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John Blow: Venus & Adonis; Henry Purcell: Dido & Aeneas
Ida Ränzlöv, Bernt Ola Volungholen, Christina Larsson Malmberg, Rupert Enticknap, Lisa Carlioth, Mathilda Sidén Silfver, Mikael Stenbaek, Arash Azarbad, Confidencen Opera & Music Festival Orchestra, William Relton (director), Olof Boman
alluring performances, sumptuous costumes and clever set designs. All the principals are strong, but mezzo-soprano Ida Ränzlöv stands out. Technically flawless, texturally lush and dramatically... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2023, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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John Blow: Venus & Adonis; Henry Purcell: Dido & Aeneas
Ida Ränzlöv, Bernt Ola Volungholen, Christina Larsson Malmberg, Rupert Enticknap, Lisa Carlioth, Mathilda Sidén Silfver, Mikael Stenbaek, Arash Azarbad, Confidencen Opera & Music Festival Orchestra, William Relton (director), Olof Boman
alluring performances, sumptuous costumes and clever set designs. All the principals are strong, but mezzo-soprano Ida Ränzlöv stands out. Technically flawless, texturally lush and dramatically... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2023, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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Blow: Venus and Adonis Amanda Forsythe (Venus), Tyler Duncan (Adonis), Mireille Lebel (Cupid), Amanda Forsythe (soprano), Jason McStoots, Zachary Wilder (tenors), Douglas Williams (bass-baritone)
Boston Early Music Festival, Paul O'Dette & Stephen Stubbs
Mireille Lebel's Cupid shines in Boston's tryst with Blow's pastoral precursor to Purcell's Dido. Playing is stylish, though Tyler Duncan's Adonis sounds unfeasibly mature. — More…
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Blow: Venus and Adonis
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Clare College Chapel Choir & OAE, René Jacobs
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Blow: Venus and Adonis Catherine Bott, Libby Crabtree & Michael George
New London Consort & Choristers of Westminster Abbey School, Philip Pickett
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John Blow: Venus and Adonis
Recorded live at Wigmore Hall, London, on 3 May 2010
Theatre of the Ayre: Rachel Podger, Clare Salaman (violins), Galina Zinchenko (viola), Alison McGillivray (bass violin and viol), Pamela Thorby, Kate Latham, Merlin Harrison (recorders), David Miller (theorboes/guitars), James Johnstone (harpsichord) & Elizabeth Kenny (director/theorbo/guitar),...
The true stars here are the band, led by Elizabeth Kenny, which extemporises and pushes tempos to giddy extremes. Elin Manahan Thomas steps boldly into Cupid's role, alternating deftly between... — More…
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Blow: Venus & Adonis Céline Scheen & Marc Mauillon
Les Musiciens du Paradis & La Maîtrise de Caen, Bertrand Cuiller
