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Telemann: Ouvertures à 8 for 3 oboes, bassoon, strings and continuo Zefiro Baroque Orchestra, Alfredo Bernardini
The much-vaunted lean muscularity of the Ensemble Zefiro...produces a freshly balanced sonority that alters our experience of these works...Special praise is due to the superb, unstinting continuo... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2014, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2014, Shortlisted - Baroque Instrumental
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Pergolesi: Messa in Re maggiore & Motetto 'Dignas laudes resonemus' Marlis Petersen & Marta Fumagalli
Coro E Orchestra Ghislieri, Guilio Prandi
While his Stabat Mater and Magnificat are relatively well-known, there are other sacred works which, if this CD is anything to go by, are equally fine and deserve hearing. Backed by the musicological... — More…
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Diapason d’Or, June 2018, Découverte
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Harpa Romana. Arias & Cantatas by the 17th-Century Virtuosos Giovanni Sgaria (artdirector), Riccardo Pisani (soloist), Chiara Granata
La smisuranza
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Duel: Porpora and Handel in London Giuseppina Bridelli (mezzo)
Le Concert de l'Hostel Dieu, Franck-Emmanuel Comte
Bridelli's strong mezzo voice provides fine advocacy for Porpora's long lyrical lines, especially in 'Nume che reggi' and in the drama of 'Dolce è su queste', a richly accompanied recitative. — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2019, Opera Choice
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Opera, July 2019, Disc of the Month
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Handel: Winged Hands RecommendedThe Eight Great Suites & Overtures
Francesco Corti (harpsichord)
Corti’s playing throughout can be described as electric: his playing lacks nothing in terms of pure excitement and adrenaline. He also goes for a big, one can even say orchestral, sound in many... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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Fux: La Corona d'Arianna Monica Piccinini (Venere), Carlotta Colombo (Arianna), Marianne Beate Kielland (Teti), Rafał Tomkiewicz (Bacco), Meili Li (Peleo)
Zefiro, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Alfredo Bernardini
La Corona d'Arianna is wonderful in this version by director Alfredo Bernardini, who drastically shortened the opera due to 2022 COVID measures...The stand-out principal is Carlotta Colombo.... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2023, Opera Choice
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Carmignola asserts his own special interpretative proclivities: the magical musical intakes of breath during and at the ends of phrases, the endlessly flexible handling of dynamics, and a temporal... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2022, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
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To get an idea of the soundworld of Stefano Bernardi, an Italian plying his trade in early-17th-century Salzburg, think Monteverdi but without the flamboyance. He benefits from nicely nuanced... — More…
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Diapason d’Or, February 2020, Découverte
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Building a Library, May 2018, Also Recommended
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Bach - Vivaldi: Double Concertos for Violin & Cello Piccolo Giuliano Carmignola (violin), Mario Brunello (cello)
The soloists are not only superb virtuosos but they converse with the rapport of chamber musicians, and are keenly aware of period style…They parry with daring abandon Vivaldi’s barrage of challenges…while... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2020, Concerto Choice
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