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Haydn: The Creation
Recommended(sung in German)
Sylvia McNair (soprano), Michael Schade (tenor), Gerald Finley (bass)
Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
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Gramophone Awards, 1997, Winner - Choral
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A collection of arias selected from Bach's sacred works, featuring among others the evergreen favourite 'Schafe können sicher weiden' (better known by its English title 'Sheep may safely graze')... —
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Gramophone Awards, 1993, Winner - Baroque Instrumental
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Esfahani’s playing brings the old face to face with the new. —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Building a Library, March 2014, First Choice
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Handel: Ezio, HWV29
Sonia Prina (Valentiniano), Ann Hallenberg (Ezio), Anicio Zorzi Giustiniani (Massimo), Karina Gauvin (Fulvia), Marianne Andersen (Onoria), Vito Priante (Varo)
Il Complesso Barocco, Alan Curtis
…a long succession of fine arias offering opportunities for six principals that are fully seized on this occasion. With keenly etched orchestral playing and lucid sound, this is unusually consistent,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2009, Editor's Choice
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Vivaldi: Motezuma
Vito Priante (Motezuma), Marijana Mijanovic (Mitrena), Roberta Invernizzi (Teutile), Maite Beaumont (Fernando), Romina Basso (Ramiro), Inga Kalna (Asprano)
Il Complesso Barocco, Alan Curtis
…the exotic story concerns the Spanish conquest of Mexico and the defeat of its ruler Montezuma by the conquistador Fernando Cortez. Curtis has assembled a vocally accomplished cast. Montezuma,... —
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2006, Opera Choice
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Handel: Saul
RecommendedAndreas Scholl, Neal Davies, Mark Padmore, Susan Gritton, Nancy Argenta
Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh
With incisive, disciplined choral singing, the result is overwhelming. —
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Building a Library, October 2004, First Choice
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Handel: Semele
RecommendedKathleen Battle (Semele), Marilyn Horne (Juno/Ino), Samuel Ramey (Cadmus/Somnus), John Aler (Jupiter), Michael Chance (Athamas), Neil Mackie (Apollo), Sylvia McNair (Iris)
Ambrosian Opera Chorus, English Chamber Orchestra, John Nelson
[The recording] turns away from current fashion in using modern rather than period instruments, but the balance of advantage is in its favour. Nelson's performance is briskly paced, with rhythms... —
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Grammy Awards, 36th Awards (1993), Best Opera Recording
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Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea
Sylvia McNair, Anne Sofie von Otter, Dana Hanchard, Michael Chance
English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
The central question was always about how much needs to be added to the surviving notes in order to make Poppea viable on stage. Gardiner and his advisers believe that nothing needs adding and... —
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