Download, Merula (composer)
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Merula: Concerti spirituali
RecommendedBernard Foccroulle (organ), Alice Foccroulle (soprano), InAlto, Lambert Colson
It is relatively seldom that entire albums are devoted to Merula's talents...InAlto, Colson and the Foccroulles serve up a landmark achievement of sophisticated artistic planning and peerless... —
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2025, Recording of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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The performances are excellent, even given the variety of the program. They make for an hour and 15 minutes of immersion into the Venetian spirit. The vocalists are spot on pitch, and the instruments... —
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Diapason d’Or, November 2019, Nouveauté
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2020, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2020
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The range and power of Ernman’s voice is a delight. Her dark, rich colouring adds drama to Handel’s ‘Twas when the seas’ and the final item by Eden Ahbez brings out her bluesy soul. Fun and... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 31st January 2025
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Charpentier: Messe à quatre choeurs & Carnets de voyage d'Italie
Sebastien Dauce, Ensemble Correspondances
Daucé gives expressive shape to the music’s ebb and flow; tempos are beautifully judged, responding to the texts and their sacred context. The ensemble’s luminous vocal sound and instrumental... —
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2021, Choral & Song Choice
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Monteverdi: Il ottavo libro de madrigali, 1638 'Madrigali guerrieri et amorosi'
RecommendedConcerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini
This is a sublime example of the madrigalian art. The disc oozes a sense of intelligent poetic response. —
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Gramophone Awards, 2007, Finalist - Baroque Vocal
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Infinite Refrain: Music of Love’s Refuge
RecommendedRandall Scotting (counter-tenor), Jorge Navarro Colorado (tenor), Academy of Ancient Music, Laurence Cummings
Scotting borrows your heart in Monteverdi’s ‘Con che soavità’ when a lover asks how can one speak and kiss at the same time, while conductor Laurence Cummings and the Academy of Ancient Music... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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Songs of Orpheus
RecommendedMonteverdi, Caccini, Merula, Brunelli, Castello, Cima, Landi
Karim Sulayman (tenor)
Apollo's Fire, Jeannette Sorrell
Sulayman’s approach tends more towards the lyrical than the rhetorical – his lucid, velvety tenor and pop-star charisma best suited to melodious arias rather than the text-driven stile recitativo…Under... —
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Grammy Awards, 61st Awards (2018), Winner - Classical Solo Vocal Album
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Sara Mingardo: Monteverdi, Vivaldi & Handel
Sara Mingardo (contralto)
Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini
A genuine contralto with accompaniments of vivid spontaneity by Rinaldo Alessandrini —
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2005, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2004, Editor's Choice
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Voglio cantar
Strozzi, Cavalli, Cesti, Marini, Merula
Emöke Baráth (soprano), Il Pomo d'Oro, Francesco Corti
With extrovert support from Il Pomo d’Oro and harpsichordist-director Francesco Corti, each song becomes a vocal and dramatic showcase, emphasising abrupt switches between extreme psychologist... —
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2019, Winner - Newcomer (singer)
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International Opera Awards, 2020, Nominated - Solo Recital Recording
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