CD, Zelenka (composer)
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Special offer. Anima Aeterna
RecommendedJakub Józef Orliński (countertenor), Il Pomo d’Oro, Francesco Corti
Be prepared for some dazzling displays…in Zelenka’s psalm setting ‘Laetatus sum’, Orlinski is partnered by the assured, pliant and blended singing of Fatma Said…[Nucci's] aria ‘Un giusto furore’... —
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2021, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 22nd October 2021
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Building A Library, November 2021, Also Recommended
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Winner - Baroque Vocal
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New. Zelenka: Missa Paschalis, ZWV 7 - Händel: Funeral Anthem for Queen Caroline, HWV 264
Zeronove, I Pizzicanti, Lukas Wanner
in recent years the reputation of the 'Czech Bach' has risen thanks to recordings like this one, which reveals the beauty and sophistication of his compositional style...The vocal ensemble Zeronove... —
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New. ZELENKA
Ángel Luis Sánchez Moreno, Ramón Ortega Quero, Marc Trénel, Wies de Boevé, Alfonso Sebastián Alegre
It is joyful and intelligent, impeccably put together yet free...Has Zelenka's instrumental music ever sounded this good? Possibly not. —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, Editor's Choice
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The Polish countertenor gives a lithe and affecting performance on this debut album, a collection of largely unrecorded sacred baroque arias. Il Pomo d’Oro flutter and fizz. —
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2018
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The Times Records of the Year, 2018
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2019, Winner - Solo Vocal Recital (Opera)
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Building A Library, November 2021, Also Recommended
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Each iteration of 'Agnus Dei' has Gregorian plainchant prior to fugal inventions performed with wholehearted musicality. —
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Sacred Music of Jan Dismas Zelenka
Carolyn Sampson, Rebecca Outram (soprano), Robin Blaze (countertenor), James Gilchrist (tenor), Michael George, Peter Harvey (bass)
Choir of the King's Consort & Kings Consort, Robert King
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Special offer. My Christmas
RecommendedDiana Damrau (soprano), Matthias Höfs (trumpet), NDR Radiophilharmonie, Knabenchor Hanover, Richard Whilds, Riccardo Minasi
Damrau’s two-disc My Christmas ticks some of the same boxes as the legendary Elisabeth Schwarzkopf’s Christmas Album, though Damrau seems more naturally at home in the seasonal idiom...Opinions... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd December 2022
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Female Singer of the Year
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