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Many vocal skills we now admire in opera were born in the early 17th century. These performances centre upon the techniques of the early solo singer-composers, wonderfully resurrected here by... —
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2021
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2021, Baroque vocal
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Sunday Times, 10 Best Classical Albums of 2021
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It seems to me that they have taken time to properly hit their stride, but here they rediscover the heights scaled with Claudio Cavina at the helm. These are near-flawless readings, effortlessly... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2020, Editor's Choice
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Songs of Orpheus
RecommendedMonteverdi, Caccini, Merula, Brunelli, Castello, Cima, Landi
Karim Sulayman (tenor)
Apollo's Fire, Jeannette Sorrell
Sulayman’s approach tends more towards the lyrical than the rhetorical – his lucid, velvety tenor and pop-star charisma best suited to melodious arias rather than the text-driven stile recitativo…Under... —
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Grammy Awards, 61st Awards (2018), Winner - Classical Solo Vocal Album
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She soars the heights and plumbs the depths with fitting ardour...it is hard not to be swept away by such intensity felt and highly dramatic readings...[Pitzl] and his crack instrumental ensemble... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Shortlisted - Recital
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2010, Choral & Song Choice
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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... —
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On the Breath of Angels
Veronika Skuplik, Matthias Müller, Mieneke van der Velden (viola da gamba), Jakob Lindberg (lute), Hana Blažiková (soprano), Bruce Dickey, Kris Verhelst, Catherine Aglibut, The Breathtaking Collective
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The singers of Les Cris de Paris are here combined in different arrangements throughout the album, to produce a richly resonant sound with a strong bass and bright, clear upper textures. —
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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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La bella piu bella
Songs from early baroque Italy
Roberta Invernizzi (soprano) & Craig Marchitelli (archlute & theorbo)
This is vocal writing that thrives on extremes: complex, emphatic, dissonant and brilliantly embellished...Invernizzi is a fearless singer. Some notes are stripped violently dry and thin, others... —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2014, Editor's Choice
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