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Special offer. Sara Mingardo: Monteverdi, Vivaldi & Handel
Sara Mingardo (contralto)
Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini
A genuine contralto with accompaniments of vivid spontaneity by Rinaldo Alessandrini —
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2005, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2004, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, February 2009, Period Instrument Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Contemporary
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Special offer. Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in A major, K581, etc.
RecommendedWolfgang Meyer (clarinet de basset) & Patrick Cohen (hammerflügel)
Quatuor Mosaïques
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Building a Library, November 1999, First Choice
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Special offer. Beethoven: Triple Concerto & Trio Op. 11
Anne Gastinel (cello) & Nicholas Angelich (piano), Gil Shaham (violin), Andreas Ottensamer (clarinet)
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Järvi
Of the soloists, it’s the cello that has the lion’s share, and Anne Gastinel makes the most of the part on this new recording. Her playing has a warmth and eloquence that made me think back... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2018
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Special offer. Bononcini: Stabat Mater & Messa
World premiere recording live from the Wiener Konzerthaus
Silvia Frigato, Raffaella Milanesi (sopranos), Andrea Arrivabene (countertenor), Elena Biscuola, Sara Mingardo (contraltos), Valerio Contaldo, Raffaele Giordani (tenors) & Salvo Vitale (bass)
Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini
This disc is a tour de force, a world premiere recording of stunning music splendidly performed...Alessandrini engages deeply with the composer's imagination, opening up his dense counterpoint...Mingardo... —
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BBC Music Magazine, Choral & Song Choice
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Special offer. Fauré - Requiem
Sandrine Piau (soprano) & Stéphane Degout (baritone)
Accentus & Members of Orchestre National de France, Laurence Equilbey
Can there may be a more profoundly beautiful recording of Fauré's Requiem out there? We defy any sensitive soul not to be transported into a state of near rapture by the unspeakably delicious... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Finalist - Choral
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Special offer. Vivaldi: Vespri per l'Assunzione di Maria Vergine
RecommendedFrancesco Moi (organ), Mauro Lopes Ferreira (violin), Francesca Vicari (violin), Ignazio Schifani (organ), Marco Scavazza (bass), Roberta Invernizzi (soprano), Gemma Bertagnolli (soprano), Sara Mingardo (alto), Matteo Bellotto (baritone), Gianluca Ferrarini (tenor), Anna Simboli (soprano)
Concerto...
Alessandrini's reading has an energy which is both forthright and controlled. His solo singers are of high quality; Roberta Invernizzi and Sara Mingardo are from the front rank of Italian Baroque... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2004, Winner - Baroque Vocal
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Special offer. Bach, J S: Sonatas & Partitas for solo violin, BWV1001-1006
Sergey Khachatryan (violin)
Silvery, bright and pure, he gives a youthful air to a deeply expressive interpretation that feels knowing beyond his years. Everything about his performance is to be savoured. Phrasing and... —
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Record Review, December 2010, Critics' Disc of the Year
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Special offer. Vivaldi: Bassoon Concertos Volume 2
Sergio Azzolini (bassoon)
L'Aura Soave Cremona, Diego Cantalupi
Azzolini is on excellent form again and seems to have lost none of the infectious eagerness with which he started out...[He] catches all these moods and is everywhere tireless in avoidance of... —
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