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Queens - Opera arias by Handel
premiered by Francesca Cuzzoni & Anna Maria Strada del Pò
Roberta Invernizzi (soprano) & Fabio Ciofini (harpsichord & direction)
Accademia Hermans
Invernizzi is often in top voice here. Her coloratura is electrifying; one can’t imagine a more commanding Berenice in ‘Scoglio d’immota fronta’. She handles pathos exquisitely, as in Alcina’s... — More…
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Joseph Bodin de Boismortier: Les Voyages de l'Amour Katherine Watson (Zéphire), Katia Velletaz (Un Habitant de Cythère/Hylas/Lucile/Dircé), Chantal Santon-Jeffery (L'Amour), Judith van Wanroij (Daphné), Éléonore Pancrazi (Béroé/La Prêtresse de l'Amour/Julie), Thomas Dolié (Thersande/Adherbal/Un Devin/Ovide), Orfeo Orchestra, Gyorgy Vashegyi
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Boismortier’s score is often delectable and both stylishly and entrancingly performed here by the rich and characterful Hungarian period-instrument orchestra and the healthy-sounding choir,... — More…
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fun, and very entertaining … quite charming … an imaginative CD performed with panache and impressive virtuosity. — More…
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The solemnly twisting contrapuntal strings in the Sinfonia are played with both passion and refinement – characteristics that pervade much of this performance. Emanuela Galli’s quicksilver shaping... — More…
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Jose de Nebra: Vendado Es Amor, No Es Ciego Jeanne-Marie Lelièvre, Giulia Semenzato, Alicia Amo, Natalie Pérez, Eva María Soler Boix, Amalia Montero Neira, Yannick Debus
Los Elementos, Alberto Miguélez Rouco
The performance by Los Elementos is filled with joy and verve, as if this were presented in Madrid in Nebra’s time. The voices of Guilia Semenzato and Alicia Amo are finely nuanced as the two... — More…
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Carlo Gesualdo: Sesto Libro Di Madrigali Il Complesso Barocco (early music ensemble)
Alan Curtis
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Marais, M: Sémélé
Shannon Mercer (Sémélé), Bénédicte Tauran (Dorine), Jaël Azzaretti (La Grande Prêtresse de Bacchus), Hjördis Thébault (Junon), Anders J. Dahlin (Adraste), Thomas Dolié (Jupiter), Lisandro Abadie (Mercure) & Marc Labonnette (Cadmus)
Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet
Marais conjures up a brilliant succession of choruses, sensuous solos, dramatic ensembles, descriptive symphonies, ceremonial marches and dances. Hervé Niquet directs a tense, visceral performance,... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2008, Opera Choice
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The voices are extraordinarily well matched and this CD continues Glossa's tradition of recording with a single microphone pair. The sound is considered and mellow, yet each individual moment... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Shortlisted - Early Music
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From kitschy postcards to meaning-distorted translations – the words of the Persian mystic Rumi have to endure much eight hundred years after their creation. But it can also be done differently,... — More…
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Schallplattenkritik Quarterly Critics Choice, Autumn 2022, Traditional Ethnic Music
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Handel - Italian Cantatas Volume 4
Aminta e Fillide, Rome (1707-1708)
Maria Grazia Schiavo (Aminta), Nuria Rial (Fillide), Maria Grazia Schiavo (soprano)
La Risonanza, Fabio Bonizzoni (harpsichord/director)
The fourth instalment of La Risonanza's survey of Handel's youthful Italian cantatas is devoted to two works probably composed for the Marquis Francesco Maria Ruspoli in Rome. There is no doubt... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2008, Editor's Choice
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