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Special offer. Handel: Winged Hands
RecommendedThe Eight Great Suites & Overtures
Francesco Corti (harpsichord)
Corti’s playing throughout can be described as electric: his playing lacks nothing in terms of pure excitement and adrenaline. He also goes for a big, one can even say orchestral, sound in many... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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Special offer. Ermenegildo del Cinque: Sonatas for Three Cellos
RecommendedLudovico Minasi, Cristina Vidoni, Teodoro Baù and Simone Vallerotonda
Finely crafted and accessible, Ermenegildo Del Cinque’s music surely deserves to be more widely known; these performances present it is the best possible light. The playing is cohesive and fluid,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2022, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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Undeterred by their somewhat hazy provenance – outlined in some excellent accompanying notes – Evangelina Mascardi produces consistently idiomatic performances on three agreeably resonant copies... —
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Special offer. Marazzoli: Occhi Belli, Occhi Neri
Cantate Romane
Soledad de la Rosa & Ensemble Mare Nostrum, Andrea De Carlo
Ensemble Mare Nostrum's appealing performances of seven more cantatas merely skim the surface of a huge amount of Marazzoli's music languishing in the Vatican library waiting to be given the... —
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Special offer. J. S. Bach: Mass in B Minor
Miriam Feuersinger (soloist), Hana Blažiková (soloist), Jakob Pilgram (soloist), Carlos Mena (soloist), Tobias Berndt (soloist), La Cetra Basel, Andrea Marcon
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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Special offer. Carissimi: Historia di Jephte. Motets
Dan Dunkelblum, Michele Vannelli, Mirjam Wernli, Christina Boner, Voces Suaves
Voces Suaves's performance is by turns vivid, animated, heartbroken and mournful. —
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Special offer. Alessandro Scarlatti: Christmas at the Bethlehem of the West
RecommendedMusic from Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome.
Carlotta Colombo, Coro e Orchestra Ghislieri, Giulio Prandi
Both works receive spry performances from the Coro e Orchestra Ghislieri, with Giulio Prandi conducting. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th December 2025
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Special offer. Duel: Porpora and Handel in London
Giuseppina Bridelli (mezzo)
Le Concert de l'Hostel Dieu, Franck-Emmanuel Comte
Bridelli's strong mezzo voice provides fine advocacy for Porpora's long lyrical lines, especially in 'Nume che reggi' and in the drama of 'Dolce è su queste', a richly accompanied recitative. —
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2019, Opera Choice
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Opera, July 2019, Disc of the Month
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Special offer. Frescobaldi and the South
Intendami chi può che m’intend’io
Francesco Corti (harpsichord), Andrés Locatelli
Francesco Corti captures both Frescobaldi's eccentric, improvisatory spirit on the one hand, and his rigorous precision and attention to detail on the other...The programme features two harpsichords... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, July 2023
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International Opera Awards, 2025, Shortlisted - Solo Recording
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In BWV1066 trio passages are played by oboists Alfredo Bernardini and Paulo Grazzi and bassoonist Alberto Grazzi with unerring momentum and nuanced deftness...French-style dances lilt, sway... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2017, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Shortlisted - Baroque Instrumental
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