Sergio Azzolini
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It’s hard to imagine a more passionate advocate for these works than Sergio Azzolini, who brings fiendish agility to the fast movements and makes his instrument sigh and sing in the pathos-laden,... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, April 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
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Like many [Azzolini] makes bold strokes...but there is never a hint of gratuitousness or bad taste. In music that everyone knows can sound routine, he shapes and characterises every movement,... —
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2010, Winner - Musique Baroque Instrumentale
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the utter master of the instrument, and surmounts the technical difficulties works such as the present six concertos pose to lesser mortals with enviable ease … all lovers of Baroque music will... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2013, Editor's Choice
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Graupner: Bassoon and Violin Concertos
Sergio Azzolini (bassoon), Friedemann Wezel (violin), Christian Leitherer (chalumeau)
Ensemble Il capriccio
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Plaudits to Risonanza Praga, advocates for 18th and 19th-century instrumental music, in eschewing the use of a conductor and helping us to appreciate something of the richness and diversity... —
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Special offer. Vivaldi: Bassoon Concertos Volume 2
Sergio Azzolini (bassoon)
L'Aura Soave Cremona, Diego Cantalupi
Azzolini is on excellent form again and seems to have lost none of the infectious eagerness with which he started out...[He] catches all these moods and is everywhere tireless in avoidance of... —
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Kozeluch: Concertos and Symphony
Sergio Azzolini (bassoon), Camerata Rousseau, Giovanni de Angeli (oboe), Leonardo Muzii
A contemporary of Mozart, Kozeluch doesn’t make any attempt to tug at the heart strings in these works. They are, however, gloriously convivial, and performed here with brio aplenty. Perfect... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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Special offer. Vivaldi - Concerti per fagotto e oboe
Sergio Azzolini (bassoon), Hans Peter Westermann (oboe)
Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca, Giorgio Fava
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The Sinfonias, variously scored for flutes, oboes, bassoon and horns, are sparkling affairs which demonstrate Hertel’s gift as a colourist. The Scherzo of the G major Sinfonia, with its decidedly... —
