Monteverdi - Zefiro torna
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Choral » Madrigals & Partsongs
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Special offer. Monteverdi: Il Delirio Della Passione
Anna Lucia Richter (soprano), Luca Pianca, Ensemble Claudiana
Richter’s declamatory storytelling reaches an impressive peak in the Lamento d’Arianna where every device of characterisation and emotional evocation is brilliantly deployed, including a collapse... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2021, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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Special offer. Monteverdi - Teatro d'Amore
RecommendedNuria Rial (soprano), Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor), Cyril Auvity (tenor), Jan van Elsacker (tenor) & Joaõ Fernandes (bass)
L’Arpeggiata, Christina Pluhar
The gorgeous singing of the soloists and stylish instrumental performances, though dazzling and gimlet-eyed, are also elegant and respectful without being obsequiously slavish to convention. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 26th January 2009
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Compared with ensembles that unleash the drama in Monteverdi's madrigals with more expressive colour and vigour, RossoPorpora brings heart-stopping subtlety and sensitivity to these intimate... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2025, Editor's Choice
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Heinrich Schütz: Musikalische Exequien
Capella de la Torre, Katharina Bäuml, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Florian Helgath
I cannot but be gripped by Helgath’s visceral reading, and especially by his choir, who sing with a precision and sympathy that belies their size. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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Monteverdi: Memories
Capella de la Torre, Margaret Hunter (soprano), Viktoria Wilson (soprano), Jaro Kirchgessner (alto), Martin Logar (tenor), Minsub Hong (tenor), Julian Popken (bass), Katharina Bäuml
Most of these pieces are vocal in nature. The singers are fairly nimble and spirited and give good accounts of Confitebor tibi II (Viktoria Wilson, Minsub Hong, Julian Popken) and Laudate Dominum... —
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Winner - Choral
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Special offer. A Trace of Grace
Steve Swallow (double bass), Guillemette Laurens (vocals), Michel Godard (serpent), Gavino Murgia (saxophone), Fanny Paccoud (violin), Bruno Helstroffer (theorbo), Michel Godard (double bass)
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Kožená teams up with crack period band La Cetra, whose virtuoso solo contributions are a delight, yet the voice isn't quite what it was - more diffuse, painting with broader tonal brushstrokes.... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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The voices of La Compagnia del Madrigale bring dramatic fervour and expressive subtlety to bear upon Monteverdi’s deep psychological insight. The five and six-part vocal textures are transparent... —
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2021, Choral & Song Choice
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There is plenty of lovely piano-playing here, from a fleet-footed Bach Chromatic Fantasy to an architecturally conceived Isolde’s Liebestod, which is my personal highlight. The choices of repertoire... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, February 2019
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Monteverdi Madrigali Volume 2: Mantova
Excerpts from Books IV, V and VI
Les Arts Florissants, Paul Agnew
This group of performers is commendably aware of [the] move towards expressive freedom: we get from them searing moments of deep anguish...and mesmerising stillness...[and] the finest performance... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2015, Disc of the Month
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