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The Huelgas Ensemble use two or more voices per part in accordance with the size of Daser’s own court chapel choir and this larger ensemble creates a rich, wellbalanced sound which at times... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Early Music
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Winners, Winner - Early Music
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Dancing Queen - Rameau meets ABBA
Lautten Compagney (early music ensemble), Asya Fateyeva (saxophone), Wolfgang Katschner
This could have been tacky, had the arrangements not been crafted with such TLC. As it is, the music oscillates joyfully between the likes of Les Boréades and ‘Voulez-Vous’, and the minor-key... —
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2025, Orchestra of the Year
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This is an altogether terrific disc (again featuring premiere recordings), with music of a high calibre and performances by L’Arte del Mondo that could hardly be bettered. —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2023, Editor's Choice
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Hallenberg is on scintillating form, fluent alike in bravura, of which Graun's 'Mi paventi' with horns provides a dazzling example, and cantilena. The instrumental support provided by Il Pomo... —
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Sunday Times, 2015, Albums of the Year
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2016, Vocal Finalist
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Opera, July 2015, Recording of the Month
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International Classical Music Awards, 2016, Winner - Baroque Vocal
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Thomas Hengelbrock conducts Zelenka, Bach & Lotti
RecommendedBalthasar Neumann Ensemble & Choir, Thomas Hengelbrock
The Balthasar-Neumann Ensemble and Choir perform with full-blooded tension; Hengelbrock makes the fullest possible use of the plangent oboes and pulsating string chords but also ensures that... —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2010, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2010, Winner - Baroque Vocal
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Building A Library, November 2021, Also Recommended
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Nominated - Ensemble of the Year
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Nominated - Chamber Music Recording of the Year
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Colonna, Perti, Pollarolo, Torelli: Cantatas & Concertos
Nuria Rial (soprano), Basel Chamber Orchestra, Julia Schröder
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Nominated - Solo Vocal Recording of the Year
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Max Reger: Melancholy (Vocal Works)
Huelgas-Ensemble (early music ensemble), Jos van Immerseel (piano), Paul Van Nevel
Clearly while not clinically recorded and thoughtfully annotated, this is no doubt a prime recommendation for those who have hesitated to explore a crucial yet still under-appreciated facet... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Choral
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2025, Choral
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Muera Cupido
Nuria Rial (soprano), Johanna Rose (viola da gamba), Fahmi Alqhai, Javier Núñez (harpsichord), Accademia del Piacere
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Female Singer of the Year
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Winner - Solo Vocal Recital (Opera)
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Coming soon. Semiramide - La Signora Regale
RecommendedArias & Scenes from Porpora to Rossini
Anna Bonitatibus (mezzo-soprano)
Accademia degli Astrusi, Federico Ferri
There is much coloratura and here, as elsewhere, Anna Bonitatibus is spot-on...This set, sumptuously illustrated, is an absolute must-have. —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2014, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Gramophone Awards, 2015, Finalist - Recital
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