CD, Corelli (composer)
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The Italian Job
RecommendedBaroque Instrumental Music from the Italian States
Gail Hennessy, Rachel Chaplin (oboes) & Peter Whelan (bassoon)
La Serenissima, Adrian Chandler
The highlight of the disc for me is Chandler’s performance of a seldom-played E major Violin Concerto by Tartini: he explores fully the rich poetic content of its slow movement while projecting... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2017, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Winner - Baroque Instrumental
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the most striking aspects of Podger’s playing throughout this recital (compared to most 20th-century ‘golden-agers’), is her enhanced range of tone and articulation, her vastly more flexible... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2022
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2023, Recording of the Year
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2023, Winner - Instrumental
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Winner - Solo Instrumental
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Finalist - Instrumental
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Building a Library, November 2000, Runner-Up
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Gramophone Awards, 1989, Winner - Early Music - Baroque
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Petri and Esfahani's is an invigorating ensemble effort, each sparking off the other to foster a captivating directness whether sparkling or soulful. Nothing is safe or reverential, and yet... —
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2015, Chamber Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2015, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, May 2018, Also recommended
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International Classical Music Awards, 2016, Winner - Baroque Instrumental
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The Frans Brüggen Project
Lucie Horsch (recorder), Rachel Podger (violin), Albert Bruggen (cello), Tom Foster (harpsichord), Esther Van Der Eijk (viola), Orchestra of the 18th Century
For the most part, this is a rewarding enterprise, sympathetically recorded and with an essential chart indicating where on the album each instrument can be heard. —
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If an hour and a quarter of music based on 16 bars appears daunting, take courage from the immense stylistic variety over 200 years and the splendidly colourful range of instruments playing... —
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2005, Chamber Choice
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Special offer. Joseph Szigeti: the Complete Afrs Recordings & Live Performances
Joseph Szigeti featuring Unnamed Pianist, Joseph Szigeti (soloist), Unnamed, Philharmonia Orchestra, The WOR Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Constant Lambert, Alfred Wallenstein, Leonard Bernstein, Dimitri Mitropoulos
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Corelli's chamber music was reprinted 84 times during his lifetime and 31 more during the rest of the 18th century, a record most composers would envy even today. The Sonatas of Ops 1 and 3... —
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Special offer. Corelli: Concerti Grossi Op. 6, 1-6
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin (early music ensemble), Mayumi Hirasaki (violin), Georg Kallweit
The Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin bring to Corelli's noble style, with its clearly defined tonality, a blend of grandeur and vivacity. —
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Corelli: Opus 1 & 3: Church Sonatas
The Avison Ensemble: Pavlo Beznosiuk (violin), Caroline Balding (violin), Richard Tunnicliffe (cello), Paula Chateauneuf (archlute), Roger Hamilton (harpsichord)
