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Canticum Canticorum
Spanish polyphonic settings from the Song of Songs
Orchestra of the Renaissance, Richard Cheetham (director) & Michael Noone (guest conductor)
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La Tirana Contra Mambru
The tonadilla and popular musical comedies in Spain c.1800
Emilio Moreno (violin & director), Raquel Andueza (soprano), Marta Infante (mezzo), Juan Sancho (tenor) & Jordi Ricart (baritone)
El Concierto Español
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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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Mozart - Violin Concertos Nos. 1-5
Thomas Zehetmair (violin), with Ruth Kilius (viola)
Orchestra of the 18th century, Frans Brüggen (director)
Thomas Zehetmair is altogether more gracious and urbane in performances recorded over a five-year period… His tone is sweet and subtly varied, his phrasing always alive, with those tiny nuances... —
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…Meyerson… loves to toy with the endings of pieces, and you can almost hear her giving a cheeky salute in the Rigaudon of the First Suite. Her playing has a muscular resonance and force which... —
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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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La Venexiana's cast for Book 2 is virtually identical to Concerto Italiano's a decade earlier.
Here La Venexiana has the edge. Concerto Italiano zipped through the whole book in just under an... —Purchase product
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There is some terrific bass solo singing by Matteo Bellotto in 'Alcun non mi consigli' a nice theatrical delivery in 'Bel pastor', and some engaging bravura in 'Zefiro torna'. —
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Handel - Italian Cantatas Volume 3
Cantatas for Cardinal Ottoboni
Raffaella Milanesi (soprano) & Salvo Vitale (bass)
La Risonanza, Fabio Bonizzoni (harpsichord/director)
It was once believed that the Venetian-born Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni was Handel's principal patron during the composer's exciting youthful years in Rome. Scholars now shy away from that verdict... —
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