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[A] very impressive recital —
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Jackson - Not no faceless Angel and other choral works
with Clare O'Connell (cello) & Katherine Bicknell (flute)
Polyphony, Stephen Layton
Not no faceless Angel', which takes a poem on bereavement as its basis. …is triumphantly holistic in its impact, with some soaring, ecstatic soprano writing particularly catching the ear, and... —
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Arthur Benjamin: Violin Sonatina & Viola Sonata
Lawrence Power (viola & violin), Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano)
Whether playing his viola or violin, Lawrence Power is in total sympathy with Benjamin's shifting moods, and Simon Crawford-Phillips proves a lithe and responsive piano partner. —
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One foot in Eden still, I stand
Choral Music by Nicholas Maw
Jeremy Filsell (organ), Simon Jones (piano)
Schola Cantorum of Oxford, Mark Shepherd
Schola Cantorum, Oxford’s premier mixed choir, connects deeply with Maw’s Romanticism, and gives a rich, sound-driven account … More Maw, say I —
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Vivaldi: Lute & Mandolin Concertos
Paul O'Dette (baroque lute, soprano lute & mandolin)
The Parley of Instruments, Roy Goodman & Peter Holman
The performances are ‘authentic’ in the best meaning of the word, and the recorded sound is everywhere first rate —
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Another abundant, revelatory, superb instalment in what is looming as perhaps the most adventurous, most consistently realized, and grandest project in recording history —
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Cesti - Le disgrazie d'Amore
Cristiana Arcari, Maria Grazia Schiavo, Furio Zanasi, Paolo Lopez, Enea Sorini, Antonio Abete, Luigi de Donato, Carlos Natale, Gabriella Martellacci, Martin Oro, Elena Cecchi Fedi, Francesco Ghelardini & Francesco Ghelardini
Auser Musici, Carlo Ipata
Most of these singers are accomplished, but the male soprano Paolo Lopez as Cupid is truly exceptional. The sound is good and the music is well-crafted. —
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Rutter: Requiem and other choral works
with ROSA MANNION soprano
Polyphony, Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Stephen Layton
Here is music finely crafted, written with love for the art and an especial care for choral sound.
It's melodious without being commonplace, harmonically rich without being sticky, modern in... — -
Porpora - Or sì m’avveggio, oh Amore
Cantatas for soprano
Elena Cecchi Fedi (soprano)
Auser Musici, Carlo Ipata
Some of the most genuinely enjoyable and captivating performances of eighteenth-century vocal music I have heard on disc for a very long time … these are brilliantly written recitatives, clearly,... —
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Bach - The Complete Flute Sonatas
Lisa Beznosiuk (flute), Paul Nicholson (harpsichord), Richard Tunnicliffe (cello)
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