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It's a nice idea for the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment to record a disc of such varied Vivaldian fare. The young women of the orchestra which Vivaldi directed at the Ospedale della Pietà... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2001, Editor's Choice
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Thus there is the soloists suppleness and flexibility of phrase; but there is also the obvious enjoyment of pure sonority and tints and shades of tone. There is a lovely use of 'notes inegales'... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2017, Editor's Choice
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The orchestra is balanced upwards, cast loose from a compact bass line that is too discreet for its own good at those many points...But if the symphony’s ‘heavenly lengths’ have left you cold... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, November 2019
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Special offer. JS Bach: Harpsichord Concertos Nos. 1, 4, 6 & 7
Matthew Halls (harpsichord & director)
Retrospect Ensemble
The choice of one-to-a-part strings, while not confirmed by hard contemporary evidence, would avoid crowding out the coffee-drinking clientele. But such lean forces also create transparent textures,... —
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2012, Disc of the month
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The players of the upper lines are well matched in tone and approach, over purposeful continuo support and in clear textures, well caught by the recording. It’s a pleasure to hear this talented... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2019, Editor's Choice
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Dreyfus’s transcriptions generate fresh insights into the workings of Bach’s contrapuntal ingenuity and humanity – the latter not least because of the communal nature of the discourse, liberated... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2021, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Handel: Esther
RecommendedSusan Hamilton (Esther), Nicholas Mulroy (Mordecai), Matthew Brook (Haman), Thomas Hobbs (1st Israelite), Robin Blaze (Priest), James Gilchrist (Habdonah / Assuerus) & Electra Lochhead (Israelite Boy), Nicholas Wearne (organ continuo)
Dunedin Consort, John Butt
Paradoxically, a two-voices-to-a-part chorus achieves more immediacy than a larger choir, coupled with a stylish and delightfully intimate band. Yet again, Butt demonstrates that less can be... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 14th May 2012
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It is a sober, intelligently thought through and beautifully sung Winterreise - with Harvey's baritone in its well-groomed prime...Gary Cooper's fortepiano is a prominent voice, close-recorded... —
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Special offer. Alpha & Omega: Choral Music by James MacMillan
Madeleine Mitchell (violin)
Cappella Nova, Alan Tavener & James MacMillan
Cappella Nova make James MacMillan's Missa Dunelmi sound much easier to sing than it is, and that's a compliment...Perhaps it helps having MacMillan himself directing: it's interesting his default... —
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2014, Choral & Song Choice
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Lazaridis gives a supremely authoritative reading of the B minor Sonata, which is not only intensely committed but also deeply imaginative. His virtuoso credentials are impeccable, and are... —
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2006, Instrumental Choice
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