Concertos, Porta, G (composer)
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Concerto - Venice: The Golden Age
Xenia Löffler (baroque oboe)
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Georg Kallweit
Here, in all its radiant apparel, is the splendour of Venice's golden age...Loffler is a fine performer with a rounded, mellow tone and remarkable dexterity...a captivating musical portrait... —
Awards:
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2014, Concerto Choice
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Vivaldi's 'Armatae face et anguibus' from Juditha Triumphans raises the curtain at a furious lick. Viotti's mezzo tears thrillingly through the coloratura while knife-edged orchestral playing... —
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The solo performances are incandescent, veering between searing lyricism and precocious virtuosity. Extemporisations show why Chiara enthralled her audiences...In a short bonus DVD, Chiara's... —
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Special offer. Venezia - Opera arias of the Serenissima
Max Emanuel Cencic (countertenor)
Il Pomo d’Oro, Riccardo Minasi
Cencic negotiates the vocal acrobatics of this repertoire effortlessy - his voice light and agile, his technique sure. But he is no mere showman, and responds to dramatic situations with singing... —
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Venice by Night
Simon Munday (trumpet), Peter Whelan (bassoon), Mhairi Lawson (soprano)
La Serenissima, Adrian Chandler
a delightful vignette of 18th-century Venetian nightlife...Lawson is, in turn, a gondola-borne singer...equally at home in the simplest syllabic songs, genlte cantabile and, at the end, a sparkling... —
