Alessandro De Marchi
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Handel: Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, HWV46a
Roberta Invernizzi (soprano), Kate Aldrich (mezzo-soprano), Martin Oro (countertenor) & Jörg Dürmüller (tenor)
Academia Montis Regalis, Alessandro De Marchi
Invernizzi's alluring voice is fluent in challenging virtuosity but sweetly penitent as she rejects Aldrich's somewhat assertive 'Pleasure'. Oro's 'Enlightenment' is powerful, focused and subtle…... —
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Franco Fagioli (countertenor)
Academia Montis Regalis, Alessandro de Marchi
Fagioli forges his own powerful execution out of practices that Porpora helped invent. Ornaments of fiendish length, tempo and range spur Fagioli onto ever-greater displays, racing ahead of... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2014
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Opera, January 2015, Recording of the Month
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Stradella: San Giovanni Battista
Anke Herrmann, Martin Oro, Antonio Abete, Fredrik Akselberg & Elena Cecchi Fedi
Academia Montis Regalis, Alessandro De Marchi
Stradella's San Giovanni Battista, composed for the church of San Giovanni dei Fiorentini in Rome in 1675, is an oratorio that verges on opera. As well as the familiar characters of John the... —
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Scarlatti, A: Davidis pugna et victoria
Fredrik Akselberg (tenor), Martin Oro (countertenor), Robin Johannsen (soprano), Roberta Invernizzi (soprano) & Antonio Abete (bass)
Academia Montis Regalis, Alessandro De Marchi
The oratorio, a learned dramatisation of the story of David and Goliath, is given a crisp performance by Academia Montis Regalis. The full strings are vivid yet supportive in their sporadic... —
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Fritsch’s Mozart is a sheer delight. This is no bland essay of the usual suspects painted in anonymous colours but a vivid portrait gallery of characters that Fritsch has actually played on... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2017, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Finalist - Recital
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Handel: Sonya Yoncheva
Sonya Yoncheva (soprano), Karine Deshayes (mezzo)
Academia Montis Regalis, Alessandro de Marchi
Yoncheva is a force of nature. Her top notes merit a gale warning, her words drip with passion, and the bloom of her lowest register equals that of her top. —
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Casta Diva
Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano, soprano), Maria Goldschmidt (flute), Una Prelle (harp), Daniel Pezzotti (cello), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Sumi Jo (soprano), Juan Diego Flórez (tenor), Alessandro Corbelli (baritone), Celso Albelo (tenor), Luca Pisaroni (baritone), James Levine (piano), Bryn Terfel...
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Rivals: Arias for Farinelli & Co.
David Hansen (countertenor)
Academia Montis Regalis, Alessandro de Marchi
the programme showcases Hansen's formidable technique and flexibility as he flits from quick-fire coloratura to long-breathed cantilena...Hansen dazzles throughout with his vocal fireworks...de... —
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2013, Opera Choice
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Leopold Mozart: Missa Solemnis
Bayerische Kammerphilharmonie & Das Vokalprojekt, Alessandro De Marchi
Enjoyable sleeve notes by Sylvie Kürsten quote father and son in touching homages to one another. Chorus, soloists and orchestra achieve great expression from De Marchi’s keen direction. Affective... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Choral
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Bellini: La Sonnambula
Cecilia Bartoli (Amina), Juan-Diego Flórez (Elvino), Ildebrando D'Arcangelo (Il Conte Rodolfo), Liliana Nikiteanu (Teresa), Gemma Bertagnolli (Lisa), Peter Kalman (Alessio) & Javier Camarena (Un Notaro)
Orchestra La Scintilla, Alessandro De Marchi
Sonnambula, though, stands or falls on the bel canto expertise of its two main protagonists, and on this occasion they are both in great form. The highlight of the first scene, and indeed of... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2009, Editor's Choice
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