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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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Special offer. Beethoven - Violin Concerto, Romances & Fragment Concerto
RecommendedPatricia Kopatchinskaja (violin)
Orchestre des Champs-Elysées, Philippe Herreweghe
Patricia Kopatchinskaja's warmly recorded account of the Beethoven Violin Concerto must be one of the most stimulating and provocative that has ever been committed to disc. She opts… to interpret... —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2010, Orchestral Award Winner
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Special offer. Schubert: String Quartet No. 10 in E flat major, D87, etc.
RecommendedQuatuor Mosaïques
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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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. Monteverdi: Il ottavo libro de madrigali, 1638 'Madrigali guerrieri et amorosi'
RecommendedConcerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini
This is a sublime example of the madrigalian art. The disc oozes a sense of intelligent poetic response. —
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Gramophone Awards, 2007, Finalist - Baroque Vocal
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Special offer. Monteverdi: Il Terzo Libro de Madrigali
Monica Piccinini, Elena Carzaniga, Sonia Tedla, Maria Chiara Gallo, Francesca Cassinari, Raffaele Giordani, Andrés Montilla, Gabriele Lombardi, Salvo Vitale, Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini
With Concerto Italiano we get more chiaroscuro in the tone, a broader canvas and bigger gestures that feel more organic than La Venexiana’s occasionally micromanaged articulation. —
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Early Music
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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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While there’s nothing new about the concept, this isn’t just a case of going back for seconds. Here is an album that teems with exceptionally joyful and classy playing: it is one for posterity. —
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Mendelssohn’s prodigious talent is brought to sparkling life in an album of works composed before he hit puberty. There’s nothing childish in his sophisticated mimicry of the languages of Bach... —
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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