Lotti
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The performances are excellent, even given the variety of the program. They make for an hour and 15 minutes of immersion into the Venetian spirit. The vocalists are spot on pitch, and the instruments... —
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Diapason d’Or, November 2019, Nouveauté
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2020, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2020
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this disc is a particularly welcome unveiling of four rapturous sacred works…the music is a pleasant fusion of the rigorous Baroque idiom…and the then-fashionable style gallant, characterised... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 22nd April 2016
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2016
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Thomas Hengelbrock conducts Zelenka, Bach & Lotti
RecommendedBalthasar Neumann Ensemble & Choir, Thomas Hengelbrock
The Balthasar-Neumann Ensemble and Choir perform with full-blooded tension; Hengelbrock makes the fullest possible use of the plangent oboes and pulsating string chords but also ensures that... —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2010, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2010, Winner - Baroque Vocal
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Building A Library, November 2021, Also Recommended
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Stutzmann’s deep burgundy contralto, like a freakishly rich, wide-ranging countertenor, is the perfect fit for this repertoire...[Her] characterisation and vocal colouring are always true and... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2021, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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The programme is a potpourri, and one from which emanates the refined scent of the collegiate choir, à la King's or Trinity. The tuning is impeccable, the blend unimpeachable. Director Nigel... —
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2006, Choral & Song Choice
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…Andreas Scholl… has developed the confidence and showmanship of a seasoned dramatic artist. Scholl's collaboration with Accademia Bizantina is proving to be a fruitful one which has breathed... —
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2005, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2005, Editor's Choice
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Zefiro’s own expertise in these pieces is itself of impeccable quality and gladsome spirit. The oboes of Alfredo Bernardini and Paolo Grazzi are excellently matched, creamy and focused in tone... —
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The exotic harmonies in both expose the family resemblance between the styles of the two composers (though Gesualdo is even more experimental in his secular music) and the Monteverdi Choir is... —
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New. 2025 TMEA: All-State Large School Mixed Choir
2025 TMEA All-State Large School Mixed Choir, Sally Schott, conductor and Rebecca Baker, accompanist, conductor, Rebecca Baker, Richard Bjella, Texas State Symphony Orchestra
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The recording opens with Monteverdi’s Cantate Domino. It gets a captivating and sprightly presentation from the choir, accompanied by chamber organ and lute. —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2024, Editor's Choice
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