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Monteverdi - Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda, SV 153
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Monteverdi: Combattimento
Rolando Villazón, Patrizia Ciofi & Topi Lehtipuu
Le Concert d’Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm
The atmosphere is electric. Villazón is pouring out Monteverdi’s beautiful lines of remorseful agony with spell-binding force. It’s his first foray into early music, but he tosses off the tricky... —
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2007, Choral & Song Choice
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Record Review, December 2006, Critics Disc of the Year
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2007, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Monteverdi: Lamento d'Arianna & Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda
Jaap Ter Linden (cello), Henk Bouman (harpsichord), Hajo Bäß (violin), Karlheinz Steeb (viola), Jonathan Cable (violone), Hopkinson Smith (guitar), Carolyn Watkinson (alto), Patrizia Kwella (soprano), Nigel Rogers (tenor), David Thomas (bass)
Musica Antiqua Köln, Reinhard Goebel
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There is fine singing here, particularly from the bass Lisandro Abadie in Altri canti d’Amour (great richness and clarity) and the contralto Lucile Richardot in Lettera Amorosa (with some stylish... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Finalist - Baroque Vocal
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Record Review, 18th February 2017, Recording of the Week
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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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Monteverdi - Balli and Dramatic Madrigals from Madrigali guerrieri et amorosi
Red Byrd, The Parley of Instruments
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Kožená teams up with crack period band La Cetra, whose virtuoso solo contributions are a delight, yet the voice isn't quite what it was - more diffuse, painting with broader tonal brushstrokes.... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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This commandingly dramatic account of Il Combattimento, a totally idiomatic Italianate version from Rinaldo Alessandrini and his Concerto Italiano, offers superb singing from all three principals.... —
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Monteverdi: Madrigali Libri I-IX
Wendy Roobol (soloist), Falco van Loon (soloist), Joao Moreiro (soloist), Hugo Naessens (soloist), Bas Ramselaar (soloist), Jennifer van der Hart (soloist), Andrea Tjader (soloist), Le Nuove Musiche, Krijn Koetsveld
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Monteverdi: Il ottavo libro de madrigali, 1638 'Madrigali guerrieri et amorosi'
RecommendedMusicke Instrumental Consort Ensemble, Anthony Rooley
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Building a Library, October 2000, First Choice
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Ferociously alive… It’s been good to return to the album and its startling immediacy. —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2006, Editor's Choice
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