Harmonia Mundi
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The sinuous yearning of Clemens's Agnus Dei is…a triumph of fluid phrasing and dynamic shaping, and a reminder of the formidable credentials of this group — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 4th December 2015
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Put aside your awareness of the accordion as ‘modern’, the gamba as ‘ancient’, and just listen. Their timbres, their ranges, their sonorities perfectly complement each other, as does these musicians’... — More…
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Monumental…in stature as well as style…Philippe Herreweghe captures the detached expression of pain that makes this music so haunting…Herreweghe's singers achieve something very, very special... — More…
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Building a Library, December 2016, Also Recommended
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Un jardin à l'italienne (In an Italian Garden)
Airs, cantatas & madrigals (Le Jardin des Voix #2)
Les Arts Florissants, William Christie
The six young singers perform a hugely carried and imaginatively-programmed set of Italian madrigals…Les Arts Florissants under William Christie are on fine form, with all their unmistakable... — More…
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An entire disc of funeral motets and deplorations might not sound like fun, but Josquin’s music and the timeless poetry of his texts assuage and transcend…[Reuss’s] tempos are never too ponderous,... — More…
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Ascendit Deus: Music for Ascensiontide & Pentecost
Peter Harrison, Matthew Jorysz (organ)
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge & The Dmitri Ensemble, Graham Ross
the famous setting of Ascendit Deus by Peter Philips spurts forward like a colt sprung freshly from a stable, the vocal decorations spinning vertiginously round like Monteverdi. It's a bracing... — More…
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Victoria - Et Jesum & Motets à voix seule
RecommendedCarlos Mena (countertenor), Juan Carlos Rivera (lute, vihuela) & Francisco Rubio Gallego (cornet)
It needs a special voice to focus the attention so clearly on itself, and Mena’s fits the bill. He has an extraordinary range…I suspect that those who dislike the ‘churchy’ manner in which the... — More…
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Building a Library, May 2011, Featured
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Gramophone Awards, 2003, Winner - Early Music
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Crystal Tears (+free dvd)
RecommendedJohn Dowland & his contemporaries
Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Julian Behr (lute)
Concerto di Viole
There is some magical singing here, and Scholl is supported by instrumental playing of rare subtlety and real finesse. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 26th May 2008
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Gesualdo: Sacrae Cantiones, Liber Secundus, a6 e a7, 1603
RecommendedVocalConsort Berlin, James Wood
we are treated to an amazing kaleidoscope of singing styles and choral effects...this world premiere recording provides an outstanding contribution in the anniversary year of Gesualdo's death. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 4th March 2013
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