CD, Carissimi (composer)
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New. Carissimi: Jonas
Monteverdi - Lassus
Il Giardino Armonico, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Giovanni Antonini
There's lots to enjoy here but I'll return mostly for the Carissimi choruses. —
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New. Carissimi: Historia di Jephte. Motets
Dan Dunkelblum, Michele Vannelli, Mirjam Wernli, Christina Boner, Voces Suaves
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Orazio Benevoli: Missa Benevola
RecommendedI Fagiolini (early music ensemble), The City Musick, Robert Hollingworth
The keynote here again is sheer sonic splendour, captured by a detailed sound recording that’s almost overwhelming at times (but in the best sense), with a particularly powerful bass register. —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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Arianna in Rome
Arias, Cantatas and Laments for the Seventeenth-Century Virtuose
Carlotta Colombo, Anima & Corpo and Gabriele Pro
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Baroque Vocal Masterpieces
Emma Kirkby (soprano) & Robert Jones (organ), with Richard Cunningham (alto), Martin Pickering (tenor), David Beaven (bass)
St Alban's Chamber Choir, Richard Stangroom
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Arie Antiche
Dmitri Hvorostovsky (baritone)
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
How does Hvorostovsky deport himself in this baroque apparel? Of course, there is nothing 'authentic' about his approach, but the cut of the music suits him well enough and he brings with him... —
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The Queen’s Music
Italian vocal duets and trios
Emma Kirkby and Susanne Rydén (sopranos), Peter Harvey (baritone), Mime Yamahiro Brinkmann (cello), & Lars Ulrik Mortensen (harpsichord)
Many of the settings exploit the sensual intertwining of two soprano voices over a basso continuo...Emma Kirkby, dewy-voiced as ever, and Swedish soprano Susanne Rydén make exquisite partners,... —
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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... —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2014, Editor's Choice
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