Arcana
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Special offer. Lux In Tenebris
Liturgy and Devotion in 18th-Century Naples
Silvia Frigato, Talenti Vulcanici
Emanuele Cardi
Talenti Vulcani and conductor Emanuele Cardi offer crisp, undemonstrative accompaniment throughout, maintaining the spirit of the works’ original liturgical setting in a recording that offers... —
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Special offer. Picchi: Canzoni da sonar con ogni sorte d'istromenti
Giulia Genini, Concerto Scirocco
The continuo ensemble is stable but unobtrusive, and the soloists are impeccable, delivering virtuosic flourishes with sprezzatura and clarity. [Concerto Scirocco] seem to have a special ability... —
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A wonderful introduction to the music of de Wert. The performances are clear, with fine diction and a nice sense of the various rhythmic nuances. The instrumental portions never disturb, but... —
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Special offer. Golden Strings – Mossi & Montanari: Sonatas for Violin and Basso Continuo
Gabriele Pro (soloist), Anima & Corpo
It’s always a good sign when a recording’s first notes leap so vibrantly out of the stereo that all the day’s previous reviewing plans sail out of the window in favour of lapping up the disc... —
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The immediate impression from the start of the first Sonata is not so much of ‘bottom up’ cello-like depth, but of a mellowness of sound enhanced by a sympathetically resonant acoustic that... —
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This recording indicates he is the master of this Walter replica, fully exploiting its potential. Cascioli’s phrases are inevitably shapely. He never rushes embellishments, always giving them... —
