Antonio Florio
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I Viaggi di Faustina
Faustina Bordoni’s journeys to Naples
Roberta Invernizzi (soprano)
I Turchini, Antonio Florio
Invernizzi triumphs in this recording, re-animating Baroque prima donna Faustina Bordoni's legacy with grace and authority. The Italian soprano deftly captures Bordoni's celebrated qualities... —
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2013, Disc of the month
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2013, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2014, Finalist - Recital
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Special offer. Son regina e sono amante
Opera arias by Niccolò Piccinni
Rosa Feola (soprano), Cappella Neapolitana (early music ensemble), Antonio Florio
Feola brings to these various queens, lovers and maids shining tone, elegance of style and a vivid way with the texts...All the while Antonio Florio gets prompt and energetic playing from Cappella... —
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International Opera Awards, 2025, Shortlisted - Solo Recording
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International Classical Music Awards, 2026, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Bostridge is at his best in those pieces requiring technically adroit command and intelligent poise...The sunlight returns at the end when Bostridge serves up a wonderfully captivating performance... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, February 2022
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Special offer. Pergolesi & Porpora: Stabat Mater & Salve Regina
RecommendedMaria Grazia Schiavo (soprano) & Stéphanie d'Oustrac (mezzo)
La Cappella de' Turchini, Antonio Florio
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Building a Library, April 2010, First Choice
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Caresana: L’Adoratione de’ Maggi
Recorded in Naples in December 2009
Maria Grazia Schiavo, Valentina Varriale (sopranos), Filippo Mineccia (countertenor), Giuseppe De Vittorio, Rosario Totaro (tenors) & Giuseppe Naviglio (bass)
I Turchini, Antonio Florio (direction)
This collection of Nativity cantatas suggests a richly colourful, dramatically inclined musical personality...Antonio Florio directs the period instruments of I Turchini pliantly. This is a... —
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2010, Christmas Choice
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Special offer. Vinci, Leonardo: La Partenope
Sonia Prina (Partenope), Maria Grazia Schiavo (Rosmira), Maria Ercolano (Arsace), Eufemia Tufano (Emilio), Stefano Ferrari (Armindo) & Charles do Santos (Ormonte)
I Turchini, Antonio Florio
Albeit truncated and uneven, this confirms Vinci as a meritorious opera composer. —
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The Eucharist solo motet Sacramento laudes is sung with purling fluidity by alto Marta Fumagalli, although the violin band’s uneven raggedness takes a while to resolve...A brief five-voice Easter... —
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Special offer. Vinci - Cantate e Intermezzi
Napoli/Madrid
Roberta Invernizzi (soprano), Cristina Calzolari (contralto), Giuseppe De Vittorio (tenor) & Giuseppe Naviglio (baritone)
Cappella della pieta de’Turchini, Antonio Florio
For more than two centuries Naples was a province of Spain, and after this ended in 1707 the remarkable cross-fertilisation of culture between them did not stop. Much of the Italian music featured... —
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Special offer. Paisiello: Pulcinella Vendicato
Musical comedy in one act
Giuseppe de Vittorio, Roberta Invernizzi
Cappella de'Turchini, Antonio Florio
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