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Victorious Love - Songs by Henry Purcell RecommendedCarolyn Sampson (soprano), Laurence Cummings (harpsichord & spinet), Elizabeth Kenny (archlute / theorbo), Anne-Marie Lasla (bass viol), Sarah Sexton (violin I), Andrea Morris (violin II) & Jane Rogers (viola)
Her tone is extraordinarily beautiful: natural, warm and unforced, with almost superhuman vocal athleticism — More…
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Building a Library, February 2014, Top Recital Recommendation
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2007, Editor's Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Heroines of Love and Loss vocal chamber music from the 17th century
Ruby Hughes (soprano), Mime Yamahiro Brinkmann (cello) & Jonas Nordberg (lute / theorbo / archlute)
Ruby Hughes’s soprano has an effortless beauty: pliant, subtly expressive, never forced. She captures the chaste fervour of the sacred works…Brinkmann and Nordberg proffer aptly spontaneous... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2017, Editor's Choice
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this is a thoughtful, evocative and confident debut. — More…
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If such a sound word can tire the ears relatively quickly, both players alight sensitively on a deft balance and a simple, galant elegance which characterise almost all these works...Tarkovi's... — More…
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Amor
Maria Friederike Schöder (soprano)
Vogtland Philharmonic Orchestra Greiz-Reichenbach, Stefan Fraas
Schöder is, from the sounds of this disc, a fully finished vocal personality, somewhat comparable to Lucia Aliberti, with a meticulously controlled vibrato and an incredibly clear-etched vocal... — More…
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Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
Original 1973 quadraphonic recording by Philips Classics, remastered in 2015
Josephine Veasey, Helen Donath, Delia Wallis, Elizabeth Bainbridge, Gillian Knight, Thomas Allen, John Shirley-Quirk, Frank Patterson
Academy of St Martin in the Fields & John Alldis Choir, Sir Colin Davis
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Purcell: Dido and Aeneas Raffaella Milanesi (Dido), Richard Helm (Aeneas), Stefanie True (Belinda), Iason Marmaras (Sorceress), Michela Antenucci (First Witch, Sailor) & Anna Bessi (Second Witch, Spirit)
La Risonanza & Coro Constanzo Porta, Fabio Bonizzoni
The real star is the instrumental playing (how the dances swing!); and with less at stake, warmly stylish, The Love of Mars and Venus proves a delightful postscript. — More…
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Pure Diva
Tribute to Joan Hammond
Cheryl Barker (soprano), Timothy Young (piano)
Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Guillaume Tourniaire
The excitement and sense of urgency of young Tatyana are well caught ad projected, with the fullness of Barker's voice brought into play...Despite the occasional unsteadiness and a certain lack... — More…
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Purcell: Symphony While The Swans Come Forward Johannette Zomer (soprano)
La Sfera Armoniosa, Mike Fentross
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