Monteverdi - Scherzi Musicali
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Monteverdi: Combattimento
Rolando Villazón, Patrizia Ciofi & Topi Lehtipuu
Le Concert d’Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm
The atmosphere is electric. Villazón is pouring out Monteverdi’s beautiful lines of remorseful agony with spell-binding force. It’s his first foray into early music, but he tosses off the tricky... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2007, Choral & Song Choice
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Record Review, December 2006, Critics Disc of the Year
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2007, Editor's Choice
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Music For A While - Baroque Melodies Anne Sofie Von Otter (Soprano), Jakob Lindberg (guitar & lute), Anders Ericson (theorbo) & Jory Vinikour (harpsichord & organ)
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2005, Editor's Choice
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This is a highly polished modern brass quintet playing Renaissance arrangements with solemn precision and occasional dancing exuberance. The recorded sound’s terrific and the project is well-documented — More…
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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.... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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[Mameli] provides an object lesson in how vocal precision need not inhibit passionate commitment. Her clarity and response to the texts is exceptional: the first phrase of Caccini’s Dolcissimo... — More…
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Diapason d’Or, December 2017, Nouveauté
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La bella piu bella
Songs from early baroque Italy
Roberta Invernizzi (soprano) & Craig Marchitelli (archlute & theorbo)
This is vocal writing that thrives on extremes: complex, emphatic, dissonant and brilliantly embellished...Invernizzi is a fearless singer. Some notes are stripped violently dry and thin, others... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2014, Editor's Choice
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Nadia Boulanger - Icon: the American Decca Recordings Nadia Boulanger, Soloists, Instrumental & Vocal Ensemble
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Salomone Rossi Ebreo: A Jewish Composer in 17th Century Italy
Michele Andalò (counter-tenor), Sarah Morandini (soprano), Ramona Häfele (soprano), Lucia Schwarz (soprano), Gloria Banditelli (mezzo-soprano)
Ensemble La Dafne, Stefano Rossi
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Trent’anni a Roma
Thirty Years…
Rinaldo Alessandrini (solo harpsichord), Sandrine Piau (soprano) & Sara Mingardo (contralto)
Concerto Italiano
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What Artemisia Heard Music and Art from the Time of Caravaggio & Gentileschi
El Mundo, Richard Savino
There’s plenty to enjoy here, in a project that perhaps suffers from excessive ambition — More…
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