Download, Cimarosa (composer)
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There is much to admire here thanks to Ólafsson’s superb pianism, most notably in Haydn’s Sonata No. 47, Mozart’s little C major Sonata and his Adagio in B minor; his Kleine Gigue goes like... —
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2021
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Presto Recording of the Week, 3rd September 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2021, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Piano
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As in the previous volumes, the orchestral playing is breathtaking in its accuracy -the sort of Haydn playing you dream of…this may well become the period-instrument Haydn cycle by which all... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Winner - Orchestral
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New. Domenico Cimarosa: l'Italiana in Londra
Theo Lebow, Gordon Bintner, Bianca Tognocchi, Iurii Samoilov, Angela Vallone, Oper Frankfurt, Leo Hussain
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Cimarosa: l'Olimpiade
Josh Lovell (Clistene), Rocio Pérez (Aristea), Mathilde Ortscheidt (Licida), Alex Banfield (Aminta), Maite Beaumont (Megacle), Marie Lys (Argene)
Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset
Young Spanish coloratura Rocío Pérez (Aristea) is the standout singer in Rousset's excellent cast, with a bell-like core, easy lyricism, searing emotionalism, leaping staccato proficiency and... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Opera
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Cecilia Bartoli: St Petersburg
RecommendedCecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano)
I Barocchisti, Diego Fasolis
Bartoli's voice is wearing well, and she been recorded with sensitivity. Some of her faster passagework sounds a little rough around the edges, even fierce, but her technical skills are still... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 13th October 2014
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2014, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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While Mariño clearly possesses a good dynamic range, his highly individual, often ethereal voice registers as on the slender side. Generally he appears happiest at the top of his range, especially... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 27th May 2022
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Young Talent & Solo Vocal
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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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Un jardin à l'italienne (In an Italian Garden)
Airs, cantatas & madrigals (Le Jardin des Voix #2)
Les Arts Florissants, William Christie
The six young singers perform a hugely carried and imaginatively-programmed set of Italian madrigals…Les Arts Florissants under William Christie are on fine form, with all their unmistakable... —
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Cimarosa: Requiem in G minor
Elly Ameling (soprano), Birgit Finnilä (contralto), Richard van Vrooman (tenor), Kurt Widmer (bass)
Chorus Of The Festival De Montreux, Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, Montreux Festival Chorus, Vittorio Negri
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Mozart & Cimarosa: Bass Arias
Decca Most Wanted Recitals Vol. 9
Fernando Corena (bass)
Orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma, L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra del Pomeriggi Musicali di Milano, Alberto Erede, Peter Maag, Argeo Quadri, Bruno Amaducci
Corena offers a characterful voice in the Mozartian extracts he performs in these 1950s recordings, as well as in the comic intermezzo by Cimarosa. —
