Stradivarius
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Respighi: La Sensitiva & Liriche da camera
Sara Mingardo (contralto), Aldo Orvieto (piano) & Carlo Lazari (violin)
In these songs we get the full measure of [Mingardo's fluency and upper reaches] and also the dramatic quality inherent in voices of such depth when guided, as this is, by a strongly emotional... —
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Donatoni Edition Volume 7: Dieci anni dopo
Lorenzo Missaglia (flute) & Mario Marzi (saxophone)
Divertimento Ensemble & Italian Saxophone Quartet, Sandro Gorli
The 18-minute Tema, the earliest of the pieces (1981), begins with bright Boulezian trills and adds exuberance to sonic exuberance. Luci I and II are brief alto-flute solos. Rasch II for saxophone... —
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Milano Musica Festival Live Volume 2: Xenakis, Varèse, Romitelli
Live Recording by RAI RADIO 3 from the Verdi Hall at the Milan Conservatory
Marieke Koster (mezzo)
Asko Ensemble, Stefan Asbury
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Compared to his later five-hour opus "For Philip Guston", for example, the 1963 "Piano Piece (to Philip Guston)" included here is a model of stark brevity. The seven Cage pieces include the... —
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Engaging songs from an intriguing composer. Il sogno della vergine is an especially absorbing slant on the Annunciation, and Sara Mingardo is a compelling advocate. —
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Vivaldi - Cupido tu vedi
Concerti e cantate
Raffaella Milanesi (soprano), Laura Colucci, Manuel Granatiero (recorders) & Marco Ceccato (cello)
Accademia Ottoboni
Soprano Raffaella Milanesi is really a mezzo in her warm, dark tone and fruity low range. She's expressively indignant in the disc's title track, Cupido tu vedi —
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Gervasoni: Least Bee
Margherita Chiminelli (soprano) & Sonia Turchetta (mezzo-soprano)
Divertimento Ensemble, Sandro Gorli
In both [vocal works], Gervasoni matches the literary imagery with wonderfully vivid instrumental gestures...The three purely instrumental works are less vivid, but still finely crafted; there's... —
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Sciarrino: Il cantiere del poema
World premiere recordings
Anna Radziejewska (soprano)
Ensemble Algoritmo, Marco Angius
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Vivaldi: Concerti a due Organi
Margherita Gianola & Silvio Celeghin (organs of the Basilica dei Frari, Venice (G. Callido, 1795/96 - G. B. Piaggia, 1732)) & Luca Mares e Matteo Marzaro (solo violins)
Accademia di Sam Rocco, Francesco Fanna
Despite the lack of 100% violinistic élan this is a recording which has plenty of fine moments, and Vivaldi’s music is always entertaining. The character and sonority of the organs is well captured,... —
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