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Gramophone Magazine, Editor's Choice
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Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor for piano, trumpet & strings, Op. 35, etc.
Lise de la Salle (piano) & Gabor Baldocki (trumpet)
Lisbon Gulbenkian Foundation Orchestra, Lawrence Foster
Liszt Piano Concerto No 1, S124 Prokofiev Piano Concerto No 1, Op 10 Shostakovich Concerto for Piano, Trumpet and Strings, Op 35 Lise de la Salle pf Gábor Boldoczki tpt Gulbenkian Foundation... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2008, Disc of the Month
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Building a Library, October 2006, First Choice
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These are all arie aggiunte...and tell us as much about the singers of Handel's era as they do about the characters they played. For Hallenberg, there is an extra challenge as she adapts her... — More…
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Opera, September 2013, Recording of the Month
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Amore e morte dell’amore
Duets by Monteverdi, Marcello, Handel, Scarlatti, Lotti, Durante
Roberta Invernizzi (soprano), Sonia Prina (contralto) & Luca Pianca (lute, conductor)
Throughout the disc the continuo battery of Ensemble Claudiana provides colourful support...But the disc belongs to Invernizzi and Prina, who aptly cap a feast of glorious Handelian virtuosity. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2013, Editor's Choice
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Regazzo has a well-focused warmly timbred bass voice which he is able to project with authority. Furthermore, Regazzo is well able to sustain a dramatic scena such as the mad scene from Orlando... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2006, Opera Choice
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Haydn’s last three London symphonies make a satisfying disc — and, thanks to Minkowski’s penchant for fast allegros, they fit on a single CD...But Minkowski is no early-music dogmatist; he gives... — More…
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2010, Winner - Symphonies
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Vivaldi: Vespri per l'Assunzione di Maria Vergine
RecommendedFrancesco Moi (organ), Mauro Lopes Ferreira (violin), Francesca Vicari (violin), Ignazio Schifani (organ), Marco Scavazza (bass), Roberta Invernizzi (soprano), Gemma Bertagnolli (soprano), Sara Mingardo (alto), Matteo Bellotto (baritone), Gianluca Ferrarini (tenor), Anna Simboli (soprano)
Concerto...
Alessandrini's reading has an energy which is both forthright and controlled. His solo singers are of high quality; Roberta Invernizzi and Sara Mingardo are from the front rank of Italian Baroque... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2004, Winner - Baroque Vocal
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Vivaldi: In Furore, Laudate Pueri e Concerti Sacri
Sandrine Piau (soprano)
Accademia Bizantina, Ottavio Dantone
'In furore is the ideal score for any soprano who's spoiling for a fight – with herself!' So says Sandrine Piau in the booklet, and she could have added that it also makes a superb opener for... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2006, Choral & Song Choice
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Vivaldi: Ottone in Villa
RecommendedSonia Prina (Ottone), Julia Lezhneva (Caio Silio), Veronica Cangemi (Cleonilla), Roberta Invernizzi (Tullia) & Topi Lehtipuu (Decio)
Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini (director)
A major attraction of Antonini's version is the casting of Sonia Prina as Roman Emperor Ottone. Her rounded vocal timbre and powerful declamation bring strong characterisation to the role...Antonini... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 6th December 2010
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