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Piccinini is the Heifetz of the flute. Her fluency and articulation are quite literally breathtaking...I have rarely heard the solo flute sound quite as beautiful as this...Just five seconds... —
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Scarlatti, A: Cecilian Vespers, etc.
Susanne Rydén and Dominique Labelle (sopranos), Ryland Angel (countertenor), Michael Slattery (tenor), Neal Davies (baritone/chanteur)
Philharmonia Baroque Ensemble, Philharmonia Chorale, Nicholas McGegan
Scarlatti's Vespers were composed for a service at the Roman church of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere in 1721. He was in his sixties by then, his music out of fashion, and one can sense that with... —
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The Power of Love
Arias from Handel Operas
Amanda Forsythe (soprano) & Jeannette Sorrell (harpsichord/director)
Apollo's Fire
Forsythe shows here why she deserves top rank. Her agility, her invention and her voice - a straight core sound wrapped in luminous timbres - are remarkable…particularly in allegro moods, Forsythe... —
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Mozart - Piano Concertos Nos. 24 & 25
Imogen Cooper (piano/director), Bradley Creswick (leader/co-director)
Northern Sinfonia
In K491, Imogen Cooper and the Northern Sinfonia do ample justice to the gravitas, intensity, drama, and poignancy of this great work. —
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[the Rhenish] is well-paced with a particularly effective Scherzo and some very stylish string playing. It's adventuring through the Gál, though, that brings the best from Woods and his musicians.... —
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…perhaps the most striking playing of all comes in the Brahms where Haefliger delivers an interpretation of formidable granitic strength that nonetheless manages to encapsulate the work's more... —
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Lorraine Hunt Lieberson at Emmanuel
Celebrating the Lives of Craig Smith and Lorraine Hunt Lieberson
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (mezzo-soprano), Shannon Snapp (continuo cello), Danielle Maddon & Lena Wong (violins), Jayne West (soprano)
The Orchestra of Emmanuel Music, Craig Smith (director), John Harbison
… a solid achievement, distinguished by the mezzo's remarkable artistry. —
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Joshua Habermann’s excellent ensemble are style chameleons, gamely tackling everything here from traditional Shaker hymns to smoochy gospel arrangements, astringent contemporary classical motets... —
