CD, Cimarosa (composer)
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There is much to admire here thanks to Ólafsson’s superb pianism, most notably in Haydn’s Sonata No. 47, Mozart’s little C major Sonata and his Adagio in B minor; his Kleine Gigue goes like... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, Critics' Choice 2021
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Presto Recording of the Week, 3rd September 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2021, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Piano
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As in the previous volumes, the orchestral playing is breathtaking in its accuracy -the sort of Haydn playing you dream of…this may well become the period-instrument Haydn cycle by which all... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Winner - Orchestral
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Domenico Cimarosa: l'Italiana in Londra
Theo Lebow, Gordon Bintner, Bianca Tognocchi, Iurii Samoilov, Angela Vallone, Oper Frankfurt, Leo Hussain
Singing of character and liquidity comes from the sopranos Angela Vallone as Livia and Bianca Tognocchi as Madama Brillante… Hussain maintains a pacy momentum: the whole thing goes with a swing —
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Her playing is breathtaking, first in the bubbling fluency of Vivaldi violin concerto allegros...while her fluent technique elicits some exhilarating tempos. No less arresting is her creamy... —
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The title Mille Affetti (a thousand feelings) perhaps promises a greater variety of vocal expressiveness than is achieved here...However his impressive high notes and the adventurousness of... —
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Special offer. Cimarosa: l'Olimpiade
Josh Lovell (Clistene), Rocio Pérez (Aristea), Mathilde Ortscheidt (Licida), Alex Banfield (Aminta), Maite Beaumont (Megacle), Marie Lys (Argene)
Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset
Young Spanish coloratura Rocío Pérez (Aristea) is the standout singer in Rousset's excellent cast, with a bell-like core, easy lyricism, searing emotionalism, leaping staccato proficiency and... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Opera
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Marcel Moyse 'In Person'
Marcel Moyse (flute), Blanche Honegger-Moyse (violin/viola), Louis Moyse (flute/piano)
Every scrap of Marcel Moyse is precious, still more when his Harvard recital saw the appearance of his son Louis and Blanche Honegger-Moyse, Louis’ wife...The Harvard music room is clearly a... —
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Special offer. Pergolesi: La Serva Padrona & Cimarosa: Il maestro di cappella
Rosanna Carteri & Nicola Rossi-Lemeni, Sesto Bruscantini
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Collegium Musicum Italicum & I Virtuosi di Roma, Carlo Maria Giulini, Renato Fasano
Pergolesi’s intermezzo sparkles in this smile-inducing account, coupled with Sesto Bruscantini’s peerless Cimarosa, pure heaven in every note and verbal infection. —
