Opera, Hasse, J A (composer)
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His technical strengths emerge clearly in the way in which he negotiates the switchback turns of Vivaldi’s ‘Cada pur sul capo’ (from Artabano), the cascading melodies of Porpora’s ‘Nocchier,... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, April 2023
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2023, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Finalist - Voice & Ensemble
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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Bach: Notebooks for Anna Magdalena
Mahan Esfahani (harpischord/clavichord), Carolyn Sampson (soprano)
What an unfailingly delightful compilation it is, featuring keyboard galanteries, chorale melodies with or without voice and a wide variety of arias...few if any will be disappointed with an... —
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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Special offer. Facce d'Amore
RecommendedJakub Józef Orliński (countertenor)
Il Pomo d’Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev
It's music by Luca Antonio Predieri (a nearcontemporary of Handel’s) that really hits the mark. Predieri’s gentle lyricism and clean lines suit Orliński’s soft-grained voice well. He’s no convincing... —
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The Times Records of the Year, 2019
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Presto Recording of the Week, 20th December 2019
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International Opera Awards, 2020, Winner - Solo Recital Recording
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Male Singer of the Year
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Conductor of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Finalist - Recital
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a maddening, fascinating and often bewitching disc —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Finalist - Recital
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International Classical Music Awards, 2017, Winner - Baroque Vocal
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Mühlemann makes everything sound easy. But it’s not just virtuosity, as the beauty of her voice also stops you in your tracks. —
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Presto Editor's Choice, September 2017
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Record Review, 16th September 2017, Recording of the Week
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2018, Winner - Newcomer (singer)
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Venezia Millenaria (Venice 700-1797)
2 x SACD and book
Le Concert des Nations - Hespèrion XXI, La Capella Reial de Catalunya - Panagiotis, Neochoritis, Jordi Savall
Venezia Millenaria is as kaleidoscopic as the city itself, Venice’s trademark cosmopolitanism reflected in Savall’s augmenting of his home team(s) with Ensemble Panagiotis Neochoritis, and an... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, December 2017
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2018, Editor's Choice
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Record Review, 3rd March 2018, Recording of the Week
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Arias for Guadagni
Recommendedthe first modern castrato
Iestyn Davies (countertenor)
Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen
Through his effortless line, countertenor Iestyn Davies revivifies Guadagni's Orphic powers...Whether drawing out sustained notes or knitting together filigreed coloratura, he is a paragon of... —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2012, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2012, Winner - Recital
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[Bartoli] darts from note to note with admirable precision in Porpora’s ‘Nell’attendere il mio bene’, with octave leaps and drops into the chest register. If Farinelli delighted in adagio arias,... —
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Diapason d’Or, December 2019, Nouveauté
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Female Singer of the Year
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Conductor of the Year
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Grammy Awards, 63rd Awards (2021), Nominee - Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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Special offer. Mr Charles the Hungarian. Handel's Rival in Dublin
RecommendedIrish Baroque Orchestra, Peter Whelan
Here is an unusual and delightful programme from bassoonist and director Peter Whelan...Irish Baroque Orchestra with its several concertante players imbue the music with lucidity and a spirited... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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Hasse: Piramo e Tisbe
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Anett Fritsch (Piramo), Roberta Mameli (Tisbe), Jeremy Ovenden (Il Padre)
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Bernhard Forck
The piece has been recorded before by La Stagione Frankfurt, but this new version is better, with livelier tempi and superb singing from two bright-voiced sopranos, Anett Fritsch and Roberta... —
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2025, Opera & Stage Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2026, Nominated - Opera
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