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Awards:
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Building a Library, October 2001, First Choice
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Lootens's expansive, mature take on Castelnuovo-Tedesco's Paganini homage, the multifaceted Capriccio diabolico, is not so much the programme's apotheosis as the casting of a musical eye back... —
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Special offer. Vivaldi: Serenata A Tre, Rv690
Marie Lys (Eurilla), Sophie Rennert (Nice), Anicio Zorzi Giustiani (Alcindo), Abchordis Ensemble, Andrea Buccarella
The music is a delight throughout, and the performance mainly of a high standard. Marie Lys is a spirited Eurilla...In all, Andrea Buccarella, his soloists and his vibrant Abchordis Ensemble... —
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Special offer. Vivaldi: Griselda, RV718
Recommendedworld première recording
Griselda: Marie-Nicole Lemieux (contralto), Costanza: Veronica Cangemi (soprano), Ottone: Simone Kermes (soprano), Roberto: Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor), Gualtiero: Stefano Ferrari (tenor) & Corrado: Iestyn Davies (countertenor)
Ensemble Matheus, Jean-Christophe Spinosi
…one of Vivaldi's strongest and most cohesive operas. Jean-Christophe Spinosi's intuitive and vital direction achieves rewarding results. His instrumentalists are first-rate and the choice... —
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2006, Disc of the month
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2007, Opera Award Winner
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Special offer. Schoenberg, Berg & Webern: Complete Works for String Quartet
Sandrine Piau (soprano), Marie-Nicole Lemieux (contralto)
Quatuor Diotima
The extreme refinement and minutely focused intensity, in recordings to match, make the Webern a singularly beautiful, if somewhat unsettling experience. —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2016, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Shortlisted - Chamber
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Special offer. Handel: Tamerlano
RecommendedXavier Sabata (Tamerlano), Max Emanuel Cencic (Andronico), John Mark Ainsley (Bajazet), Karina Gauvin (Asteria), Ruxandra Donose (Irene), Pavel Kudinov (Leone)
Il Pomo d’Oro, Riccardo Minasi
The cast is of exceptional and even strength...[Sabata and Cencic] deliver brilliant tone and lively fioritura, while the scenes between Sabata and Ainsley crackle with fury...An all-round outstanding... —
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2014, Disc of the month
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2014, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Building a Library, January 2021, Recommended Recording
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Like many [Azzolini] makes bold strokes...but there is never a hint of gratuitousness or bad taste. In music that everyone knows can sound routine, he shapes and characterises every movement,... —
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2010, Winner - Musique Baroque Instrumentale
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Special offer. Franck: Symphonic Variations & Piano Pieces
RecommendedBertrand Chamayou (piano), Olivier Latry (harmonium)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Stéphane Denève
This is an outstanding release in every way. In fact, I cannot recall another that included all Franck's masterpieces for the piano on a single disc and in which, moreover, every performance... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2010, Editor's Choice
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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The result is sprightly orchestral playing, textures absolutely dripping with ornamentation and a proclivity for highly varied speeds...Emiliano Toro brings an easy fluencytotheroleofOrfeo,and... —
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Opera, December 2020
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The Times Records of the Year, 2020
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