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Rachmaninoff: Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, Op. 31
RecommendedFlemish Radio Choir, Kaspars Putninsh
Rachmaninov's Liturgy is less well known than his Vigil ('Vespers'), but has nevertheless gained in popularity with western choirs as a concert item in recent years, though the double-choir... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2007, Editor's Choice
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Bach, J S: Sonatas for Violin & Harpsichord Nos. 1-6, BWV1014-1019
Leila Schayegh (violin) & Jörg Halubek (harpsichord)
these two performers give us an exciting yet sensitive and generally tasteful interpretation of the sonatas … The bonus on the disc is the addition of the two alternative earlier movements of... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2016, Editor's Choice
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2016, Winner - Musique ancienne
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Handel - Italian Cantatas Volume 6
RecommendedOlinto, pastore arcade (1708)
Roberta Invernizzi, Yetzabel Arias Fernández (sopranos), Romina Basso (alto) & Fabio Bonizzoni (harpsichord & direction)
La Risonanza
Passionate as well as poetic, Fabio Bonizzoni's interpretation draws us irresistibly into Handel's affective states. The vocalists and the band are of the same high standard. …Roberta Invernizzi... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 28th December 2009
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2010, Editor's Choice
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The result is an immersive experience of near-Stockhausenesque scope, largely successful on its own terms, with superlative playing and deft transitions between the Mass and the new materials. — More…
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Monteverdi: Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria
RecommendedAnizio Zorzi Giustiniani (Ulisse), Josè Maria Lo Monaco (Penelope), Roberta Mameli (Minerva), Makoto Sakurada (Telemaco, Eurimaco), Salvo Vitale (Nettuno), Giorgia Milanesi (Giunone) with Francesca Cassinari, Vincenzo Di Donato, Marco Bussi, Alessio Tossi, Roberto Balconi, Paolo Antognetti, Francesca...
this account by La Veneziana is one of the more lively versions on CD...Makoto Sakurada (who plays Telemaco and Eurimaco) has the finest voice; strong, responsive and agile...It is therefore... — More…
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Building a Library, June 2015, First Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2012, Editor's Choice
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Lalande: Grands Motets
Collegium Marianum, Les Pages et les Chantres du Centre de musique baroque de Versailles, Olivier Schneebeli
The woodwind solos and the rich, Lullian string textures are beautifully handled by Collegium Marianum, an ensemble from the Czech Republic. A little more weight from Lisandro Abadie would have... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2019, Editor's Choice
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The 1690 Tuscan Stradivari
Violin Sonatas in 18th-Century Italy
Fabio Biondi (violin), Antonio Fantinuoli (cello), Giangiacomo Pinardi (theorbo), Paola Poncet (harpsichord)
Apart from Fabio Biondi, the other star on this recording is the violin itself, acknowledged to be one of Stradivari’s finest…At first, I felt that it could have been more prominent in the balance,... — More…
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Mozart: Les Mystères d’Isis, Paris, 1801 adapted by Ludwig Wenzel Lachnith after Die Zauberflöte & other Mozart operas; French text by Étienne Morel de Chédeville
Chantal Santon-Jeffery (Pamina), Marie Lenormand (Mona), Renata Pokupić (Myrrène), Jean Teitgen (Zarastro), Tassis Christoyannis (Bochoris), Sébastien Droy (Isménor), Camille Poul (1ère Dame, 1ère Suivante), Jennifer Borghi (2e Dame, 2e Suivante), Élodie Méchain (3e Dame, 3e Suivante), Mathias Vidal...
Fasolis and his musicians give a fleetfooted performance, which is more than this mash-up probably received in its day, and most voices are well cast: Chantal Santon-Jeffery is a fresh-sounding... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
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