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La bella piu bella
Songs from early baroque Italy
Roberta Invernizzi (soprano) & Craig Marchitelli (archlute & theorbo)
This is vocal writing that thrives on extremes: complex, emphatic, dissonant and brilliantly embellished...Invernizzi is a fearless singer. Some notes are stripped violently dry and thin, others... —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2014, Editor's Choice
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Morales, C: Assumption Mass
Josep Cabré (solo plainchant) & Alastair Ross (organ)
Orchestra Of The Renaissance, Richard Cheetham
This is a reconstruction of a Mass for the Assumption as it might have been heard in Toledo Cathedral in about 1580. It follows very much the pattern established by the group's previous discs,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2001, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
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Vashegyi keeps it all together with style...It may be that we will have to wait a long time before seeing this very accomplished work on stage; but someone could make a beautiful suite out of... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Baroque Vocal
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Montéclair: Jephté
David Witczak, Adriána Kalafszky, Katia Velletaz, Judith van Wanroij, Tassis Christoyannis, Clément Debieuvre, Thomas Dolié, David Witzcak, Zachary Wilder, Chantal Santon Jeffery, Orfeo Orchestra, Purcell Choir, György Vashegyi
Vashegyi’s Hungarian forces have an enviable reputation for their Rameau recordings, and Jephté, recorded during a 2019 run of concert performances, merits similar praise. There’s real relish... —
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Diapason d’Or, July/August 2020, Nouveauté
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Morales en Toledo
New Polyphony from Toledo's Codex 25 (1545-1547)
Ensemble Plus Ultra, Michael Noone
For this historically important disc, Michael Noone has uncovered a large number of pieces written by Morales during his two years at Toledo Cathedral from 1554. The heavenly acoustic of St... —
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2005, Choral & Song Choice
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Lalande: Grands Motets
Collegium Marianum, Les Pages et les Chantres du Centre de musique baroque de Versailles, Olivier Schneebeli
The woodwind solos and the rich, Lullian string textures are beautifully handled by Collegium Marianum, an ensemble from the Czech Republic. A little more weight from Lisandro Abadie would have... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2019, Editor's Choice
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Couperin, F: Pièces de violes avec la basse chiffrée
Paolo Pandolfo (viola da gamba), Amélie Chemin (viola da gamba), Thomas Boysen (theorbo & Baroque guitar), Markus Hünninger (harpsichord)
Pandolfo is a master of the style; in slow movements barely a note passes without some subtle bowing nuance or full blown ornament… recorded sound is excellent. —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2014, Chamber Finalist
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Rossini: L'Italiana in Algeri
Vasilisa Berzhanskaya (Isabella), Alisdair Kent (Lindoro), Ricardo Seguel (Mustafà), Pablo Ruiz (Taddeo), Lilian Farahany (Elvira), Esther Kuiper (Zulma), José Coca Loza (Haly), Orchestra of the 18th Century, La Cetra Vokalensemble Basel, Giancarlo Andretta
It’s possible that in future times this set will be something of a collector’s item, thanks to the Isabella of its 29-year-old Russian mezzo, Vasilisa Berzhanskaya...possibly the finest of all... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Opera
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Marais, M: Sémélé
Shannon Mercer (Sémélé), Bénédicte Tauran (Dorine), Jaël Azzaretti (La Grande Prêtresse de Bacchus), Hjördis Thébault (Junon), Anders J. Dahlin (Adraste), Thomas Dolié (Jupiter), Lisandro Abadie (Mercure) & Marc Labonnette (Cadmus)
Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet
Marais conjures up a brilliant succession of choruses, sensuous solos, dramatic ensembles, descriptive symphonies, ceremonial marches and dances. Hervé Niquet directs a tense, visceral performance,... —
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2008, Opera Choice
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