Classical Opera
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Special offer. Mozart: Il sogno di Scipione, K126
Chiara Skerath (soprano), Soraya Mafi (soprano), Klara Ek (soprano), Stuart Jackson (tenor), Krystian Adam (tenor), Robert Murray (tenor)
The Mozartists, Ian Page
All the da capo arias offer moments of genuine Mozartian musico-dramatic spark – of which later there’s an abundance in the long accompanied recitative depicting Scipio’s awakening…This is a... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2017, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2017, Opera Choice
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Opera, December 2017, Recording of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Shortlisted - Opera
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Special offer. Mozart: Il re pastore, K208
Sarah Fox (Aminta), Ailish Tynan (Elisa), John Mark Ainsley (Alessandro), Anna Devin (Tamiri) & Benjamin Hulett (Agenore)
The Mozartists, Ian Page
we have accomplished singers here who negotiate the occasionally tricky music with fluency and poise. John Mark Ainsley (as Alexander the Great) is a commanding presence...It is a rare delight... —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2015, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Mozart: Apollo et Hyacinthus
Andrew Kennedy (Oebalus), Klara Ek (Melia), Sophie Bevan (Hyacinthus), Lawrene Zazzo (Apollo), Christophe Ainslie (Zephyrus), Marcus Farnsworth, David Shipley (Two priests of Apollo)
The Mozartists, Ian Page
There have been other recordings of this opera, but I can’t imagine them being any better than this one from Ian Page and the Mozartists. They are an outstanding group of musicians, and they’re... —
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Mozart: Mitridate, re di Ponto, K87
RecommendedBarry Banks (Mitridate), Miah Persson (Aspasia), Sophie Bevan (Sifare), Lawrence Zazzo (Farnace), Klara Ek (Ismene), Robert Murray (Marzio), Anna Devin (Arbate)
The Mozartists, Ian Page
Banks delivers a dazzlingly authoritative account of the title role...A front-rank lighter-weight Rossini tenor, he may not possess the bronzed tones of Bruce Ford...but from the start he throws... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Special offer. Mozart: Grabmusik & Bastien und Bastienne
Anna Lucia Richter (Der Engel), Jacques Imbrailo (Die Seele), Anna Lucia Richter (Bastienne), Alessandro Fisher (Bastien), Darren Jeffery (Colas)
The Mozartists, Ian Page
Ian Page and his crack team – singers and players – are clearly having a lot of fun, which comes across in this excellent recording. It’s a treat to experience these faint anticipations of greatness... —
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Special offer. Mozart: Zaïde, K344
Sophie Bevan (Zaïde), Allan Clayton (Gomatz), Stuart Jackson (Soliman), Jacques Imbrailo (Allazim), Darren Jeffery (Osmin), Jonathan McGovern (Vorsanger)
The Mozartists, Ian Page
Page’s performance offers firmness and mastery of tempo … As Gomatz, Allan Clayton brings energy and definition to his singing … Excellent sound. —
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Special offer. Mozart: Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots, K35
Allan Clayton (Christian), Andrew Kennedy (Spirit of Christianity), Sophie Bevan (Spirit of Worldliness), Cora Burggraaf (Divine Justice), Sarah Fox (Divine Mercy)
The Mozartists, Ian Page
The piece is performance to a high standard, with tenors Andrew Kennedy and Allan Clayton making the most of the Spirit of Christianity and the Half-Hearten Christian respectively. Soprano Sophie... —
