Sara Mingardo
-
Rossini: Petite Messe solennelle
RecommendedMarina Rebeka (soprano), Sara Mingardo (contralto), Francesco Meli (tenor), Alex Esposito (bass)
Orchestra e Coro dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Sir Antonio Pappano
Pappano opts for a strong-limbed, purposeful approach that has the music sounding neither trite nor portentous, pleasingly bringing together its charm and expansiveness...The four high-quality... — More…
Awards:
-
Presto Recording of the Week, 22nd April 2013
2 CDs
$19.75Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
Baroque Voices 11 - Pergolesi & Scarlatti: Stabat Mater
RecommendedGemma Bertagnolli & Sara Mingardo
Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini
This is a totally Italianate performance of both high drama and moving pathos...Alessandrini's instrumental support could not be more telling, and the recording is made in an ideal acoustic. — More…
Awards:
-
Gramophone Magazine, Editor's Choice
-
Penguin Guide, Rosette
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
Vivaldi: Vespri solenni per la festa dell’Assunzione di Maria Vergine
RecommendedGemma Bertagnolli (soprano), Roberta Invernizzi (soprano), Anna Simboli (soprano), Sara Mingardo (contralto), Gianluca Ferrarini (tenor), Matteo Bellotto (baritone), Antonio De Secondi (violin)
Concerto Italiano ensemble vocale e strumentale, Rinaldo Alessandrini
This isn't the 'Vivaldi Vespers', or even a reconstruction of a specific event, but a kind of 'sacred concert' in Vespers form, of the sort that Venetian churches in Vivaldi's time would mount... — More…
Awards:
-
Gramophone Awards, 2004, Winner - Baroque Vocal
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
Mozart: Requiem & Vesperae Solennes de Confessore
Karita Mattila, Sara Mingardo, Michael Schade & Bryn Terfel
Schwedischer Rundfunkchor & Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
Rossini: Petite Messe solennelle
Eleonora Buratto (soprano), Sara Mingardo (mezzo), Kenneth Tarver (tenor)
Luca Pisaroni (bass)
Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, Gustavo Gimeno
Rossini’s late masterpiece for scaled-down forces is a palatable, varied work that is heard here in its fully orchestrated form. The recorded sound slightly muffles the chorus sound though,... — More…
Awards:
-
International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Choral
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
Offer,
Handel: Messiah Susan Gritton (soprano), Sara Mingardo (contralto), Mark Padmore (tenor), Alastair Miles (bass)
Tenebrae Choir, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis
Sir Colin Davis's way with Messiah, as recorded live at the Barbican last December, is old-fashioned by present-day standards. His soloists are all good. The Tenebrae Choir, with its thirty-odd... — More…
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
Sara Mingardo: Monteverdi, Vivaldi & Handel
Sara Mingardo (contralto)
Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini
A genuine contralto with accompaniments of vivid spontaneity by Rinaldo Alessandrini — More…
Awards:
-
BBC Music Magazine, March 2005, Choral & Song Choice
-
Gramophone Magazine, December 2004, Editor's Choice
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
Monteverdi: Vespers
Roberta Invernizzi, Monica Piccinini, Anna Simboli (sopranos), Sara Mingardo (contralto), Francesco Ghelardini (countertenor), Vincenzo di Donato, Luca Dordolo, Gianluca Ferrarini (tenors), Pietro Spagnoli, Furio Zanasi (baritones), Antonio Abete, Daniele Carnovich (basses)
Concerto Italiano,...
Rinaldo Alessandrini has waited long before committing to disc his thoughts on Monteverdi's most famous sacred publication. On the issues that have divided modern performers he's unflappably... — More…
Awards:
-
Gramophone Magazine, Collection
-
Gramophone Magazine, February 2005, Editor's Choice
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
Pre-order,
Offer, Complete symphonic, concertante & sacred music recordings Antonio Pappano & Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
27 CDs
Original price ($89.75) Reduced price $81.25 -
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... — More…
Awards:
-
BBC Music Magazine, Choral & Song Choice
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
