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Special offer. Victorious Love - Songs by Henry Purcell
RecommendedCarolyn Sampson (soprano), Laurence Cummings (harpsichord & spinet), Elizabeth Kenny (archlute / theorbo), Anne-Marie Lasla (bass viol), Sarah Sexton (violin I), Andrea Morris (violin II) & Jane Rogers (viola)
Her tone is extraordinarily beautiful: natural, warm and unforced, with almost superhuman vocal athleticism — More…
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Building a Library, February 2014, Top Recital Recommendation
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2007, Editor's Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Special offer. Portraits de La Folie
Stéphanie d'Oustrac (mezzo), Ensemble Amarillis, Héloïse Gaillard
D’Oustrac is dazzling across these various personae, to which she brings not only luscious vocalism but also a blistering intensity. No less impressive is the Ensemble Amarillis…for zest and... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2020, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2020, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Purcell: The Cares of Lovers
Rowan Pierce (soprano), William Carter (theorbo)
Academy of Ancient Music, Richard Egarr
Pierce’s voice is delicious: clear, strong, supple, with sparkling top notes and a warm, textured middle and low register. She’s mistress of her words, bending vowels and clipping consonants... — More…
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Supported with exceptional clarity by Jakob Lindberg, Kirkby conveys both intellectual appreciation and a deep emotional connection with the words in this recital...[her] 'Bess of Bedlam' is... — More…
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Purcell - Complete Secular Solo Songs
RecommendedBarbara Bonney (soprano), Susan Gritton (soprano), James Bowman (counter-tenor), Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor), Charles Daniels (tenor), Michael George (bass)
The King's Consort, Robert King (chamber organ, harpsichord)
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Building a Library, February 2014, Large Box Set Recommendation
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The symphony is played with neatly poised sincerity by an excellent dozen-strong string band of three players per part…Right solo voices of technical finesse deliver crisp diction in Hear my... — More…
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Most effective are the ballads and lighter, folksy numbers, where Mields's agile voice enchants...Purists may fgind the ensemble takes a few too many liberties, orchestrating these pieces wioth... — More…
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Purcell: Chamber and Vocal Music
Eero Palviainen (lute), Annamari Polho (harpsichord), Lauri Pulakka (cello piccolo), Paivi Jarvio (mezzo-soprano), Lauri Pulakka (cello), Lauri Pulakka (viola da gamba), Annamari Polho (organ)
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Notes from the Asylum
Clare McCaldin (mezzo-soprano), Libby Burgess (piano), Catriona Scott (clarinet)
This is a quite remarkable gathering together of songs that evoke so many emotions. Clare McCaldin shows how she is able to shape and control her voice to draw so much from each song, following... — More…
