Choral, Marenzio (composer)
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Combining Tallis and Gesualdo with modern/contemporary composers such as Sarah Rimkus, Gerda Blok-Wilson and the late Veljo Tormis can be tricky for an ensemble, but the Gesualdo Six and Owain... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2020, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Marenzio: Primo Libro di Madrigali 1580
RecommendedLa Compagnia del Madrigale: Rossana Bertini, Francesca Cassinari (sopranos), Elena Carzaniga (alto), Giuseppe Maletto, Raffaele Giordani (tenors), Daniele Carnovich (bass) with: Paolo Borgonovo (tenor), Marco Ricagno (bass)
La Compagnia del Madrigale has done him proud with sublime, gorgeously toned and exquisitely expressive interpretations, moreover, the clarity and depth of the recording itself draws the listener... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2013, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2014, Winner - Early Music
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The singers make a beautifully balanced sound with impressive fluency across each style...there is a pleasing tension between a consort blend and the vital quirkiness of individual voices...Jourdain’s... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2018, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2019, Finalist - Early Music
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Exaudi really are one of the best-situated ensembles to sing this repertoire. They're known for combining madrigalian mood swings with eye-wateringly accurate tuning. —
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The Guardian Classical Albums of the Year, 2025
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This third instalment in Capella de la Torre’s series of the four elements is every bit as fresh and thoughtful as one would expect from one of Europe’s leading early wind ensembles...This enjoyable... —
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Instrumentalist of the Year
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Special offer. Music in Golden-Age Florence 1250-1750
La Morra, Corina Marti, Michał Gondko, Theatro dei Cervelli, Andrés Locatelli, Francesco Corti (harpsichord), Leon Jänicke
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Early Music
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Director Harry Christophers draws controlled performances which highlight the music's extremes of spiritual serenity and visceral energy. As one might expect from this crack choir, there is... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2007, Editor's Choice
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This award-winning set of Vivaldi's most popular orchestral works is as colourful as its cover-art would suggest – the seasons are presented in gloriously vivid tones by Rinaldo Alessandrini... —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2003, Disc of the Month
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Polychoral polyphony is all very well but it’s the simplest material that is the true measure of this recording. Martin Luther and Johann Walter’s Verlieh uns Frieden gnädiglich is a unison... —
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ECHO Klassik Awards, 2017, Winner
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Marenzio: Quinto Libro di Madrigali a sei voci
Elena Biscuola (mezzo-soprano)
La Compagnia del Madrigale
the singers infuse their accounts with the true spirit of chamber music and, as native Italian speakers, are highly responsive to the drama and nuances of the texts...offering ardent and expressive... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2015, Editor's Choice
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