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Melani is a real find: all credit to Rinaldo Alessandrini for rediscovering him and for securing performances of real brilliance from Concerto Italiano. —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2010, Editor's Choice
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Vinnitskaya achieves an unforgettable shimmering play of light and shade (though with a powerful undertow when required). Her 'Ondine' from Gaspard is as scintillating and seductive as you could... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2012, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Tugan Sokhiev
How refreshing in a work of such familiarity to find oneself unable to take a single bar for granted. Don't get me wrong, this isn't the kind of performance which draws attention to itself,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2012, Editor's Choice
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Alessandrini and his crack players marry elegance with unfailing rhythmic zest, always attentive to textural clarity and the shaping of bass lines. The continuo (harpsichord and/or theorbo)... —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2018, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Vivaldi: In Furore, Laudate Pueri e Concerti Sacri
Sandrine Piau (soprano)
Accademia Bizantina, Ottavio Dantone
'In furore is the ideal score for any soprano who's spoiling for a fight – with herself!' So says Sandrine Piau in the booklet, and she could have added that it also makes a superb opener for... —
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2006, Choral & Song Choice
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Building a Library, February 2008, First Choice
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Special offer. Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K626
Sandrine Piau (soprano), Sara Mingardo (contralto), Werner Gura (tenor), Christopher Purves (bass-baritone)
Accentus Chamber Choir, Insula Orchestra, Laurence Equilbey
Balance generally...is superbly managed by the experienced conductor, Laurence Equilbey...Her soloists, too, match well as a quartet...for all Equilbey's avoidance of theatricality it's the... —
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BBC Music Magazine, Choral & Song Choice
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One is immediately struck by Biondi’s trademark tonal opulence, warmth, cantabile phrasing and gently vibratoed intensity, virtually unique among players on period instruments...Biondi’s sensitive... —
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How do you like your Bartók quartets served? With precision, passion, a sense of mystery or a sense of humour? With spontaneity or with a pinch of paprika?...Quatuor Diotima offer a balanced... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Chamber Music
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