Chamber, Piccinini (composer)
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If an hour and a quarter of music based on 16 bars appears daunting, take courage from the immense stylistic variety over 200 years and the splendidly colourful range of instruments playing... —
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2005, Chamber Choice
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14 Silver Strings
Toccatas, Partitas and Dances
Matthew Wadsworth (theorbo), Gary Cooper (harpsichord, organ), Mark levy (viola da gamba, lirone, violone)
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2003, Editor's Choice
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Zuljan plays with right-hand nails à la Piccinini, and close to the bridge. Despite the use of gut strings, the tone is steely and sonorous, a foundation that allows him to take deliciously... —
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Heroines of Love and Loss
vocal chamber music from the 17th century
Ruby Hughes (soprano), Mime Yamahiro Brinkmann (cello) & Jonas Nordberg (lute / theorbo / archlute)
Ruby Hughes’s soprano has an effortless beauty: pliant, subtly expressive, never forced. She captures the chaste fervour of the sacred works…Brinkmann and Nordberg proffer aptly spontaneous... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2017, Editor's Choice
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Glorious music, gloriously performed —
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This is Matthew Wadsworth’s finest release to date … a gem of an album, which exudes intelligence, sensitivity and sheer class … A richly painted recital that really shouldn’t be missed. —
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2006, Editor's Choice
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José Lemos: Io Vidi in Terra
Jose Lemos (countertenor), Jory Vinikour (harpsichord) & Deborah Fox (theorbo)
Countertenor José Lemos’ rich voice ravishes the ear in luscious numbers such as Monteverdi’s ‘Se dolce è’l tormento’; he’s not unagile vocally, either, and handles later, more ornate works... —
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Tromba Hispanica
17th-century music for the Spanish Court Trumpets
Barocktrompeten Ensemble Berlin, Johann Plietzsch
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