Harmonia Mundi
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Che puro ciel
The Rise of Classical Opera
Bejun Mehta (counter-tenor)
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, René Jacobs
Jacobs and Bejun Mehta unleash the primal energies buried in magnificent yet largely forgotten operas...Jacobs's abrupt tempo twists, the instrumentalists' boldness and the chorus's power make... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2014, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2014, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2014, Finalist - Recital
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With gratifying plucked string continuo sonorities, sprightly allegro movements and crisp articulation, Gli Incogniti’s interpretations can easily take their place alongside the likes of Tafelmusik,... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
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Junghänel's initiative is all the more welcome for presenting a superbly polished performance while maintaining an equilibrium between the energy and colour of Schütz's Italian models and the... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2005, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2006, Editor's Choice
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Building A Library, December 2021, Recommended Recording
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Whether you’re new to the Rosary Sonatas or are familiar with as many accounts as I am, this one is worth hearing. — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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D’Oustrac is dazzling across these various personae, to which she brings not only luscious vocalism but also a blistering intensity. No less impressive is the Ensemble Amarillis…for zest and... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2020, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2020, Editor's Choice
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Nowadays, Fretwork takes a brisker view of the music though not perhaps a crisper one where matters of articulation are concerned. The playing in its new recording, with partly different personnel... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2009, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Winner - Baroque Instrumental
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Moulinie: Meslanges pour la chapelle d'un prince
RecommendedSébastien Daucé (harpsichord, organ, direction)
Ensemble Correspondances
persuasively performed by Ensemble Correspondence with a flavoursome depth and texture to supremely lively sound quality. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2014, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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JS Bach: Cantatas for Soprano
Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Andreas Wolf (bass-baritone)
Freiburger Barockorchester, Petra Müllejans
Here are performances...to treasure for a lifetime...Sampson conveys a beguiling innocence, enlivening Bach's vernal masterpiece with affective ornaments, lightly articulated declamation and... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2017, Recording of the month
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The New York Times, Recordings of the Year 2017
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Record Review, 27th May 2017, Recording of the Week
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Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique & Rameau: Suite de Hippolyte et Aricie
RecommendedSwedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding
an arresting juxtaposition … Smart work from the uncredited harpsichordist and taut direction by Daniel Harding anchor the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra’s performance of the suite from Hippolyte... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2016, Editor's Choice
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Building A Library, February 2019, Recommended
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Louis Couperin: Suites for Harpsichord
Christophe Rousset (harpsichord Ioannes Couchet du Musée des Instruments)
Rousset is just the sort of player to take advantage with his precise yet silken touch and immense authority in the French harpsichord style, which sees contrapuntal lines delineated with clarity,... — More…
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2018, Winner - Musique baroque instrumentale
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