Wigmore Hall Live
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At the end, Holl beamed with pleasure and grasped Vignoles in a bear-hug – and the normally sedate audience at the Wigmore rose and cheered. —
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…there is magical playing in the Presto of the Mozart and throughout much of the Ravel. …'La vallée des cloches' ends the recital on a note of sublime beauty. —
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Academy of Ancient Music
Concerti and Concerti Grossi by Handel, J S Bach and Vivaldi
Rachel Podger (violin), Pavlo Beznosiuk (violin), Frank de Bruine (oboe)
Academy of Ancient Music
…scrappy moments but the zesty interaction of the AAM's players in two of Handel's Op 6 Concerti grossi is unflaggingly alert, playful and dramatic. Frank de Bruine's poetic oboe is attractively... —
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Wolfgang Holzmair & Imogen Cooper
Songs by Hugo Wolf
Wolfgang Holzmair (baritone) & Imogen Cooper (piano)
Holzmair is at his best in those settings which reveal the soul's innermost questionings; he and Cooper capture the fragile ardour of 'Frage und Antwort', and the chromatic unease within 'I'm... —
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Iestyn Davies & Ensemble Guadagni
Iestyn Davies (counter-tenor)
Ensemble Guadagni: Matthew Truscott (violin), Jonathan Manson (viola da gamba), David Miller (theorbo) & Robert Howarth (harpsichord, organ)
Intimacy and freshness make this a breathtaking performance...Davies's celebrated timbre - translucent, warm, pure - and the Ensemble's imaginative additions make these melodies expand and glow —
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Blessed Spirit: A Gluck Retrospective
Ailish Tynan, Sophie Bevan (sopranos) & Anna Stéphany (mezzo-soprano)
The Mozartists, Ian Page
The three singers here all make a good showing, Ailish Tynan with her direct engagement with recitative...and as a sentient, fearful Euridice...[Stéphany] scores highly as Clytemnestra in Iphigénie... —
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L’alba separa dalla luce l’ombra
Dawn divides the light from the shadows
Anna Caterina Antonacci (soprano) & Donald Suzen (piano)
Antonacci and her scrupulous accmpanist Donald Sulzen, provide alert and imaginative accounts of all their material...Antonacci brings individuality to everything she sings, her colouristic... —
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John Blow: Venus and Adonis
Recorded live at Wigmore Hall, London, on 3 May 2010
Theatre of the Ayre: Rachel Podger, Clare Salaman (violins), Galina Zinchenko (viola), Alison McGillivray (bass violin and viol), Pamela Thorby, Kate Latham, Merlin Harrison (recorders), David Miller (theorboes/guitars), James Johnstone (harpsichord) & Elizabeth Kenny (director/theorbo/guitar),...
The true stars here are the band, led by Elizabeth Kenny, which extemporises and pushes tempos to giddy extremes. Elin Manahan Thomas steps boldly into Cupid's role, alternating deftly between... —
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This beautifully programmed recital will make you want to rush out and buy as many volumes of British songs as you can…the real showstoppers are the lovingly rendered wartime lollipops, steeped... —
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