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New. Arias for Giovanni Rubinelli
Filippo Mineccia (countertenor), Istante Collective, Alexandra Tarniceru
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Muscular arpeggiata preludes cede to pizzicato dances of ineffable suavity, and a fugue of dazzling complexity. The sound is intoxicating, Pandolfo’s expressivity and technique beyond praise. —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2010, Instrumental Finalist
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Gramophone Awards, 2010, Finalist - Baroque Instrumental
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2009, Editor's Choice
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It’s a disc full of fast-flying vocal runs, jagged leaps and show-off turns of phrase, also moments of reflection and starkly simple declamation prefiguring the mature Gluck. The period band... —
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2017, Opera Choice
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Opera, September 2017, Recording of the Month
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Biondi brings his long experience in Baroque violin to these readings, radically different from the usual Romantically-inspired renditions of these sonatas…Biondi’s touch is lighter (his ornaments... —
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2018, Chamber Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2018, Editor's Choice
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Directing from the violin, Alexander Janiczek galvanises a robust and full-bodied string sound, further enhanced by a conspicuously warm and spacious recording. His is assailed by a subtle restlessness. —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2024, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2024, Orchestral Choice
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Special offer. Bellini: I Capuleti e I Montecchi
Vivica Genaux (Romeo), Valentina Farcas (Giulietta), Davide Giusti (Tebaldo), Fabrizio Beggi (Lorenzo), Ugo Guagliardo (Capellio)
Belcanto Chorus & Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi
[Biondi's] insistence on intimacy is underpinned by an alert period band - with fortepiano added to the ensemble - and smallish chorus. Instrumentally the reading constantly refreshes listening... —
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Hallenberg, her mellow yet incisive tone perfectly ‘centred’, has you gasping in admiration at her mingled virtuosity and expressive power...Beyond the virtuoso fireworks, Farinelli was famed... —
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Opera, December 2019, Disc of the Month
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
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Mozart: The last three symphonies
Recorded live in Rotterdam (de Doelen), Netherlands, on 4 March 2010.
Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, Frans Brüggen
Brüggen, once in the forefront of historically informed practices, has gradually been ploughing his own furrow; and these discs offer examples of his current thoughts that nonetheless still... —
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2014, Winner - Musique symphonique
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Arias for Luigi Marchesi
The great castrato of the Napoleonic era
Ann Hallenberg (mezzo)
Stile Galante, Stefano Aresi
There is perhaps no singer better able to meet this challenge than Swedish mezzo-soprano Ann Hallenberg: her rich timbre, the evenness of her register and the precision of her intonation evoke... —
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2015, Opera Choice
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