Glossa
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Andrea Falconieri: Il Spiritillo Brando
Dance music in the courts of Italy and Spain, c.1650
La Ritirata, Josetxu Obregón
This selection of toe-tapping instrumental music alternating with songs featuring the character voice of Raquel Andueza captures perfectly the essence of Spain… it is a stunning and utterly... — More…
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Handel - Water Music & Fireworks
Recorded in Metz (Arsenal), France, in September 2002,
Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet
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Handel - Italian Cantatas Volume 4
Aminta e Fillide, Rome (1707-1708)
Maria Grazia Schiavo (Aminta), Nuria Rial (Fillide), Maria Grazia Schiavo (soprano)
La Risonanza, Fabio Bonizzoni (harpsichord/director)
The fourth instalment of La Risonanza's survey of Handel's youthful Italian cantatas is devoted to two works probably composed for the Marquis Francesco Maria Ruspoli in Rome. There is no doubt... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2008, Editor's Choice
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Arias for Luigi Marchesi
The great castrato of the Napoleonic era
Ann Hallenberg (mezzo)
Stile Galante, Stefano Aresi
There is perhaps no singer better able to meet this challenge than Swedish mezzo-soprano Ann Hallenberg: her rich timbre, the evenness of her register and the precision of her intonation evoke... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2015, Opera Choice
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Hallenberg, her mellow yet incisive tone perfectly ‘centred’, has you gasping in admiration at her mingled virtuosity and expressive power...Beyond the virtuoso fireworks, Farinelli was famed... — More…
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Opera, December 2019, Disc of the Month
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It seems to me that they have taken time to properly hit their stride, but here they rediscover the heights scaled with Claudio Cavina at the helm. These are near-flawless readings, effortlessly... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2020, Editor's Choice
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Marais, M: Sémélé
Shannon Mercer (Sémélé), Bénédicte Tauran (Dorine), Jaël Azzaretti (La Grande Prêtresse de Bacchus), Hjördis Thébault (Junon), Anders J. Dahlin (Adraste), Thomas Dolié (Jupiter), Lisandro Abadie (Mercure) & Marc Labonnette (Cadmus)
Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet
Marais conjures up a brilliant succession of choruses, sensuous solos, dramatic ensembles, descriptive symphonies, ceremonial marches and dances. Hervé Niquet directs a tense, visceral performance,... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2008, Opera Choice
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The voices are extraordinarily well matched and this CD continues Glossa's tradition of recording with a single microphone pair. The sound is considered and mellow, yet each individual moment... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Shortlisted - Early Music
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