CD, Merula (composer)
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Special offer. Merula: Concerti spirituali
RecommendedBernard Foccroulle (organ), Alice Foccroulle (soprano), InAlto, Lambert Colson
It is relatively seldom that entire albums are devoted to Merula's talents...InAlto, Colson and the Foccroulles serve up a landmark achievement of sophisticated artistic planning and peerless... —
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2025, Recording of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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The range and power of Ernman’s voice is a delight. Her dark, rich colouring adds drama to Handel’s ‘Twas when the seas’ and the final item by Eden Ahbez brings out her bluesy soul. Fun and... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 31st January 2025
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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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Special offer. Lagrime
Ricercar Consort (early music ensemble), Céline Scheen, Paul Goussot, Philippe Pierlot
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Barbara Strozzi: Voices of Longing - Love Songs From 17th Century Venice
Emily Owen (soprano), Jenni Harper (soprano), Satoko Doi-Luck, Toby Carr, Ceruleo
the voices are pliant and ingratiating, and both singers cope gracefully with the composer’s florid and wide-ranging vocal lines. The three instrumentalists offer poised and thoughtful ensembles... —
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Infinite Refrain: Music of Love’s Refuge
RecommendedRandall Scotting (counter-tenor), Jorge Navarro Colorado (tenor), Academy of Ancient Music, Laurence Cummings
Scotting borrows your heart in Monteverdi’s ‘Con che soavità’ when a lover asks how can one speak and kiss at the same time, while conductor Laurence Cummings and the Academy of Ancient Music... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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8 CDs
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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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Monteverdi: Madrigals of Love and Loss
Thomas Walker (tenor), James Gilchrist (tenor), Katherine Watson (soprano) & Anna Dennis (soprano)
Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen
These are not easy pieces, but the opening ballet swings along with panache, and there is some excellent tenor solo singing in the first section. —
