Porta, G
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Charvet despatches the showpieces with agility and bravura, but her velvety voice is particularly well suited to the pathos arias which are eloquently articulated; just occasionally her vibrato... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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Joyce DiDonato: Drama Queens
Royal Arias from the 17th and 18th Centuries
Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano)
Il Complesso Barocco, Alan Curtis
DiDonato and Alan Curtis...have unearthed some Baroque rarities. Instead of Handel's Berenice, we have Orlandini's Berenice, whose 'Da torbida procella' is an ideal fit for DiDonato's spitfire... — More…
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Opera, January 2013, Recording of the Month
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Venice by Night
Simon Munday (trumpet), Peter Whelan (bassoon), Mhairi Lawson (soprano)
La Serenissima, Adrian Chandler
a delightful vignette of 18th-century Venetian nightlife...Lawson is, in turn, a gondola-borne singer...equally at home in the simplest syllabic songs, genlte cantabile and, at the end, a sparkling... — More…
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Concerto - Venice: The Golden Age
Xenia Löffler (baroque oboe)
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Georg Kallweit
Here, in all its radiant apparel, is the splendour of Venice's golden age...Loffler is a fine performer with a rounded, mellow tone and remarkable dexterity...a captivating musical portrait... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2014, Concerto Choice
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Baroque Divas
Vivica Genaux, Sonia Prina, Mary-Ellen Nesi and Romina Basso
Armonia Atenea, George Petrou
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The solo performances are incandescent, veering between searing lyricism and precocious virtuosity. Extemporisations show why Chiara enthralled her audiences...In a short bonus DVD, Chiara's... — More…
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Venezia - Opera arias of the Serenissima
Max Emanuel Cencic (countertenor)
Il Pomo d’Oro, Riccardo Minasi
Cencic negotiates the vocal acrobatics of this repertoire effortlessy - his voice light and agile, his technique sure. But he is no mere showman, and responds to dramatic situations with singing... — More…
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Re-Joyce
The Best of Joyce DiDonato
Joyce DiDonato (mezzo), with Patrizia Ciofi (soprano), Frederica von Stade (mezzo),
Il complesso barocco, Les Talens Lyriques, Le Concert d`Astrée, Alan Curtis, Christophe Rousset, Emmanuelle Haïm and others
a very varied collection showing something of the singer’s current strengths as well as her vocal evolution as caught on record. — More…
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Handel/Leo: Rinaldo Teresa Iervolino (Rinaldo), Carmela Remigio (Armida), Loriana Castellano (Almirena), Francisco Fernández-Rueda (Goffredo), Francesca Ascioti (Argante), Ana Victória Pitts (A Christian Magician), Dara Savinova (Eustazio)
Ensemble La Scintilla, Fabio Luisi (conductor)
Sangati’s staging, mixing (vaguely) 18th-century costumes, Venice carnival masks and modernist camp, is unpretentious and uncluttered. The substitute arias, often short-breathed, cannot rival... — More…
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