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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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Purists may of course object, but I think the decision to go hunting for concertos from the violin and oboe repertoire is amply justified. Baroque Concertos is a wide-ranging collection that... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 18th October 2024
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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Arias from each role might as well have been tailor-made for Hallenberg’s pinpoint virtuosity and lyricism, communicative use of language, idiomatic embellishment, intelligently sculpted phrasing... —
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2017, Disc of the month
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2017, Editor's Choice
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The Times Records of the Year, 2017
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2018, Finalist - Opera
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Record Review, 8th July 2017, Recording of the Week
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Shortlisted - Recital
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Cecilia & Sol: Dolce Duello
RecommendedDeluxe Hardcover 1CD (Limited Edition)
Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), Sol Gabetta (cello)
Cappella Gabetta, Andres Gabetta
Bartoli and cellist Sol Gabetta make for valiant duelling partners who converse, parry and riposte in spirited combat. Bartoli is velvet-toned, vivacious and voluptuous as ever. Her diction... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 10th November 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2018, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2018, Opera Choice
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[Gent's] Her gently inflected phrasing, effective tempo and poetically uttered solo line are rewarding...Ensemble Masques savour their frequent suspensions and simple melodic contours and Olivier... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2026, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
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The Rise of the North Italian Violin Concerto 1690-1740
Volume One: The Dawn of the Virtuoso
Mhairi Lawson (soprano)
La Serenissima, Adrian Chandler (violin and director)
These mostly unfamiliar pieces make highly enjoyable listening, especially when played with the natural exuberance that La Serenissima bring to them. Legrenzi's dances are catchy, Navara's... —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2006, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Vivaldi Concerti and Baroque Trumpet Music
John Wallace (trumpet), John Miller (trumpet)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Christopher Warren Green, Simon Wright
Brilliant trumpet works of the baroque, brilliantly performed and produced. —
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Her playing is breathtaking, first in the bubbling fluency of Vivaldi violin concerto allegros...while her fluent technique elicits some exhilarating tempos. No less arresting is her creamy... —
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