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Special offer. Antonio Vivaldi: L'Olimpiade RV 725
Innsbrucker Festwochenorchester, Bejun Mehta, Eleonora Bellocci, Raffaele Pe, Benedetta Mazzucato (contralto), Margherita Maria Sala, Christian Senn, Luigi De Donato, Coro Maghini, Alessandro De Marchi
the capable hands of Raffaele Pe and Bejun Mehta, while all three women turn in satisfying performances, the pick probably being the bright-voiced and agile soprano Eleonora Bellocci… Alessandro... —
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The band play with such attention and involvement that it’s hard to imagine these appealing works being performed any better. —
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this CPO release sounds thoroughly idiomatic and shows an appreciation of the composer’s clever orchestration. —
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Richard Rössler: Sextet op. 16 · Piano Quintet op. 28
Artis-Quartett Wien, Oliver Triendl (piano), Pascal Moraguès (clarinet), José-Vicente Castelló (french horn)
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Special offer. Telemann: Pimpinone
Marie-Sophie Pollak, Dominik Koninger, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Georg Kallweit
The performances of the roles originally written for two of Hamburg’s star singers are masterful... The music, scored for strings alone, is as one would expect from Telemann: witty, inventive... —
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Pianist and quartet are in impeccable harmony and unity in this delightful performance. While this is not great chamber music, it is very enjoyable, and with CPO’s superb sound is worth exploring. —
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Johann David Heinichen: Two Passion Oratorios
Elena Harsanyi (soprano), Elvira Bill (alto), Mirko Ludwig (tenor), Andreas Wolf (baritone), Kolner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens
Elvira Bill has a lovely, smooth voice... Antonio de Sarlo, deservedly receives credit as Italian diction coach. The pronunciation and inflection of the Italian are impeccable throughout. —
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Not only am I mightily impressed with these piano quartets, I am thrilled that they are given such excellent performances by the Mariani Piano Quartet. I can find nothing to be critical of in... —
