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Special offer. Händel Goes Wild
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Valer Sabadus (countertenor), Nuria Rial (soprano)
L’Arpeggiata, Christina Pluhar
Whether or not you like this kind of project, this one is expertly and beautifully done, with Handel’s lyrical greatness remaining plain for all to see. —
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2018, Winner - Ensemble (instrumental)
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Special offer. Monteverdi - Teatro d'Amore
RecommendedNuria Rial (soprano), Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor), Cyril Auvity (tenor), Jan van Elsacker (tenor) & Joaõ Fernandes (bass)
L’Arpeggiata, Christina Pluhar
The gorgeous singing of the soloists and stylish instrumental performances, though dazzling and gimlet-eyed, are also elegant and respectful without being obsequiously slavish to convention. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 26th January 2009
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the Quatuor Ebène matches and in some respects exceeds [its] rivals in the commitment and physical impact of its playing...[and] employs the widest possible range of timbres and articulations... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 7th January 2013
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2013, Chamber Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2013, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2014, Chamber Award Winner
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How can one resist the combination of Marianne Crebassa’s attractive voice and a selection of French song, especially Debussy’s Chansons de Bilitis and three Veraline songs? As for Ravel’s Shéhérazade,... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2017, Editor's Choice
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Record Review, 28th October 2017, Recording of the Week
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Winner - Solo Vocal
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Special offer. Ombra mai fu
RecommendedFrancesco Cavalli Opera Arias
Philippe Jaroussky (counter-tenor)
Artaserse
If Handel’s Xerxes has a showmanship, an aesthetic swagger that Cavalli’s lacks in the lilting prettiness of his own ode to a plane tree, we see the Italian’s skill emerge elsewhere – in the... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th March 2019
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Gramophone Awards, 2019, Winner - Recital
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Baroque Vocal
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Special offer. Chausson
Renaud Capuçon (violin), Nicholas Angelich (piano), Quatuor Ébène, Brussels Philharmonic, Stéphane Denève
Featuring Angelich's poetic pianism, [the Concert] is unashamedly passionate. [In Poème] Capuçon's golden-edged tone is razor sharp against the warm orchestral accompaniment - a searching performance... —
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Special offer. Séguedilles
RecommendedMarianne Crebassa (mezzo), Orchestre et Choeur du National du Capitole de Toulouse, Ben Glassberg; Thibaut Garcia (guitar), Alphonse Cemin (piano)
Crebassa is in tremendous voice throughout, her lower registers dark and burnished, her top notes warm, clear and effortless...Outstanding, every single second of it. —
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2021
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2021, Editor's Choice
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Bizet: Les Pêcheurs de Perles
RecommendedDiana Damrau (Leïla), Matthew Polenzani (Nadir), Mariusz Kwiecien (Zurga), Nicolas Teste (Nourabad
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Gianandrea Noseda, Penny Woolcock (dir.)
Woolcock finds a double drama in Bizet's opera..., Noseda drawing sumptuous playing from the Met Orchestra...The Met fields a magnificent cast. Matthew Polenzani is a puppyish Nadir...whil Mariusz... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 13th January 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Grammy Awards, 60th Awards (2017), Nominee - Opera Recording
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Rondeau’s interpretations of this music suggest that for the likes of Haydn, Clementi, Beethoven and Debussy, harpsichord sonorities were very much in their mind’s ear. In particular, Rondeau’s... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2023, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Shortlisted - Instrumental
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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The Polish countertenor gives a lithe and affecting performance on this debut album, a collection of largely unrecorded sacred baroque arias. Il Pomo d’Oro flutter and fizz. —
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2018
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The Times Records of the Year, 2018
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2019, Winner - Solo Vocal Recital (Opera)
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