Mirare
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Purcell & Blow: Odes & Songs
Carlos Mena & Damien Guillon (countertenors) & Philippe Pierlot (bass viol, direction)
Ricercar Consort
Mena and Guillon both sound entirely at ease with Dryden's eloquent English and the musical moods to illustrate literary illusions are captured poignantly...the recorders blend sensitively with... —
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Wien 1925
Marie-Josèphe Jude (piano) & François-Marie Drieux (violin)
Orchestre Poitou-Charentes, Jean-François Heisser
the Chamber Concerto is not easily approachable and I don't think it is wrong to try and sweeten it with a little Viennese schmaltz. The title of Mirare's disc suggests that that is exactly... —
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His rubato is of a caressing warmth and suppleness, a constant ebb and flow that characterises every aspect of Granados's sumptuously bejewelled score, and his romantic leeway is very much his... —
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a finely judged recital —
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Bach & Handel: Selected Works
Núria Rial (soprano), Giovanna Pessi (harp) & Patrick Beaugirard (oboe)
Ricercar Consort, Philippe Pierlot
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Matthias Weckmann: Conjuratio
Maria Keohane (soprano), Carlos Mena (alto), Hans-Jorg Mammel (tenor), Stephan MacLeod (bass) & Maude Gratton (organ)
Ricercar Consort, Philippe Pierlot
This is an outstanding recording of six fine and substantial sacred concertos and three equally powerful organ works, played on the notable Schnitger-based instrument at Steinkirchen… I really... —
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A happy marriage of pungent Estonian choral singing and French pianism, as one of Liszt's most distinctive works is heard in the setting of plainchant and religiously inspired piano solos. —
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Haydn: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
Tatjana Vassiljeva (cello)
Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie, Augustin Dumay
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Keiser: St. Mark Passion
Thomas E. Bauer (bass) & Jan Kobow (tenor)
Ensemble Jacques Moderne & Gli Incogniti, Joël Suhubiette & Amandine Beyer
the vocal casting is strong. —
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