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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. Vivaldi: Concerto per Violino VII 'Per il castello'
Alessandro Tampieri (soloist), Accademia Bizantina, Ottavio Dantone
Tampieri is sensitive to the music’s myriad ideas and nuances, always avoiding overstatement and facile showmanship. Accademia Bizantina under Ottavio Dantone’s experience direction offers him... —
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Special offer. Johann S/Bernhard/Ludwig Bach: Ouvertures For Orchestra
RecommendedRinaldo Alessandrini (soloist), Concerto Italiano
Alessandrini’s new recording of Bach’s Orchestral Suites may well be the danciest ever...he has turned to these four noble creations and infused them with a choreographic shape and swing that... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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It's a touching yet potentially nebulous concept for an album, but the Ukrainian pianist turns it into something truly special. His playing, too, brims with heart and life force: impassioned,... —
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Many vocal skills we now admire in opera were born in the early 17th century. These performances centre upon the techniques of the early solo singer-composers, wonderfully resurrected here by... —
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2021
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2021, Baroque vocal
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Sunday Times, 10 Best Classical Albums of 2021
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Special offer. Porpora: Il Maestro
RecommendedOpera Arias
Franco Fagioli (countertenor)
Academia Montis Regalis, Alessandro de Marchi
Fagioli forges his own powerful execution out of practices that Porpora helped invent. Ornaments of fiendish length, tempo and range spur Fagioli onto ever-greater displays, racing ahead of... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2014
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Opera, January 2015, Recording of the Month
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Biondi makes a strong case for affording this music greater prominence than it has so far enjoyed, communicating its melodic charm with affection and stylistic aplomb. His light bowing and gently... —
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Special offer. Julia Lezhneva sings Rossini
RecommendedJulia Lezhneva (soprano)
Sinfonia Varsovia, Marc Minkowski
there is real flair and talent here, with much of the coloratura neatly despatched, and some stylistic grace that is admirable...Minkowski and his Polish musicians are marvellous, especially... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 18th April 2011
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2011, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Vivaldi: Argippo
RecommendedEmőke Baráth (soprano), Marie Lys (soprano), Delphine Galou (contralto), Marianna Pizzolato (mezzo-soprano), Luigi De Donato (bass), Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi
Scholarship aside, what counts is whether Fabio Biondi directing Europa Galante finds satisfying music theatre in this collage. And so he does...Vivaldi’s musical fingerprints are everywhere... —
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2021, Opera Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 18th December 2020
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