La Pifarescha
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This is only the third anthology devoted to Loyset Compère, whose 500th death-anniversary falls next year; but it is a fitting commemoration, for both music and performance are on a pleasingly... —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2017, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Finalist - Early Music
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Special offer. Giosquino: Josquin Desprez in Italia
Odhecaton, The Gesualdo Six, La Pifarescha, La Reverdie, Paolo Da Col
Lacking the brightness of trebles or sopranos, the vocal sound is warm, dark, plangent – compared with the glassy textures of The Tallis Scholars (who’ve recently recorded Josquin’s complete... —
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Diapason d’Or, October 2021, Nouveauté
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Finalist - Early Music
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International Classical Music Awards, 2020, Winner - Early Music
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Monteverdi: Vespro della beata Vergine (1610)
Recorded at Basilica di San Maurizio, Pinerolo, Italy, in September and October 2016
La Compagnia del Madrigale, Cantica Symphonia, La Pifarescha, Giuseppe Maletto
In the large choral items such as Nisi Dominus we are met with a magisterial and uplifting wall of sound, amply supported by a jamboree of instruments from the group La Pifarescha. The solo... —
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Cavalli: Vespero della Beata Vergine (Venezia 1675) & Antifone Mariane e Sonate (Venezia 1656)
Coro Monteverdi di Cream & La Pifarescha, Bruno Gini
La Pifarescha’s fluent cornets and trombones are especially impressive in a six-part sonata reminiscent of Gabrieli’s canzoni; uncredited countertenor, tenor and bass soloists sing eloquently... —
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Cavalli: Vespero delle domeniche
Alberto Dossena (organ)
Claudio Monteverdi Choir of Crema & La Pifarescha, Bruno Gini
Perhaps one can imagine punchier and more thrilling accounts than these relaxed performances, but the splendid finale to the Magnificat is alone worth the price of admission. —
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They make a good noise, both in quality and (where appropriate) in quantity: Senfl’s In Maien has a lusty vigour, the din of assembled sackbuts, shawms and bagpipes complemented by the latter’s... —
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Pesciolini: Secondo libro di musica sacra, Venezia 1605
La Pifaresca, Tuscae Voces, La Pifarescha, Elia Orlando
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Cavalli - 5 Magnificat and other Sacred Works
Ensemble La Pifarescha & Coro Claudio Monteverdi, Bruno Gini
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