanly with a strong sound … his ornamentation is plentiful but tasteful. The recorded balance between the instruments is good and tempos well chosen. As I said, strongly... —
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