Europa Galante
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Special offer. Vivaldi: Concerti Per Violino Xi 'per Anna Maria'
RecommendedFabio Biondi (soloist), Europa Galante
Biondi effortlessly surmounts the technical difficulties and stylistic challenges of each concerto. He also directs Europa Galante with characteristic vigour and aplomb —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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Special offer. Vivaldi: Ercole sul Termodonte, RV 710
Rolando Villazón (Ercole), Patrizia Ciofi (Orizia), Diana Damrau (Martesia), Joyce DiDonato (Ippolita), Vivica Genaux (Antiope), Topi Lehtipuu (Telemone), Philippe Jaroussky (Alceste), Romina Basso (Teseo)
Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi
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Diapason d’Or, March 2020, Réédition
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Refreshingly, the programme is drawn from the composer's most experimental works...and is delivered not just with percussion, but also with fire, enthusiasm and wit. —
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Special offer. Vivaldi: Argippo
RecommendedEmőke Baráth (soprano), Marie Lys (soprano), Delphine Galou (contralto), Marianna Pizzolato (mezzo-soprano), Luigi De Donato (bass), Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi
Scholarship aside, what counts is whether Fabio Biondi directing Europa Galante finds satisfying music theatre in this collage. And so he does...Vivaldi’s musical fingerprints are everywhere... —
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2021, Opera Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 18th December 2020
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Special offer. Vivaldi: Stabat Mater, RV621, etc.
David Daniels (countertenor)
Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2002, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Vivaldi: La Stravaganza
RecommendedFabio Biondi (violin and direction)
Europa Galante
A bracing, Baroque-pitched tutti - basses slapping, harpsichord punching, upper strings digging with their bow heels - starts the disc. Biondi's first solo strains at the leash...Il Proteo makes... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Shortlisted - Baroque Instrumental
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Building a Library, November 2017, Also Recommended
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Special offer. Vivaldi: L'estro armonico - 12 concerti, Op. 3
RecommendedIsabella Longo, Enrico Casazza, Raffaello Negri (violin), Mauricio Naddeo (violoncello)
L'estro armonico, Fabio Biondi (violin and direction)
No other set of Vivaldi's concertos contains the sheer variety on display in L'estro armonico. The catalogue has seldom been without a decent recording of these ceaselessly fascinating works,... —
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Building a Library, December 1999, First Choice
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Building a Library, March 2020, Also recommended
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Special offer. Vivaldi: Bajazet
Ildebrando d’Arcangelo (Bajazet), Patrizia Ciofi (Idaspe), David Daniels (Tamerlano), Elina Garanca (Andronico), Vivica Genaux (Irène), Marijana Mijanovic (Asteria)
Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi
Fabio Biondi and his ensemble Europa Galante… seem to have found their métier and the result is vibrant and compelling. David Daniels is on impressive form as the cruel warrior Tamerlano.... —
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2005, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2005, Editor's Choice
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Mendelssohn’s prodigious talent is brought to sparkling life in an album of works composed before he hit puberty. There’s nothing childish in his sophisticated mimicry of the languages of Bach... —
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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Special offer. Verdi: Il Corsaro
Matheus Pompeu (Corrado), Ilona Mataradze (Medora), Aleksey Bogdanov (Seid), Mateusz Stachura (Giovanni), Paweł Cichoński (Selimo/Eunuch/Slave)
Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi
Though he’s not particularly subtle, Matheus Pompeu brings a striking tenor, vivid colours and a sense of style to Corrado the corsair...The most impressive performance overall comes from Aleksey... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Opera
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