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Caldara: The Cervantes Operas
Arias & instrumental pieces
María Espada (soprano), Emiliano González Toro (tenor) & João Fernandes (bass)
La Ritirata, Josetxu Obregón (artistic direction)
Whether or not one likes the artistic licence of post-historically informed capriciousness, these spirited performances afford a glimpse of how a literary genius of one epoch had a direct influence... —
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Molière at the Opera
Stage music by Jean-Baptiste Lully
Luanda Siqueira (soprano), Jean-François Lombard (tenor), Jérôme Billy (tenor) & Virgile Ancely (bass)
Les Paladins, Jérôme Correas
The performers throw themselves into it with engaging gusto. Correas encourages what he calls ‘parlé-chanté’ for the comic scenes, at which tenor Jérôme Billy and bass Virgile Ancely excel as... —
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Somis: Violin Sonatas, Op. 1
Kreeta-Maria Kentala (violin), Lauri Pulakka (cello) & Mitzi Meyerson (harpsichord)
the violinist plays cleanly with a strong sound … his ornamentation is plentiful but tasteful. The recorded balance between the instruments is good and tempos well chosen. As I said, strongly... —
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Le Jeune's vocal works are beguilingly lovely. Cherici offers stylish lute playing but Ansermet's quivering vibrato and certain expressive mannerisms are anachronistic. —
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Paradisi stands revealed as a pan-European, one moment recalling an Iberian CPE Bach, the next courting Couperin. A sonorously rounded instrument underpins Baiano's vibrant playing. —
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Petrus Wilhelm de Grudencz: 15th-century music from Central Europe
La Morra, Corina Marti & Michal Gondko
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Bach, J S: Mass in B minor, BWV232
Dorothee Mields, Johannette Zomer (sopranos), Patrick van Goethem (alto), Jan Kobow (tenor) & Peter Kooij (bass)
Cappella Amsterdam & Orchestra of the 18th Century, Frans Brüggen (direction)
The 'Gloria' dances, 'Cum Sancto Spiritu' is equally lithe and the semiquavers in 'Et resurrexit' are fluent and exact...The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment is superb: its many virtues... —
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Charpentier - Missa Assumpta est Maria,
Recorded at IRCAM, Paris, in July 2008
Chantal Santon-Jeffery, Hanna Bayodi-Hirt (sopranos), François-Nicolas Geslot (counter-tenor), Romain Champion (tenor) & Benoît Arnould (bass)
Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet
…is musically and interpretatively satisfying. Le Concert Spirituel possess a fluency which complements the graceful eloquence of Charpentier's style. —
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Microcosm Concerto
Harp Music by G. F. Handel
Mara Galassi (Welsh triple harp and erard harp), Giovanni Togni (organ, harpsichord, fortepiano)
It is difficult to dislike anything produced by the fabulous Spanish label Glossa, and this unusual venture is no exception to the rule...Galassi's playing is fluent and silvery, and listeners... —
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