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Stella Del Nostro Mar
Past and present reflections of the Marian inspiration
Cantica Symphonia, Giuseppe Maletto
The vocal quartet's tone is gentle and not overly assertive… at its best the results are very satisfying. Isaac's setting of the popular Alma redemptoris chant is glowingly done, and incidentally... —
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Cecus: Alexander Agricola and his contemporaries
Recorded in Duisburg (Belgium) in February 2010
Graindelavoix, Björn Schmelzer
[The Agricola is] the first recording of a piece that looks slight on the page but is moving enough in performance...it's good of Graindelavoix to tackle some fo the famous pieces of the time... —
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L’Amor de Lonh
Medieval songs of love and loss
Ensemble Gilles Binchois: Anne-Marie Lablaude (soprano), Cyprianos Sadek (baritone), Baptiste Romain (viol & cornamuse), Keyvan Chemirani (zarb & daf ) & Dominique Vellard (tenor & oud, direction)
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.. The beautifully balanced, positively projected 11 voices of Graindelavoix lavish on the Franco-Flemish Champion’s Missa de Sancta Maria Magdalena — an ingenious and rich-textured commentary... —
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…such satisfying tone, and remarkably few intonation issues for a recording on period instruments. —
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Lully - Ballets & récits italiens
Recorded at Chiesa di Santa Maria Annunciata, Brunello, Varese (Italy), October 2008
Emanuela Galli, Yetzabel Arias Fernández, Stefanie True (sopranos) & Fabio Bonizzoni (harpsichord & direction)
La Risonanza
Lully didn’t compose Italian operas but he did make settings of Italian words: this enjoyable disc includes some of them, along with instrumental pieces and a couple of French airs. —
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The performance [of Stravinsky's Octet] here is beautifully executed with a delightful and exuberant finale. —
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Performances that are full of spirit and tonal warmth … Ensemble Aurora offers graceful, lucid and spontaneously expressive readings … well-balanced, resonant recordings —
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Luzzaschi: Concerto delle Dame
Roberta Mameli, Emanuela Galli, Francesca Cassinari (sopranos)
La Venexiana, Claudio Cavina (direction)
this is music of intimate emotion and subtle embellishment, with two or three voices intertwining above an instrumental accompaniment – in stark contrast to the usual a cappella style of madrigal... —
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Nebra Blasco: Iphigenia en Tracia
Marta Almajano, María Espada, Raquel Andueza, Soledad Cardoso (sopranos), Marta Infante (mezzo) & Javier Méndez (tenor)
El Concierto Español, Emilio Moreno
The music is very agreeable, and Italianate in style: secco recitatives (with one accompanied recitative at the end) and da capo arias...There are no weak links among the all-female cast and... —
