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Mozart: Oboe Concerto and other works for oboe
Frank de Bruine (oboe), Lenneke Ruiten (soprano)
Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, Kenneth Montgomery
Frank de Bruine has long been one of the most refined of period oboists; and his mellifluous tone and gracious phrasing (he never squawks or rasps) are agreeably heard in both the concerto and... —
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Auvity's ardent characterisation conveys a beleaguered lover's anguish in 'Perce jusque au fond du coeur'...Nine more Charpentier miniatures are performed delightfully, with Auvity's flexible... —
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Kind of Satie
New Music Around Satie
Andrea Pandolfo (trumpet, flugelhorn, voice), Paolo Pandolfo (violas da gamba, Michelangelo Rinaldi (piano, accordion, toy piano)
As sparkily imaginative as it is sheer good fun —
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Istampite
Medieval pieces of fiddle and percussion
Jim Denley & Pedro Estevan (percussion)
Sinfonye, Stevie Wishart
the range of sounds and timbres they produce is really fascinating … a very classy approach, it’s one of those discs that just gets better and better the more often you listen to it —
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A due alti
Duos for countertenors
Filippo Mineccia (alto), Raffaele Pé (alto)
La Venexiana, Claudio Cavina
A glorious treat of a disc, with the mellifluous, intertwining voices of countertenors Filippo Mineccia and Raffaele Pé transporting us to magical realms. Baroque duets at their finest. —
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Cavalli: Sospiri d’amore
Opera duets and arias. Venice, 1644-1666
Giulia Semenzato (soprano), Raffaele Pe (alto)
La Venexiana, Claudio Cavina
another Cavalli collection that offers seductive delights. —
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Flute Music by Bach’s students
Wilbert Hazelzet (traverso), Jacques Ogg (harpsichord) & Jaap ter Linden (cello)
Sonatas for traverso flute by five of Bach's most talented pupils. Occasionally, we may detect the master's guiding hand but there is plenty of originality. Hazelzet's playing is warmly communicative. —
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These readings, with alternating solo voices and full ensemble, combining voices and organ, fiddles, harp and sackbuts, are splendid, bringing out the full magnificence of Dufay's conception... —
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Music in the time of Velázquez
José Miguel Moreno (Baroque guitar, vihuela & direction)
Ensemble La Romanesca
[a] sparkling recital … Marta Almajano’s delicate and precise soprano negotiates his [Hidalgo’s] teasing and rhythmically plex lines with aplomb. —
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