Cappella Mediterranea
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Special offer. Cavalli: Heroines of the Venetian Baroque
Mariana Flores (soprano), Anna Reinhold (mezzo)
Cappella Mediterranea, Leonardo Garcia Alarcon
Flores's softer languid singing aptly conveys a nymph's erotic longing for the return of her lover Jupiter…[Isifile's lament] is sequenced next to a vividly dramatic account of her rival Medea's... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Shortlisted - Recital
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Special offer. Philippe d'Orléans: Suite d'Armide ou Jérusalem délivrée
Marie Lys (soprano), Véronique Gens (soprano), David Witczak, Nicholas Scott, Fabien Hyon, Gwendoline Blondeel, Victor Sicard, Cyrille Dubois (tenor), Cappella Mediterranea, Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Leonardo García Alarcón
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Special offer. Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea
Elsa Benoit (Poppea), Jake Arditti (Nerone), Ambroisine Bré (Ottavia), Iestyn Davies (Ottone), Alex Rosen (Seneca), Stuart Jackson (Arnalta), Cappella Mediterranea, Leonardo García Alarcón
Alarcón and Cappella Mediterranea are experts at this repertoire and play with skill, commitment, energy and some innovative continuo devices to reflect, emphasise and punctuate the singers...I... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2024, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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Special offer. Jacques Arcadelt: Madrigali, Chansons, Motetti
Cappella Mediterranea, Doulce Mémoire & Choeur de Chambre du Namur
A close recording occasionally leaves some members of Cappella Mediterranea uncomfortably exposed in the madrigals which are not always ideally characterised, but hats off to Doulce Mémoire... —
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Special offer. Cipriano de Rore: Ancor che col partire
Ricercar 35th anniversary release
Marie Bournisien (harp), Mariana Flores (soprano), Paulin Bündgen (counter-tenor), Bernard Foccroulle (organ), Miguel Henry (lute), Jean Tubéry (cornet), Juliette Perret (soprano), Jean Tubéry (recorder)
Cappella Mediterranea, Clematis, L'Achéron, Vox Luminis, Doulce Mémoire, Chœur de Chambre...
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Mariana Flores sings expressively enough to persuade you, almost, that Sacrati is as good as Monteverdi. —
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Schallplattenkritik Quarterly Critics Choice, Autumn 2022, Opera
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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Special offer. Sogno Barocco (Baroque Dream)
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo soprano), Sandrine Piau (soprano), Susanna Sundberg (contralto)
Cappella Mediterranea, Leonardo García Alarcón
Every rhetorical device is skilfully exploited, every phrase glows...For many listeners, however, Von Otter's duets with Sandrine Piau will be the highlight. Stylistically, temperamentally and... —
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2013, Opera Choice
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Special offer. Monteverdi: l'Orfeo
Mariana Flores (soloist), Nicholas Scott (soloist), Julie Roset (soloist), Alessandro Giangrande (soloist), Valerio Contaldo (soloist), Carlo Vistoli (soloist), Matteo Belotto (soloist), Giuseppina Bridelli (soloist), Ana Quitans (soloist), Salvo Vitale (soloist), Alejandro Meerapfel (soloist), Philippe...
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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Amore Siciliano
Mariana Flores (soloist), Matteo Bellotto (soloist), Léo Fernique (soloist), Valerio Contaldo (soloist), Ana Vieira Leite (soloist), Cappella Mediterranea, Leonardo García Alarcón
There’s a fabulously frantic air to the sequence of the opening movements, and in general this is the approach to the playing throughout: totally gung-ho, extreme and unexpected. —
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Special offer. Sigismondo d’India: Lamenti & sospiri
Julie Roset (soloist), Mariana Flores (soloist), Cappella Mediterranea, Leonardo García Alarcón
The performance by sopranos Mariana Flores and Julie Roset is excellent. Both have clear and expressive voices, and their sense of diction is top-class. They also have a good knowledge of the... —
