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Special offer. Vivaldi: Orlando Furioso, RV728
Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Jennifer Larmore, Veronica Cangemi, Philippe Jaroussky, Lorenzo Regazzo, Ann Hallenberg, Blandine Staskiewicz
Choeur Les Eléments & Ensemble Matheus, Jean-Christophe Spinosi
Jean-Christophe Spinosi's imaginative interpretation of Vivaldi's Orlando, excellently cast and performed. —
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2005, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2005, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Vivaldi: Vespri solenni per la festa dell’Assunzione di Maria Vergine
RecommendedGemma Bertagnolli (soprano), Roberta Invernizzi (soprano), Anna Simboli (soprano), Sara Mingardo (contralto), Gianluca Ferrarini (tenor), Matteo Bellotto (baritone), Antonio De Secondi (violin)
Concerto Italiano ensemble vocale e strumentale, Rinaldo Alessandrini
This isn't the 'Vivaldi Vespers', or even a reconstruction of a specific event, but a kind of 'sacred concert' in Vespers form, of the sort that Venetian churches in Vivaldi's time would mount... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2004, Winner - Baroque Vocal
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Many vocal skills we now admire in opera were born in the early 17th century. These performances centre upon the techniques of the early solo singer-composers, wonderfully resurrected here by... —
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2021
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2021, Baroque vocal
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Sunday Times, 10 Best Classical Albums of 2021
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Special offer. Porpora: Il Maestro
RecommendedOpera Arias
Franco Fagioli (countertenor)
Academia Montis Regalis, Alessandro de Marchi
Fagioli forges his own powerful execution out of practices that Porpora helped invent. Ornaments of fiendish length, tempo and range spur Fagioli onto ever-greater displays, racing ahead of... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2014
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Opera, January 2015, Recording of the Month
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Biondi makes a strong case for affording this music greater prominence than it has so far enjoyed, communicating its melodic charm with affection and stylistic aplomb. His light bowing and gently... —
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Tristano brings real insight to the breadth of technique demanded by these works. The outer sections of the first movement of the Toccata in E minor have an engaging sense of whimsy as well... —
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Special offer. Julia Lezhneva sings Rossini
RecommendedJulia Lezhneva (soprano)
Sinfonia Varsovia, Marc Minkowski
there is real flair and talent here, with much of the coloratura neatly despatched, and some stylistic grace that is admirable...Minkowski and his Polish musicians are marvellous, especially... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 18th April 2011
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2011, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Vivaldi: Argippo
RecommendedEmőke Baráth (soprano), Marie Lys (soprano), Delphine Galou (contralto), Marianna Pizzolato (mezzo-soprano), Luigi De Donato (bass), Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi
Scholarship aside, what counts is whether Fabio Biondi directing Europa Galante finds satisfying music theatre in this collage. And so he does...Vivaldi’s musical fingerprints are everywhere... —
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2021, Opera Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 18th December 2020
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Special offer. Franck: Symphonic Variations & Piano Pieces
RecommendedBertrand Chamayou (piano), Olivier Latry (harmonium)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Stéphane Denève
This is an outstanding release in every way. In fact, I cannot recall another that included all Franck's masterpieces for the piano on a single disc and in which, moreover, every performance... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2010, Editor's Choice
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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the utter master of the instrument, and surmounts the technical difficulties works such as the present six concertos pose to lesser mortals with enviable ease … all lovers of Baroque music will... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2013, Editor's Choice
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