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They certainly play with precision and verve, with a nod towards period practice in their approach to Mozart, but also with an implication that ‘Mozart’s music must be completely alive and continue... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Presto Editor's Choice, December 2018
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Special offer. Vivaldi: Trio Sonatas (12) for Two Violins & Continuo, Op. 1
L'Estravagante: Stefano Montanari, Stefano Rossi (violins), Francesco Galligioni (cello), Maurizio Salerno (clavicembalo e organo), wt Franco Pavan (tiorba e chitarra barocca) & Pietro Pasquini (organ)
passion positively smoulders throughout these performances...This is some of the most fiery, spontaneous, unashamedly expressive and brilliantly excessive Vivaldi-playing on CD, with the power... —
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2012, Chamber Choice
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Ysaÿe’s works traverse a staggering range of violin techniques – a virtuostic challenge which Khachatryan meets in interpretations of grit and flair. Throughout, there’s a feeling of grown-on-the-vine... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2024, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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Special offer. Monteverdi: Vespers
Roberta Invernizzi, Monica Piccinini, Anna Simboli (sopranos), Sara Mingardo (contralto), Francesco Ghelardini (countertenor), Vincenzo di Donato, Luca Dordolo, Gianluca Ferrarini (tenors), Pietro Spagnoli, Furio Zanasi (baritones), Antonio Abete, Daniele Carnovich (basses)
Concerto Italiano,...
Rinaldo Alessandrini has waited long before committing to disc his thoughts on Monteverdi's most famous sacred publication. On the issues that have divided modern performers he's unflappably... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, Collection
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2005, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Sara Mingardo: Monteverdi, Vivaldi & Handel
Sara Mingardo (contralto)
Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini
A genuine contralto with accompaniments of vivid spontaneity by Rinaldo Alessandrini —
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2005, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2004, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Vivaldi: Cantata Per Soprano I
Arianna Vendittelli (soprano), Abchordis Ensemble, Andrea Buccarella
a good deal of the music’s vitality here comes from the performances, which treat it with respect, imagination and skill. Vendittelli is a singer whose stage experience shows in her natural... —
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Special offer. Ne me refuse pas: French Opera Arias
Marie-Nicole Lemieux (contralto)
Orchestre National de France, Fabien Gabel
This procession of femmes fatales, schemers and innocents has a point to make, and it's not just the singer's ability to get under their skin...it shows them as part of a larger movement: the... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Finalist - Recital
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Opera, June 2011, Recording of the Month
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Building a Library, February 2009, Period Instrument Choice
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Special offer. Prokofiev, Rimsky-Korsakov & Tsfasman
Zlata Chochieva (soloist), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Karl-Heinz Steffens
Zlata Chochieva and the BBC Scottish Symphony electrify in the Prokofiev, just as they charm and delight in the outer two works. —
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Special offer. Vivaldi: Musica Sacra Per Coro E Orchestra I
Carlotta Colombo (vocalist), Margherita Maria Sala (vocalist), Valerio Contaldo (vocalist), Alessandro Ravasio (vocalist), Massimo Lombardi (vocalist), Marta Redaelli (vocalist), Coro e Orchestra Ghislieri, Giulio Prandi
with the final stretches in sight there is no easing off from the sense of joyful discovery that characterises this project. Vol 72 is an album of choral music that packs a few surprises of... —
